, 1881-10-07
IDAHO.
Rich Mining Region in AIturas
County.
Cities" IN tho Valley or Wood
River.
Ola-Timo Prospectors-Mr. 0roy's Wiutor-
Experience in 1879!80.
4 Mineral 1,clt Forty Niles Long md
Twenty Broad.


1Ss1,--Approncl,1ng this land uf promise frnn
the Enst, tho best route Is yin Ogden and the
Ulnll II Northern 1loatl to l3lackfoot; thence
by iinU line Of fUur-llOrso stnges Of the Gil
,>,er & Salisbury Company. This route saves
suvcrai hours staging, Md Is tho stlu n0st
patrolllzcG ind best equipped. The 1ava-
beds, across which the route leads, arc
ireary enough; but, once past tlleln, tho facu
nf tho country Is suddenly changed; tho
,nonotonous dull rc,l and yellow If the
bnu,ct-ont 1ava-.ltstrict gives way to rolling,
fertile valleys, frownul down upon by lofty
llloi,ntuns; pure mOMnta1n-borll streams
dash across the roasl, supplying tho u,ral-
stations will, n,onntaI,I-trout Ii, tho greatest
abundance: mud everywhere, even far up tho
nInllMtnt,l-siues, Is II ricli cOnt of evergreen
grass
"c1r1Es"
Entering Mt last tho Valley of Wood 1lfver,
we roll t,ast numerous rAllcllGs: then comes
tho Town of Bellevue; four miles beyond Is
HALEY; ter miles nuyc Is Ketctum; still
farther beyond, untlcr tho long siintlow Of
tile lofty Suw-1ootl' Rangc, Is the prosperous
1uinng camp Of t;alelln; and over the Divide
is still another y'-Saw-rootl,. Tho
first three OF those nte prosperous towns,
with ponut tatlon eacll Of about 500 souls;
nllll each IL we'll supplied with stores nnd sa-
louns, newspapers, ETC.; but each IL still too
young to support n school, although enctl
now has n considerable and rapidly increasing
juvenile population. GaaeMa ind Saw Tooth
pnrtake lnore Of the character of camps us
yet; but, ilnstnuch as they are in the yury
heart of the hest thinning rcYloll, another scn-
son will see well-built and poDutous towns
thera too. bellevue Is situated at MI altitude
of 5UoO feut above sea-1eycl, Ilaitey 5000
the altitude increasing until Saw-rootll is
tall nf
9.Oou feet,
WHY THEY CAME.
THIS valley iron. bellevue up Is from
thre l., to @ SIX miles ~ width hen,me1
Which' arc re- mines in a'buntinncs; mi
tAe present season has demonstrated TINT
me iariy CROPS hili veRetnhles cnl h9 sue
fSTty y E%% t%sS III sTs ,as. fSt ay H. VII nsk
Like 50 n!ucl. Of our Western, collntry,
this Is the Old humtlng.groun,ls Of tho nit
nu,neru!is reservations scattervtt about III
every direction. 'rhcsn .Hl1 tlwgs1crs here
clung to tile country with n grip nMly less
they ,weru numerically less powerful; they
resisted nll enctnAclments! upon their DO
nAln To thu bitter elnl. But. twenty years
Mus, wilt nerves uf steel. md q soul huilt
Of bravery itself, and whose Iron frame
nothing but the rol,n,selcss clutch Of yenrs
could stop Or snbuue; atl1 these sflugGy fol.
lows LEANED IN their long guns. MD, drink.
ing In The sweet fresh winds wl,lcl. skinned
ncrnss these snowy peaks, dreamed awhile.
tho country, straiglitwny siioul,eretl tlleir
guns. and came. They ca'ne, aud fought.
ind worked; but civilization WIS fat In their
ysr ND ese Sny s pP'ttn nP to UNI MI 50 They
they sipcls ela We Ia sau',of tei: WA md tolr
trails. md SHIFTS, ana' tunnels npnn every
hand; but tic tliggers md the ttai-lnakers
hre seldom mot.
AN OLD-TIME rKOsrECToIt
i accidentally met me Df these few days
Slice white riding acrosz tho Calnns Divide.
li!a deep, dirk. tE.aler*e Gallon nEe%pect-
sort, und | st0ppetl; TO- talk with him. W.
sp'!ke Of the yartnls mining districts, md |
S'SentGliy ist,,nt ,cntge axno tt the Lttis
liz @ best tt u tI'el. @ 1ii I'ad recently s ' been n
sold tn AZ n strong colnnany fro'n Huntington.
M pek rs na o askr r0" iwy ssy 80" o,a ses sT tt as
}nlne'" 1 answered: "ics-I examined
Well, par|uer, TINT nr shaft in tho
soli,l s s,'leliaI,ttlmt M ar s'uft sink four
.,.,,,t ,",WSsjjI!, but why did you not locate tho
"WWi!at goods Don't ye see thar wns no
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