Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1881-03-31
WOOD RIVER.
A CONDENSATION OF THE MAIN Ar.
FRACTIONS OF THE NEW COUNTRY
Where it is, How to Get There. and Whn.
You Find There.

people in Nevada who on account OF
the prevailing dizziness are beginning to
look longingly 70" new fields of enter
prise. Persons contemplating Pilgrim
age to Wood River will end the follow
ing description Of the country, taken
from various newspapers published III
the vicinity, enough 10 give them 4
pretty fair idea Of the country, the ia
cilities for getting there, the induce
ment for new corners, together with
the prevailing rates of living, wages,
etc.
ITS LOCATION.
The Wood River Region is located
in southern central Idaho, 1876 miles
west of the Utah & Northern Branch Ct
the Union Pacific Railway. Last years
developments proved that belt after
belt of argentiferous galena ore exist
all the way from the low hills to the
base of the Wood River range north
ward to the divide of Wood and Sal
mon rivers, a distance OF forty-five
miles, and almost continuously from
Bay Horse District, near Challis,
nOrthWesterly TO the south tributaries Of
Boise river. This makes one Of the
most extens;,e siIver-bearing districts
in the world, being from twenty to fifty
miles in width, and 1870 to $40 miles in
length.
STAGE DISTANCES, FARES, ETC.
There is only one practicable route
from either the east or west to the
Wood River aud Sawtooth region
via. the Union or Central Pacific Rail-
road to Ogden, Utah; thence northward
on the Utah and Northern Branch of
the Union Pacific, to Blackfoot, Idaho,
1S1 miles; thence TO Bellevue--via
the BlackfoOt and Bonanza Daily Stage
Line, distance 12S miles; or to ketchum
via the same line, distance $50 miles.
Stages Of this Inns run over recently
built first-class roads, crossing the Snake
river by the splendid iron bridge at
avoiding dangers Of ferries |
and discomforts of poorly equipped and |
Onger routes. Good dining stations |
md feed and water for animals on the |
BlackfOOt route, which is fifty miles |
he shortest route and reaches the camps !
~ twelve hours less staging from Salt
lake, Ogden and all Utah points, than
my other.
COST OF LIVING.
Flour retails in the Bellevue stores at
4 so to So per cWt. It is principally
rom Utah and Boise valley. Eggs, so
ents per dozen; butter from so to 40
ents per pound, board per week, IS;
'oard and lodging at best hotels, s13 to
1G; beer (bottled) and whisky, 90 cts.
er drink; good American horses, 500;
God bucking cayuscs, $50 to SO; town
DTS, from $50 TO $400; picks, 81; shov-
Is, 81 80; bacon, is 10 20 cents; sugar,
Office and all kinds OF groceries are not
luch higher than in the States, after
dding freight. Fresh meat, 10 to Is
ents per pound; trout free in the noun
hin streams.
WAGES, ETC.
So far few men find employment at
ages. Those thus engaged get 81 per
ay formining and other labor; mechan-
IS, So to 81 per day. Men who want
, prospect fad no better field, but they
houid bring along some funds for that
urpOse. 1t is not good camp to be
broke" in. Next summer, when the
arious mining, milling, smelling and
Their enterprises now arranged for are
lirly under way, there will be heavy
emand for labor of almost every class.
ORE DEVELOPMENTS.
Recent developments prove not only
lie wonderful extent, but q frequency
i'd richness of veins without a parallel
/ the history Of silver mining, The ,
'es are generally heavy galena, fifty t
} eighty per cent lead, carrying fifty
one thousand ounces Of silver per ton,
I'd Of such a nature as to be easily and |
economically smelted, They are in true +
'5ure veins from one to two feet wide. !
heretofore has been done i
rgely on horseback, and in the most
Derfcal manner. The ore assays j.
ON So to 500 per ton. There will /
ways be at least three good towns L
Dng the river. Bellevue, 1913 miles u
)m BIackfoOt, just now seems tie have ii
e lead with its GEO inhabitants and Z
o houses. HALEY, six miles above
silevue, also op Wood river, starts out -,