The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-04
A RAMBLER's RAMBLEs
And a Rambling Account OF
Them-The Towns on the
Utah g. Northern.

Th6m-IU6 I'll UAO
Utah g. Northern.
Oaden-Its Business Manufac'
lures and Thrift.
OGDEN, March, 1883.
Among the many thriving towns
on the Utah & Northern which owe
their existence to the presence OF
that road are Silver Bow Junction,
Dillon, Eagle Rock, Beaver Canon.
BlackfOot and PocatelIO. The for
mer is q lively place containing sew.
eral prosperous business houses and
shops of the usual kinds. At this
point passengers from the south to
Butte change cars for the latter place.
DILLON
Is essentially q creation OF the rail-
road. 1t is situated in the centre Of
a fine Agricultural country and boasts
of many promising mines in the near
distance. It has q full complement
Of t1ourishing business houses, a we'll
G ,nducted. weekly. newspaper-the
Tribune, aud being the county seat
of B~eaverhead county, it luxuriates
III the possession Of u court house
and Jail. The town is noted for the
energy and enterprise of its business
men-evidenced in the support of q
newspaper-and may be regarded as
permanent as the everlasting noun
tains which cast their shadows over
the fair valley which surrounds it.
Eagle Rock and Beaver Canon are
also offsprings of the narrow gauge,
and are each distributing points for
a large area of country.
BLACKFOOT.
Derives considerable importance
from its being the point of departure
by wagon for the Wood River and
other promising mining centers in
IDAHO. 1t supports quite a number
OF business houses, u weekly news
paper-the Register-and, like the
score or more towns on the line of
the road, is the distributing point for
a country fast filing up with agricnl-
turlsts, miners and stock growers.
POCATELLO
Is the point of intersection of
the Oregon Short Line with
the Utah & Northern, and is rapidly +
assuming important proportions.
The former road is reaching into and
developing one of the richest mineral
bearing sections of the country, and
Pocatello will grow with.its growth
and prosper with its prosperity. 1t
is y long stride from the latter named
place to the flourlshing city of
OGDEN,
but it is impossible in the cranped
compass of an ordinary letter to even
refer in the briefest terms to the nu-
merous promising points lying be-
tween them. Ogden is a railroad |
center on nc insignificant scale. ,
and owes, ina great measure. its l
prosperity and permanence to this q
The Union Pacific. Central t
Utah and Northern. Utah 8
Central and the Denver and Rio
Grande arrive at and depart from
this city. The last named road is G
not quite finished to this point but
will be in a few days. The city has |
population estimated at FROM 5000 L
to 10000, twenty-five hundred of G
are of that class known "a t.
Gentilea. It's business blocks. prin- a
cipal hotels and private residences e
would be considered creditable in
cities of twice it's
'ize, while its vim. nluck+
md go-a-headitlveness are dis
inctively and characteristicaljv Q
estern. LIS enterprising merchants b
command a large trade and the gen. tt
raj air OF prosperity discernable evil n
a remunerative one. Iron g
works reduce the ores of the numer- Il
us mines of the metal found in b
mountain slopes extending down to I
ne city. limits, into pigs which are Ii
hlpPed where demanded. Works +
or the reduction of silver and cope tt
res are ID contemplation and wien is
ullt will undoubtedly receive large U
nipments OF the product of Butte G
MI Wood River mines. Its location "
favorable for the construction of 81
works Of the character
AIMED and their completion will add W
nother important factor to its pros d.
90
The Pilot, a daily and weekly til
eWspaper, bears evidence of gener-
Is support from the business men
me place. The Pilot is deserving
al n even more than it receives.
Is neWsy, e~nterprising and ably re-
hducted In every department. It's in
ace is largely devoted to the inter I'll
Is OF the city, and as "tne laborer il tn
orthy his hire the good people of B.
sden should see to 1T that a fair eli
INK account should always stand to las
e credit OF their faithful represent in!
I've and fearless exponent OF their tw
ce,
IL Is here at this point our cor ~
'pondent, nearly thirty-four wears I'd,
o, made his first venture nv cal
lder. He was then but a mere lad IN
It he happened 10 have sense no
ough to know that one yoke of his wi
en- that had plodded their weary 1ul
" from the border OF one of th9e COZ
eat Lakes to this thtn new land If SUI
Saints would not last through to OF
lifornia. A fresh yoke of cattle Doa
IS wanted, and u good-natnred raj!
,rmon was found who wanted gre
Coffee was a Iuvnru OF
only by the High Priests ana pos
of the faith ia that early dav con
e supply brought by the common s'A'
"a the year previous had been ex- n IA
listed long before. and when orr ~
50 made breakfast on the banks Of Sa
beautiful Weber the fragrant M 4
n of the beverage reached the nos ia
$ OF a k~een-scenting disciple of oas'
CHAM whose lowly cabin was
ched but a few rods distant. He I'm,
O at our campfire and as ~
'cAly followed by his household s
u OF wbom-and they were mn Da,
r0us- inhaled the rich fragrance info
ne perry with watering mouths. :"
: lnolvldual wants were O made fore
'wn. His coffee; ours oxen ban