May 28, 1865 pg 3

It probably numbers two thousand in population
mainly from California. This is a strange part
of the world. A vast portion of the state is
a desert of bare, bleak plains and mountains.
The latter are wonderfully rich in silver and
copper. Gold is not found in much abundance
here. There are no very extensive mines in the
immediate vicinity of Carson. The silver diggings
are about Virginia City, the principle
place of business in the state, 15 miles hence.
I have not been there yet.

Carson is situated in a pleasant little
valley -- barren and treeless, [illegible], surrounded
by high barren hills on the summits of some
of which large patches of snow are still to
be seen. By looking out of the window
before me I see "Job's Peak" a lofty,
"cloud kissing" mountain, white with eternal
snows. This is a picturesque region. Carson
itself stands at an elevation of some
5000 feet above the level of the sea. The
climate is generally pleasant and healthful
the only objection that I have experienced being
the high winds which too frequently blow