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Title: Crusoe's island
Year: 1864 (1860s)
Authors: Browne, J. Ross (John Ross), 1821-1875
Subjects: Ethnic groups Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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,in consideration of the fund expended by my friend onthe expenses of this commission of inquiry. The deedswere so admirably drawn, and the names written so legi-bly, that I dont wonder he Avas taken in. In fact, theonly obstacle to his scheme of sudden wealth was, thatthere were no such mines, and no such men as the allegeddiscoverers in existence. I proceeded the next clay to Carson City, which I hadfixed upon as the future head-quarters of my agency.The distance from Genoa is fifteen miles, the road wind-ing around the base of the foot-hills most of the way.I was much impressed with the marked difference be-tween the country on this side of the Sierra Nevadarange and the California side. Here the mountains werebut sparsely timbered ; the soil was poor and sandy,producing little else than stunted sage bushes; and thefew scattering farms had a thriftless and poverty-strickenlook, as if the task of cultivation had proved entirelyhopeless, and had long since been given up. Across the Q
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CARSON CITY. ( A PEEP AT WASHOE. 363 valley toAvard the Desert, ranges of mountains, almostdestitute of trees, and of most stern and forbidding as-pect, stretched as far as the eye could reach. CarsonRiver, which courses through the plain, presented theonly pleasing feature in the scene. I was rather agreeably suprised at the civilized aspectof Carson City. It is really quite a pretty and thriftylittle town. Situated within a mile of the foot-hills,within reach of the main timber region of the country,and well watered by streams from the mountains, it israther imposing on first acquaintance; but the climate isabominable, and not to be endured. I know of none sobad except that of Virginia City, which is infinitelyworse. The population was about twelve or fifteenhundred at the time of my visit. There was great spec-ulation in town lots going on, a rumor having come fromSalt Lake that the seat of government of Utah was aboutto be removed to Carson. Hotels and stores were inprogress of er

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