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Title : The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes across the continent, all pleasure resorts and places of most noted scenery in the far West, also of all cities, towns, villages, U.S. Forts, springs, lakes, mountains, routes of summer travel, best localities for hunting, fishing, sporting, and enjoyment, with all needful information for the pleasure traveler, miner, settler, or business man : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads and all points of business or pleasure travel to California, Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Montana, the mines and mining of the territories, the lands of the Pacific Coast, the wonders of the Rocky Mountains, the scenery of the Sierra Nevadas, the Colorado mountains, the big trees, the geysers, the Yosemite, and the Yellowstone
Year : 1877 ( 1870s )
Authors : Williams, Henry T
Subjects : Union Pacific Railroad Company Central Pacific Railroad Company
Publisher : New York : H.T. Williams
Contributing Library : Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor : Brigham Young University

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reduce each about 1,100bushels of charcoal, for which the proprietorgets 25 cents per bushel,—a business of about$50,000 per year is done. The Silver Mine wasonce estimated extremely rich, and was sold ^ foran enormous figure, to New York capitalists,of which Messrs. Howland and AspinwaU werespecially interested. The American Fork CanonRailroad was built to facilitate the carrying ofthe ores,—and just as the road was completed,and upward of $500,000 spent, the pocketgave out. At present the mine is said to yieldwith lead, only about 35 ounces per ton ofsilver. At Deer Creek is a lovely picnic groye, purespring water, and for those of good wind andlovers of adventure,—an opportunity for mount-ain climbing. The total length of the canon to this point, is12 miles, and the total length of the railroad, is16 miles,—cost about $400,000, and the mostsolidly built narrow gauge railroad in theUnited States. The total ascent in elevationfor the whole railroad, is nearly 5,000 feet, and
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SCENES IN AMERICAN FORK CANON. 1.—Mt. Aspinwall, or Lone Mountain. 2.—Rock Summits. 3.—Picnic Grove, Deer Creek. 4.—A quiet Glen. 5.—Hanging Rock. 6.—Rock Narrows. the average grade of the railroad is 306 feet.This is the steepest railroad grade in the UnitedStates, and the only grade over 200 feet ascendedby a locomotive. Tourists who have enjoyed so fine and glori-ous a ride up the canon hither, will perhaps ex-pect that the return will be tame. They will bemost pleasantly surprised and disappointed, for itis the grandest of all railroad scenes they will everwitness. Detaching the locomotive from the train, theconductor stands at the little brake, and withouta signal or help, the little cars of the trainquietly start on their downward journey, alone.Gliding down with increasing speed, roundingthe curves with grand and swinging motion, thebreeze fanning your face, and the beautiful,pure mountain air stimulating your spirits tothe highest limits of exhilaration, your feeli

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