The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-22

Five range Of mountains arc >.
sirht. clothed win forests and y.,i,dnn
with precious metals and iron. and ,a}
Fertiie lands SLOPE back to pras"
plain-. where plovmen and stock ray
ar- are already busy. All these no,an.
and Varied resources are within ho.r"
arit- that make them tributary tna
comm n cente.. and that locationi j. nna
of d,- tiny. fer men see these natnraI
forces. and are beginning to utili,a
them. With all these things. thera 70
indefinab @ h%opefulness and keen alar,
na,, in the air: every breath one dr.w.
/. a pleasure. making it indie d a lanS
wo,th living in.
In this energetic climate so cond,
Give 10 longevt ~. "a few OF the earl,
fur Il ader- still linger. We rememha.
m .ctiug a year ago old Hugh Monroe
who - ent ninety years in the Nortb'
west. diving a few months 2 AT tbo
age of l0s wears. and old man Rond ~,
VINO live. forty miles east Of here. is IN
his hundrcdth year, coming 10 what l.
Montana in ls3l. then as unknoun
| a region as Africa. The country and
e nditions give men an opportunity IN
| di,p ay their abilities. Robert Viii
! Jams, modest ana quiet. Is better known
in scientific circle, in the East and tho
old world a an o~rnithologi-t and bota.
MI, than he i as a citizen OF This
city. Hi collection of birds is larg.
and rare. and OF grasses alone he has
more than eighty kinds. with flowers
| ferns. etc. in large numbers. Prof. @
! c. Morrison has c~atalogued over 3m
different kinds of metals. minerals
ores. rocks. etc. found in this region
In company with Prof. Morrison. We TO.
| dav visited the chief copper smelter
and saw the brown metal by car loads
and learned that bv the electrical
process used in refining over 200 M
ounces of silver are extracted monthly
from the copper output. Nine hun.
dred men are employed. and with the
proposed wire and sheet COPPER mills
& indicted. the force will be largely in.
creased.
Along the double banks of the river
for eight miles. the water everywhere
can be harncssed to wheels and turned
10 human use. With millions of pounds
# wool marketed here every year, il
i, ONLY reasonable to assume that this
will become the site of wooden mills, As
il ha- of silver Il copper smelters.
With iron ore and coal. il is natural to
think that furnaces. %foundries and roll.
in mill, wi spring up in close assO-
citation with the raw material. The
descending grade from the gold. silver.
c0pueI and iron mines to this point.
must parfOrcc of circumstances con
ccntratc the smelling interests of a vast
rerinn along this available series of
fal!-.
or space viii not permit us at this
tim, 10 IA more about this interest.
ir-ano D., >ourccful region. and we must
e. So. with a brief reference to the re-
cent di-, oycr.cs made by Prof. scott
and a party OF Princeton College stu.
dents. Thcr found in the Smith River
Valley. south OF here. whole skeleton,
Il tAr camel. rhinoceroe. ana other
tropical animals. comprising in all forty.
w ,-Uccie, and twenty TWO genera. sey-
eral -pc cimon- Of The three-tced horse
were tound. The remains are petri-
lied. wing in indurated clays and pro
trading fl, the banks on sides OF the
valleys or cOulpc-. The Arrow Creek
Bad Lands. al the foot e the High
wood Mountains east Of Great Fa i. is
an thcr interesting sectiCl. full Of
VOID rful formations and Astounding in
fossil shells ard remalnS OF sea lizards
and ancient reptile life. 1t is Il fan
ta-tic region. with deep cou 'ees ard
rock, twisted and bent into odd ard
f"anciful >lapc-. y lofty cliff e>i-t, in
Ills ~am. locality. we'll filed with pet.
ri,icd fishes. The Little Rockies and
ear Paw Mountains are also rich II
fossil remains. This city j. the nat
ural outtttinE roiLt for scientific. geo
logical. ,Sct.hing. exploring. hunting
and fishing parties. We are on.
gait n TO the energetic secrelary OF
the Board Of Trade orr printed matter
and personal attention. and prom.W
consideration Will be given TO all III
guirir-. }. G.. JONES.