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TIEE GREAT WESTERN TERRIrORIEs
Their yust wealth and Resources
itah-.ieufanE-Nsya syaca-COiorad
When peace shall have resumed IT.
sway in our country, the national minJ
VIII Re turned more strongly than evel
% The peopiing Of our vast domain anl
Tie oeA elopmeut Of the vast reeOurce~
aurterious, f0ssilifeTous, and oIeaginou,
wealth which nature has stored among
,Ae ribs Of The mountains and along the
fItat basins Of the American continent
the star of empire take- It's way west
.rErd- in fulhlment of Bishop Berkeley 5
grand poetic prophecy, the Weld Of the
precious deposits viii doubtless continue
90 increase with new discoveries until
America shall be recognized as the great
depository of hidden treasures and the
commercial center Of the world. Let us
look ar the fields OF wealth already de-
rellped OF known to exist, and the char
aeter of the territory get To be swept by
lIe advancing waves of population.
THE GREAT WESTERN PLATEAU.
This great plateau, embraced between
the Sierra Nayada and the Sierra Madre
chains Of mountains and their pr0longa-
ri0us, and, stretching four thousand miles
in length. has an area Of two million
square miles. an altitude Of six thousand
feet, and contains three great rivers. II
is ~ubdivided into seven great basins by
connecting ranges, two of which are
others sTe the basins Of the Rio Del
Nurte. the Colorado, the salt Lake. the
Columbia. and the Frazer. Through
uearly two thousand miles Of this vast
plateau the Del NOrte and its continents
afford a practical route for a grand cen
Jral railroad. which viii at no distant
period connect the northern ami southern
regions Of country and aid in developing
their riches. The climate Of the plateau
is genial and nearly uniform, and its soils /
are highly fertile. A dry and clear at I
mOsphere tends 10 preserve the crops Of +
grasses and other animal sUsteuauces,
and fish, fowls, and other kinds of food
Tor man are found i'm abundance. A nat
ural system Of irrigation lessons the labor
a. man in tillGEe, and the region affords
abundant facilities for a dense population.
Gold sb0unds throughout the plal eau,
and the mines Of coal, quaTTies Of marble,
and other secret riches lie waiting for the
hand 0fman.
THE sIEHRA sIAnBE
The Sierra Aiadre, or Mother Mountain
~ the World rising from q base Of nearly
two thousand miles, and dividing tie
continent. j. pre-gmiuently urimeval.
IT. core i@ The rold-prodgciug quartz. {
EcpOpel from l-E main mass are beautiful /
valleys of great size, known among the ]
trapperz 0y the name Of parks
COLORADO TERRITORY.
-Four of these parks % are iu Colorado j
Territory, which has as yet been little eX- ]
pioded or settled, although it lies in the .
center of =har isothermal zone, which Is 2
considered as the belt Of the worlds civ !
ilizariCn But the great column Of p1pu- }
latiOu-WhiCh has already obtained & '
fo0thold on rhe fertile terraces surround
ing the Salt Lake and upon the Upper del ?
N0rIe and the Frazer rivers-will not be q
long in establishing Itself throughout the O
Colorado Territory, and planting there 2
the laws and Institutions OF the Republic. {
Some description, therefore, OF these Col y
orsd0 parks, % which are % be the home G
OF millions Of American citizens, VIII be D
interesting. They are designated "a the s
North. Af1die, South and san Louis i
Parks and are Of equal size, living IN I
close proximity 10 each other. Their o
feature are so =grilzinsly- similar that a {
description Of one Of them viii give a 4
very good il.ea ofslL TheSsnB0uis Park :
which is the most southern, is Of an clip 2
teal form, iis southern curve extending Z
within the Territory ~ New Mexico. g
This park has a smooth area Of nine 4
thousand four hundred square miles II J.
II inelosed by a continuous chain Of noun q
taius. who's crests reach the regions of O.
perpetual STOW. IL is evidently the
drained bow. Of primeval inland sea, e.
and in conformation bears a marked re o.
seublance % some Of the basins embodied =
bvthe AlFe. The san Louis plain Is six %
Feet above the level Of the sea- -
and its surrounding peaks rise % more 90
than dauhlethat altitude. Between these g
peaks and the plain are mountainous un- d
dulatiOuE. among which numerous 81
streams have their sources. Nineteen b
Of these streams descend from the north n
into the SaWatch Lake Of fresh water, o.
which has no outlet. The remaining 81
area Is Nratered by the Del Norte, which q
passes through the Park from its western q
10 its southern border. Roads enter the
Park on al sides by easy passes through
the mountains. From the SUBMITS OF
these emineuces the whole area is en- \
Iraced in one view. The four Parks em-
brace a region Of territory IN the center
lf Colorado two hundred miles wide and
four hundred mile- long, and are divided s
one from another by the sweeping curves l
NJ the great mountain cham. I'm each u
Park rises great river flowing alternately %
10 the AtIanticaud Pacific These Parks "
have the same level as the great Amer
.can plateau, and POSSESSES 10 great eN- ie
tent its peculiar characteristics. Their =
plains are formed OF ;he mountain ahrI- \
sions and consequently the eastern half "
gaH Hf
and the western half the qualities Of the
Sierra Nimhres, each atioTding smooth I.
surface and remarkable fertility. Remote @
from the oceans and of mountain altitude, o
and eucircleI by eternal SHOWS, the at =
m0sphe-e Is salubriOus and invigorating- "
Throughout the year a temperate heat
prevails at noon, and cool temperature u
at midnight The light clouds inces- j.
sanity forming about the SUBMITS o. the "a
Sierra, rarely intercept the rays Of the ls
sun The great mountains are alter- g
1ateIv covered with dense forests Of pine, u
fr. eTI-uoe. and aspen, audwith meadows u
4 luvuriantandn grasses. These o.
grasses, growing rapidly during the an q
1ual melting Of the SHOWS. are cured INTO a
lay when the atmosphere bec0mys dry
srain. aud thus furnish perennial pas =
furg- for the wild cattle, which every r
where abound. supplying by Spontaneous I,
production meat, dairy food, hides wool Z
and kindred elements. The descending q
streams irrigate the plain, and y
hy their aid tle soil produces All me %
cereals and fruits known 70 European /.
settler The streams and lakes abound y
ln fish and watcr fowl Of great variety J,
and excellence. Native poultry are scat =
tered over the mountains and plains, and "
the multitude and variety of aboriginal
animal life are astonishing. All domestic q
animal, known 20 us become readily ac- y
there. Facilities fOr the ec0nom- -
zeal Prosecution OF manufacturing are y
fbuU1aLt. wood and coal are easily ac- u
cessi1ia end markets are now 10 be found u
in the adjacent mining regions Of Col u
OrEdo, Sew Mexico, and Arizona.
GTTERAL Presumption OF COLORADO. II
Tie most important cOunTyOf Colorado IS
Territory b. ArapahO, from it position as Il
a central point from which radiate the d
chief roads 10 other parts OF the great
western country, and from the fact that q,
.l,e most important townof the Territory, a,
Denver City, E noTr s,ecated The county Il
Is situated on the eastern mama - he !,
south Platte nreF al is Junction With Il
Cherry creek, and COUt-iL- au improved +,
area of about six hundred 81 Gsfg 4.jles,
and q D0Dulsefon Of from twelve to thir- Il
fee1 thousand Denver City the county N
sest f-sf settled al 50 recent date a. %
-irbteen hundred end nfty-eight, con 2
1sins seven thousand i've handIed Of ilis :
.,rrI.lstion. and is the commercial center
III tTs Te9ritory. in which its important I
banking business is transacted. FROM II Z
there Is daily conveyance by oo4ehes % i
fbe principal mining districts IA me {
Rocky Mountain region. II is but ten /
davs' travd from New York, by rallroau I
10 ktni.ison, on the Missouri, and SIX
uusdrsd agd rsfertg miles staging. Gil-
DIN county. sing Vest of Arsfaif.;, y me
next Ia importance. Central city az
pricipal town, with the population. en- /
gagged in mining and milling operations, I,
iu lie immediate seighborhoodi numbers
about twelve thousand inf9bfants- IN
this county center the active gold {
mining operations Of the Territory and II !
contains within its limits about three /,
hundred and fifty mills Of al sl4es Gnd !
Twenty-f5ur millions Of !
dollars in gold were yielded by the 8llpin ]
and Clear Creek mines in eighteen hun
dred and siSty-fOur, and the wealth Of
l.o district i ruufinff- i1K holm o. aaKploDefl