The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-24

Notes and Personals.
IBAPAH, Utah, April Is. 1S96-Fron
Salt Lake to Deep Creek at any season
IS not by any means pleasant trip
II the weather be dry the roads ar,
dusty tie animals suffer for want O
water, while on the other hand. If tn,
weather be moist the roads are slip
perry and in places without bottom
There are two distinct routes to thi:
treasure laden land, and as it is and
has been the province Of The Herald Il
keep its readers fully posted in regard
to matters Of interest, your correspond.
ent will outline the two roads so thai
those who contemplate trip over the
desert may cut this out and paste il
in their hats.
The first thought should be water
for your team, with hay and grain
enough to bait them as occasion de-.
mends. As for the individual the wa
ter habit should be overcome if possi-
bic upon entering this region. The
two roads of which the pilgrim has the
choice branch at A. N. Young's ranch
near Stockton. the first, or the "high
lin. running south through Rush val.
ley to Wright's ranch thence over
Point Lookout to Simpsons springs
These are short drives with hay- grain
and water at each point. From Simp-
sons over the Dugway range to Thorn
as ranch, at Fish Springs. is As miles
II q a H.
At Thomas ranch you can ALWAYS find
hay ard grain, plenty of water and in
addition to these. kindness and cour-
tesy from Mr.. Thomas and his son
Gene, or from Charlie Green, the cham
pion hypnotizer of the frisky mule and
burro.
From Fish Springs to Trips. at Will
low Springs. is % miles, where a
thoughtful host and hostess provide
every comfort for the weary traveller.
Here also is the Callas postofFice at
which Uncle Sans mail business is
handled in an efficient manner by E.
w. Trip From Willow Springs ia
lbapah is "a miles, and the seeker after
truth and riches is in the heart of the
Deep Creek country.
What is known as the Low Line"
or desert road. branches off at Young's
ranch and goes west across Rush val
'Cg " ~ OOAlil =. llleHCC over Johnson 6
pass to Parks ranch, or Scribners. in
Skull valley. At either of these points
water, hay and grain must be taken
on for trip of upwards of So miles
To those who contemplate camping
out in making the distance. don't for
get to put on some wood at Cedar ridge.
There is no particular choice as to the
camping place. About Is miles out
from Scribner's the roads fork. one 90
Ss,rr c-ar1+l1 -Ncfo
way, the other runninge west to point
of Granite. The former road is safest
for the uninitiated, for as it rounds the
point of the range it soon passes the
desert well. or salt spring Animals
drink this water under pressure of
thirst. and it can be used for coffee or
tea but as a steady beverage it is
easily distanced by circus lemonade.
After leaving the we'll this road soon
Joins the High Line at point about
nine miles from Thomas ranch. Five
Of these nine miles will take you across
what is known as Fish Springs fiat. IN
alkali slough crossed here and there
by cauStic water ways. There are
times when this five miles is not all
mud but they are rare. This IS no or
binary every day mud. but puttv-like
substance which clings to one like an
insurance agent or bill collector. The
dryer the weather the more affectionate
and undivorced the mud becomes. and
in regard to depth. it fuctuates. On
either side of the deep ruts which mark
the road the substance seems hard and
is level, but whoa to the team whose
driver pulls them either to
the right or to the left out of the deem
seated road. Don't do it. Stay in the
track that shows the travel and don't
hurry. If you pull out of the road it
viii seem a heap easier to go through to
China than over to Thomas ranch.
These pointers and scraps of advice
are based upon the experience of a /
Few Deep Creek pioneers who have
been in the country more than three
years.
At the forkings. 16 miles out from :
Scribner's. the road running west goes !
around the north end of Granite noun :
ain at which place water is found a,
he Cannon tanks on the east side. and |
It a small spring at the north end. This
quite is not a desirable one EXCEPT to
hose whose wagon and load is light.
or after leaving Granite there is a A
tretch of q miles of barren waste and
is very apt to be q miles of mud. the
errnination of which is Redding
springs, or if the right hand road is n
AIKEN, the town of Clifton From the ;,
ormer it is is miles and from the latter :,
miles to Ibapah -
Your correspondent picked up the - -
blowing dips en- route II
Prospecting and development work =
!; being done in Skull valley - -
Our old friend NJ. H. Reardsley has a '
Tip Top location on Johnson's pass. =,
There are some fire surface showings =;
long the west hills in Skull valley. m
Many men are prospecting and de- fe
Stopping ground in Dugway. A rich
ike is reported in the Mammoth. w
indian Springs shows signs of inter Sc
st and activity.
Several recent locations were noted tr
ar The Cannon tanks at Granite
omething new. d
A1essrs' Ia Campbell John Hammer tie
L. Thomas and OF Stewart were at be