The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-14

anytninS served on Broadway, whatever
fs character because by that time the
traveller needs 10 in his stomach.
AFTER THAT HIKE on A PRIoHrYrL road
From Hills Landing the route Is over
n new trail. ~ feet wide. cut in the timber
and corturoyed part Of the way. No
stage makes this trip. Here 10 where
the hike commences Convicts are at
work here also. finishing the road; Trees
with trunks about eight inches in diameter
OF uniform size are cut down and made
into logs, say ~ feet long. and these logs
are laid down close together in the mud
and water as n sort Of pavement. A
soon IA freezing weather Gomez and snow
falls these roads will be as smooth as
asphalt and sleighs will 60 over them
with horses on the sallop. just at this
time the water and mud frseze only nj
night and the snow that falls meits In the
are slippery and when one least expects
10 the foot goes down he tween the logs
or the stability II tha log Ia misjudged
and thA consequences are sometimes
painful. Only a part OF the road has
40 far been corduroyed and the rest
Of the way ia something frightfnl. II
should h" understood that the timber
shades tho ground. preventing the sun
from absorbing the moisture great
clay belt runs through this part OF the
country and the ground consists OF clay
mixed with the rotted growth and IL makes
n fine composition.
This trail ia being followed by q large
number Of men each day. some coming
out. more going in. The travel helps
TO mix the mud. In the early morning
frozen hunks stick up like so many axes
along the way and hurt the feet. A little
later. in the warmth Of the day this crys..
tailized surface gives way gradually and
one may 60 In up 20 the boot tops AZ every
step. while q careless move may sub
merge one 10 the waist II the middle
! Of the road becomes tireeome one occa-
sionally takes TO the side Of the clearing
and leaps from slippery log 60 more sup
| perry log. now over. now under. sometimes
falling. always gasping. In falling Il Ia
the rule TO fall forward; IL takes one thar
much further along the trail. " IL well
also to concentrate ones thought on
Weston and Roosevelt and feel as capable
Of doing things.
AT LAST Yor GET TO PoRCrPINE.
The worst part OF this trail is the last
half mile, through the main street Of
Porcupine City. a settlement on the east
ern side OF Porcupine Lake. This II quite
a settlement. but the largest hotel is on
the western side Of the lake in another
settlement. known "a Pottsville The
post Office IL in Pottsvile, This IL proba-
| blv the largest Of three settlements
II one has made the nine miles from
Hills Landing to Pottsville and puts UP
at the Shunlah Hotel by dark he will not
4 care. II he il assigned 10 a room contain
ing two beds with five other men. There
b - no disposition tu grurnbl" at a little
! thing like that. on. can also eat several
meals at This celebrated hosiery and con-
tInue To survive. although Let IL be known
! that AT all Of the boarding houses on the
/ big mining properties the best cooks
I obtainahle are employed and meals OF the
very finest kind are given the miners
: During the day the hotel II deserted. the
men are all out OF the trails looking at the
mines or trying 10 find mines Al night
the place H. crowded with Heterogeneous
crowd Of men from Rhodesia. London.
New York. Montreal and every centre
from which mining men always come lhe
famous engineer. the ZeologlSt just Oi'
II college the pro~peCrOr from Nevada
and tn. lurnberJack from Ontario ningie
on an even footing with tn" capitalists
from Moneyville These men carry them
selves with a certain Tearing which goes
hand N hand with Success here -
light IN their ave. and a llIhtnesS III their
step that come from the sight OF gold.
part Of which they ara To own. Inc cana
dian laws are strict about the prohibition
i Of liquor In mining camps and no open
gambling - IN evidence, Liquor ~ to
be had and gambling Is gong on. but II
- all under cover. This surprises the
Weslerner: 10 does not seemIike "a mining
camp to him but there il bigger gambling
going on IN the ShunIah Hotel. gambling
with whole fortunes As stakes. deals made
IN mining property involving IN some
cases few hundred dollars but more
often thousands Ol dollars, ana. as mas
happened. millions ~ dollars
FREE COLD on THE srRFACE,
The first gold was discovered IN Por-
C-IpIna about a year ago since then
very rich surface showings have been
uncovered on about twelve different
properties IN widely separated parts OF
the district The country il all staksi
out and taken up for miles in every drec-
ton II - useless for a prospector TO
go there now expecting 20 TAX" up ground.
Tn. only Way ground can be obtained IL
/ bv purchase from III" first owners and
these properties are chan gInR hands every
day AT Ia CHER and -tll higher prices
In the northern par Of Tisdal" township
what - known A. tn" Crown Chartered
system Of whit" quartz veins 'has been
uncovered These veins have a general
direction easr and west and have teen
traced on the surface sofar for bout three.
miles On seven properties along this
formation Tich gold mas been found On
three q them sufficient work has been
done 20 Indicate hat 'hnv have the making
OF great mines ~ on" place the mos=
and earth have been stripped from the
surface ~ the vein. which ~ from 20
IL feet vide. for a distance NJ 200 feet
Al every few feet along this surface
nuggets and plaSterS " free gold are ct
posed prominently and can he seen with
the naked ey" ~ a distance 81 many feet
This surface rock - certainly very high
grade, some of u running several thou /
seen how far these veins go down into tho
ground bur they hav" every appearance"
on tn. surface ~ being great true assure
veins. having even walls on both sides
and being very uniform N appearance"
This white quartz appears in tho chist
formation and the chist itself appears 20
carry gold near tn. vein This par If
the camp presents one II the Tnnst inter
estIng exhibits
DOME oF orABrz AND GOLD
Leaving Pott-ville by motor boat or
cano. south across Lake Porcupins ,
one comes 20 m. new town called South !
End From South End tn" di-fanC. ~ |
two and half miles in this same lis
dale township 30 the Dome mine This
property ID one Of m. narTslS 81 the dis
'rict There IL n huge or'cropping OF
whit. quartz. dome shaped. a distance
Of about FIVE hundred feet across the
surface II projects from the ground
as high a. thirty feet in some places. At
many places around this dome. in fact
nearly all over It. fire." gold IL visible 10