The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-29
THE INDIAN RESERVATION

contains more than three quarters of mil
lion of acres of equally good agricultural
land. The work OF allotting the 1900 In
dams land in severalty has progressed
since 1885, and will be completed this year.
In view of these facts the enterprising citi-
zens of Camas Prairie and Lewiston have
been actively at work to encourage railway
extension into the great Clearwater Basin.
Both the Union Pacific and the Northern
Pacific systems are institutlng surveys for
railroads. Agricultural developments. in
Idaho are practically at a standstill for
lack of adequate transportation facilities.
When these are furnished that county will
eclipse the famous Palouse in the area and
quantity of cereal exports.
But back of these agricultural lands are
| immense mountain ranges known as the
Salmon river and Bitter Root mountains
hich are practically unprospected, but
| which are known to contain vast mineral
zones. The Coeur d. Alene range is only q
spur of the great Bitter Root divide, which
| is in reality the mother range of the CONT.
nent, and when great camps like those of
THE CGUR D. ALENEs
are found in q spur it is but logical Sc
quence that far richer and greater deposits
| OF mineral will be found in the main CONT
mental divide itself. The camp of Elk City
is coming rapidly into prominence. Mr..
Parker is sanguiue that it is destined to be-
| come the most productive camp in
| the state. The ores are free milling gold
and gold-concentrating propositions, and
! the present depression in silver and lead
and refractory ores cannot fail to benefit
the Elk City district whose ores carry gold
exclusively. The district is very large
one, embracing discoveries on Crooked
river, Red river and American river. These
three streams unite near Elk City and form
the South Fork OF the great Clearwater
river.
On the south side Of Salmon river the
gold mines of Warrens are being developed.
This camp is the homo of Norman B. Will
! ley, governor of Idaho and his mine the
'.W. B. Knott" is the standard gold prop
erty of the state.
Still further south but practically mac.
sessib)e at present except by tortuous
| mountain trails are the Alton, Monumental
Deep Creek, Sea Foam and South Mountain
1 districts all containing
| IMMENSE LEDGEs OF SILVER BEARING ORES
In Monumental district the richest cooper
ores in the state have been found. A sys
TEN of state wagon roads is to be surveyed
through the region this summer, and the
survey ors are expected to be on the ground
to qualify next week and Immediately take
| the field.
Mr. Parker has an intimate knowledge
of the resources of this part of the state
ard is himself quartz expert of large ex
perience and he expresses the opinion that
this region is natural store house of min
eral wealth, and although by reason of its
present inaccessiblity it is growing slowly
10 Importance, it is nevertheless bound t
attain eventually production that will
eclipse the best camps of Colorado in theil
palmiest days.
He also expresses the opinion that if the
Union Pacific com pany had spent as much
money in building railroads in Idaho a.
they had done in Colorado, they would to-
day be in better financial shape because O.
the greater wealth of Idaho.
All this vast region of Idaho county il
the last remaining piece Of frontier in tn,
United States, and as MIR. Parker tersely
puts it, he is satisfied that its great advant
ages and its vast resources of natura
wealth will prove that.
Times latest offspring is the noblest and tn
best.