. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and c
. Crofutt's new overland tourist and Pacific coast guide : containing a condensed and authentic description of over one thousand two hundred cities, towns, villages, stations, government fort and camps, mountains, lakes, rivers, sulphur, soda and hot springs, scenery, watering places, and summer resorts : where to look for and hunt the buffalo, antelope, deer and other game; trout fishing, etc., etc. In fact, to tell you what is worth seeing--where to see it--where to go--how to go--and whom to stop with while passing over the Union, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage, from sunrise to sunset, and part the way back, through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California and Arizona . egion is inthe quartz rock, which re-quires capital to work toadvantage. Some of thesequartz mines are authori-tatively reported to be ex-ceedingly rich, and at thetime we write—March 6,1879—there are 942 stampsthundering away, night andday reducing the ores, andyielding rich returns,which we have the bestauthority for stating,amounted to over $3,000,000for 1878. The principal cityin the Hills, is calledDead wood, for which placestages leave Cheyenne daily. For route and fare, seeAnnex No. 50. These Hills lie betweenthe 43rd and 45tli degreesof latitude, and the 103d and105th parallels of longitude; are about 100miles long and 60 miles wide. We are pleased to refer our readers insearch of further and full information onthe Black Hills, Powder River and BigHorn country, to Annex No. 9. Cheyenne up to this time has been theprincipal outfitting point for parties des-tined for the Black Hills. The amount offreight shipped from here since the emi-gration commenced, has been enormous. 4. WASH-A-KIE—PEACE CHIEF OF THE SHOSHONE INDIANS. The road being a good one, with goodstations, water, grass, etc., along the wholeroute, it has become the principal onetraveled, particularly by small or privateparties. Th
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