Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19

the desert lies at our feet like floor
to the northeast, and out Of its south
ern edge rise island-liko ranges In the
midst of the floor.
The first range Is Fish Springs. about
20 miles away to the east which rises
like hog back its crest being only
about 10000 feet above the sea, ana
less than 5000 feet above the floor 1t
IL covered by pnon and cedar, and far
to the south at It's extreme end I'm the
sway mountains Is A little heavy tim
Der suitable for lumber There are
some springs, but not streams in this
range. The only mining camp in il IL
on the northern end, and about $500
feet above the sea. Just beyond this
range are the greatest springs in the
whole region which have given the
name to the range.
About another 20 miles from the crest
of the Fish Springs mountains and pai-
allel with them to the east is the Dug
way range, similar In all respects
to the Fish Springs mountains, except
that 1t IL "A little lower and has ~ uther
mining camp at the far south nj De-
troit.
Beyond the Dugway mountains lies
the old river bed. an interesting sight
to the curious, but now only an an
Client bed of n river that long ages ago
ceased to flow. East Of this we see
scattered and low ranges for perhaps
30 miles. and then come TO the lofty
Aqui mountains, which border the Gull
tlyated area of Utah on the west. Here
we again come to running streams,
cultivated fields. and forest-clad noun
tans with almost perpetual snow.
As we look westward from Mt Iba-
pah, IN the Deep Creek mountains we
see "A series of lofty mountains In
ranges parallel TO the range we are
on but they are set close together.
with no great floor between, as is the
case 10 the eastward, but there are low
passes through them which enable the
traveller to go easily from one to the
other without great detours, all these
rise from an elevation of about 5000
feet above the sea, which is about the
average elevation of the valleys, and
the highest rarely reach II 900 feet al
ttude. The first range to the west is
the low Toano range. which west of
us fades into low hills. but to the north
rises into lofty range. Then comes
the Antelope, a low and broken range,
beyond that rises the great Schell
Creek range, with its almost perpetual
snow and copious streams, then comes
the great Steptoe valley, then the Egan
range west of II, and so on through Ne
vada to the greatest range of all the
East Humboldts,
The general structure Of the country
makes Il specially favorable for travel,
for the country as a whole is as level
az n floor. and the mountain ranges
are so Interrupted that person can
go from one 10 the other without the
necessity Of passing over any OF them.
Therefore, all the hardshlps Of rugged
canyons, hard pulls, deep SHOWS and
rocky roads are absent while the trav-
eler can pass swiftly over the ground
on good roads most Of the year. Even
the mountains themselves are easy to
climb to the low lying mines, There
is not pack tran In the whole region
THE DUGWAY DISTRICT,
This camp was discovered about the
same time as most of the other camps
of Utah. Some of It's claims have been
held continuously from that time until
now. Doubtless one Of the chief rea-
sons for its discovery was the fact that
II so closely adioincd the overland
stage road, This route passed only
few miles 20 the south Of Dugway
where, IN going over the range, quite
q cut had to be made to get over the
summit. which gave the name TO the
camp and range
This range of mountains lies IN the
midst of the southern part of the Great
Salt Lake Desert. about 100 miles west
of Salt Lake city II is a low range,
which along It's crest Is thicky covered
with pinion and cedar and has an
abundance Of grass ana little water,
The slopes are not so steep as to pre-
vent access to any Of the mines by fair
wagon roads The southern end OF the
range, called Detroit, has quite extern
sive deposits Of the precious metals and
lead, copper and blsmuth, as well as