Nevada County picayune., 1886-12-15
2. F. WHITE TN UTAH. 4 Graphic Description of
 Salt Lake City.
UNrTAH AGENCY, UTAH, ]
 November 24, 1886.

November 24, 1886.
 Editor P1CAYUNE:@Recently of iiciah business carried ne to Salt Lake City the renowned capital iof Mormondonl-the picturesque metropolis of tie Zioa of tbe Lat ter Day Saints, cas etbe, Mormons hcall themselves. For years have oraved to see this famous city, and wben an opportunity came for me to do sc, embraced it as stroke of real good fortune.
 The two nearest railway points to this Agency are Price, Utah, OH the Denver& Rio Grande railroad, 100 miles south, and Green River 1 City, Wyoming, on the Union 1 Pacific, lj5 miles north. Salt Lake City is i6j miles west by the nearest wagon road. i choseto go by way of Price. T vas accompa nied by W. 4. McKeWen, the clerl. of Ouray Agency: d worthy and capable young gentlemen from Bal timore. We travelled alone in a light spring wagon, and carried a complete camping outfit.
 Between the Agency and Price only three human tabitations are to be seen, and two of those are mere ''dng-outs' in the earth. Tine road forks only once, and for twcn- ty.Hine miles it runs through nar- row, rugged, high walled canons, in which the echoes of a loud bal low will reyerberate from erag to crag and come back to tbe listener in deafening roaI from q hundred different directions. in many places these CauOnS are so narrow that the roadway has to be dug out of the stone walls rising on each side almost perpendicularly to a height of several hundred feet. The first of these cauons is called i Gate Canon, on account of q mas sive red sandstone near the centre, which iu it's formations bears ia striking resemblance to a gigantic gate. This canon IS six miles long, land its course is so crooked, and its walls so high and steep, that there are few places in it where one can tell in which direction the road will be running a hundred yards ahead. From one end to the Oth- CT the road appears to be running sQuarelY against a stone wall only a short distance ahead. and rom three hundred 10 fifteen hundred feet high. But upon approaching within a few feet of the base of this wall, it will be seen that the canon and the road oblique to the right or the left, or double back. toward another wall facing in that direc ton, and so on to the endg
 l went through the canon this 5 first time by moonlight. The night was clear, and tho moon and stars ! shone with unusual briiliancy There had been a siX-inch snow 3 lall that day, and the majestic grandeur of the scene was on
 trancing as it was awe-inspiring In front. in rear, to the right anc ? 10 the left of me, everywhere were beetling cliffs, grim old cas tie walls, turrets upon turrets, ant towers upon towers, loftier, grand CT, more imposing than any whose battlcments ever trowned upol Castilc. ...
 So deep was the impression made on my mind by the awful grandeur of this canon by moonlight, thai, notwithstanding we emerged iron it and went into camp not late than II o'clock, l was drivins through It all night long, In mN sleep throughout the night Wal turning the sharp curves at | sweeping trot, with the reins firml1 clutched in my hands, and one foo aud almost all my weight on th' brake lever. Opposite this chasn the horses stop, and snort, ant strike their iron hoofS against tn, rocks, and tremhle, and move ol by sudden starts and stops. Herr one of chem, apr arently from yer. night, stumbles and almost Somer sanIts over he Preeipice. And a
 we go spinning around an abrup point, one hind wheel swings ot over the brfnk, and for momen
 we are paralzcd with fear. Slow ly, doubtfully the team pulls th, wheel back to the track, and WI harry on uuly to suffer the sam,