The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-06-08

For a pleasant journey to the Ida
country, take the stage and let the
autoists whiz on. They will not appre-
ciate the beauty of desert freshness. the
endeavor Of every growing thing to
present its best There are flowers in
profusion and few that are not beauti-
full in form. and the colorings are rich
and delightfully."- varied. Plats OF blue.
white. and of purple. lunches and stands
of pink and Of white. graceful spires
and rods with swaying blossoms blue.
yellow or red, and the tips of age
greasewood, and desert brush are re-
freshingiy green and tender.
The road is excellent and in these
breeze-tempered days of early June when
the horses show neither heat nor dis
tress, every mile of the way is enjoy
able and on either side there is some
thing attractively restful. Through the
narrow gateway, from the desert into
the Lids basin surrounded by goodly
hills and high mountains. some water
flows and the sight Of thrifty willows
and cottonwoods Is pleasing. Here too.
in the strong clay loan are prepared
gardens that later will be heavy with
the green Of growing vegetable.
Ida is charmingly situated. west
Of Mt. McGruder. whose uplift Is IL. 500
feet or more, with slopes generously
wooded.
The mineral hills south of town run
to more than 5000 feet and there is
much of cedar, juniper. and of pine.
In the high draws mountain mahogany,
shrubs and scrub growth up to the
banks.
There are birds, blue jays and desert
hooking, while now and then the tri-
colors of an oriole fash. and there are
other winged creatures unknown to me
BY all means drop the rus and hurry
for a day. let the driver point out the
peaks and tell o where are the dis
tricts and what the ranges. smoke you
cigars I. the open. and the seven hours
of travel will refresh and bring an old
time appetite.
The mineral hills are precipitous. run
to more h 5000. and Mt. McGruder,
east of town, towers almost a mile
above Ida whose altitude is $500 above
the sea.
These southern mountains are rather
astonishing. and one having In mind
the general fall of the country Is not
prepared for such elevations and per-
retual snow. Most of the camps are
neal to springs and there is limitless
seasoned fuel, trunks and branches dead
but not decayed, amid the spread of
thrifty growth. Twenty-Five to thirty
feet is maximum height but there is
canopy and shade and the trees are
stocky and sturdy. They are great re-
lief from barrenness of t~reeless plains.
Through this section, on to and
through the White mountains there
must be spots of rare beauty. Freedom
from dust affords relief. On the way
to Cedar Springs. FIVE miles out. !
found a possible acre whose beauty
would make tame best landscape art.
Flowers many, varied. charming. on
sloping foreground just above our trail,
margined by pines and cedars not set in
geometrical array long that segment
of circle. From our camp on Blue Dick
mountain. we face Mt. McGruder still
carrying above the irregular tree
patches, huge banks of snow.
We are in the midst of cedar. pine,
juniper and mahogany. on steep slope,
5000 feet, In purest atmosphere. and
back of us rises his hill 1900 feet to
s~nowbanks of it's own.
MYNE1Ax PROBABILITIES
Aside from beauty, shade, pure air and
healthful considerations is that other
of probable wealth. Here are copper,
silver, lead, gold and other mineral
treasures. Copper has such a way of
rich surface manifestation, that out
crops however phenomenal are not the
certain promise of large bodies Of cop
per, upon which copper fortunes must
be built. 1t is so soluble that consider
able areas are stained. perhaps to bril-
liancy, by a comparatively small amount
Of the mineral, and so copper STAIN
may mean much or little according to