AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE. 135 been a great resort for picnic parties, | of the town is principally agriculture and from Zion, who come out, take a trip over | fruit raising. It is considered the best the lake and to the islands, have a swim in| fruit and vegetable district in the Terri- the lake and aramble up onto the moun- tains, “ make a day of it,” and return to the city in the evening. Bath houses are pro- vided for those who prefer them, and every accommodation provided to make those who visit Lake Point feel satisfied and happy. | ; Game in the mountains and on the plains, such as deer, antelope, bears and smaller game are to be had for the neces- sary effort; ducks are abundant six miles to the eastward, and fish nary one. The mountains are about 1,000 feet above the road, and eng have rounded peaks, covered with small trees, in places, sage and grass in others, and large timber in the inaccessible gulches and ravines, near the summit. Leaving the Point, our course is more to the southward, along the side of the lake, by a few well-cultivated farms, where water is had from the mountain on the left in sufficient quantities for irrigating them. Two miles south, on the left, is “Dobey Rock,” a high, isolated rock on elevated ground ; so named after an old Indian, who was buried near. Turning more to the left, and drawing to iodo is the county seat of Tooele county; population, about 2,000. Alon: the base of the mountain the land is irr- gated from the little springs and creeks, which seldom find their way to the lake below. About ten miles over the moun- tain, to the southeast, is located Brigham _ Leaving Tooele, sage and small cedar trees abound, together with a fine, silken bunch-grass; herds of cattle and sheep are numerous. The road ison a high plateau, curving with the mountain more to the westward, lake. As we near the lower portion to the great valley, which lays on our right, the land rises, rim-like, and a few hundred yards below the end of the track, rises 500 feet, completely locking in the a by a mountain range or semi-circle extending in a great arch from the Oquirrh Range, on the east, to meet the range on the west, in one great bend, full two miles in curvature. the railroad—and where the terminus mustremain for sometime. On the south away from the lake, the road follows along | side of thiscurve, which, on the top, is less afew miles from the base of the moun-|than one-half a mile in width, is located tains, beside which is located the small | the city of Mormon village of “E.T. City”—named| Srocxron—two miles distant from the after E. T. Bensen, one of the early settlers. | end of the railroad. To reach Stockton Four and a half miles from the “Point” |the Railroad Company must tunnel comes the through the rim, 1,000 feet, exclusive of Haur-way Hovusz—Near are a flouring | cuts, at each approach. and a woolen mill, On the opposite side| Stockton is now reached by stage, of the valley, to the west, is the town of | which also extends its route to Dry Can- Grantsville, eight miles distant. It is sit-| yon, and the Ophir mining districts to the uated in one of the richest agricultural| south and west. From Stockton to Dry sections of the State; population, 2,000. Canyon, southeast, it is twelve miles; to In the background is the West Mountain | Ophir, to the southeast, ten miles; from Range, which rears its peaks full 2,000 | Stockton to Salt Lake 39.5 miles. feet above the town,and in which arelo-| Stockton is in Tooele county, in the cated some very rich silver mines. Be-| northeast corner of Rush Valley, and about yond these mountains is Scull Valley—so | one-half mile east of Rush Lake—a sheet named from an Indian fight which once | of fresh water, two miles long and a half occurred there, after which the ground was|a mile wide. The town contains three left covered with bones. smelting furnaces, several stores, hotels, Passing on, to the left, note the water-| saloons, and about 80 dwelling houses, lines on the side of the mountain. with a popaledion mine in the sur- TooELE StatTron—is six miles from the | roundings for two miles—of 600. last, and is the one nearest the thriving| The Waterman Furnace is on a slope of town of Tooele, which is situated to the | the mountain, close in_the eastern edge of left about two miles, close in beside the | the town; the Jacob’s Smelter about a half mountain. The business of the citizens|a mile west, at the head of the lake, | in the mountain gorges, the waters of | and some miles below the lowerend ofthe | Here, at the base of this rim, terminates |