<;,-/,,,, and Belong <>, \. 



I. mn Age, Below tins, tin- KMd 



Clark's Fork. through Olje of the OlOfi picture.-,, uc \;,ll,.\, MI. ih,. 

 continent. The immediate hanks of the n\rr aiv ..ft, , 

 tons masses of limestone. above which tin- wooded mouir 

 rise to the height of 3000 or 4000 feet 1 the 



railroad is northwest, until it approaches within fifty mil- 

 the British line. This great deflection is caused l,\ d,, 

 ranges of the Rocky Mountains which are hi-h and 

 until tin- \ieinity of IVndOreille Like is nach.-d. 

 fall off, and the road t urns direct ly wot through tlu-m. The 

 lake is an irregular sheet of water. civ<eeiit-hap< d and fifty 

 miles in length ; set with numerous isl.md< and Mirroundcd with 

 mountains, it is extremely pirtim-s.jne. The mountain- COB- 

 sist of granite, Hanked l.y slate. <|iiartxite and liim->tom.. all 

 much metamorphosed, hut apparently the pal:-.,/..ir ^ i ies which 

 is seen hoklin.i: the same relation to the granite in >o man\ 

 places in Idaho and Montana. 



The western range of the Rocky Mountains, like ti 

 is metalliferous, but to what degree is hardly known. he 

 ni'i-t of it is yet unexplored. Veins of argent ifcnms galena and 

 auriferous <juart/ have hern found in the vicinity of iVnd 

 Orcille Lake, and the already famous but greatly over-l 

 Co-ill- d'Alcne mines lie a few miles south of the line of the road. 



FOBESTfi 01 i HI: K. K>, Mm N CAINS. 



The fon--t \eiretatioii of the IJocky Mountain- and the \alley 

 of Clark's Fork, is abundant and int< About He!. 



are seen the trees which are Characteristic) of the Park and all 

 the eastern Hank of the Rocky Mountains. The round lea\ -d 

 cottonwood. rnjmlnx iii/ii/i/i-rtt. with willows, t he huiTalo-L 

 Shi'inirilin tin/rntea, etc., flourish alon.i: tin- 



and Douglas'.- >pruer in I be fool billl : '>n the mniintaiii->ide, 

 the narnw-lea\ed p..plar and th< 



and /'. tn'iiinlin'<frx , Kn^elmann'.- | 11 m<l the western balttUD 

 tir: and rinus mntnrta and /'/////> _//'.////> on t he mountain *\\m 

 mils. 



Immediately after passing the divide, however, the clmnu 

 dements of the Pacific coast vi 11 hc-iin t. make ; 



