REPOBT ASD .lor UN.' 



is tlie most imposing range I have seen since leaving 

 to be seen stretching far to the northward. 



Sho-s^^ '>" laLbit-skms,' lik< 



,,-mgs. We are encamped at the foot of a dark brOWl 

 the summit of which is a small dug weU, 10 feet dee] 



this well can only get here on the principle of the si pi 

 source. At present it is only 2 J feet deep in the \ 

 culinary purposes. The grass is about 1.5 miles to tl 

 side of the hill, and does not appear abundant. Th< 

 to-day makes it important, if for no other reason, tl 

 farther to the south. (Subsequent to this date, in t 

 abandoned by the mail company as a station on M 

 have learned, however, that thev have since found 



Humboldt Rr 

 between Salt ] 

 district betwec 



rier. The number of mules varies at these stations trom b to jo. i lie man (iiuiii- 



ThVrequiivd rate of travel (which was accomplished) was CO miles in every twenty 

 tour hours, changing every 20 to 30 miles. The superintending agent is said to ge 

 from s^no'to s L >>)0 per month, the district agent £100, the station agent from *50 U 

 S75, and the hands from *25 to 850, according to worth. 



One of the mail company informs me that along the route from this station to th. 

 Humboldt they had last winter to subsist themselves on mule and coyote (wolt) meat 

 Their stock was transferred from the old road so late last fall as to have caused the deatl 

 of one man, who died from cold on his last trip over the Goose Creek Mountains, am 

 they were consequently ill supplied with provisions on the new route. During tin 

 winter the stock had a little grain, but subsisted principally on grass. The snow oi 

 the divide between Butte and Steptoe Valleys was from 2 to 4 feet de 



places i 



i much as 10 feet; in Butte Valley about 18 inches 



It is reported by some of the mail company that there is a cave, about three days' 

 travel to the south of Steptoe Valley, into which persons have traveled a mile; some 

 say as many as 3 miles, when they came to a precipice which prevented their going 

 farther. They rolled rocks down, and the lapse of time, before striking the bottom 

 showed the depth to have been very great There is said to be a number of rooms, 

 in one of which is a beautiful spring. It was found by some persons who came from 

 Fillmore City and traveled west. The location of the cave is not given, however, with 

 any precision, and it is not in my power, for want of time, to certify, myself, to the 

 truth of the report. (I may as well say here, however, that on our return route, 



