The National geographic magazine . er,which is heavily timbered. There is atrail the whole distance from the headto the mouth of the South Fork, but nonovice must attempt to follow it. At a point east of the Holland Peakthe valley of the South Fork of Flat-head is broad, flat-bottomed, and cov-ered with fine, open timber and withgrass, and at this point our trail followsthe river bottom or ascends to theslopes of the gravel deposits flankingit. Here we find evidence that the in-domitable prospector in his quest forwealth has anticipated our arrival. Hiscabin is decaying and his tunnel-mouthcav
The National geographic magazine . er,which is heavily timbered. There is atrail the whole distance from the headto the mouth of the South Fork, but nonovice must attempt to follow it. At a point east of the Holland Peakthe valley of the South Fork of Flat-head is broad, flat-bottomed, and cov-ered with fine, open timber and withgrass, and at this point our trail followsthe river bottom or ascends to theslopes of the gravel deposits flankingit. Here we find evidence that the in-domitable prospector in his quest forwealth has anticipated our arrival. Hiscabin is decaying and his tunnel-mouthcaving in, and we find that coal is hisambition, from the nature of the mate-rial on the river bank. Many miles below, where the streamcrosses several limestone ridges, it runsin a sharp box canyon, and thetrail, which follows the canyon brinkquite closely, is difficult and dangerous ;it is sometimes in the water and atothers eight or nine hundred feet aboveit. It is often a great problem to getanimals across the canyons in which the. o W bo (LI Ph 02 0) P< en Our Northern Rockies 367
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