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MONO COUNTY.The Landscapes Around Bodie, Mono Lake, and Vicinity.STRIKING ALPINE SCENERY.tBy a Special Correspondent.]I walked the length of th*e mines, north and south, to-dny, and got a better idea than I had before of the lay of the land, and of the magnificent mountain landscapes which fill up the surrounding country. Climbing the hill past the Standard mill, I rose with every step until I stood beside the shaft of the Sumrhit mine, which indicates its location by its name. Two strong, round bills rise side by side, with a depression, reaching nearly to the level of the town, between them. On the northern one of the two the Summit hoisting works crowns the *top, and the Maryland, two miles south,Hs its mate. The northern elevation is known as Bodie Bluff; the southern is Queen Bee Hill, Silver Hill lies between the two, and is only a hill at all as compared with the valley in which lies the town. Bodie Bluff has a monopoly of the fine developments thus far, and has the best prospects of any part of the district. Walking south from Summit, the Standard and Bodie are on the right hand, the Jupiter, Dudley, and other promising claims to the left.inbnlasbeha00ahcobrminceeaocPivaI' Till SILVER KILL,which is named so for its fine silverindications, catches the Noonday,Goodshaw, Champion, Maybelle andothers. There is great activity in thisvicinity, aud much prospecting will be done this summer. Machinery is being put in position on several claims and two or three pumps are coming, Upcn Queen Bee Hill, after a sharpclimb, we find the University, QueenBee and others. The Maryland hoisting works rest upon the highest spot and have the point of vantage over all their neighbors for scenery. There are very few spots which command such an extended and striking view as the one they occupy. The highest portion ortbe Sierra lies directly to the west with a gradual curving to the southeast. Although 50 miles ©r more away the patches of timber in all grades of density show up plainly to the naked eve. Above the timber line rise the•rstorm faded rocks in piles of titanic masonry. The great wall is grooved and chiseled into a mighty fringe of1II1s»sI*eaditniteBROWN AND RAGGED LACE.A hundred miles to the southeastthe White mountains rise from theplain with no companions but theclouds; vast,sublime and solitary, theyfill the whole horizon and catch theeye whenever it turns toward that part of the field. Their natural whiteness vies with streaks and patches of perpetual snow which fall nearly half way down their sides. Between me and them lies what seems fclt;* bo a level sweep of vast extent, rounded out like a basin with broken sides from right to left; but I knew that this appearance of evenness is deceptive and that broken ridges and canyons divide the distance. T* the north rolls a sea of brown waves which must have stood thus since time began. There are no sigus of their ever having carried timber or being other than they now are. At the foot of the hill lies, on the south,w:Slt;wTiditildiwinstsoRfrlasliofc tc«Ywclti]wpo:sialbeio;PbciiaPclt;EohClMONO LAKE,As■)eGtoit8-itsd:nale,t-liast-50a beautiful little sheet of water, about twenty miles east and west, and half as wide. Two islands occupy the center, one of country rock, the other of black, volcanic glass, which furnishessome beautiful specimens. South of the lake a wide basin is full to the brim of pine timber, which is said to bo of excellent quality. It is so far away that it assumes a deep black and affbids a striking contrast to the grayish rim of the basin on either side, and the white background of the far-off Sierra Nevada. Turning our eyes to the west, we see the ridge on which we stand swinging around to the north, crossed by several stage roads leading to different camps, like Mammoth City, etc. At its toot, in a northwesterly course, lies Bodie town, «f which we have an almost bird’s eye view. The striking feature of this whole picture is the absence of vegetation. Not a tree is in sight, except on the far distant nut pine hills, or the shadowy Sierra. Not a green thing, except the struggling strip of grass along Bodie creek. Not n birdr* UJor animal, apparently, in the whole country. All is as bare and naked as on the day the great basin arose from the ocean's bed.Honest Miner.Bodie, J itne 10t 1879,ncbbi:iv
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Weekly Reno Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Thu, Jun 26, 1879
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