The Cook County herald., 1898-02-05


this is FOR home! The doctors neigh
dors do NOT annoy him Their chickens
do not scratch his grounds, nor do their
herds tear down tis fences, His neigh.
CON e. yerysnear Being monarch 81 ali he
surveys. But there are few people
living in the mountains round abonts
some eight miles away; come hsre to
replenish their stock OF provisions, for
he carries q small stock Of groceries.
ssYou wouldn't think it." said Mrs.
Still, s.but We have 900 acres ia grain
frnit which we seN at home have an
ahnnf,anca of vapstahlas I the % f;nast M vatar q
| n the world. and alvavs aninvs health
OF conrse thia MACE - isolatai M1t wa
get mail three times week. ana with
nnr work here an;ov thia iifa nf aacln.
sion.D T had every reason for hal;avinu
she smoke the trnfh. -
All around the pleasant farm home
were the towering neaks without, cabin
or cultivated field to marx the advent Of
civilization.
a nipht's rest on bed 80 hiph that a
steplader was needed to climb 10. and q
mattress of feathers. and hearty break
fast on the following morning and We
were off on our torturous Journey. Here
the mountain sides are covered with
juniper and cedar bushes and it ia so
rocky and precipitous that the most
daring would hardly venture far from
the road, In among the rocks every
where we could see the slender. white
blossomed Spanish dagger lifting it's
head TO the sunlight It is a beautiful
plant to look upon when bloesOminp.
but verv inhospitable if Won attempt to
tuch it! After a two hours' drive we
! came alongside q trickling brook. per
haps ten feet wide. and here the miners
had everywhere staked their claims for
the precious metal. Many of them have
here shoveled and wheeled and sifted
and washed from the sand and gravel
to secure the4yelow metal which is now
worth about $3.50 per pound.
I talked with several of them and
learned more about their work than I
ever expected to. They are jovial fellows,
| live in rude cabins alone. and most of
| them take life EASY and are always readv
| to talk. They will divide their last
crust even with q professional tramn
| Here thew live. do their own cook1nr:
sleen on a hnnk. live m bacon and hroad
and black coffee and shovel and wheai
and crock" and senarata the shinino
specks of yellow from the GREAT hodv of
sand. Some davs thew shovel and wheaI
ton or more of gravel. and. for thar
efforts do not recover twenty-five cents
in gold. At other times thev have batter
| luck and NAV nick mn three or fonr
! dollars. tt is exciting. And the occaa.
ional discovery of a nupoet of the valne
of seventv f;va centa or n dollor 10 on
,ncant;ve to delva et;l] daanar and iahor
the harder, Most Of them ara s;nola
Those who have families do not; hrinn
item here. The ontft for doing th;s
work does not cost To exceed S70
On the average 7 do not heI,ava theea
miners realize AZ q. week the vaar aronnd
AS the neople on this coast have oona
! wild over the gold discoveries in tho
| Nothwest Territory T will ada ,;na
| concerning the exodna to tho ynkon
At ali California no;nts miners snd
business men are leaving for the Ri
Dorado Of the Northwest Yaatar5av.T T
| met, three miners from Mex;co who viii
soil for Dvea todav Thav on to nou"an "n,
| via the danyerons 0h;iceo+ nosa and o
hone to reach the land that viaIds % Tho tba
yellow metal II hnckatfnlla hafora ~; 1T To- az
sets in. They have 1900 miles 70 walk
and float On boats they will hnild mon
reaching Lake Iinderman. - ="
! 'Ah! we'll make it.N said one of than, IN
your correspondents. "We've ronohed if
for years under the blazing ravs of a
tropical sun. know we can stand any,
thing that lies in store for ma under tHa
Arctic circle. When we left home fha
mercury registered $50 degrees" man
that can stand that can Weather INV
Artic blizzard" The three mem carr;a9 &
24OO pounds Of baggage ali told and 90. @
thew will never ret,1rn until fortnnc, @
laden Every Alaskan steamer thot :.
leaving San Francisco harnor "a ,adan to 10
the hurricane deck with the dar;no saar
chers for the wealth which ia locied IN
the icy embrace Of the Klondvla and
other tributaries of tho YuTnn
dozen steamers arc schednIed to ,aave,
San Francisco mort dnrinpt Tho nox+ eo,.,