St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-17
TO THE LAND OF THE sun.

a Pleasant Trip from st. Paul to Los Angeles.
Cor resi- ondence Of the Globe.
Los ANGELES, Feb. 81 left st. Paul on
the 18th of January, in company with C. W.
Slayton and II. B. Montgomery, Of st. Paul,
and George Bloom, OF Wisconsin, the
weather being very cold, about 40 below zero.
We arrived at Kansas City the second day
without accident. Here we found about ten
inches Of snow on the ground and very cold.
We had to lay over here -four hours, which
time we improved in looking over the city.
This place is a great railroad
center, and a beautiful city as
well As a live business place.
The next stop we made was az Demming,
in New Mexico, u live town, with the best
hotel accommodations on the route.
At this point we took the narrow gauge
road for Silver City, and arrived there at
noon of the same day, a distance OF forty
eight miles from Demming. ! left Silver
CITY on the morning Of the 10Th for Telegraph
Mountain, in company with the above named
gentlemen and &. p. Crawford, 4 banker anu
dealer in general merchandise, and J. W.
Fairfield, an a~ssayist, Of Silver City. The
distance to be travelled was thirty-thrcc miles,
over mountain roads the most Of the
way, but having a four-horse team
and a Texas cowboy for a driver, we made
good time, reaching the mining camp at ,
O'Clock p. m, where we found comfortable
quarters owned by the Telegraph Mountain
X Gills River Mining company. Soon after
leaving Silver City, we passed over the ON
tineutal divide, then through a level plain,
where there was a large grove OF live oak,
which grow rather scrubby and resemble our
apple trees of the east, in fact = teuder-foot
might be easily deceived II told they were
such.
From here our course was In a westerly
direction through 4 gap in the noun
tains. Leaving Vim canyon to our
left we pass into Mangus valley and after a
drive of eighteen miles we stopped at the
Crawford house for dinner, where We found
an agreeable host in the person Of Nj. Craw-
ford. Leaving the Crawford house we went
down the valley to the Gilla river. In pass
iug down this valley we have a fine view OF
the Mugollou mountains. which, with their
snow-capped peaks, are a grand sight. The
source Of the Gilla river Is in these noun
tains, aud 20 reach camp we had
to ford the river seven times,
but having q gravel bottom It
was not an unpleasant task. ibis river has
several as fire water powers as it has been
my lot to sec In many a day.
We spent a few DAYS in camp looking over
the ten mines belonging to the a~boyc-uamed
company, from which We took several speci-
mems of ore. which we had assayed. the re-
suit Of which must have teen very s~aiisfac-
tory 10 the owners, ranging as they did fron
a TO 8, 400 ounces OF silver 10 the ton, free
milling ore. With the immense water power
aud the large body Of mineral this company
have ia sight, the prospects are brilliant.
After spending three DAYS looking through
the mines aud shooting quail. we returned
10 Silver City. where / reluctantly bid aiieu
TO the party aud returned via Demmiug 20
Los Angeles. This place might be called the
garden u the world. with its mild climste,
growing crops. flowers blooming. thousands
Of acres of ripe oranges hanging CT the
trees. vegetation growing luXuriOusly. no
snow or frost soft bAlmy air. the SKY cloud
less as an Italian noon day. 4 grand city.
with all the tropical shade aud fruit trees or
u~ameuuuS homes Of evergreen beauty. It
makes Us dread - return to frost and snow
in the north. .. 4. y.