Compare these with the average temperature of the Atlantic Coast, say at Trenton or New York, and what a paradise for invalids Santa Barbara must be.
Page 434.—Our yield of the precious metals for 1873 was exceptionally fine, and the following table of the total for that year, from the districts west of the Missouri River, gave immense satisfaction on the Pacific Coast:
| California | $18,025,722 |
| Nevada | 35,254,507 |
| Oregon | 1,376,389 |
| Washington | 209,395 |
| Idaho | 2,343,654 |
| Montana | 3,892,810 |
| Utah | 4,906,337 |
| Arizona | 47,778 |
| Colorado | 4,083,268 |
| Mexico | 868,798 |
| British Columbia | 1,250,035 |
| —————- | |
| Grand total | $72,258,693 |
The total yield for 1872 was only $62,236,913; so that here is a gain of $10,000,000 or so in one year. This extra increase, however, was chiefly from Nevada, whose total product, it will be seen, about equals that of all the others; and it must be credited mainly to the great Comstock Lode, whose ores, it is now about demonstrated, grow richer and better, the deeper you go down, like the best mines of Mexico and Peru. In 1871 they averaged only $27 per ton; in 1872 they increased to $32; and in 1873 to $40. These figures well sustain Mr. Sutro's theories, and his great tunnel may yet become a fixed fact, ere long.
[INDEX.]
Acapulco, [470]
" people of, [470]
" cathedral, [471]
" fort, [472]
Acequias, [82], [333], [487]
Across the Mountains, [150]
"Adios", [477]
Adventure among Utes, [120]-[3]
" " Dieganos, [351]-[2]
" on bay of San Francisco, [294]
" with grizzly bear and cubs, [459]
Æsculapius, a son of, [272]
Agua Frio, [287]
Age of Big Trees, [463]
Alkali region, [150]-[3]
Alaska, [291]
Alcatraz, [293]
Alamo, [347]
American eagle, [109]
" Falls of Snake, [218]
" a Representative, [332]
Antelope, [37], [51], [149]
Ancantash, [115], [125]
Angel Island, [293]
Anaheim, [340]
Ancient ruins in Arizona, [395]
Anomalies in Arizona, etc., [421]
Arkansas, the, [82]
" Valley of, [82]-[104]
" Little, [104]
Argonauts, Bret Harte's, [288]
Army Life on Pacific Coast, [293]
" -lady in Arizona, [413]
" nurseries of the, [418]
Arizona City, [355]
Arizona generally, [372], [394]
" her quicksands, [388]
" her chief drawback, [414]
" her anomalies, [421]
" her ancient ruins, [395]
" her quails and rabbits, [409]-[21]
" her mines, [378], [399], [414]
Assays, mining, [68]
Astoria, [270]
Asylums, Chinese, [312]-[14]
Aspinwall, [475]
Autocrat of Utah, [179]
Aubrey City, [414]
Average Westerner, [43], [98]
" Coloradoan, [98]
Aztecs, [367], [395], [406]
Baker's Ranch, [55]
Baille, a Mexican, [91]-[3]
Bartering with Indians, [131]-[2]
Baker City, [231]
Banquet at Denver, [62]
Bar of the Columbia, [271]
Banquet at San Francisco, [304]
Barbary Coast, " , [310]
Bankrupt Law of Chinese, [312]
Banning, Gen. P., [331]-[39]-[40]
"Bed-rock", [73]
Belvidere Apollo, [213]
Bear River, [214]
Bee-Hive House, [175]
Better things ahead, [299]
Bell's Cañon, [393]
Beale's Springs, [410]
Beaver Lake, [415]
Bear Valley, [465]
Bergh, Mr. Henry, [238]
"Big Injun" stories, [38]
Bierstadt's skies, [105]
Bitter Creek, [150]
" " country, [150]-[3]
Bill of Fare, a hard, [221]
Big Trees of California, [462]
Black Hawk, [64]
Black-Butte Station, [152]
Blue Mountains, [234]-[6]
Blackbirds at Tucson, [376]
"Black's", [445]
Boys in Blue, [28]
Border missionary, a, [39]
" bishop, a, [59]
Bogus mining companies, [69]
Boisè, valley of, [219]
Boisè City, [223]-[6]
"Borers", [377]
Bower Cave, [445]
Bradford's Hill, [110]-[12]
Brent, John, [84]
Bridger's Pass, [150]
Bridger, Jim, [158]
Brigadier-Generals abundant, [173]
Brigham City, [212]
Breakdown, a, [241]
Breakdown, another, [246]
Browne, Ross J., [70], [226]
Brain of the Northwest, [266]
Broderick monument, [280]
Building stone, fine, [27]
Buchser, M., [43]
Buffalo region, [50]
" grass, [50]
" as engineer, [52]
"Bull-drivers", [54], [237]
Butte region, [78]
Buckskin Joe, [107]
Burt, Maj., [158]
Burnt River, [228]
Bunch-grass, [365]
Cavalier and Corncracker, [23]
Camping-out, [35], [76], [88], [349], [362], [419]
" near summit of Rocky Mountains, [102]
Cañon City, [81]
Cañon, Echo, [159]
" of Columbia, [255]
Castle Rock, [78], [256]
Castle Dome, [363]
Carson, Kit, (see [K])
Carson City, [436]
Carter, Judge, [159]
Carter, Colonel, [415]
Cannon, George Q., [168]
Calico horses, [252]
Cascade Mountains, passage of, [255]
Cascades, Lower, [255]
California at last, [274]
" her growth, [279], [489]
" wines generally, [338]
" natives, [293], [328], [342]
" mines, [427]
" live-oaks, [426], [441]
" wheat-fields, [426], [441]
" wind-mills, [441]
" statistics, [279], [489]
Cajon Pass, [422]
Calaveras Big Trees, [463]
Cape St. Lucas, [469]
Cactus, columnar, [368]
Carissa Creek, [349]
Caribbean Sea, [476]
"Cavalry Gregg", [407]
Cayotes, or wolves, [216]
Central City and mines, [62]-[4]
Celilo, [253]
Centipedes, [417]
Central Pacific Railroad, [428]
" its grades, [428]
" snow-sheds, [429]
Central America, [432]
Chicago, [23]
Cherry Creek, [53], [65]
Chivington massacre, [139]
Church Butte, [153]
Children of Brigham Young, [180]
Chinaman, John, [225], [268]
Change from dry to wet, [258]
Churches of San Francisco, [287]
Christmas in San Francisco, [292]
Chinese Question, the, [300]-[21]
" merchants, [304]
" New Year, [311]
" bankrupt law, [312]
" temple or Josh-house, [312]
" religion, [314]
China's necessity America's opportunity, [315]-[16]
Chemisal, [345]
Charley, Diegano, [351]
Changes of elevation, [416]
Cincinnati, [23]
Cisco, [428]
Clear Creek, [63]-[64]
Claims, mining, [66]
Clawson, Brig.-Gen., [175]
Climate of Colorado, [76], [100], [143]
" Oregon and Washington., [263]
" San Francisco, [281], [467]
" Santa Barbara, [324], [490]
" San Diego, [328]
" Los Angelos, [334]
" of Mexican Coast, [468]
" Isthmus of Panama, [474]
Cliff House and sea-lions, [295]-[6]
"Clarke's", [461]
Clarke, Galen, [461]
Coming man, [70]
Companies, bogus, [69]
Compagnons du voyage, [33]
Costly supplies, [49], [375], [407]
Coal, etc., [63], [153], [229]
Copper, etc., [63], [378]
Colorado ores, [68]
" mineral resources, [69]-[71]
" Springs, [80]
" City, [81]
" farming, [82]
" desert, [344]-[46]
Coloradoan, an average, [98]
Corkscrew creek, a, [87]
Costello, Judge, [107]
Council, Indian, [114]-[16]
Councils of war, [160]
" Clive on, [160]
Cox, Jack, [132]
Courts, U. S., in Utah, [193]-[6]
Columbia River, etc., [251]
" Clarke's Fork of, [251]
" bar of, [271]
Conner, Capt., [270]-[3]
Commerce and wealth of San Francisco, [279], [489]
Comstock Lode, [433], [492]
Coin vs. Greenbacks, [290]
Conclusion as to Chinese, [320]
Cock-fights, [335], [471]
Cottonwood Cañon, [410]
Constitution steamer, [468]
Colima, [469]
Costa Rica, [472]
Conclusion, [477]
Coulterville, [444]
"Crawford's", [244]
Crossing the Rocky Mountains, [84], [150]
" the Blue Mountains, [234]
" bar of the Columbia, [271]
" Gila and Salado, [383]
" Sierra Nevadas, [428], [437]
Cruelty Prevention Society wanted, [238]
Cumming, Gov., [61]
" his speech to Utes, [126]
Currants, wild, [63]
Culebra, [90]
Cuba, [476]
Dancing people, a, [92]
Dance with Indians, a, [133]
Dacotah, [150]
Danites or Thugs, [189]
Dalles, the, [254]
Darwinism, [259]
Dante's Inferno, [411]
Denver, [58]
" her growth, etc., [60]
" reception of Sherman, etc., [62]
Desert of the Mountains, [150]
Deer, [410]
Desolation, genius of, [411]
Deserters, [422]
Departure from San Francisco, [467]
"Divides", [35], [73]
"Diggings", [65], [107]
Dirty Woman's Ranch, [78]
Diabolo, Mt., [465]
Divine, a High-Church, [469], [475]
Dodge, Gen., [144], [248]
Dogberry, an Idaho, [226]
Donkeys, dilapidated, [234]-[8]
Down the Columbia, [249]
Donner Lake, [431]
Down the Sierras, [438]
Drive, an anxious, [239]
Drake's Plantation Bitters, [249]
Dry to wet, [258]
Duck-shooting, [106]-[9]
Duluth, [267]
Eagle, a plucky, [108]
Echo Cañon, [159]
Election imbroglio, [61]
Elk, [149]
El Dorado Cañon, [414]
Elevation, changes of, [416]
Empire City, [107]
Emigrant trail, [215]
" a typical, [406]
English capital, [62]
Englishman, a sturdy, [67]
Englishmen, enterprising, [443]
Enforce the laws, [205]
Enfans terribles, [249]
Erie Railroad, [21]
Exasperated teamster, [43]
Exaggeration, Western, [96]
Example, a shining, [298]
Exploring the country, [386]
Exploits of Apaches, [402]
Fall-Leaf, [29]
" his theology, [30]
" his bravery, [31]
Fancy Creek, [38]
Fair Play, Col., [106]
Falls of Snake River, [218]
Fare, hard bill of, [221]
Farewell Bend, [230]
Farrallones, [295]
Fatherland, our, [476]
Fellow-passengers, [43]
Fenian friends, [260]
Fellow-passengers home, [469]
Fiat Justitia, [321]
Fish-hooks vs. ox-carts, [371]
Flood-stayed, [382]
Fluctuations of mining stocks, [435]
Forethought, [239]
Fourth of July, [476]
Fort Alcatraz, [277], [294]
" Benton, [252]
" Boisè, [227]
" Bowie, [376]
" Bridger, [227]
" Cameron, [376]
" Cape Disappointment, [271]
" Camp Cady, [421]
" Camp Douglas, [170]
" Colville, [251]
" Churchill, [436]
" Garland, [89], [114]
" Goodwin, [376]
" Grant, [377]
" Halleck, [148]
" Kearney, [40]
" Laramie, [115]
" Leavenworth, [29], [33]
" Lovell, [376]
" McDowell, [384]
" Mojave, [413]
" Morgan, [75]
" McPherson, [48]
" Point, [277]
" Riley, [21], [33]
" Rock Springs, [418]
" San Josè, [277]
" Sedgwick, [49]
" Stevens, [271]
" Stockton, [328]
" Vancouver, [261]
" Wallen, [376]
" Whipple, [407]
" Wicked, [54]
" Yuma, [355]
Fraser's River, [224]
Freezing-out, [69]
Fremont's old trail, [77]
"'Frisco", [274]-[6]
Frigate-birds, [274], [468]
Fruit of Mormon teachings, [188]
Fun, a little, [113]
Gamblers, [59], [224]
Gale, Judge, [59]
Gate City, [63]
Garden of the Gods, [79]
Game, lack of, [103]-[4], [460]
"Ganow's", [351]
Germany, a bit of, [341]
Germans,