The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-04-11
A New Road North.

New Head NORTH.
The County road North. TO the Sum
NIT icing for . great part OF the way in
the very bottom o: . narrow Canyon. is
each Spring. torn up and rendered i'm
pasSibie by the water corning from the
SnoU-ciAi hills. The annual cost OF re-
pairs bling necessarily heavy. Snsu and
better route Was sought, aud reported
found, . feu days ago. 4 couple Of
days ago. Fnnk McPhetres hitehed up
his four.tore team aud County Com-
missioner Bradley. Captain Warner aud
. reporter for this paper. accompanied
him for the purpose o! examining the
lev route. Attaching an oS5za ter
- y wheel OF the Ne son ~ measure dis
lance. and an aneroid 10 get the A'ti-
iudrx: = watch to note tbs time an 1 cut
glass bottle through which 10 take OBJ
serNArons, tie party struck OFT by tie
stage road, up What Is known A.
"Nratcs" CAuy"n. which was ira selrd
o. miles - the point where the Stage
leaTs> The Canyon. Crosses q low divide
and strikes = canyon about a mile further
North. The party, hosever. continued
directly up Y-a;es Canyon q. miles
which brought them tn the foot Of the
ridge, the apeI II Viii h forms the sum.
init Of the mountain. much lower At that
point thAn any crossing yet travelled.
Up and over this ridge the party rode
IN th,ir wagon. but the pull Was too
h'avy for any but = sieut team and
light wagon. On reaching the summit
II Was found that = rise OF sd feet had
been made from the bottom OF ridge,
and that Adobe station lay in full view,
about n mile distant, At the fool Of an
easy slope all the way from the summit,
down which the party rode; the odone-
ter showing the distance from Elko to
the Adobe. by the route Travelled, A
small fraction over ten miles. The re.
turn by the old county road showed its
length to be IL. miles.
The route by Yeates Canyon to the
foot OF the ridge mentioned, il q gradual
easy rise throughout and q half mile OF
grading. With bat one easy curve. will
admit even q twelye-mule team 10 the
summit without any difficulty whatever.
Aside from the half-mile grade, some
four or five crossings OF the small
stream that AoEs down the canyon,
would constitute About all the work that
would be required " establish q good
and easily Travelled road across the
mountain at all seasons Of the year. as
II ~oul directly face the South in its
entire route, and in consequence. be
always free from obs;ructiug snow.
The prospecting for a route WAS done
at this time for the reason that the
mountains not having yet shed their
Winter gArb, all the canyons and side.
hills now dry Ind hard, will never prove
troublesome to t-avel. BY the route
mentioned, all soft ground can readily
he avoided, and while the party eIplor-
ing. encountered no snow going to the
Adobe, their return trip. by the old
county road was through heavy snow
drifts. mud and streams OF water fully
one-third OF the a
The route by Yeates Canyon is the
only practical one Mt all seasons OIL the
year. that has been found acioss our
northern range and the cost Of con.
structing . good road and one that
would accommodate the largest teams
would cost less than half what il has to
build either Of the roads now in use, and
unlike the old rounty road would not
he affected by melting snow in the
Spring or torn up by floods at any
time.
The many advantages Of the route
mentioned could not fail to present
themselves TO any person whiting the
vicinity, and why il was not found and
utilized years ago is = matter we are
unable to explain. II vas frequently
and fAvorably mentioned here ut least
twelve years ago. but We are free TO con.
fess that We had little faith in the rep
RESERVATIONS made until travelling over il
. couple Of days nSo.