. The Pacific tourist . etc.,in the mount-ains. RichardF. Burton, theAfrican explor-er, visited thiscanon and SaltLake City , anil wrotea book calledCity of theSaints, whichwas publishedby the Harpers,in 1862* Hespeaks of thewonders of thisvalley as fol-lows : EchoKanyon has butone fault; itssublimity willmake all simi-lar feat ii its look Weber Riverrises in theW a h s a t c hM ountai n s,aboutoO milrs in a south-eastern direction from Echo, flows nearlydue west to Kammas City, when it turns to thenorth-west and passes in that general directioninto the Great Salt Lake, not far
. The Pacific tourist . etc.,in the mount-ains. RichardF. Burton, theAfrican explor-er, visited thiscanon and SaltLake City , anil wrotea book calledCity of theSaints, whichwas publishedby the Harpers,in 1862* Hespeaks of thewonders of thisvalley as fol-lows : EchoKanyon has butone fault; itssublimity willmake all simi-lar feat ii its look Weber Riverrises in theW a h s a t c hM ountai n s,aboutoO milrs in a south-eastern direction from Echo, flows nearlydue west to Kammas City, when it turns to thenorth-west and passes in that general directioninto the Great Salt Lake, not far from Ogden. Go-ing up this river from Echo, Grass Creek flows inabout two and a half miles from the startingpoint. This creek and canon runs very nearlyparallel to Echo Creek. Very important and ex-tensive coal mines have been discovered from twoto four miles up this canon. It is not as wild orrugged in its formation as Echo Canon. Themines are soon to be developed. Two and a halfmiles abov; the mouth of Grass Creek is. Coalville,—a town of about 600 people, witha few elegant buildings, among which are theMormon bishops residence and a tine two-storybrick court-house, which stands on an elevationnear the town, and can be seen for a long dis-tance. The town is situated on the south side ofChalk Creek where it empties into Weber creek also runs nearly parallel with EclioCam hi. and rises in the mountains near the headof the Ililliard Lumber Companys flume. It iscalled Chalk Creek from the white chalky ap-pearance of the bluffs along its banks. Coalville is a Mormonvillage, and itsinhabitants arenearly all em-ployed in min-ing coal fromtwo to threeniili-s above thetown where therailroad road iscalled the Sum-mit CountyRailroad, and isowned by someof the wealthyMormons inSalt Lake miles far-ther up theWeber, and youcome to Hoyts-ville, anotherMormon is a farmingsettlement. Thetown has agrist-mill. Fourmiles still far-ther is locatedthe t
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