. The Pacific tourist . *^*%Wn^^^..,. aCEKEBY Oi!- XHE SIERRAS, XEAR SUBIMIT. There is a great spur, called Crockersthrown out in this ridge, through which theroad passes in tunnel No. 5, and thence alongStanford Bluffs to Tamarack,—235 miles from San Francisco,another signal station. A stop will not belikely, unless to meet or pass a freight train. Asmall saw-mill is in operation during part of theyear. Just below Tamarack, the Yuba has worna large gorge, and the bold bluffs, which unfor-tunately are below the road-bed, have been called« New ^Hainpshire Rocks, and the name maywell suggest tha
. The Pacific tourist . *^*%Wn^^^..,. aCEKEBY Oi!- XHE SIERRAS, XEAR SUBIMIT. There is a great spur, called Crockersthrown out in this ridge, through which theroad passes in tunnel No. 5, and thence alongStanford Bluffs to Tamarack,—235 miles from San Francisco,another signal station. A stop will not belikely, unless to meet or pass a freight train. Asmall saw-mill is in operation during part of theyear. Just below Tamarack, the Yuba has worna large gorge, and the bold bluffs, which unfor-tunately are below the road-bed, have been called« New ^Hainpshire Rocks, and the name maywell suggest that the Granite State will sooncease to^ be regarded as the Switzerland ofAmerica. The road continues on the north or luba sideof the divide, between the waters of the Yubaand American Rivers; and between Tamarackand Cisco, Red Spur and Trap Spur are passedby tunnels No. 4 and No. 3. Three and a haltniiles from Tamarack is _ Cisco,—231 miles from San Francisco, a dayand night telegraph station, with an ele^^^_tlonof 5,939 feet.
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