What to see in America . Ranger on Mt. Silcox ers were pournigout their de-structive fumesthere was not aspear of grass nora green leaf vis-ible in the vicin-ity, but now that most of the ore is smelted at a distancethe valley is recovering some of its vegetation. Great shaftbuildings and tall smokestacks rise from the mouths of thecopper mines in and about the town, and the rocks under-ground are honeycombed with workings, some of whichreach a depth of three thousand feet, and in which laborgoes on day and night without cessation. West of the cityis the conical hill. Big Butte, from which the
What to see in America . Ranger on Mt. Silcox ers were pournigout their de-structive fumesthere was not aspear of grass nora green leaf vis-ible in the vicin-ity, but now that most of the ore is smelted at a distancethe valley is recovering some of its vegetation. Great shaftbuildings and tall smokestacks rise from the mouths of thecopper mines in and about the town, and the rocks under-ground are honeycombed with workings, some of whichreach a depth of three thousand feet, and in which laborgoes on day and night without cessation. West of the cityis the conical hill. Big Butte, from which the place derivesits name. Montana can be seen in a very different aspect in theGallatin Valley, fifty miles to the east, in the very heartof the Rocky Mountains. This valley is known as theGarden Spot of the state. It is about thirty miles longand fifteen broad. Much of it is as level as a floor, butalong the borders are big softly rounded hills with a back- Montana 339. Missoula National Forest ground of im-pressive moun-tain ranges. Thesoil is justlycelebrated for itsfertility, andprosperity isgeneral. Manyof the farmersstay on theirfarms only dur-ing the season that the crops need attention, and spend thewinter in homes that they own in town, which usuallymeans Bozeman, the metropolis of the valley. Bozeman,however, is not much more than a snug country village, em-bowered in trees, and quite suggestive of sociable the uplands a good deal of dry farming is done, andexcellent crops are produced where formerly only grazingwas deemed possible. Dry farming does not mean thatcrops can be raised in soil devoid of moisture, but that byproper treatment the soil is made to conserve its moisturefor crop nourish-ment instead ofgiving it off intothe air. Theland is plowed inthe spring. Thenit is thoroughlydisked and har-rowed, and afterevery rain it isharrowed keeping the surface pulver- Emigrant Peak
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