Telegram-herald., 1888-01-17
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I8ABo Srsfsss. Colo. J.a- l0.--H.ylag
proaalssd several q my irlsnds Al Grand
Rapids that voald ~rlts them. While IN
Colorado. / sill. win your peEniss-on,
write through your paper.
Whils ny rissf hsre ass besa . sad 0ns. l
h4ys not regretted coming. everything here
Is 90 much diasrsng ffum the East. have
had - mach q see All 30 many places Of
interest," 70 Wait. that I have hardly BAD
tine 10 srts uy Osn ssstfE. Idaho >pn0<s
"a Lively httls t0s0. the pEssElest aoan-
tain town / have oesn in yet. aao 1 have
been in ssssrEl. ramely Idaho. CsntFsi
| C1Ig, Black Has Aeya1zsille, Dogt0wn,
I you see they have queer names Tor their
to4ns a. ssii as se NiehisaBdersl. Mountain
CITY, 6sorgst0sn, silver Plume and Got
dsn / have visited several mines Walt
inx. lexington, Colorado CentraL Habsrt,
CaliforniA. the Boston Clule mine. Max.
Christmas. and ssxesa al others, went down
into the Hubert mine. ia bucket, 500 teei,
eEpecgsd - 90 down into Tie California. the
deepest mine Ia ths state. a distance OF
/ 80 feet 0ut they aid not tEink the ropes
saie. so OF course / would not venture.
When l visited the BooEsii mine We
saiked one and half miles into the tunnel
ABOUT half lts length. bat could go no
farther on account OF not having the time,
as / expected . take the stage 10 Idaho,
and you know the stage 10 ike the cars
watts for no man, or woman. either. La
one OF the stamp mills visited | saw them
gather ths gold from the large copper plates.
Ins plates are sReaIed With quicksilver,
aud then a. the ground rock is washed over
the plates. the gold IS taken up by the
quicksilsor The plates are scraDed once or
twice Ia t~enty-iour hours, the quicksilver
and gold taken on being IN the form OF an
smAxam. The amalgsm is then placed in
q little earthsn cup called a crucioie, and
subjected to an intense heat, during which
the mercury Is eyaporated and the pure
gold il left in the cup. had $500 worth
OF gold, ia one lump, in NV hand Al one
ums. but the ownsrs would not consent 10
allow me 20 keep it. The principal noun
taias have been upon are Bellevue. Old
Chief Santa Fe Bald, Table. Castle Rock
and Filtration Peak, besides several others.
on the railroads | have ridden over the
places called the loop. the saucer, the
horse shoe" and the high line. the rail
road hich runs from the bottom TO the top
OF q very high mountain AZ Black Hawk.
While a. Georgetown | hired jack, or
Rocky Mountain Canary, and started Tor
Green Lake On the way | stopped at the
whom am acquainted, is foreman. de
said ne wonld 20 into the cabin and get Us
some dinner. | had my lunch with me
bus we made some warm coffee. opened
some canned fruit and had a good dinner.
BY the way, there had been new road
built upon the mountain TO Green Lake
and was finished, all bat q bridge across
the mine. The miners said IL they could
get my Jack across 1 could be the hrst TO
ride over the road. They succeeded and
went on my wsy rejoicing, arriving at the
lovely lake after a thirty minutes ride.
While there I went over the place called
the battle ground Of the gods" | started
home about O'Clock. In going up or
down the mountains the JACKS always go In
tandem, or in other words. in Indian file
| The first bridge | came 10 was over water
pipe over which | made the jack Jump TO
ger to the new road. Now you can imag-
Inc my feelings when the thing jumped
clear over the bridge with me on IS back.
and me not used to riding horse, let alone
Jack FROM that / kept my eyes peeled.
would say, ii you want to get around the
mountains in n short time Just hire a
canary" The climate here is lovely. |
have been here in Idaho about i've weeks
and during that time have seen only three
cloudy days. / think it agrees with me
| here, as gained tive pounds in tha, time.
1 The roadway and walks are grsyeled and
| are hard and smoothe. Long lines OF how-
ers and foliage plants beautify the grounds
| during the summer months. find my let
ter has already grown 10 greater length thsh
4 I expected, 80 will close. expecting soon 10
4 De with my own friends at home.
J.W. CLurE