SCENIC EXCURSIONS 



Canon through the Sierra Nevada for ninety miles. 

 Near Oroville, in the Sacramento Valley, one may 

 see placer dredges at work. This is also one of 

 the centers for orange and olive production in 

 California. 



The route of the Los Angeles, San Pedro & Salt 

 Lake Route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles 

 passes through the agricultural region of central 

 Utah, the copper mining region of southwestern 

 Utah, and the typical desert areas of the Great 

 Basin. Bingham Canon, with wonderful copper 

 mines, is one hour by train from Salt Lake City. 

 En route are the great mills of the Utah Copper 

 Company and Bingham smelters. 



From Las Vegas, Nevada, in the fertile, artesian- 

 watered valley of the same name, a side trip may 

 be made over the Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad 

 to the famous mining camp of Goldfield. Death 

 Valley, the floor of which is 250 feet below sea 

 level, may be reached on this trip from Beatty. 

 Vast deposits of borax and many other salts and 

 minerals are found in this desolate valley. 



The Union Pacific Railroad follows from Omaha 

 to Ogden almost the identical trail of the earliest 

 explorers the gold seekers and Mormon disciples 

 and the overland stage coach, and pony express. 



Wyoming is known to scientific men as a rich 

 field for fossil deposits. Laramie is the usual out- 

 fitting point for exploring parties. An unusually 

 fine display of fossil remains of Mesozoic animals 

 is shown in the University Museum at Laramie. 



Near Rawlins, in the Wind River Mountains far- 

 ther westward, are the Great Lye Wells of Wyoming, 

 and the Shoshone and Arapaho Indian Reservation, 

 comprising 1,125,000 acres in the Wind River Val- 

 ley. The Continental Divide lies 720 miles west of 

 Omaha and 289 miles east of Ogden. Near Rock 

 Springs are rich coal mines, and the scenery is 

 very fine. About three miles west of Green River 

 is the famous Fish Cut in which Professor O. C. 

 Marsh of Yale University in 1890 found extensive 

 Mesozoic remains of fishes, and giant reptiles. 

 Granger, in the heart of the sheep-raising district; 

 is the point of junction of the Union Pacific and 

 the Oregon Short Line which traverses Utah, Wyom- 

 ing and Idaho. From the Oregon Short Line a 

 branch road goes to Yellowstone on the western 

 border of the Yellowstone National Park. 



Beyond Ogden the Southern Pacific trains cross 

 the Great Salt Lake on thirty-five miles of trestle 

 and fills. In Nevada the line follows the trail of 

 the forty-niners along the Humboldt River, and 



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