Longarm And the Dime Novelist (2014)
“It pulled out of the territorial capital and chugged straight east through a sea of sagebrush and rock just north of the Carson River for several miles. Soon, it turned northeast and began to struggle up into the desolate and largely barren mountains dotted with a few scrubby piñon and juniper pines.
“Gawd, this is ugly country!” Delia said as the train moved slowly but steadily higher. “Not a pine tree, river, or stream in sight.”
“I told you how hard it must have been for the Forty-Ni...ners who came off the forested western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. But miners will go wherever the ore is to be found. For them, there is always the dream of striking it rich.”
“But you said all the gold was found in big pockets deep under Sun Mountain.”
“That’s almost true. However, small nuggets of gold were found in dry gullies and streambeds that only fill with water after the torrential spring and summer rains.”MoreLess
“Gawd, this is ugly country!” Delia said as the train moved slowly but steadily higher. “Not a pine tree, river, or stream in sight.”
“I told you how hard it must have been for the Forty-Ni...ners who came off the forested western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains. But miners will go wherever the ore is to be found. For them, there is always the dream of striking it rich.”
“But you said all the gold was found in big pockets deep under Sun Mountain.”
“That’s almost true. However, small nuggets of gold were found in dry gullies and streambeds that only fill with water after the torrential spring and summer rains.”MoreLess
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