Arizona miner., 1867-01-12
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 The rvrsoa of the sFas West |. tyasrv-.s by tOur grvat mountain fahes-. sEssh. ~..ss ever explored. have been flssysA strsxss.r{s rleh in Hdrsral Ire~snFo<s fif. rAn~rs though wds agssf. aw ks3wa hv s.e rs.s, mon name sf The R1uas< M6antrns Tke, are continuation ~ tile Mexiran Csr,lsllsru, and theIr general esarse Ia negshws.t sr,. southeast, but their .pars and lateral ras.e. naFv sarlpsss siirrvtsusss t0 uhiSh n-, .,,,.;;,, 'sis.T'Isis's viii sFT;y
 Tue Msst ea.'ern range nfier paugnx thrvush New Mexico, co.oraio Iieeo,sk sDd Montana, enters tue British gersstuy, and terninate- at th Arctic oceaa in Iatitn.i ,V' norta. Ihis ls the psinnpal raner. and that to which was originally apE,iip,i t.v 'sAs.s ~ tas koc kys Masiniains. Ihr rsnssal of " asatch range, fssis. Efsm rths. b.saiars of California 'hf0aga ttsh and idaho. = h.t. i,i roifi'ects with the eass range ia latitude e . noFts. The third range. isilel ia one tafs tne sisrr. Asia'ia Moaapir@, ,f aaolhes t.s Nas' ale ill sai.'p asfin- fiyen.t aliiornia, .Dsss''s.f ~ asf isisstsn fsTfstoss sfa Brittsa tp.Aias'=, until it feAsA.s Faals 2, illnm, soua'', and tnerc ait4sns Q fxater elevation than any otner moantain otf North Amer | ! an eo.t,nent. The iosrtb, . ar~i westerly .a'se' n''y"n a7 thr Sv-.si isiiiss, N~vis. al { .niVnsh i'S course within saoFt d,staii e of " 's. 'f's, - many oi wsssls creeks sa.l v-ys its northern portions are penetrated ."'s ohsiii eAtsH5is iFO6i tine sodthsTb sS irsihisy of the State of alifornia. wher. !, l'yerges from the Siera Nevada ranoe. ta ,l'.. f strait of Juan de fuca, which ssrxra,.. Y n Coaver's Island rum the main land.
 such are fhs great mountain rus,e. n, which are emboweled the exhaustle.s a,,d nm told treasures of the Far wcst. Let n. oax take note of the altitude of their urinsi,,.i peaks ere we proceed to describe ths;, and mineroogical features.
 Though the Rocky Mountains cannot com pete in altitude with the Hainmalayas ofl , India or the Cordilleras of South Amorie. . 'et several of their peaks tower Co a great ie'S5t !. above the level of the ocean. Mount 't- Eiias, which staDds on the Pacific at m. q northwest extremity of the Sierra Nevada [ ms an elevation of l7,sVO feet. Mount ,rown and Mount Hooker, also in British ,oiumbia, respectively reach an altitude oil o'voo and lo,lOO feet, while Eremont's peaL the Wind i1ver range, rises 10 the height u i?,o'o Feet, and Pike's Peak in Colorado. Q that of l4,000 feet, :. The general contour of the Rocky Monn 'lns Is extremely irregular. Many ot them 'sune the Alpine character of rugged. pre- pitous peaks, and owing to their being fire g lentiy penetrated by deep transverse valleys Ii 'a canon' they present that scrrated aspee, ii;