. The Pacific tourist . rville andSilver City. Hoise City is the territorial capital,a city saiti to rc^itain ;l,r)()0 people, and locatedon the Boise Uiver. There is not much agri-cultural land in the Territory, l)ut a few of thevalleys are cultivated and produce excellentcrops of wheat, barley and oats, with potatoesand all kinds of vegetables. Crops are raised by are quite a large number of Chinese in the Ter-ritory, mostly engaged in placer an«l gulch min-ing. They are industrious and frugal and willfrecjuently make inDiiey from claims that havebeen abandoned as by white men. So
. The Pacific tourist . rville andSilver City. Hoise City is the territorial capital,a city saiti to rc^itain ;l,r)()0 people, and locatedon the Boise Uiver. There is not much agri-cultural land in the Territory, l)ut a few of thevalleys are cultivated and produce excellentcrops of wheat, barley and oats, with potatoesand all kinds of vegetables. Crops are raised by are quite a large number of Chinese in the Ter-ritory, mostly engaged in placer an«l gulch min-ing. They are industrious and frugal and willfrecjuently make inDiiey from claims that havebeen abandoned as by white men. Sofar as developed, the Territoi-y Ikls .some richmines, and those in the Atlantic District are be-coming somewhat noted. It is claimed that thericliest known gold mine in the country at pres-ent, is in this district. In aildition to the sup-plies, etc., .shipped from Winnemucca, jwunds of freight were shipped fromKelton Station Ui this Territory in IH?), andmore than this amount will be shipped tl»e pres-. VIEW LOOKINO THK SHOSHONE FALLS. irrigation. Roise Valley, the settled portion ofit, is about (iO miles long and four miles wide,and is the most thickly settled of any of thevalleys in the Territory. The nights are so cooland th(^ altitude of the valleys is so great that ex-periments in corn raising have not, thus far,turned out very well. The .second line of ]>ublicconveyance spjken of, runs from Winnemucca toSilver City. It is claimed that this town is equal in popu-lation to Boise City. It is sustained by themines located near it. At Kattlesnake .Stationthere is also a connecting staije line for KockyBar, a miiftig camp, near which placer andgulch diggings have been discovered. There ent year. Much of it has been, and will be,mining machinery. A railroad through the Ter-ritory is much needed, will aid greatly in thedevelopment of its mines, and will be a payinginvestment from the start, or. at least, in a veryshort time after its completion. The Sna
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