The Columbia River . s, with the exception of the GreatShoshone of the Snake. Reaching Nelson, the metropolis of this entire lakecountry, we find a bustling, active, well-built littlecity of seven thousand people. The leading industriescentring at Nelson are mining and lumbering. It hasbeen discovered very recently, however, that the soiland air and climate are peculiarly adapted to choiceberries and fruits. The shores of the river and lakeat this point are rugged and rocky, at first thoughtill adapted to horticulture. But it is well known thatrough locations produce choicer fruit. Between the
The Columbia River . s, with the exception of the GreatShoshone of the Snake. Reaching Nelson, the metropolis of this entire lakecountry, we find a bustling, active, well-built littlecity of seven thousand people. The leading industriescentring at Nelson are mining and lumbering. It hasbeen discovered very recently, however, that the soiland air and climate are peculiarly adapted to choiceberries and fruits. The shores of the river and lakeat this point are rugged and rocky, at first thoughtill adapted to horticulture. But it is well known thatrough locations produce choicer fruit. Between theboulders or nestling against the hillsides, the peachand apple take on an added blush, absorb a moredelicate nectar, exhale a more exquisite perfume. Weare told that during the season of 1908 there weretwenty thousand crates of berries, mainly straw-berries, shipped from Nelson, at a price of two tothree dollars per crate. In every direction from Nelson is mineral wealthof untold quantity. Almost every mineral known,. The Lakes from Arrow Lakes to Chelan 305 gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, to say nothing of everykind of fine building stone, including marble, besidescoal and iron, is found east, west, north, and south ofNelson. The town itself was founded by reason ofthe Silver King mine, which can be seen high up onthe mountain side south of the place. The output ofthese mines has been immense. In spite of the com-paratively hard times, the output of the three dis-tricts of the Kootenai, Rossland, and Boundary, wasestimated at $21,025,500 in 1907. One interesting factconnected with the mining industry in the lake coun-try is that at Nelson is located an electric zinc smelter,the only one of the kind in the world. Zinc is foundin association with gold, silver, and copper, and, thoughvaluable, is quite an impediment to the mining of thegold and silver. This unique smelter works by whatis called the Snyder process, an electrical system,which, if it accomplishes all that is hoped
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