ami lint,, mi 



datee " do not underlie the l'it-dam \\\ the Adirondack*, 

 because tin- l'ot>dam L :i && i, produced i,\ a u 



spread, almost cont inental, ilepn .--ion of tin- land. or ^cm-nil ele- 

 vation of tin- sea level, which carried the ,-hore-linc inland hevoml 

 the areas where tin- Camhrian rookl had accumulated. 



The valley of the Missouri ahoiit (iallatm, ami lj ! 



miles helow. is \ei-v l.roa.l ami fertile, ami pied 



I .v tarmers or Btock-nusere, \Vln-ai. m. ami e-|.eeiail\ 



.Mieeessftilly cult i\ ated. hut maiiilv hy irn-at mn. All llir low - 

 lands ami the foot-hills of the mountains are covered with a tint* 

 -muth of hunch rra>s. hlue->t(in and -lama, ujton uhich cattle. 

 >heep and horses are well >u>taini'd throughout the Near. The 

 wintei's a iv lon^ and severe, hut n.t inor- >o than in M 

 and the >no\v-fall is somewhat 1068. The .-toek rallv 



fed or housed, though it would he more merciful and jirohahh 

 more economical to provide some >hclter. 



THK ii(n K^ MOUNTAINS, 



Helena, the capital of Montana, is a well-huilt ami wealthy 

 town of some 8.000 inhabitants, located in ami ahout the month 

 of Last Chance (iulch, one of the famous ^old-camps in tin- 

 time of placer mining. 



The foot-hills of the first ran ire of the !{.>ck\ .Mouniam-. lu-re 

 and noi'thward to the British line, are comp.i-rd of tl: 

 /oic roek- which .-iirroiind the Hdt Mountains. Ahout He! 

 they are generally liinesttm->. -nmcwhat met amm -pli'-,-d. hut 

 not much hroken np. The various ra\incs which lead to the 

 M.--onri valley, head in the granite lock- of the core <f the 



iml near these, the pala-o/.oie >er \ much 



turhcd. The .-rranites, as well us some of the >ed 

 nicks, are traversed hy many mineral \ MIC .f which 



auriferous and ha\e furni>lu-d the lar^e amount of ^,.ld that ha- 



POm the -nlche<. Mogt Of the Ili!!i.T;d VOJnS HTO, 



however, silver-liearin.::. and the.-e form a nniiil 



where tl, or \\ ill hereafter . roai mmm- oti 



At ticket, twenty mile> BOOth oi : 



no\\ nll\ \\..rkeil, and a vin ';int for the 



. om-entration ami treatment of li v smelling and leiich- 



