New geographies . is fishing of various kindsalong the Pacific coast, salmon fishing is by far the most prominent. The salmonspends most of its life inthe ocean, but runs up ^^the rivers in order to lay its eggs in freshwater. These fish go upmany streams, from Califor-nia northward, and arecaught in immense quanti-ties. Great numbers, for ex-ample, run up the ColumbiaRiver, so that salmon fishingis very important there (). Trace this river. Most of the salmon caughtare canned, though some aresent away on ice as freshfish. Probably much of thecanned salmon that you haveseen has come fro
New geographies . is fishing of various kindsalong the Pacific coast, salmon fishing is by far the most prominent. The salmonspends most of its life inthe ocean, but runs up ^^the rivers in order to lay its eggs in freshwater. These fish go upmany streams, from Califor-nia northward, and arecaught in immense quanti-ties. Great numbers, for ex-ample, run up the ColumbiaRiver, so that salmon fishingis very important there (). Trace this river. Most of the salmon caughtare canned, though some aresent away on ice as freshfish. Probably much of thecanned salmon that you haveseen has come from the can-neries either-near Portland,Oregon, on Puget Sound, orelse along the coast farthernorth. AsTOEiA, on thelower Columbia, and Bel-lingham, on Puget Sound, are especiallynoted for the salmon industry. Although agriculture, lumbering, andfishing are important, it is for miningthat the Western States aremost noted. Among the °^minerals, gold and silver, called the pre-cious metals, are especially Fig. 187. — Salmon fishermen in the Columbia River, near Astoria, showing the large salmon caught in their nets. 150 WORLD GEOGRAPHY 1. Gold Gold is the most valuable of gold was first discovered in thestream gravels of California,in 1848, thousands of per-sons, in the East and in Europe, made amad rush to the new gold fields. At that time the journey to the Pacific coastrequired many -weeks of steady travel. Somewent on ships, going by way of the Isthmus ofPanama, or even sailing completely aroundSouth America; but great numbers traveleddirectly across the continent in wagons, toilingslowly across the plains, mountains, and pla-teaus, accompanied by their families. Someused oxen, others horses. The journey over-land was difficult and dangerous, for there werebands of roaming Indians (Fig. 189); the trailswere poorly marked, so that one might easilylose his way; and in the desert one might evendie of thirst. Hundreds of people perished onthe way. Later, gol
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