Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-22
"QuEES or sHEBA mise,
Fifteen Mile Greek,
Juab County, Utah,

"Friend JIM would be delighted
10 have you and your party join me TO-
morrow 10 making the sscent o. ibspah
Peak. You Informed me that you
wished 10 see the Deep Creek county,
aud, II the day DO clear, from the sum.
nit OF this peak the surrounding couu.
Try for hundred miles, lies beneath
you 10 panoramic view. Answer by
bearer, Antelope Jack, who isa good
Indian. Yours truly,
DIR. J. NJ. BAGLrY.O
Thus read the note which an Indian
brought TO the Erickson ranch while
We rested our horses for day and par.
took Of the inequalities OF the good
people at this Taueh In Deep Greek
valley.
Our party VI four had inside n quick
drive across the desert and jim hal
sent a note TO HE old friend DE-. Bailey
tho day we arrived ut IbapAh village,
aud tho above Invitation WIS the re-
Wy. The Indian courier Vas sent back
with our acceptance, and In the alter
noon We droveup to III, Queen ofSheba.
We were royalty entertained by the
genial doctor that evening, and early
on the morning Of the End we mounted
the sad-tytd COW ponies at our service
and began the hscent Of lbapah Peak,
tho highest mountain In the Deep
Creek range. IuiB chain OF noun.
taius Il the most extensive " tic
many which at intervals tiso from the
'therwiSe unbroken surface OF tue
American Desert, aud like the mag-
hetic needle point 10 the nOrln. Asa
location, they are aDJut six miles east
VI the Nevada line and extend from
the north end winch IN Ia TJ0eiu
county sUuihwar1 Tor thirty miles
ending Ia low pass called JUhnsuu's,
which lies IN JuAb county. Tne peak
foars Its granite head far above tue
timber Hoe near thu south end VI the
range, when n, this point ~ deeply
scared by the north fork OF Fifteen
Mile canyon. From the mouth o!
this FORK We begin the nscu.t. Tho
trail leads directly up the canyon Tor a
mile Hud then gradually ascunIs the
north slope when " broken mere and
there by Immense granite bOulduts
which stand ~ scutlnels 10 guard the
approach ~ the kingly mountains far
sUOye. The south slope OF toe canyon
near ITS mouth forms the base VI the
Red Mountain which also fears it,
Auburn head tor ABOVE timber line aud
VA It's rugged side our good Dc. Bailey
and his company are making deep
wound from which they are extracting
tho rich gold quarlz Tor wnlon the
Queen OF Shebs II becoming fam.
Jus. Sill this trail bears 10 the norm.
wHid aud upward anu ut an early houf
We reach tue top Of thu range where
We have the packs taken oil aud alter
cupoi coffee aud n frugal meal We leave
tue ponies In charge Of the "sooi
ludiau."
slowly We climb the steep and rocky
path which now lies on ths ridge VI
cone OF tho range aud takes "a direct
~ north with n decided tendency up.
ward. Breathing IL found more diili.
cult M We advance, aud the party stops
H. uTiuk Ia the ozone aud Wow with
wonder tho ever increasing grandeur.
These stops bee me more frequent ~
The elevation Increases, but tue near.
mess VI the summit calls forth renewed
energy, ana we 1Lally scramble up u
steep pltch aud nnd ourselves upon
Ihe tOpmost peak Of the Deep Creek
range.
We arc standing upon solid
granite floor, anu n silence falls upon
the party while rach one taxes ia the
iumeLsily Of the view afforded from
this pJiut.
~. 80 4. ,I... ...a a..,f.,s.. a..
morning miHis Aru rapidly disappear.
Tug beneath the warm rays " the sun,
aud rs the moments pats som new
uuIect 10 exposed 10 view. Light and
iirrcy clUuus are soen lar below us on
eithet side OF tue range hutfyiug along
It's sides anu finally losing themselves
la some deep gorge In the mountain
tide. To the east anu north as far M
the eye eau reach stretches the dr6oTt
It's alkaline surface white anu dazzling
ia the noOn1Ay sun, SJulhwatd Its great
white arms stretch OUT hundred miles.
For II ~ miles 10 the west low rolling
hills are tetn anu then the eye reefs
upon high rrnge Of mountains. a
great dry ocean whose dangerous
surface IL agilateu into waves oi dust
ami sand by every hTetzo that blows,
1eem- 10 surround W.
Jim breaks the silence by asking the
doctor 10 give Us talk upon the
country around us and IN We silently
smoke our corn cob pipes the doctor
tayt;
''Boys, this IL, as you eau see, an
extensive county. IL In called tue
Deep Creek country l presume, be.
use taat II the only stream that
unWa utUu IFS fuflAcp MggH In M
better than 10 btgin at given point
anu wlTk bach 10 that POINT. That
line 10 tho east Of uH which stretches
across the delefl east aud west Is the
road over winch you came from
Surlbner's II men In Saul Valley to
Granite hyck and thence TO lbapah.
hcTibnef'r, as you know, In about
eighty miles cut from Salt Lake City,
little south Of west Those noun.
tains which arr plainly seen In the
east are tue Grautsvillo ran distant
cue hundred miles ny the wagon fOai.
Those on the north are the mountains
ot tho Pf9montOry uear Terrace,
Nevada. That high peas to the nofth-
ward II Pilots Peak nud that 10 the
southwest Is Mount Moran NJ whose
western bare lies OsucOla with it,
rich gold products, To the south
there lies White Mountain anu Death
canyon" Turning to the east again
the doctor continued: "lhet spur Of
the mountain range which eKieuds 10
the south from Cedar mountain, twsuty
miles west Of JOhnuOn's pust, takes you
10 tie Indian creek mines, n distance
ot twenty-five miles 10 Simpson
syringe. That chain Of hills ex end