The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-09
IDAHO A GREAT STATE.
DESCRIPTION OF RESOURCES
First Settlements wsFs Be9sa In the
sSrth-Has Produced e1so.o 900. 600 In
GsId-Lasks In development Ia the
Land Of romsrrow.

Lake Tribune has the following glow
ing description Of tho Gem Of the
Mountains. from the pen Of
Clarence =. Eddy. II gives one an
idea Of the vastness and wonders Of
the state which We are proud to call
our home;
The state Of Idaho has total area
almost Ne great as New England. with
q population thirty times less. II
lacks not In resources. but In develop
ment. Il is the land Of tomorrow.
Though the richness Of its gold fields
was first discovered half u century
ago. the comparatively unprospected
portions Of Idaho still exceeds one
third Of the total area.
The rAstness Of Idaho says a
Weli-known writer. ''ls not even com.
pretended by many Of lie citizens. 4"
Bancroft In his histories speaks Of
II ~ grand. wonderful. romantic.
mysteriens- country where men
looked for unusual things and found
them While esteemed rs the
peculiar home of the mineralogist and
miner. nature had not forgotten to
prepare portions Of It for the occupa-
tion Of man by giving wondrOnsly
warm and fertile soil.
Idaho Is accorded TO have %. 000,.
900 acres available for agricultural
aud grazing purposes. 1900, 900
acFes % timbsr. 200. 900 acres oc-
cupled by lakes. and the remainder
Of its So. 900. 600 acres, or $4,000
square miles. consists Of deserts and
mountains. In these total figures are
included 10. 90. 0o00 acres Of mineral
land.
The first settlements In idaho were
begun In the north By French -canad-
ian trappers aud Jesuit missionaries;
In the south by = Mormon colony 1T
Fort LemhI Ia 1854. The territory
was ogrAnIzed In 1863. and admitted
TO the Union OF States July 4, 1890.
Since the discovery Of gold at orofino
creek Ia SEQ Idaho IL estimated 10
have yielded 1850. 600, 900 In precious
metals, an amount equal TO the
wealth Of Rockefeller. According
TO recently furnished wells- Fargo
statistics. e5Oo. 600. 900 Of this
immense sum was contributed by the
placer cAmps Of early days, including
orOflno. Elk City. Florence, Lewis
ton, LApwAi. Warren, Pierce City
and Bolss Basin. But the greater
portion Of the vast Geld containing
thsss famous camps is comparatively
unprospected. II includes the thous
ands Of mountain streams composing
the Clearwater. Salmon and St
Joeepb rivers. with wide sylvan
recceees, nclad range and canyons
which "seem 10 cut the earth II
two." Further defined, Il extend
! from the forest clad Occur d'Alene
Ia the north 20 the sands Of the Grea
J snake river desert In the south,
direct distance Of over 900 miles
. On the east II L. walled by the Bite
Root and Rocky Mountain rangea
! from which IL extends west Al
, average Of 100 miles.
E A theme so comprehensive admit
e but passing outline in this article
D But little information IL available
aud no mans experience can hav
comprised the mysteries Of thi
/. mighty wilderness Of mountains
i We have gazcd al II in the nortt
4 from the crags of the Occur / Alenes
a IN the west, from the dome OF II
u Seven Devils, and In the south frol
u the snow clad SUBMITS to the Saline
IL river range. TO- feet above a
Or sea But 1t has doomed lone an
g vast. with towering peaks al
a ehadowed canyons, blending into bl'
distance and overhung by the murl
nd air Of mystery.
L.. Though often the industrio
Ca prospector has successfully essay
I,e this tield, Il would still afford "a
me hiding for 10000 men within
re. conflncs. Portions Of 1t, truly ha
81 been quite thoroughly prospect
70 during the last halt-century, yieldi
the millions as foresaid but, OIL
eeA myrsads Of Its gigantic mountain
craVs and canyons have never felt
lee tread Of white mans footste
non hence u can be appropriately cal
the an unprospected held.
= IN The men Of the early days IN id'
Their we're placer miners, caring little
Of quartz. They were graduated, main
,ss,. from the fields Of California, WI
r in the orudeet methods had obtal
an. untold fortunes In placer gold
10 Of the cream Of successive camps bee
aatee exhausted these pioneers pa
rapidl, on to other exciteme