Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
great commonwealth. Wherever the precious met
als are largely found, either in rock or loose earth
they soon work out the miracles of our portable civ
ilization. Towns hastily spring up in the wilderness,
and cities among the mountains-taking shinilng
treasures from granite hills, and rescuing fruitful
fi(rms from lonely valleys.
Our wild mining regions are ever full of interest
to the thoughtful traveler. Their early prospecters
have braved savage Indians, and equaily savage nature; endured all kinds of deprivations, hard work,
long banishment from the comforts of civilized life,
home and friends. That spirit who can see nothing
in this beyond the grasp of gold, is poor indeed.
With a commendable ambition for pecuniary success, it blends that marvelous element in our national life, which has in a few years carried our freedom
and our flag from the central continental rivers to
the Pacific.
But as gold hunters are not alwa) s to be credited,
by those who have no interest in their favorite region, we ignore their statements, and give the opinion of one who had no other business, only to eplore it. The Rep,rt of Gov. Stevens, on the Northern Pacific Railroad, to start from St. Paul and connect with the head of navigation on the Columbia, at
Fort Walla-Walla, the reader will find interesting'
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