. The Pacific tourist . f this valley. Salt Wells,— miles from the eastern terminus of the road, and 6,360 feet abovethe sea. It is a telegraph station, and inthe construction period of the road, was aplace where considerable timber, wood, etc.,was delivered. The water from the well herehas a saltish, alkaline taste, hence the and one-half miles north, there is a saltor alkali basin, which has no visible outlet inwhich the brackish waters stand the most ofthe ,— miles from Omaha; eleva- its entire line. Rock Springs coal for domesticpurposes is only surpassed by
. The Pacific tourist . f this valley. Salt Wells,— miles from the eastern terminus of the road, and 6,360 feet abovethe sea. It is a telegraph station, and inthe construction period of the road, was aplace where considerable timber, wood, etc.,was delivered. The water from the well herehas a saltish, alkaline taste, hence the and one-half miles north, there is a saltor alkali basin, which has no visible outlet inwhich the brackish waters stand the most ofthe ,— miles from Omaha; eleva- its entire line. Rock Springs coal for domesticpurposes is only surpassed by anthracite. Ithas but little of the sulphurous smell of othersoft coal, burns into ashes without clinkers, andwithout the black soot which characterizes othercoal. These mines, with others, were formerlyoperated by the Wyoming Coal product is annually increasing; whereverthe superior merits of the coal have becomeknown it speedily supplants other kinds in 1875 the company mined 104,427 tons, or. CASTLE ROCK. tion, 6,300 feet—A side track where passengertrains do not stop. The valley narrows in thisvicinity, and the rugged rocks with their raggededges, if possible become more interesting to theobserver. Rock Sprinffs,— miles from Omaha,and 6,280 feet above the sea. This is the greatcoal station on the line of the Union PacificRoad. The company not only furnishes thefinest lignite coal to be found, for its own use,but supplies the market at every point along 10,442 cars allowing the usual ten tons per did not, however, ship this number of carsas considerable coal is furnished to all the en-gines that pass, and consumed by the peopleliving in the town. They are now working twoveins, one six and the other about nine feet inthickness. Lawrence,— miles from Omaha, withan elevation of 6,200 feet. A side track forpassing trains between Rock Springs and Green Hirer,—which is the end of the Lara- WME ^m€SFi€ FQW^I&r. 101 mie divisi
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