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appear in the baplata canon arid on the oast face and eastern can¬ 
ons of the Sierras, There is more trachyte than X had suspected* 
Descended to the valley about two miles below tom - Parrot - and 
soon reached the trail which passes up the bar (wagon road) * A 
couple of cow boys were riding up the road and I was somewhat sur¬ 
prised, to meet y. light wagon containing women and children and 
quite dui&oundod a large Indian outfit that 1 had descried afar 
off dressed in bright colors and covered with trailing yew g&ws, 
turned out to be a party of ladies and gent lessen out or a Sunday 
evening ride down the valley. X had not hoard of this feminine 
invasion and X was no less pleased than surprised< Pound nearly 
all of the ole boys, among whom are certainly a larger proportion 
of good solid men than can be found in one such mining village 
out of a do sen* Pound our camp in the old place just above to to. 
In the little gulch a dm 'haa been built for the purpose of secur¬ 
ing hydraulic power for the placer* mines. Giles, Putnam, Lewis, 
Bennett and others are in town. A county has boon organised 
called haplata aid these gentlemen are the officers. ttaxy good 
leads have been struck since last years but the Comstock seams 
to be the most promising Xpad, They are down one hundred foot 
and the ore bearing edges is 10 feet wide. Distributed photo¬ 
graphs and books. Harry Loo came in in the evening and appeared 
in canp with a blanket folded about him* X appeared that lie hud 
reached Ouray four 5 day a after Gamete and atevenson had left and 
had immediately set out for Parrott in order to join us* but being 
liable to arrest for having given whiskey to Indians and consequent 
ly had to keep in the shade at Parrott, He agreed to join us tom¬ 
orrow. Dick Giles had agreed to get us an Indian , a brother of 
