The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1863-03-28

idaho Tho Hsw Rocky Mountain Ter
ritory-Ancther Gold State 10 Embryo
-"Westwnrd the Star Of Empire
Takes it, Way &C.
Awsy up In the Rocky Mountain vegicn,
north Of Utah and Colorado. end West Of
Nsbrssks. lies the country named Sheshone
On some Of our msps. 10 Be hereafter ino~n
a. Idaho. pronounced With the accent on the
frsi and last syIlsbles. Il enbssces four
degrees Of lsii'ude-from forty-one to forty
I've 10 the eastern half end from ior'y-swo
10 forty Elk in the western half - end
thisiee9 degrees Of IoDgituds-from one
hundred and four TO one hundred and seven
teen. The pony express route from Mis-
sour 70 CsIiicvais trsverses the eastern
halle oi IL. The Rocky Mountains form :
gigantic back hone. stretching up north
westsrly from the South Pass. and innu-
mersble rivers act q the veins and arteries,
learning Oh the melted snow from those
high lsutudes and sending their tribute to
the Father Of Waters A few years ago
no whitc man resided within lie wide lin.its.
Ito day Il contains IN adventurous mining
Population. Ten years more the towns and
cities, and churches and school houses. the
arts and comforts OF civilized life. will be
diGssed over h. II l. thus that the Ameri-
esn people subdue the desert and carry out
heir grest destiny.
Congress. q its last session, passed an
act organizing . Territorial Government
for Idaho. carving IL out from Oregon.
D sce,sh and Washington Territories. just
% the Territory Of Colorado has been carved
out from Kansas, Nebraska and Utah.
IIts ficers consist Of Governor, Secretary.
three Judges. District Attorney and Mar
sha. A Territorial Legislature o. Council
lis 20 be convened to adopt code Of laws for
the new Territory. and thus. the usual ma
chinesy being put 10 motion. Idsho takes
hes place @ one Of the nascent States Of
the Union.
| Very little is known Of the resources Of
The new Territory; hut iss principal stsrsc-
uon ss this line is. |, 10 suppassd. its mineral
wealth. IL the autumn Of 1861 discoveries
were made showing that gold actually ex-
listed in ths; region. snd vss 70 be found In
paying quantities These mines were said
Ito Be located on the head Of Salmon River
"a tributary OF the Columbia. 10 the spring
Of 1862 shsrs wss rush from California,
Sah Lake and Pixies Peak, and the country
wss pretty yell prospected. A. soon @
navigation opened three Or four hundred
pessoss from St- Louis passed up the Mis-
souri @ far q Fort Bssson. % the boats Of
the American Fur Company. The most Of
these ST. Louis emigrsnts were cent under
Iths auspices % The American Exploring
and Mineral Company - an orgsnisstion
THAI sill exists. From Fou Benton they
Ifourd good road 70 the gold fields. $50
miles distsns. This route bids fair 70 Be
Ishs one most TO Be travelled By gold seekers
during the coming summer.
i 10 the early par of the season The miners
wcrs nos very successful; but about the lei
of s .pssmbes lest rich plaeers we're found
slfsom which The miners we're said 70 have
realized iron go % so per Day. These
s|discovesies were made On GSssshoppes
creek. near The three forks 81 the Missouri,
Rim The vicinity Of Big Hole prairie. Mines
lwese sIso opened % Gold creek and in
d|PsieLIy Pear valley which yielded 6nely.-
THE gold 3 o. very Aas quality. known
!. among miners o scale gold. and q the
sains would b worth 80 50 per esses.-
THE eoupsny shove referred % have some
|msesiiiesss specimens q their ONCE u q
nI Louis.
o. Deer Lodgs Creek sztsasivs placer
ull lvsrs opsssd. end lsss u he sutsno ~
lmissrs laid out town On that stream,
q Ishe junction Of MslIsn's road end the q
Imous road constructed By The lsnsossd Ian
ldsr The valley q this stream is describe
sol q oss Of The 6nest 10 The vicinity. abound
ling IN game Of svsry variety % b found
|the mountains. Al last accounts Deer Lodg
IeslCiv. - he now iows wss called. thoug
lbus ! fsw monshs old. bosstsd nearly
|hssdrsd houses. A regular line q eomnun
q kept % uish Salt Lsts and 70
- sh.,a q : neoanooe Of couoide