Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1908-07-15

and 1t bad been sprinkling rain.
The falls were roaring and it was
really dismal aud ghostly. We
hadn't level ground enough for our
beds and were afraid of rattlesnakes
SO we did not sleep much that
night. The place looked really
beautiful by daylight though.
The falls were lovely and the
river banks for hundreds of feet
straight up were solid rock. There
was an old water mill built of
stones.
The houses were built in the
side of the hill and terraced In
front with the natural stones.
We left Knights Ferry at
O'Clock Wednesday morning, our
road going up the mountain Of
cks-up one mountain and up
another. No, we did not go down
there was no going down the other
side, there was no valley, just
still another big mountain just a
little higher than the last and rocks
upon rocks and more rocks still
You would scarcely think horses
could get over them, but they were
certainly beautiful. On either
side of the road were old gold
mines, now all shut down. Some
placer mines where the pure gold
was taken out. The hydraulic
mines where the whole mountains
were sluiced out. This the govern
ment stopped because the noun
tains were being washed in the
rivers and filing up the valleys.
The quartz mines where the gold
quartz is pulverized and washed
out. This crystalized quartz is
lovely, resembling white marble, it
can be seen ON top of the ground
most anywhere. The mountains
are full of gold but it is hard to
get. Lots Of nuggets are found
In the ravlnes after rains. Now the
rains are all over and | don't sup.
pose there is one foot of ground
but what has been prospected. The
people here are not ambitious and
don't seem to think any more of
gold than we would of any pretty
rocks we could pick up along the
creek. Now | suppose you will say
why don't you get In and find a
mine? The land Is all taken and
There is no place to prospect but on
someone's land and they will not
allow it and don't prospect much
themselves. What do they do?
Simply nothing. Raise few
chickens and few cattle and when
they want a little money they take
their pick and pan and pan out a
little gold. They live a good old
lazy life.
The air is pure on these noun.
tains and Is so light you can
scarcely tell when you breathe, and
the water is fine.
v ell | must go back to my
camp. We drove until , O'Clock
before finding good camping
place where we could get water
for ourselves and horses, this was
just outside the town of Coppero
polls on the side of the mountain
under some stately old pine trees.
We had a good dinner of pork and
beans and Mulligan stew. Fed
our horses and was jogging along
/ again up the mountain.
We drove until $50 when we
stopped for the night al the foot of
Bear mountain. There are bear and
deer both on this mountain. We
would like to have hunted several
days, but hadn't the proper kind of
guns and the deer law is not out so
1t we had killed one it would have
cost $4,000. so we decided we had
better let Mr.. Deer alone for the
present.
Thursday morning we left Bear
mountain driving nine miles to
Angels camp, where we pitched our
tent for a few days. Are camping
on top of the mountain under a
large oak tree Expect TO stay
here until next week when we will
again be on the road. Think we
Will drive twenty-five miles farther
north to the big trees, so will close
my diary until we are on tie way
again. Expect to go home a
different route and maybe will
have something to write abb
Continued next week.
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