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here the rock seams are badly mixed, and; Pieasant GrovE— properly named.

run at all ee ee longitudinal
and “through other.” Half-a-mile further
we come to “ Rainbow Clift,” on the right;
opposite, a narrow peak rises sharp, like
a ife-blade, 300 feet; a little further

| on to theright, comes in the South Fork, on

which are located several saw-mills.
Keeping to the left, and soon after pass-
ing the South Fork,a look back down
this wonderful canyon affords one of the
dest of views; we cannot describe it,
ut will have it engraved for future vol-
umes.
One mile further, and the train stops at
the end of the track, at
Derr CrEEK—Near this station, the
hills are bare of trees, but covered with

shrubs of different kinds, in which sage

and moss predominate; the gulches and
ravines bear stunted pine and aspen trees.

The chief business of this road is in
connection with the mines above, —
which are the Smelter’s Sultana, Wil
Dutchman, Treasure, and Pittsburgh. The
Miller Smelting Works are four miles fur-
ther up and the mines seven.

Charcoal in large quantities is burned
near by and taken to the smelting works.
There are ten Bee-hive kilns at the station,
and fifteen more four miles further up.
The yield is 3,000 bushels per month for
each 60 cords of wood. Each kiln has a
capacity of 20 cords, and is filled and
burned threetimes each month. The price
obtained is 14c. per bushel. Bishop Mc-
Allister is the jolly chief in charge.

Opposite the station, in a Cosy little
nook, is located the Mountain Glen ‘House,
Where the tourist will find his wants an-
ticipated, and plans can be matured for a
ramble over these mountain peaks; and
there are a number of little tours that can
be made from this pointeach day that will
well pay for a week’s time devoted to this
locality.

Returning to the valley, our engine is
dispensed with, and only the brakes are
used. Then it is that the view is most
grand, and the ride one beyond the pow-
ers of man with his best goose-quill to
describe. Make the tour of the American
Fork, and our word for it, it will live in
pleasant memory while the sun of life de-
scends upon a ripe old age.

At American Fork ee again en-
ter the cars on the Utah Southern, and
start once more for the south. Three
miles brings our train to

In early days it was known as “ Battle
Creek”—so-called from a fight the earl;
settlers once had here with the Utes. It is
a thriving place of 1,000 inhabitants, and
like all other Mormon towns, is surrounded
with orchards and gardens of fruit, with
water flowing through every street. Herds
of cattle are now to be seen grazing on the
surrounding hills.

Eleven miles around, on the rim of the
basin, across some e and some well-
cultivated land, our train stops at

Provo—This isaregularly incorporated
city, with all the requisite municipal offi-
cers ; is also the county seat of Utah county,
which was first settled in 1849.

Provo is 48 miles south of Salt Lake
City, at the mouth of Provo-Canyon, and

on the east bank of Utah Lake, and con- |

tains an increasing population of 4,000.
This place has several fine hotels, chief of
which is the Excelsior House. The Hn-
quérer, isa weekly paper published here.

he courthouse and public buildings of
the city are very good, and all kinds of
business is represented here. The princi-
pal manufactories are the Provo Woolen
to three flouring mills, and three saw-
mills.

Provo River, which is formed by nu-
merous small streams, to the eastward, af-
fords the best water power of any stream
in Utah.

The woolen mill is a noted feature of
the city; the buildings number four, are
built of stone, four stories high, and cost,
complete, ready for business, $210,000.
There are inthe mill four “mules” with
3,240 spindles, machinery for carding,
dyeing and preparing 2,000 pounds of
wool per day, and 215 looms, which turn
out superior fabrics, in amount exceeding
$200,000 per annum.

The Mormons have a very capacious
tabernacle, and the Methodists a fine
church, and schools are ample. The Brig-
ham Young Academy is located here,
which was amply endowed by President
Brigham Young some years before his
death.

A regular stage leaves for Provo Valley,
20 miles distant, to the eastward, on ar:
rival of trains.

Uran Laxr—is a body of fresh water,
30 miles in length and about six miles in
width; is fed by Provo River, American
Fork, Spanish Fork, Hobble, Salt and
Peteetweet Creeks — having its outlet