Show 7 leviso mm co I 1 ayou was at st thomas nevada at auy rato wo will our from tharo sl is not what I 1 had to find for I 1 thought etwas a city of considerable size but only two families ono of ch owns socio acres of good fanning land and a good water liiv iligo groin is droith four abil hay ami a hall cents per ib I 1 rom st thomas wo followed lie rio virgin deuly avo bailo to or w hat is b known as S ones ferry colorado itic bonneau Bon nelU this is a arry at reasonable rates and can be crossed in ct any lime of tho year steamers feet lon coico u to aliis ferry quito frequently and load with hay and roca salt for el dorado canyon jhc thc salt can be had in any quantity about seven miles from the coith bank of the liver diio ilio virgin empties into alia colorado ab this I aiom thia wo doivo down the river miles and there nil up eighty allona allon 5 of aitor to crossing n doity eight mile desert and as we havo eight animals this is nono too much at mountain springs over the we mid good flatcar and feed though the wilar wo have to buy from mountain springs to mineral park the count seat of mohave county is twenty six miles with good ted and very fair roads before ibach ing alic park wo drive through n small mining camp which is very dull now chloride there does not seem to be much doing tharo anil abo miners arc on oars awaiting tho railroad atlantic pacific R II 11 comes within a fc v miles from lcm acm mineral park u aldo very quiet and aust have a population of somo avro or bocc hundred it ha its quota of saloons etc there anre quite a number 0 indi ains alo speak good english or tho Wall apai here and iu fact we have passed a number of tadious rom mineral park 0 o frees wash 3 two miles with good feed and irater in a will there is a barc iio owner claiming to have good mining by from here to cot otwool is filc miles feed and water an 1 iu fact roads bcd ani water arc bath good I 1 am told mm mountain erlna to prescott Pr cscott from cottonwood we over a mountain aix oix miles to good water aad rom there on ciuc miles to lloyc furt where there is a small spring from there it is miles to wind mill where water lias to be purchased we luve just entered a beautiful park ff coo juniper and pine trees they oro in abundance and if water were plentiful ins donld make a thriving locality and of lumber could be mado cacan there is an abundance of noo fal cattle here tho joshua and juniper treis with several kinds of busies and grasses are all new and interesting to run yo havo biad a heavy rain storm alic list l d ay iy and iho is very cool I 1 am agreeably to find such a delightful clini ato for hii seem to have left all alio llio heat on thu other side of tho colorado anon irwy |