Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-08-07

and fabulous amounts are obtained from
almost every claim. 1t is believed that in
the gold belt which traverses this terrific
ry from east to west, there are at least
one thousand gulches which can be work.
ed with profit. This fact, of itself, cannot
fail to make Montana, in few years, a
power in the land. In this, the on
ly assured element of our wealth, we have
the means of employing proitably larg-
er population than that Of your goodly
State of Ohio. ssaa p
The.agricultaral resources Of our terri
tory, when fully developed, will be ade
quate to our home wants. The valleys
Of the GallatiD, Big Hole, Boulder, Prick
BY Pear, Deer Lodge, Missoula and tho
immense valley Of the Yellowstone, equal
in richness the best valleys Of Ohio -
They are capable of easy irrigation, and
abundantly supplied with water and tim
Der. All except the Yellowstone. which
isthe most extensive, already give sur
port to farming populations more or less
numerous. In the Gallatin alone there
are two hundred ranches under cultiva.
ton. Wheat, barley, potatoes, cabbages
and most of the esculents grow to a large
yield, and are generally of superior quail
ity to the same quality raised in the
States. This is particularly the case with
potatoes and onions. The seasons are too
shor! for any but the yellow flint corn,
and this even is an uncertain crop. We
have had flour and potatoes of our own
raising during the past year. in nearly
sufficient quantity for home consumption.
There is no better grazing region in
the world. The entire territory, with
the exception of the high mountain rang
es, is covered with perennial grasses
which will afford food, both summer and
winter, for stock in numbers sufficient tc
supply the markets of the world. Oul
beef and mutton are of superior quality.
The climate is the seyerest have evcl
experienced. The Winters are cold ant
protractcd, thermometer frequently fort,
degrees below zero. and The weather fo
days and sometimes weeks without change
Snow falls to great depth upon the ran
ges, many of which are perpetually cover
ed. Our communication with the State
was cut off for two months last winter BY
a body of snow varying from the depth o
eighteen to forty feet on the main Rock,
Mountain range between US and Sal
Lake. Our last snow storm, on the 20tl
Of May last, covered the earth to tn
depth of two feet. The little summe
weather we have is warm and delightful
and the fall, which frequently reaches 10
to December, is equal in purity, mildnes
and beauty to that Of any region upo1
the earth. The altitude Of our city, 670
feet above the sea, secures 20 us an atmos
phere of great purity, and SO light a
very scnsibly to affect the breathing az
paratus of one who all his life has iDhal
ed the vapors of the States. A peculiarit
Of this pure atmosphere is that one ca
see mountains and other conspicuous Oh
iects a. distance Of one hundred and Fl
ty to two hundred miles, and the actua
distance between points seems more tha
half annihiated to the sense of visioI
: Seen at distance Of eighteen miles. as
is approached from the direction Of For
Benton, the city Of Helena is seemingl
not FIVE miles away. The largeness {
view afforded by this transparency of a
mosphere. embracing long mountain raj
J ges, immense valleys, large rivers, dotte
2 here and there with gootesque lookin
: hills, covered with. pines, imparts to Il
beholder an idea u grandeur and magn
! fcencc which linds no parallel in a surye
! of the widest scenery of the s;a.es,"I