Show prom UIKO tt t NEVADA nr yada starch march i 5 t c N VEDETTE r the geographical r tion of ahn mining district as yet not fill detel mined but supposed to bo be iu in IP latitude ag dag de 30 min longitude deg dag 20 0 will min NN which 1 ic h 10 loca ca tc tcp 41 it in the southeastern portion of the state ol 01 levadi tho valley running north and south is about forty fhe fit e miles long iong and fi cm W two 0 to six miles vide mide 1 I ha having ninga a af drable arable ian laud d about fourths of a in tho the valley are tenee lakas supplied n NT with ith water by warm springs the spring at hyko has about three hundred inches of water olic one at chrys chrystal tal about pix six inches ind one buo at ai ash meadows about fifteen hundred inches all I 1 uniting qunitin forms form quito quite a large stream of water atta at abo 0 depth J five feet at any point in the valley baue y good pure water can be obtained in quantity the valley on the cast is skirted Shir ted by a low iange of mountains and deserts extending fifty to sixty miles on the west ivi sf by 1 mount afo idali and an immense desert w u to tha borders of that famous point in unknown region death volley if gf thi district surpasses RIV any other known in the state for its salubrity it lias has in fact all ortho of the qualities of 0 climate several degites further fart Ler bouth and much warmer warmer t than ban u from its geo position it 6 curbed by faint cur entson i gullot gulf ot california tol fol lowing the course ot of the valley of the colorado until it intersects inter secta with this which has a of u warm aim vater its antiro len tb 1 tem criag the e in its pas passa ye from I 1 rep oits t the ho pre present stait winter has been mole moie wt bet acre ore all over tho the country than has been experienced since 1859 and yet hero here not a single day has been becu inclement enough to present ii working in the open air about four inches kofl 0 snow has fallen in tho the valley and twelve to fifteen inches on the highest mountain range abich is about eleven thousand feet above bea ae leall mountains ins in tho the dib tunce to the east west north and south apparently of a el elevation cation alocci are alo coi covered ered with deep stows snows indi eating some local causo cause lor for the abnormal cli mate of athis explained by bythe tha eral line of port yuma the tor terr minus dinus of which is near this point uio tho mines which give character to this districts district ale aio found in mountain s spurs purs which irises Iris hs or liuio properly i quartz aloun mountains forming a mountain range in vil lich mineral is found a distance of six milc s in leileth and thice to five miles in width between these s itro deep canyons or i avines va varying 11 in in depth from seven ito 40 nine buildt hundred feet are all accessible ces sible by following the drainage presenting no difficulties in the construction of wagon a go a loads coads from this mountain iange the hobt magnificent and wild scenery imaginable is ob sered cd with the deep and aud yawning chasms decoil lr feet wide avide and d desolate eso late deserts gitil mountain ranges in the distance all combine to fill all tho the mind with wonderland won derand admiration the gep geological logical character of this range of mountains la is anui ol 01 different its neligh neighboring tangos 3 the for formation is bind llumi nus slates elates overlaid by w d 4 lime betone thas a peculiar formation of nearl nearly y puro quartz similar to the quartz of f w inch is is covered by metamorphic limestone forming g h ho 0 iii gi I 1 c s t peaks pe aks of tho the in th general dip of ohp tho stratification westerly but greatly disturbed apa a complete cointo metamorphism meta in the formation belongs to lb the m Di vonian system tho the mineral deposits are confined to the limestone formation as indicated indic atea L by bont developments but I 1 does cul through t alie ty i e top toil laartz lu tiu artz all il tho the characters charac teris bics tics of iccil veins and extending gli the under labing alato formation 8 several eril distinct systems 7 Ste of fissures can be observed extending from four to five miles in length and flom one to two miles in width N following the general outline of tho the ion t P quartz wirtz which forms alio pi plateau of iilah s 0 or quartz I 1 moun mountain clop cioppi i ug pt allo 11 dpuia or bu iu in alpi boi I 1 haf F 1 W ra I 1 |