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which trains of cars pass. This flume, built of
timber and boards, is 24 miles long, and is 2,000
feet higher where it first takes the water from
Bear River, than where it empties the same at
Hilliard. The greatest fall in any one mile is
320 feet. The timber which is brought to the
station by this flume, is obtained in large
amounts in the foot hills of the Uintah Mountains, or on the mountains themselves and is
mostly pine. The saw-mill of the company,
erected at the head of this flume, has a capacity
of 40,000 feet in 24 hours, with an engine of 40
ho r s e-p o we r.
Over 2,000,000 -..feet of lumber / _ — -- h n
were consumed - = A_ _L
in the constiuec - -_
tion of this _.. a gad
flume, and its _
branches in the = -=
moun 1 tains.
Through it a
cord-wood, lumn- _
ber, ties and, = — -- ~'
saw-lo~gs are ~
floated down to
the railroad.
The cord-wood
is used for char- J W
co al. You will
observe the con- UT
ical shaped pits g o
in which it is ~:
made, near the l o
railway track,
on the right, as 5,,,
you pass west- ~:- t
ward. Theree
ar e 29 pits or wo oti i
kilns at Hilli-' *.; t
a r d, nineteen
sman ones, and cha-,, sr
The s mall kilns
require twenty- I
six cords of
wood at a f illing., a n d the ROCK CUT,
larg e on es forty cords. The small ones cost
about $750, each; the large ones $900. These
k ilns consum e 2,000 cords of wood pe r mo nth,
and pro duce 100,000 bushel s of charcoal as a result, in the same time. There are other kilns
about nine miles south of the town, in active oper-
ation. The re are fine iron a nd sulphu r springs
within three-fou rths of a mile of the statio n d
The reddish appearance of the mountain we
have just passed indicates the presence of irona r
in this vicinity in large quantities, and coal also ofBaRie,temsineetngruofsd
begins to crop out in different places as we go pigknw onteCnietocuysm
down the valley. Bear River is renowned for sxsur ie.T hs rcdwt ta
its trout. They are caught south of the road in vns'eotgv h aeo taba
the mountain tributaries, and north of Evanstoll, in Bear River LIake. Though the country
has somewhat changed in appearance, and a different formation has been entered upon, we have
not passed the region of agates and gems,
precious and otherwise. They are found in the
vicinity of Hilliard, in large quantities, together
with numerous petrifactions of bones, etc., with
fossilized fish, shells, ferns and other materials.
Twety-fivae oiles a littl e south-west of Hi lliard are found two sulphur mountains. The
sulphur is nearly 90 per cent. pure, in inex haustible quanl...... ~ ~. tities.
The scenery of
the Upperd Bear
',~',~ ~River is rugged
and gran n d.
foxes, badgers,Abountai 20ns mile as c
south of Hil rabbits,,etc., gouse age~ hens, lia rd is a dcat uiral for t which
ton, ort I~~~eal lvr s Bertake,tn pols-i
~/e)~~~ session of by a
ganig of horse
~ ~ thieves and cuth
boundr.ine betweethroats, under
directl AC1'OSS the l ead to one
~' ~ -~~~ ~~Jack Watkins,
a geni tine f ont of ier ruffian, who,
springs know onwith his c om zpanions, for a
six sqr mlong time re ~~ ~5~,~remo~t gav te nmeofsisted am bat
The hills and
mountains in
this vicinity
abound in
~game, and offer
rare induce ments to sports mie n. Th e
counitry around
~ -.. ~~~~~~b o t h Hilliard
AR ASPEN. ~ ~ ~and Evanston is
the -natural home for bears, elk, deer-, catamounts,
lvnx, wolves, coyotes, wolverine,-, beaver, mink,
fCoxes, badgers, mountain lions, wild cats, jack
rabbits, etc., grouse save hens, quails and ducks
in the spring and fall. N'\ot far north of Evanston, on Bear R-iver-, is Bear Lak~e. ten miles in
lengith, and f rom fi-ve to eight in breadth. The
boundary line between Idaho and Utah passes
directly across the lake f rom east to west.
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