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and the wonderfully rich gold territory of the Monkey Wrench 

 district lies southwest of Pioche. 



Now, north and south of the string will appear dotted 

 on the map of Nevada the gold camps of Grant, Freiburg, 

 Reveille, Kawich valley, San Antonio, Gold Peak, Hot 

 Springs, Belleville, Candelara, and numerous others. Ahnost 

 under the string, in California, we find Bodie, and to the north 

 of it Markleville and other points,— all on the eastern slope 

 of the Sierra Nevada mountains. On the western slope of 

 the great Sierras the string will be almost on the Utica mine, 

 which is located between San Andreas and Sonora. North 

 and south of the Utica mine are hundreds of rich gold mines 

 in profitable operation. 



The distance fom Denver to Stockton is about twelve 

 hundred miles. On no portion of the habitable globe is 

 there a region so continuously and enormously rich in gold 

 as the territory described; and yet, notwithstanding this fact, 

 the progressive Yankee has scarcely made a start in opening 

 and developing these riches which have been entombed for 

 millions of years, and which will remain so sepulchered until 

 we awaken to an appreciation of the fact that the states of 

 Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and California bear within their 

 bosoms more wealth than ever was dreamed of by Crasus. 



But the mineral wealth of these states is not confined 

 to gold. Ignoring silver, which will continue to be largely 

 mined as a by-product, they contain riches beyond belief. 

 Colorado and Utah have as fine anthracite coal as Pennsyl- 

 vania can boast of. They have bituminous coal of first 

 quahty for coking and other purposes, exhaustless in quantity. 

 They have iron in immense deposits; Utah, especially in the 

 southwest corner, having mountains of ahnost pure iron, the 

 like of which, for richness and extent of deposit, exist nowhere 

 else. In Nevada, north of Hyko, is Coal valley,— so named 

 by United States engineers,— where coal of fine quality is 

 said to underlie an extensive territory. Should coal be mined 

 along the line of a railroad traversing that territory, it would 

 be more valuable than the richest gold mine. 



Upon coal and iron all modern industry rests. How- 

 ever rich may be the state of Pennsylvania, owing to its coal 



