The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-01-25
Two WEEKS FROM WELL TO ELY.
Or the Psrils OF Winter Travel tn
Eastern Nevada

City for Ely to take look at the far
famed Joanna bonanza. Ia the ordin
ary course of railroad travel he reach
Ell Wells. There the snow was deep,
the elements fierce and the mercury
thermometers froze solid and unable
To indicate the superlative degree of
the intense cold that reigned. Here
he waited day or two tor the weather
to moderate and pulled out for Cherry
Creek ON Lampman stage line. The
snow was three feet deep on level
in the valley and had badly drifted.
After a hard days work on both men
aud beasts they reached hospitabie
farm house at night-just twelve
miles out from Wells. Next day the
Journey was resumed in the confident
hope ot reaching Sprucemont before
night. But the snow got deeper, the
the clouds hung low down on the
mou ntain sides and obscured them
from view. and a binding snow storm
ragged in the valley, so dense Mr.
Stanley said--that a: times IL was i'm
possible TO see the horses heads.
1t was getting on toward night. A
lull in the storm. The clouds scatter
a little. A halt is made and it takes
no time for the driver to conclude
that he has lost his way. Where he
Is he does not know, but is determined
to keep ON till he reaches Spruce. Mr..
Stanley disseuts. tells the driver their
team vas wore out. and to attempt to
go further in an unknown direction the
height OF folly. He remem bers hav-
ing passed two stakes three or four
miles back, at the last of which was
pile of poles. He insists on the
driver going back there and camping
for the night where they could make
fire. They turn around, but their
late track Is oblterated. After little
Mr.. Stanley fears they are going IN
wrong direction. Another halt is
made, When he remembers he has
compass In his vallse. He takes il
cut and fnds his fears we'll founded
they were going in the contrary direc-
ton from where they thought. An
other turn is made aud now they drive
by the compass. Night is fast com
ing on and the poor worn-out horses
arc plunging through huge banks of
snow, while Mr.. Stanley is keeping n
sharp lookout for the stakes they
passed Welcome ha:bingerl The
tirst stake appears IN view, and II Is
but short distance 10 the second
which is soon reached. The horses are
unhitcEed, blanketcd and made fast :;
the snow Is shovel. d away, the sleigh
turned on its dc for shelter, aud with
An AK they have the poles are chopped
INTO iirewuod. When their last match
Is lit they strike IA Are. The robes
are takes from he sleigh aud they try
tn make themselves comfortable. Now
they feel hungry and wonder ii there
Is anything In reach to satisfy their
craving. The stage freight is ran
sacked aud they find three trout which
are Immediately coniscated, brolIed
on shsvel and eaten without salt,
or other accompaniment.
Day dawned, cold but clear, next
morning, the surrounding mountains
AT once indicating where the lost trav-
elers campcd. II was in the south end
OF Glover Valley and about three miles
from Wisemans ranch. The driver
insisted on starting out again for
Sprucement with his worn out and
famished team, but to this Mr.. Stanley
would not listen. He then persuaded
the driver 10 take him to Wiseman 5.
There he remained three days. He
finally got TO Spruce, and another
days drive brought him "a miles to
Cloverdae; the next dry he reached
Cherry Creek, when he thought his
tribuations would end. But in this
he was mistaken.
Taking the stage at Cherry with
Emil Yost, and very poor team, they
floundered through the snow all day
and brought up at Johnny Borchert's,
10 miles distant that night. The next
day they reached w ID. Campbclis
ranch. II took them all the next day
to make Ole Hansen's, five miles DIS
tant, and the next, before they reached
Hcusser's, their sleigh broke dawn
and they rode in on horseback to the
rlnch.
Thoroughly Disguised with staging,
Mr.. Stanley next morning paid a man
80 to take him across to NIGHTS
ranch, aud that gentleman brought