. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ct-ive fan. Next the large copper belt, crossing the head of Lost Riverand circling over a wide expanse until it winds up with the northwestcasing of the fan, rich again in gold from the basin of the SalmonRiver to Yankee Fork and thence to the southeast country. Withinthis region terrific upheavals naturally define the mineral veins which,in many instances, are projected from the mountain sides
. Echoes from the Rocky Mountains : reminiscences and thrilling incidents of the romantic and golden age of the great West, with a graphic account of its discovery, settlement, and grand development . ct-ive fan. Next the large copper belt, crossing the head of Lost Riverand circling over a wide expanse until it winds up with the northwestcasing of the fan, rich again in gold from the basin of the SalmonRiver to Yankee Fork and thence to the southeast country. Withinthis region terrific upheavals naturally define the mineral veins which,in many instances, are projected from the mountain sides in eminence, ECHOES FROM THE KOCKY 5I0UXTAIXS. G41 traceable on the surface for many miles. It is held to be the true landof fissure veins, carrying gold, silver, copper and lead, rich beyondcomputation. And yet how inconsiderable are the mining develop-ments of Idaho Territory compared to its inexhaustible mineral last census reports represent the joint product of the year 1879and 18S0 at little less than four millions of dollars. Further develop-ments since then, especially in the Wood River and Alturas districts,have materially increased the sum, but that which is needed the most. m i ^A^jpysb THE TRAPPER. are many earnest workers with small capital and great brawn andenergy, who will convert a prospect hole into a mine. They aremore heartily welcomed in every mine of value, and of far more serv-ice to the general interests of the country than the capitalist whopays half a million for a fully developed mine, declaring promptly itsregular dividends. Such men will, by earnest effort, reap great har-vests in the result. Washington Territory is the most northwestern of all the Statesand Territories, and divides our country from the British Possessionson the north, while its western shores are washed by the waves of thePacific Ocean. Its first settlements were made by the fur traders, and G42 ECHOES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. for a long period they were the sole remote
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