Washington Statesman

No Trail from Grand Ronde to Salmon River.-Mr. P. Lowe, an old and reliable resident of Linn county, called at our office during the past week to furnish us information obtained by himself during a recent prospecting trip through the Grand Ronde valley, Powder river, etc. He arrived in this city direct from Grand Ronde. on last Tuesday. He reports the mines on Powder river as paying from two to five dollars per day to the hand. But few miners are there, and none of them will remain during the winter. In regard to the wagon road and trail through the Grand Ronde valley to the Salmon river mines, Mr. Lowe gives us a decidedly unfavorable report. He states that up to this time, no practicable trail has been discovered across the mountain, and that no one has ever been over with the exception of a party of Frenchmen, who left Grand Ronde some time since and are supposed to have crossed the mountains in the direction of Salmon river. Mr. Abbott, who has been most persevering and energetic in his efforts to cross the mountains, as also to open a communication through to Salmon river from points below. via Grand Ronde valley. informed Mr. Lowe that he had made thorough and close examination along the banks of Snake river for a distance of fifty miles, to obtain a safe crossing, and had not yet met with success: and the large band of cattle which Mr. Abbott has been endeavoring for the past month or more to rush into the Salmon river market. are still in the Grand Ronde valley. Mr. Lowe gives it as his opinion that it will be impossible to open a trail through the mountains, and returning from Grand Ronde to this place, has fallen into the ranks with those who prefer a direct and pleasant road to prospecting for new routes, and has proceeded on his way to the Salmon river mines.

Mr. Lowe desires us to request the Oregon Democrat to copy the substance of the above, for the benefit of his friends and the public in that county.