. The Pacific tourist . and-er forms, lifttheir summitstoward theclouds, and aremost alwayscovered withsnow, whiletheir sides arelined with darkgreen—the col-or of the pineforests, whichpartially envel-op them. Whilethe road was be-ing built, largequantities o fties, telegraphpoles and bridgetimber,were cuton the FootHills, near thesemountains, anddelivered to thecompany. Abouttwo miles north-west of Pied-mont, is a won-derful SodaSpring. Thesediment or de-posits of this INTEKIOR OF SNOW spring have built up a conical-shaped body with abasin on the top. In this basin the water appears,to a sma
. The Pacific tourist . and-er forms, lifttheir summitstoward theclouds, and aremost alwayscovered withsnow, whiletheir sides arelined with darkgreen—the col-or of the pineforests, whichpartially envel-op them. Whilethe road was be-ing built, largequantities o fties, telegraphpoles and bridgetimber,were cuton the FootHills, near thesemountains, anddelivered to thecompany. Abouttwo miles north-west of Pied-mont, is a won-derful SodaSpring. Thesediment or de-posits of this INTEKIOR OF SNOW spring have built up a conical-shaped body with abasin on the top. In this basin the water appears,to a small extent, and has evidently sometimehad a greater flow than at present; but, as similarsprings have broken out around the base of thiscone, the pressure on the main spring has, doubt-less, been relieved, and its flow, consequently,lessened. The cone is about 15 feet high and iswell worthy of a visit from the tourist. AtPiedmont, the traveler will first observe the per-manent coal pits, built of stone and brick, which. are used in this country for the manufacture ofcharcoal for the smelting works of Utah. Thereare more of them at Hilliard and Evanston, andthey will be more fully described then. Leaving Piedmont, the road makes a longcurve, like a horse-shoe doubling on itself, and,finally, reaches the summit of the divide in along snow shed, one of the longest on the ,—the next station. It is milesfrom Omaha, and has a reported elevation of 7,835 feet. ]tis not a greatdistance — onlyabout two miles—from the sum-mit. Evidencesof change in theformation of thecountry areeverywhere visi-ble, and thechange affords amaiked relief tothe weary mo-notony of thedesolate plainsover which wehave the gradewe now passrapidly, withhigh hills oneither side ofthe track —through a lovelyvalley, with anoccasional fill,and through adeep cut, to thenext station. Hilliard,—a new station,opened for busi-ness in 1873, miles fromOmaha, with anelevation of
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