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原文：

The first great rush of population to the far west was drawn to the mountainous regions, where gold was found in California in 1848, in Colorado and Nevada ten years later, in Montana and Wyoming in the l860s, and in the Black Hills of the Dakota country in the l870s. Miners opened up the country, established communities and laid the foundations for more permanent settlements. Yet even while digging in the hills, some settlers perceived the region's farming and stock-raising possibilities. Eventually, though a few communities continued to be devoted almost exclusively to minimal, the real wealth of Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and California proved to be in the grass and soil.

译文：

大批人迁往极西，集中在山区。在那里，加州曾在1848年发现金矿，十年后在科罗拉多州和内华达州，十九世纪六十年代在蒙大拿州和怀俄明州，十九世纪七十年代在达科他地区都先后发现了金矿。矿工们开发了这些地区，建立了村镇，为永久定居打下了基础。在山上掘金时，一些移民者也意识到可以在当地发展农业和畜牧业。最终虽然只有少数城镇专门从事采矿业，但蒙大拿、科罗拉多、怀俄明、爱达荷和加利福尼亚州的真正财富在草地和土地中。