Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
followed it down to near the Sink and crossed over
to the Carson River, (named after the celebrated
Carson, guide and mountain man,) passed round to
the south side of the Sink and returned to the stage
road again.
These two great rivers, flowing eastward from the
Sierras, form a large lake on the desert called the
Sink, as they are both lost in this, their reservoir.
The railroad runs on the south side of it, and the
country has been considerably taken up, and is beginning to be' settled by an agricultural people, as
the lake furnishes irrigating facilities, and the country for some distance is favorably located for the
business.
It was supposed by the first settlers of Nevada
that The country must be infinitely rich in minerals,
because worthless for anything else; but experience
has proven that the many before desert valleys have
large agricultural capacity by the introduction of
water, and the State will become self-supporting,
but her leading interest will be silver mining.
Carson City, the capital of the State, is pleasantly
located in Carson Valley, sixteen miles from Virginia, under the shadow of the Sierras.
Carson Valley is the largest and most productive
farming region of the State, and is now capable of
supporting a large population and supplying other
sections to some extent.
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