Down the valley to the west; good road ; sage small ; no fuel. After 12 miles,willowsand water-holes; 3 miles beyond there are alkaline wells. Station on the bench ; water below in a dry creek ; grass must be brought from 15 miles
35 miles 6:30 am to 12:30 pm Oct 11
Cross Moonshine Valley. After 7 miles a sulphurous spring and grass. Twelve miles beyond ascend the divide; no water; fuel and bunch -grass plentiful. Then a long divide. After 9 miles, the station on Roberts' Creek, at the E. end of Sheawit, or Roberts' Springs Valley
28 miles 8 am to 1:45 pm Oct 10
Long divide; fuel plenty; no grass nor water. After 10 miles the road branches to the right hand to Gravelly Ford of Humboldt River. Cross a dry bottom . Cross Smith 's Fork of Humboldt River in Huntingdon Valley; a little stream; bunch-grass and sage fuel on the W . end . Ascend Chokop's Pass, Dugway, and hard hill ; descend into Moonshine Valley. Station at Diamond Springs; warm water, but good.
23 miles 8 am to 1:45 pm Oct 8, 9
Ascend the long divide; 2 steep hills and falls. Cross the N. end of Long Valley, all barren. Ascend the divide, and descend into Ruby Valley; road excellent; water, grass, and bottom; fuel distant. Good mail station
22 miles 8 am to 1:45 pm Oct 7
The Yuta claim, like the Shoshonee, descent from an ancient people that immigrated into their present seats from the northwest. During the last thirty years they have considerably decreased according to the mountaineers, and have been demoralized mentally and physically by the emigrants: formerly they were friendly, now they are often at war with the intruders. As in Australia, arsenic and corrosive sublimate in springs and provisions have diminished their number.
Pass divide, fall into Butte Valley, and cross its N . end . Bottom very cold. Mail station half way up a hill; a very small spring; grass on the N. side of the hill. Butte Station
18 miles 8 pm to 3 am Oct. 6