Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-17
The ~ New TerrI.ory Of Idaho.

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IDAHO is lsn Indian word signifSins
"the Gem OF the Mountains, nan appf6:
pirate name for the magnificent empire
which,, by HE rrg4ufc act-0f gOon0Fess
dated March ls63T sbears4 ii is apf5ei
ton. Carved nuI OF Washington, Dacotab
and Nebraska, aud bounted psrt6 by Brit.
iSh America. East by Dacotah and Nsbras.
IA, soqth ey GgiVradpsaud Utaht andfwesl
oy Utah, O,rgon and Washington, it con-
talns S26. .OQOr square smilps, being seven
times as large as New York, and i've times
the size of New EE6gIand. The Rocky
Mouutatns divide it little west OF the
central liue. II is the fountain head NJ
many of the great rivers of North -Ameri
ca, whose waters fOw into the Gulf q
s8S SS5Is& SR$& 81! SsltfPFPi8 Jag RfAssi8f
The Missouri, Yellow Stone. North
Platte, Salmon. Colorado, Saskatchewan
and the great tributaries of the Columbia
have.Iheir SOURCES amid itaj mouhtainsll4I-
The Yellow Stone aud Salmon are wkollv
within its limits. 00k the west side Of the
mountains, and at the junction of the
Clearwater with the Snake River, is situa-
ted ed. Lewiston. the largest town ip the Ter
rltory,s and the principal capital, up to
which point the Suake ;snaVigable. for
steesaltmtnPoats eslttnl Of light draught, thus. makiag
coutiuuous line of navigation from the
mouth OF the Columbia, with the exception
OF Two portages on the latter, called the
HDalles" ana the "Cascades6 It's newly
found gold fields are The. richest and most
extensive yet developed, and owe their
discovery 10 the reflux of the wave of gold
seeking that has been rolling for several
years from the older States toward the
Pacific coast.
Al Soda Springs (Fort Couuer), ITO
miles north OF Salt Lake, the Eastern and
western currents of emigration meet and
pour into Idaho in one channel-from the
East by, way. OF the Platte Valley, and from
Californis by way Of Salt Lake. The mar
,yelous gold regions already discovered
have called between thirty and forty thous
and settlers into Idaho. The Territory il
iimPerfectly organized, unsarIeyed, and "A
large portion of il wholly unexplored, bat
the yieid,o of the mines already opened, on
Doth. sides ofsthe' mountains, places Idaho
on level with Colorado and California,
toFl the extent and richness of its aurifsrous
stores, The goldsi found, as in Califor-
MA both in gulches and in quartz. The
yield of the guleh, in which are located
virginia, Nevada and Summit cities, in
Eastern Idaho, on the tributaries of the
Jefferson Fork OF the Missouri, sfBce / Is.
discovery, in July last, is isesJimated to have
been 81 least hGlf a RlilIion Of dollars a week,
Virginia City built of heWn logs few
stone buildings excepted and but Of few, lev, !,
days growth. contRi6s some 5, 900 inhabit.,
ants, and is connected with Bannock Oity.
seventy miles ssouth, by Two lines of coaches !,
BelWeenl the latter fplaCeaan Salt Lake
City, about $50 miles distant,a weekly;
tour'horse coach is r1n-fare 500, time.
eight days. A, Government, post route be-,
tween these cities is to go iuto operation 1
the coming year, and line OF Telegraph To 4
be constructed. Bannocki City. has school,,
stores hoteis; saloons, and y city or9ani!a
zation,a with courts, aldermen, and other
officers: II is an interesting tact that upon
Grasshopper Greek, twelve miles Northwest
OF Bannock, mines were found last August
In which are abundant evidences. of an.r
cieut mining. sHs'lh 'sas
In = mining shaft "a pine tree one foot in
diameter is growing, and near by,a couple
OF timber hats are still staadinR, bpfbear.
ing the marks OF great age. In these sra. \
Rtons dew neverstalls, and timber lasts q
long time! Mexican chronicles of the. last
cenGary are said TO refer TO q Roldseekineii
expedition, which pushed far north 'beyon5, !,
the Great Desert Gold is found MOI ouly
along the Rocky chain, but. fts deposits
sweep across the country eastward TO the
Big horu mountains, where large area is (,
as yet 1nptospected, because the niuer can
go there only at the risk OF his life. But
the hostile Indian must soon disappear. and
this long locked region tesm with a minin : /
population.
csptAih James FisKsl id Il u oaimhsbd Ihs6Sd ~
An fexped dltion to SoPen the northern route
tori migrants arrived here a.tew days ago
from ldaho,sy Chicago and Ne& Work Z
and reports that from St PauI dffset 10
the nearest gold fields OF Idaho is moi more
than stx ehnndred miles, aud that from thnt
.pointiWestalto the Great RSSke. over Al!
area Of sayf sikhlC ChqSdrsd miles square.
wall soon be oPeaedNastly y rich and sxtepS
tstye deposits OF gold. He states that there
are now 16, 900 900 in gold dust ava III f5Tl'
trausportatton htthsF, Sad calculates fhaf
100, 600 persons AZ least. WilE emiRrste TO
Idaho this coming summer. In The c6hrsst
'ot hlss lEA Eela. he oyer6 6hrse huudl ed
nlies oiiteFrttory never, before trOiden by
sEsisQfy Of Idaho 'ii iloFds great s1S
i1A5Elety l5ly Of climate. It's extension across s5
many degrees ofulatitpde, and efhe differ.
3ence OF altitude df rs 4 itf117fenf ssc,inHs
contribute htollhis leesult. The ssTiCbkTn
portion is mild and the eifdstg 81 ass Ss-
trems northern part Is hsaIt6f6I 10 shipb.
dsgresI aud as y mil Particularly ON The
west side OF the 0antaIns ! d -thet Of ma
nys0t ;Ihe NortheFuaaud TV6sterht StatesH
At 7sF F6Tt Benton, forty eight a eRfses Il
Aorth Alitndes and two tho1saad ssix hun
dfed aud stxtystWo feet above the, Laval al
the sea, the !AmeEieau z ii 90 aihya fhh haye,
house or feea tthetr attIs id winner 5T6S
valley 99th sIopes afford hindFstis 1,
p6 th0nsandsuf acres OF as hne n Fb5fifIi 8
slane.at e. can lbel found anyN btSej kI.ll5T
Yield 81 TIE s 1ssfeais aud vegetables t5
great SbaddEaSS. ~