The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-08-06
The Belt Mountain Region.
Not Il Spur but a Portion Of tie Ma;l
Rocky Range.
As Conclusively Shown by the Ex-
tensive Ore-Fissures

As Conclusively Shown by the En-
tensive Ore -Fissures
And Inex',austihle Deposits Of the
Precious Metals.
The Pioneer Press Of Saturday contains
letter of the most absorbing interest,
written by a gentleman who recently
made tour of that mining region and
knows whereof he speaks. The letter
was accompanied by an elaborate map of
the "Belt River Country" taking i'll Great
Falls, the Sand Coulee coal fields, the
promising towns of Belt, Cora, Kibby,
Rice, the sluice boxes, Mann, Martin,
Clendenin, Neihart, Barker, Rlankenship
pass, Wolf butte and the various lines of
survey made both in 1888 and 1889 up to
date, for the Belt Mountain railroad.
1t will well repay perusal, even by the
very few acquainted with that truly-styl
ed wonderland:
have i'll mind journey VIC made right into the
heart of the Belt wonders. We got right into Il
region where even John Ruskin's canons Of nat
uralness are preserved invioate where you can't
find SO much rs Il primitive wheelbarrow. purs,,-
| Ing at snail's pace its mono axle destiny. This
has been the ideal. Wild and undisturbed home Of
every creature, whether bird, fish or beast, that
could thrive in these parallels and meridans.
But this Old era Is tottering with age ready to fail
ana give place to the newer one. am glad that
the old one fingers. for 1t fnf,lses spice of weird
romance into the vigorous life Of the young period
o1 conquest. No language suffices to describe the
strange mystery OF those couees; no mind Is so
acute as to predict the next turn in their million
sinuoSities Where they live you perfOrce follow,
and arrive somewhere by and by; then you study
your map and find yon are so many miles from
some other place, and this leads you to Il retlec-
tlon upon the general Derplexty of earthly affairs
especially physical geography, which ends without
a conclusion. No one. at least since the death of
Alexander Won Humboldt, has been able to ade-
quatelS picture III words tile relation OF series
OF co"lees to each other, and their combined rea
ton to the world. The entire region might be
measured III ltS heights and Gcpths. lineal and
lateral distances, curves and lines OF beauty, and
the "hole SET 1ofth III mathematical tables; but
that would not satisfy the demands OF the poetic
SOUL immigration, however, Will settle all uli-
cerIalhtles Ill conformation OF the country and
leHa Il ulStnctive character to its geography.
"heh the traVelef OF the future finds that he can
cross over half mile from Pat key's ranch to the
rahch OF DOC AmeS, and that such line Of settle
ments extends continuously from Great Falls to
Belt postofiice, then these coulcos will be far
nheau VI tie PAIN OF thelr legitimate destiny.
oe''iers are going Ill thefe rapidly, rs we judged
lioi'i tne large NUMBER OF new caolils which were
ue'''s electeu heaf tue MAN wagon road we lett
'fe''' falis aI O'CLOCK III tEe afternoon, travel
ins sotAtn"afo' through Il lapyflhth Oh coulees,
clotiieo Ill luxurious grasses, ana along the edges
vi oe'lcn laius' WHICH were likewise covered with
uoullosi'ce Vi h''fltlous matefla! 1of nay The
'ni!1'' srl af''lS aloI'g lhe road were absorbing
WIN sVloitv Inc l'he' drehchlhg rain which fell
of hours as We 1oufheyed on, ana nerds or sleek,
Ill. cattle' wandered 'azl'y over the ulduiatfhg
p's'ures us I'll OF quiet content us though they
n'o ie'1cheu 'lle iut'a nome OF thelr most ambl-
.'ooS uie'lhs' reward evening we had emerged
,,o''l ''e eo"'ee dlstrlct ana Travelled Tor some
"ls'',ce o' a'' elevated piate'iu before the crown
NY feature VI lie aiteIhoo'f" landscape burst
"po'l o''t sle" lhere IL was dream OF beauty,
'''''ue ~ S"eli t'ie i'eart ol Nllhtef with JOY
Aio'ho pe1'o III the ROAD ana thefe lay several
hu.oieo ieet Delo" 'lS 'he "ohder1ul valley OF tile
noit river Will lts hgh pu1s ana the BELT butte
o' US 'afthef Siue anu the 1iish"ood mountains
Ill Tue Instance ~ tie eastward. we looked to
tue lerth ana we looked TO the south, and as far
Us tl'o t'e cou SET a'l was pefrect peacelnl ana
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