AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE.

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Directly ahead of our train, as it emerges | miles distant from Echo.

from Echo Canyon, coming in from the
south, is

WEBER RIveER—This stream rises in
the Wasatch Mountains, 70 miles to the
south, its waters being supplied by thou-
sands of springs, many larger tributaries,
and the everlasting snows of this rugged
mountain range. It empties into the
Great Salt Lake, just below Ogden, about
50 miles from Echo City. The valley of
the Weber, from Echo City up to its
source, is very fertile, and thickly settled
by the Mormons. Three miles above this
| gtation is Chalk Creek,where a fine coal-
bank has been discovered. Three miles
beyond this point is Coalville, a Mormon
settlement of 800 inhabitants—a thriving
village. Its name is derived from the
carboniferious formations existing there.
The coal-beds are extensive, some of the
veins being of good quality, others being
lignite. The Summit County railroad, a
narrow-gauge, is completed from Echo
City to Coalville, seven miles, with a
branch to an extensive coal mine, five
miles further. The track leaves Echo City
and passes along close below the Union
track at Pulpit Rock.

Seven miles beyond Coalville is the
pleasant village of Winship, situated at the
junction of Silver Creek and Weber River,
containing 1,000 inhabitants. The “old
stage road” followed up Weber to this
point, thence up Silver Creek via Parley
Park, and thence to Salt Lake City, 50

 

ParLEy ParK—tThis is a beautiful val-
ley on the old stage road, about five miles
long by three miles wide. It is very fer-
tile, producing fine crops of small grain.
Several hundred settlers have located and
made themselves homes. There is a fine
hotel, once kept as a stage station, now
kept by William Kimball, eldest son of
Heber C. Fish, in any desired quantity,
can be caught in the streams, and game of
many varieties, including deer and bears,
inhabit the adjoining mountains. It is one
of those pleasant places where one loves
to linger, regrets to leave, and longs to
visit again. We advise tourists to visit it;
they will not regret a week or a month
among the hills and streams of the Upper
Weber. Near this point gold and silver
mines have been discovered—which prove
very rich, chief of which is the Ontario
Mine, the most productive in Utah, and
the prospects now are that the “ Park ” will
become quite a great mining center. Re-
turning, we stop a few moments at

Echo City—The town is situated at
the foot of the bluff, which towers far
above it, 9.4 miles from Hanging Rock.
As the cars enter the city from Echo Can-
he they turn to the right, and close at the

ase of the cliff, on the right, stands Pulpit
Rock (see illustration) and the old stage
ranche on the left, just where it appears
that we must pitch off into the valley and
river below. This city is not very inviting,
unless you like to huntand fish, when a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PULPIT ROCK, MOUTH OF ECHO CANYON, UTAH.