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Title: Pacific service magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Subjects: Pacific Gas and Electric Company Electric utilities Electrical engineering Public utilities
Publisher: San Francisco : Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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ine begins over a ridge separating Lake Val-ley from Hope Vallej. Just why thepioneers of that region gave it the nameof Hope Valley would be difficult toimagine, unless upon the lucus a nonlucendo principle. In the center of thisplateau several miles in extent the vari-ous roads come together. On all sidesare mountain ranges. The Placervillegrade is out of sight by this time and ap-parently loftier elevations hem the trav-eler in. To the left, on the Nevada border,lies the famous Sawtooth Range, charac- to speak, for it is reached by a lofty flightof steps. The necessity for this arrange-ment will be seen when Mr. Coyan in-forms you that in the depth of wanter itis no uncommon practice for him to stepfrom the platform outside his front dooron to the frozen snow. Before supper we all hiked over toUpper Blue Lake, a distance of a littleover two miles, the way leading alongthe east shore of Lower Blue and over arock trail to the farther sheet of water.We had Mr. Lathe, our photographer,
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Lower Blue Lake, from the upper end. teristic indication of the travelers prox-imity to the Silver State. From Hope Valley another ridge iscrossed into a valley to which the nameof Faith has been given. This negotiated,yet another climb awaits over an eleva-tion that separates Faith from its next insequence—needless to say, this is calledCharity Vallej. Then, last of all, comesa strenuous climb up the slopes of BorderRuffian, around the Nipple, as the highestpeak is named, and over and downthrough a pleasant tract of woodland toLower Blue Lake. Our party arrived at Pacific Serviceheadquarters at the lakeside in mid-afternoon and were greeted by BillCoyan, the stalwart caretaker, who livesthere the year round with his daughterto keep house for him. His residence,like most in that region, is upstairs, so along with us, and to his efforts we areindebted for the set of views that accom-pany this article. The next morning we made the trip toMeadow Lake. The distance is aboutthree miles a

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