| Show York to Florence Nebraska 2000 miles thence we travelled by ox-drawn wagons to Utah 1000 miles overdesolate and uninhabited desert At that time all our merchandise had to be freighted over this desert and consequently goods were very costly-in contrast to the present cheap prices as the railroad crosses right through the country to California withspur northward and one southward and it has been decided to extend it throughout this Territory Salt Lake City is the capital It derives its name from the salt lake situatedlittle way from the town The water in it is so salty that from the edge of the lake one can fetch salt just as we can fetch sand in Denmark In the proximity of the town there ishot spring there are really several the water comes hot out of the mountain bath house has been built there and the omnibus runs there with people several timesday There are also similar springs near here Here in Utah the mountains are so high that the snow may be found lying on them from one year to another although it is warmer here than it is in Denmark On some parts of these mountains there are forests while in some places in them there is coal iron lead copper gold and silver In these various places there are several thousands of people laboring to bring forth these various materials and to purify them |
