Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-19
the MOUNTAIN Of pIARTz.
n Ffis Bsfpre the Eyes pf the Searches
Mhe Strive in Vain 10 Penetrate the
Tsngis Of Mountains and canOus
That Surrpund--A Man
VIM Has Tried for Iwsn-
ty-Eght Years 70
Resrh h.

rhare WINS . belief among tn esrly settlers
and uruspsctors Of The middie and western
counties Of this STATE thss qukrtz ncun-
snin existed N ths range jnE east OF hsre.
sni from. time to time SINCE then the tr.d-
tiun mas been revived. When the Northern
Pacific surveyors came through they found
une detached pieces OF saHr1z winch ware
uEdered very nh- and they or their
n5s max raripas Efforts TO locate Ledge
W shere, but 81 failed. Mary years Ego
Y y rsrtF Of vel known mlners .snr out de-
tenn ined TO make thorough explanation,
and renu n until they We're satisfied one
WY ar tina other. They were gone almost
Fea.. DUG finding the storms Of winter 30
rioierf tbus existence IL The mountain WEI
almost sxt the question, they determined
70 abs nSor the sc .rch and return In the
s,rlpg. Bur ing al the implements snd
making ,,s 1 obssrrstions Of land
mars - 4 ,ey could, they made their
Way ont sS he wilderness with diff
c1lty. Their eSpsrienee han bsen
3 ,ery birter an. snd though it is believed
jh.er fhey ir>~,d, 4 u The time 70 return, II
n 1bwsht Inc, n. yer did 30. Most Of them
{iss ,s,s,srsd noon after, End only one Of
them has ever hs> q heard OF since In
sort. ofthe storiess hardship md ilrequit
u tod, sweD pnria continued to engage
ID The search, aad, men one On lhe mem
bea of the party lsss spoken Of gave his &c
count Of w4fat apo teo 70 DE- usrI
u,op.,taip y4ioh could NOT bs'reschsd, the
Il ~
interest became g-eaN thsn ever: Inns
man was Solomon E1x rlck, sno ms story
wss that he and ms sou4 anaons found traces
of qnsrts IN vsrous pin pes, win no sgnf
xpysbepe OF q, lsdue tati thar eyes one dsy
rested ON 3 mopntsin win I'd appeared 70 De
al QUARTZ 4 slide ct 30 ne Hho had oe-
CURED far upitsside, and. spar Juttipg out
md rising perpendicularts for foV or soV
teet had On It's fsee . su hnso ledge
running Tvs whole length They thought
they we're but B. little aM snoe from the
place spd ior several week they kept Up
. . ipoessant effort TO reach II put a length,
overcome by sickness and soG ana tesrlng
the ID, reasipg severity OF me w1ute-, they
bandoned the search Other men hsEe re-
urned with similar sHies Of u mountain,
but 10 one has vet scaled r.
This yeer the eHeitenept oFe- the Dys
ferrous find has hees greater ths ever, nod
parties small and lsrge have bot out ever |
since i became possible for then 10 move I
What has added interest 10 the aoer hes
been ,hs fact that Of al the men who haze |
Get the rireD Dousssib not one has oseD
able 10 get 10 IL, tbosgb many Of them have
lsbored r.cess ingly 10 thss end for v.etu
and mon ms VI ben these stores have beea 4
told TO old miners md prospsetors they hsrp
great impotence 10 ny the thln;.
themselves, and made known their costenps
ior men ,,stepding TO Be psospector vho
could see Q thing and yet not get It But
al these when they have had al experience
IN the pilds Of Washington county have re
rurned &C eres,isllen aod bootless az their
70, dectssors
~ see tie peak risin I'D thar two or three
thousand foot, SAID Zeb Tsylor. 9 man 70
whom the mouptsips are Is an open book,
sbeu be got 10 last summer frc. bic eIpe-
citior, 'but l Gls0't get thar. 1t vas %
pretty q sight az yos'd care 10 see and il
5idrt look n ore bali Q mile away.
Srowd IL WAS RereE that, though, and
bought that d hare tough tine gettin
bar. kg. had no idea II would be what II
wa. The tiu Der Il 90 ;biek In some places
Ihs, yog can't move al ali. spd every time
hat goa think you're within reaching dis
lance q canon opens I'D under your feet
hat YOU re got 10 walk ten mile 10 get
around. We cal II walking but IT'S climb
ipg and Gzbtirp rocks ard timber. Then
when yoad get around the canon you'd
have lost youy mountain, and tor the hfe Of
you you couldn't locate il again. / kept
hat thing ~ Until ny bead SWAN snd
vas pp 70 high OF The peaks onetiues that
Il eeeued TO ne that ] could bear the sngeis
sipgiBg, bat when ! coaid zee the peak ]
couldn't get 70 it That's the widest couu
TT Oh the continent Its The most deceivin
place ever got In, and | an willing 10
Own up bat I've tried il and can't get 70
il, and If any body else wants some experience
let EN- go az il"
This year opened with increased prePsrs-
toms OF tbe part Of the gold buntera Hard
INES bad driven many men into pcospec-
ing, and the more adventurous Set out with
be determination Of finding the mountain
Net Isss than hundred different parties
sre row in the vicinity, not al of them en- |
qsg.d in the search for the quartz peal,
cot q good many Of them making that their
principal quest Three or four Of these ek- |
pedi,iops sIe in charge Of the best hunters
and uouDtaineers on the coast, and il there
lie such thing possible the mountain will
be sr1iea before another winter, although
rports that have been received are
not very encouraging thus far Near
where the peak lie situated several streams
converge, and great valleys and csnons
open up the rspge in dozen different d.
rections. The timber Oh all sides is %
heavy that almost the only conspicuous
lspdmark 10 the quartz peak itself, and
when that 10 once lost night OF all 10 lost
The proepector gropes in the dark, and 10
Just o. likely TO bring up ffty miles away
% be ID to get anywhere nearer the object Of
bis search. The exssperatipg part Of the
business has been that when one comes TO
any Of these creeks or valleys and looks up
toward the range he Immediately sees the
peak, but not one Of the chssms yet ex-
| plored lesds 10 the peak.
Several men who went out six weeks ago
have returned here with the intention Of get.
ting comessses and other surveying instru.
mepts in order to prosecute the search on
scientific principles. They tell remnks-
bic storJ about an old man whom they
found on Tanner Creek about two weeks
ego, who was about IS near wild - il Is pos
sible for Csucssion to become, and who,
after be found that the new corners we're in
| scare Of q quartz mountain, asserted that
! be had done sotbiDs else TOR twenty eight
wears bit follows the same vesrisome
round. He WAS sixty FIVE years old,
but looked like patriarch, his
long hair md beard end eyebrows
being snow white. The old man had
. hut near one of the creeks in plain view
Of the coveted peak and there be had passed
many months. when operations out Of doors
we're out Of the question, planning fresh
campaigns. The boys went to his den and
be showed them chart after chart, oil Of
them exhibiting much cleverpess in draw
| inc In which his various EXPEDITIONS were