The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-01-27

more In SOlllOquy than tC
the stage driver and me, al
has been said, there is nothing Gre
ated in vain;' but here is vast
scope of country in an unfinished
state; at least, the Creator has not
revealed its utility. Will it ever be
of any use to man." Had tie sage
of Chataqua lived to the present
day he could have been answered.
and in the affirmative:
SHEEP WALKS,
The greatest and most ineXhausti
BILE in the world. During the sum-
ner season the mountain ranges
lying east of Salt Lake City, as far
as Hams Fork of Green River, are
the feeding grounds of innumerable
flocks of sheep. Each flock varies
in number, from one to five thou
sand head. This is the summer
range, so-called, but on the first
approach of winter, when the snow
on the low desert mountains will
afford water enough to sustain the
shepherds, the fiockS are started to-
ward the desert. AT this time, go
where you may on the desert lying
between GrantsYille on the east
and Deep Greek on the west, for
hundred miles north and south of
this point, the desert is dotted with
sheep wagons. The wagon, an Or
binary tWo-horse vehicle, with pro-
jections covering the wheels to sf-
ford convenience for sleeping. a
small stove in the front end for
heating and cooking purposes, is
usually occupied by two men, or a
man and a boy. The sheep browse
and keep tat on the crossword,
white sage, bitter bush and shad
scales, one of the varieties of the
crossword. The flock will feed
out from the wagon during the day,
| to a distance'of half or three-fourths
of mile, the shepherds keeping a
watch over their movements from
the wagon. AS nightfall approaches
the shepherd mounts one of the
wheels of the wagon, waves his
arms frantically in the direction OF
the flock, and shouts to his dog
Ground 'em, Shepl Hoy! Hoy
Round 'en, Shep!" Away go thC
dogs, and in . few minutes the
trained CANNES have the flock under
full run for the wagon, which hav
ing reached, they huddle up and lie
down quietly, so remaining unit
morning, when they are again per-
mitted to wander forth. This is the
daily routine for at least foul
months of the year, solitary ant
alone; when the feed is exhausted
in one place, moving to another
Without companionship of any
kind, the shepherds live, excep
when visited by some of the owners
for the purpose of bringing fresh
supply of provisions, the occasional
visit of neighboring shepard, o.
the advent of a wandering prospec
tor. like myself. AS the summer
solstice approaches. and the snow
disappears from the desert, the shep
herd starts his flock on their yearly
pilgrimage to the eastward, and the
desert is again left silent and unin
habited, save by few wandering
coyotes, descendants probably o
the one which a hundred years agC
furnished the midnight serenade fol
Judge Mcbride, as he was engaged
in putting that historical veniso1
steak where it would do the mos
good. Coyotes are proverbiallJ
hungry, and l don't blame that ont
for bowling when he saw the grut
disappearing without an offer on The
part of his comrade to divVy.
THE DUG-A-WAY MINES.
This mountain range is barren
rugged upheaval of limestone anC
quartzite running north and south
and jutting far out into thu
desert. To avoid the Ions
detour to the northward Major
Egan had dugway constructed VI
the entire slope of the mountain
hence the name. During the
autumn of 1869, a party of prospec
tors consisting of Dave Mitchell
Reddy Blackburn and George anC
Charles Clark discovered large
bodies of low grade galena and car
Donate ores in a canyon at the
north end Of the range. Consider
able development was done, and
finally the properties fell into the
hands of the Smith Brothers, who
erected single stack furnace at a
warm spring in the vicinity. A
few runs were made, but the bullion
produced was low grade; transpor.
tatien to a market at Salt Lake
City was very expensive, and the
enterprise went bankrupt. Since
that time the mines have lain idle,
and will probably remain so unless
a railaoad should be constructed
near by. In such case the mines
here would furnish large amount
of ore suitable for smelling pur-
poses. In fact the same may be said
of number of mining camps which
lie along the proposed line of the
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
If the road is ever completed it will
open up a vast country lying to the
west and southwest of this point,
rich in all kinds of mineral, and
Salt Lake City, with its smelling
works and facilities for cheap re-
duction of ores, will be one Of the
greatest mining centres on the con-
tinent.
Between the Dug-a-way and Fish
Springs lies an actual, veritable
desert, utterly barren and almost
entirely devoid Of vegetation. The