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VHACREP LEON OF Pid Lies 
THE FRONTISPIECE 
Is a fanciful grouping of the principal Trees of the Grove, irrespective of their relative position, arranged as they might be scen, were it not 
for the obstruction 
of the dense pine forest and undergrowth which prevents the possibility of any general view of the Sequoias. tual size of 
The wreath encircling the base is a faithful representation of the foliage and cones of the Sequoia, so strikingly small in comparison with the ac ae ; ith 
the trees themselves, The branch to the left, on its extremities, is tipped with the graceful blossoms, the roscate tint of which in nature contrasts prettily w 
the delicate green of its foliage. 
Plate I.—The Approaches of the Grove. 
MURPHY’S. 
The upper range of this plate is dedicated to the immediate surround- 
ings of Mtr yhy’s, the well known starting point for the Mammoth Tree 
pine from Which it is distant only fifteen miles—and, where convey- 
neces of every kind can be had. Murphy ’s itself, (a thriving and one of 
the oldest mining settlements of the State, formerly known as Murphy’s 
Camp,) may be said to be within a day’s distance from San Fr ancisco, being 
easily reached in twenty-six hours, either by way of Stockton or Sacra- 
mento, (the distance from Stockton is only fifty miles by a direct road.) by 
steam and a daily line of stages ; while a morning coach starts daily from 
urphy’s for the Grove. The hotel at Murphy’s, which is represented in 
the centre oval, (separated from the main field by a wreath of branches 
and cones of the S Sequoia Gigantea Sempervirens,) vies in excellence of ac- 
commodations with the hotel established at the Mammoth’ Tree Grove 
itself. The side vignettes commemorate some monuments of the enter- 
prise of the mining community al. Mar rphy ‘s—mostly old settlers—whose 
perseverance is so wel uttested ; ly 
THE SUSPEN SION PLUME , which was erected by the Central Hill 
Mining Company, as a conduit over a culch 300 feet deep, with a ee 
span of 740 feet from pillar to pillar ; hanging in wire cables. After t 
ear’s service it was carried away during a storm, and subsequently “ais 
eeded by iron pipes. 
THE DEEP C UT, a channel about a mile and a half i in length, blasted 
through solid rock, in order to gain a drainage of th irty feet for the 
mining claims above Murphy’s, toward the above ravine, ‘obviating the 
further use of numerous cranes and windlasses. And, finally, discernable 
in the background (but Reaaiesicd from the latter view,) the 
UNION AQUEDUCT, from the sources of the Stanislaus, (cighty miles 
in length,) the tracery of which indicates the ascent from Murphy’ s to the 
Grove, in an easterly direction. ‘'o the Nimrods of Murphy’s Camp the 
public. is indebted for the arly discovery of a southern pass over the 
mountains, deenrectiuge with the old Carson road and by Hope Valley and 
Grass Lake, with Lake Valley, on the Placerville-Carson 1 route,) an ex- 
cellent octet | road, following mostly the dividing ridge between the Cal- 
averas and Stanislaus, and fine valleys with abundance of pasture, which 
makes them a favorite herding ground during the summer and fall of the 
year. Woodford’s, at the mouth of Carson Cajon, is only sixty-five miles 
from the Grove. ‘The centre vignette of the lower range, as a befitting 
counterpart to the range above, giv 
A VIEW OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, 
From a point three miles beyond the Grove, on the ridge on which the 
road to Carson .runs castward. Though affording a mere glimpse, it is 
suggestive of the magnificent Alpine Scenery on ‘the so-called Big Tree 
route, over which, in September last, the first Bactrain Camels imported 
from the Amoor River were taken to their new desert home, beyond the 
jas! Nevada. 
side vignettes represent two poi viewsof that mountain scenery : 
‘ spot, only e ight miles | beyond the_ 
We cannot omit this opportunity to mention Hermit Valley (olden ») 
at the headwaters of the Mokeltnny nor the picturesque Mou 
Lakes near the Hast Summit; the Devil’s Ladder, the Dead Forest j in 
Border Ruffian Valley, and the slonious acts of the peak called the Cal- 
averas Monument, towering over the va Heys of Faith, Hope and Charity 
——names emblematic of the feclings of the early emigrants after conquer- 
ing the hardships of the much dreaded Carson Cai 
The splendid scenery of ,this whole region, by its ever-varied character. 
deserves a more g graphic description than the passing notice we here can 
give ; and, therefore, in as far as our ability will permit, we propose mak- 
ing it the subject of an carly separate publication. 
Plate II.—Entrance to the Grove, arriving from Murphy’s, 
Represents the principal ay enue to the Groye, undoubtedly impressed on 
the mind of all who ‘have visited it; with two of the Mammoth Trees, 
“The Guardsmen,” standing, like the sentinels of an outpost, on the south- 
western extremity he Grove, a magnificent guard to that Druid’s 
Shrine. This tase exhibits, at full lensth, the remains of the original 
Big Tree, (now prostrate on mother ear th.) its stump discernible as pe- 
destal of the Pavilion, the log partially hid by the building and bowling- 
alley erected over it, and indicating ee direction in which the end-piece 
of that monstrous tree is seen emerging from its housing. The gap on 
the right side of it shows the path which, by half an hour’s walk through 
the Grove, leads round to the hotel, the building just discernible behind 
“The Guardians, "a beacon w oa ome alike to the wayworn overland ein- 
igrant, the recruiting invalid, the pleasure rarties which flock to it from 
the mining towns and the nee country, and occasionally to visitors from 
far abroad, bent on scientific research 
Plate IX.—The Mammoth Greys Farm, Hotel and Grounds. 
Though concluding the set of views of the Mammoth Grove, is here next 
mentioned as counterpart to Plate II. It represents the Farm, Hotel and 
Grounds, taken from opposite the clearing of about eighty acres, as the 
only spot affording a general view of the forest. “The Guardsmen” here 
appear in full height ‘to the right of the picture, while the stump and log 
are indicated by the Pavilion and buildings erected on them. 
Since a spacious new = ucture has replaced the original Big Tree Cot- 
tage, the site of the latter, as foreeround of the new hotel, has been laid 
out as a park, the et shrubbery of which forms a striking contrast 
to the giant proportions beyond. The remnants of felled trees in the 
foreground, a chaotic wilderness, show this settlement as an oasis in the 
apparently boundless forest. As an evidence of there having once existed 
Indian wigwams in this neighborhood, we notice the holes in the granite 
boulder close by the fence, which, with the aid of a pestle, formed. the 
usual means of pounding their acorn food. Had their seers possessed the 
gift of second-sight, the gaunt, spectre-like forms of the eget as we 
saw them passing through “the ( Grove, would have harrowed t with 
fearful visions of intruders from Asia, as well as from. the» inher ne 4 ’ 
‘pale faces.” 
Having thus. disposed of the two prin 
Avenues, the other plates re uw 
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