Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

THE QUICKSILVER MINE.
seen lut the tops of successive mountain ranges,
with some towering sentinel peaks, looking down up.
on the beautiful Valley of the San Juan, with the
Coast Range nearly lost in the distance. About us
are immense piles of debris, and ore from the mine,
and a settlemaent hard by composed of the famnilies
and lodging cabins of the miners.
The process of working the mine has been truthfully described by another, L. A. Downer, that we
intrndace to the reader. In 1850 a tunnel was commenced in the side of the mountain, in a line with
the yard, and which has already been carried to the
distance of one thousand one hundred feet, by ten
feet wide and ten feet high, to the crown of the arch,
which is strongly roofed with heavy timber through
out its whole length. Through this the rail track
passes, the car receiving the ore as it is brought on
the backs of carriers from the depths below, or from
the hights above.
The track being free, we will now take a seat on
the car and enter the dark space. Not an object is
visible save the faint torchlight at the extreme end
and a chilling dampness seizes on the frame, so suddenly bereft of warmth and sunshine. This sensation cloes not continue as we descend into the subterranean cavern below. And now comes the wonders, as well as the dangers, of the undertaking. By
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