The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-11
az. r. MINIS in Pittsburg Dispatch.)

! the conditions above are most paTched
/ and dead looking. more than this, the
mountains rising in stony grandeur and
] presenting the most Improbable aspect
are filled. loaded. with the, greatest
wealth in the world.
For years the state has remained I'M
developed and deserted by capitalists,
| except along the border lines where the
mines were so apparent that it would
| be folly TO ignore them. Now conditions
| are changing. People are looking
| toward the prospects there with inter-
! est; mines are taken with aVidity; a
/ town is being started, smeltars are To-
| eating; and, above all. the railroads are
| already directed toward the most prom
Using fields. 1t has been the want Of
suitable means of transportation that
mas kept the state back. and now that
these conditions are filled the prospect
| IS most encouraging. Three railroads
through 1szie of the richest mineral belts
! in the world will cause the state OF Ne
vada to rise like the phoenix bird Of
old from her own ashes and take on
the fullest plumage Of grandeur
A Picturesque Mountain Country.
| II IS to the southwest that attention
| seems 10 be most directed at present,
| down where the border touches San
| BernardinO and InyO counties in Cali
! fornia, and almost in line farther up
/ to the Yosemite valley. Here great
mountain peaks rise in majesty, over
| looking the whole section which they
| surround. They greet the beautiful
| Pahrump and Mesquite valleys with
smile of cOndescension and grandeur.
About three miles to the northeast Of
the center Of this section is the remark
| able cave. 1t is about thirty feet deep,
and is found in one of the small Duties.
/ Though now unOccupied by any tribes
and with scarce any trace Of having
| been so for hundreds of years, yet
/ 1zrffh &c
4 upon a rock, a child's mOCcasin- This
| was made of yucca plant and was
| wonderfully we'll fastened together by
! cunning stitches taken with the fibre Of
( the yucca itself; it was, in fact, quilted
/ through and through. Where It came
! from no one knew; it was safe from
| dampness and decay. Dry and unWorn.
/ it had laid there for years, possibly 100.
/ judging by the style and the workman
| ship.
The cave is composed of limestone,
some black and other places gray; and
| was made by volcanic action. The OK
tinct volcano Table mountain, is five
miles to the south.
This mountain is most interesting. 1t
ought to become the subject of many
an artists brush. Rising 5000 feet, 1t
/ suddenly changes its determination of
! becoming a peak. and spreads out INTO
/ a broad lakeland, which slopes Sradu-
ally off to the east. 1t is composed OF
/
/ ems wing. Down its corrugated SIDES
are streaks of brightest red-almost
/ vermiliOn The contrast Of red ana
/ black is striking and beautiful. ana the
| fact that this brilliant effect Is pro-
/ duced by red oxide Of iron does not de-
tract from the esthetic beauty of the
/ scene When the sun is lC1v the sight
/ is most pleasing Enhanced by the
/ brightness of the slanting rays the
kwhoIe picture is lighted up with en-
| trancing splendor. 1t shines, 1t sparkIes
/ like Jewels glittering in a beautiful set
! ting of let Yet IL is indeed most pc
witching when the hercer lights of day
| have grown more 5ubdued- Just as
the first soft feelings OF tWllghI are
t becoming apparent, when all the ar d
dreamy stiffness holds" the matchless
/ lights of blue come over the mountain
/ in a sort of loving embrace Larld
/ beauty is transformed to the more
| spiritual aspects. Fainter ana more
beautiful is the glory Of the mountain,
as its outline is gradually lost IN the
/ annroac ching darkness. You feel as II
! YOU had been the subject OF an en-
! chantment. and that. though the cur
! tain has gone down, yet the scene iaSt
/ enacted was one to make you doubt
whether you had been IN your WAXING
or your dreaming senses
Where Copper is Found.
In striking contrast to this mountain
is Charleston peak, twenty mics 20 tIle
north. Here are found pleasant forests
! timber is abundant. brooks and water
/ falls chase each other down the noun
/ tain side to unite IN the larger WdICi
/ supply of the country below 1t mas an
altitude of 1884 feet ,.z
west of the valley. and has many oeau-
tifuI cedars. besides being rich IN mines
! Of conner and iron. Where the copper
ore is accompanied by iron, as IL Is III
I all OF these mountains, IL mas IhS lI!os'
| fsvora bile conditions Tor manipulation
and is considered the best properly
CIark's mountain, only eighteen hllies
nom the center of Mesquite valley Is
similar TO Kingston in proaucIS1, az az
contains the famous copper " S 81 IA
mine" From this last year over Sz'V'-
oO0 in copper bullion was taken
OF those who have become interested
I 6uanciaIlv in this section perhaps sen
ator Bard and Mr. Perkins OF hue-
meme, in Ventura county, cam q,
are the best known. II is said that
the are to nut up a smelter here
Walker Bros. of Salt Lake CITY, tne
millionaire bankers and mine owners
have several mines also. me dreeh
Monster mine is a fine piece OF prop
erty which has been WORKING prom
ably here for several years. II Is
owned by the legatees of the late SER
ator Hearst estate in san Francisco
The Doak Bros. of St. Louis TOOK thelI
! own chemists ana aSSayefS Win ehSHi
to make a careful examination OF the
place before announcing their inten-
ton of putting in large smeitef'
Southwest Of this section are the most
extensive salt and nitre beds IN TINS
part OF the United States.
Railroads Are Pushing In.
Tt is accordingly quite evident that
! all of the conditions for a paradise that
are built upon great wealth are to be
found in abundance here Yet capital
lists have been 10th to go in on account
OF the poor means of transportation
This difficulty is just now removed.
/ Three lines have started for the point
the Oregon Short Line, the Caiifor-
MIA Eastern, which is connected with
the Santa Fe and the salt Lake route.
These roads cannot afford to go around
SO rich a section as this has proved
to be.
It is, indeed, in this very section that
the celebrated dispute over right OF
way has been conducted between Sena-
tor Clark and the Union Pacific Sen
ator Clark claimed the grade by right
| Of purchase at a delinquent tax sale.
The case was tried in the United States
! district court.
/ The California Eastern is now at
Marvel. san Bernardino county, Cal,
within forty-five miles of Mesquite val
ley and has grading within thirty-s six
miles By the end of this summer II
! viii be in the center of the valley
It is a singular and interesting coin
cidence that nearly all the railway
lines have taken the same course that
was pursued By the immigrants in
/ early days They have most invariably