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trees, shrubs, grass, &c. still growing.

I have rambled with Mr. Rose along the base of this mountain; along the croppings on the face of this mountain; and along the crest of it; I have been with him, with candle in one [had] hand, mineral hammer in the other into the tunnels; I have secured specimens of the ores, selvages, country-rocks, and of the accompanying minerals enough to fill a box. I have assisted in the assay of the ores to find the value of the gold and silver they contained per ton; and have done many other things since I came here.

About next Thursday I think I shall be able to close my investigations here and go to San Francisco, stopping one day at Carson City to see the governor about "storm predictions", and another at Sacramento. Everything is going on well with me, and I hope to be able to reach home in safely "on time."***

Yours very affectionately,

I.A. Lapham.

Charles Lapham.

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Carson City, Nevada, April 29, 1870.

My dear Daughter--

Having completed the investigation of Monitor mountain and mines I proposed to see some of the adjacent localities; so I went down the Monito canon on the 27th to the Carson river (distance 2 miles, descent 300 feet) and up the river examining the rocks, minerals, lichens, mosses, Digger Indians, tunnels, mountains, valleys, &c., sauntering slowly and alone, expecting to be overtaken by Mr. Rose in a wagon on the way to Silver Mountain city; but as no Mr. Rose came I accepted the invitation of the judge of the court, who was driving the editor of the Chronicle, the County Supervisor and other dignitaries home from a ball-