. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . varieties, including deer and hears,inhabit the adjoining mountains. It is oneof those pleasant jilaces where one lovesto linger, regrets to 1 jave, and longs tovisit again. We advise tourists to visit it;they will not regret a week or a monthamong the hills and streams of the LTpperWebe Near this point gold and silvermines have been —which provevery rich, chief ol which is the OntarioMine, the mos
. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . varieties, including deer and hears,inhabit the adjoining mountains. It is oneof those pleasant jilaces where one lovesto linger, regrets to 1 jave, and longs tovisit again. We advise tourists to visit it;they will not regret a week or a monthamong the hills and streams of the LTpperWebe Near this point gold and silvermines have been —which provevery rich, chief ol which is the OntarioMine, the most podnctive in Utah, andthe prospects now are that the Park willbecome a greai mining center. Returning, we stop a few moments at £clio City—The town is situated atthe foot of tlje bluff, which towers farabove it, miles from Hanging the cars enter the city from Echo Can-yon, they turn to the right, and close at thebase of the cliff, on theright, stands PulpitRock (see illustration) and the old stageranche on the left, just where it appearsthat we must pitch off into the valley andriver below. This city is not very inviting,unless you like to hunt and fish, w^hen a. PULPIT ROCK, MOUTH OF ECHO CANYON, UT.\H. 84 CROFUTT S NEW OVERLAND TOURIST stay of a few days would be passed verypleasantly. Clialk Creek, Silver Creek, Echo Creek,and Weber River, aftbrd excellent trouting,while antelope are shot near the city. Themountains abound in bears, deer and elk. Echo contains about 200 inhabitants, in-cluding those settlers near by and the rail-road employes. Coal beds, extensive ones,are found near by, as well as an indefinitequantity of iron ore, which must possess amarket value, sooner or later. Near Echo City, across the Weber, aravine leads up the mountain side, v\ind-ing and turning around among the grayold crags, until it leads into a beautifullittle dell, in the center of which reposesa miniature lakelet, shut in on all sides bythe hills. It is a charming, beautif
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