, 1882-12-02
he New Eldorado

prominent citizen of Denver, Just re-
tarred here from the weod riv.r country. in
spiIe oi his natural loyalty t. his booming
s'A'e' gives the following interesting and &C.
duet''e items Concerning the Wood river
country: The region occupies about 20. GOO
square miles OF central Idaho. Suser pre-
doi-inates AMI although the veins are not
Phenomena!ly large. their number and aver.
age r'ehness beats any thing in the history Of
mining. Some 500 locations have been
made. and paying ore has almost invariably
commenced at the grass roots. The yield
last year va. s., 600 coo and this year it will
b. IS. 0O0. 600. and the average Of all ores
worked Is about 500 per ton. IL Wood
river Camps proper the ores average about
Sis silver per ton and 65 per cent. lead, but
Just over the divide to the north they are of
t"e dry, sulphures and ruby class, yielding
$500 70 81 900 per ton in carload lots.
There are six smelters, two stamp mills and
one ore sampler in the Wood riger and Saw
tooth regions, their combiued capacity be-
ing over 20 sous OF ore per day, ami yet
the miees are p,lIng up thousands Of tons OF
ore per day, for which there arc no reduc-
uon facilities, awaiting the advent Of the
Oregon Short Line.
gre many good sales Of mining pro-
perty have been m ale IF late, .,ytsbly IN the
vicinity Of Haley, at sums ranging from
$4,000 TO 100000 zach. There seems to
he no trouble to affect sales OF good property
IN that country, as the strong tssure veins
and high grade heavy lead ores com.neud
tnemsel'e, on sight. California, Chicago,
Philadelphia a ami Salt Lake men have Sc
cured the b ST huld thus far. The country
IS splendIdly watered and tlmberei, and the
mInes lay at such low elevations as 20 be
econ' micai'y worked. Haley is the com
m-EcIal and mining crnter and will make
tow" OF 5000 e. 10000 people within two
years l. IS delight ulIy situated in Wood
river valley. IT An altitude Of j. 200 feet, and
ltHoush ioSs- So, ( orly 200 inhabitants it
doe an irn, 8 husiE, ss with the mining
camp SUR uUd a., a the b. ST of which are
tributary 10 Ha e, There are az least 200
m ON tie pay-rolis OF mining companies
op-Iatng " SitiIln day drive OF Hail-y, and
thousands more are at work III the same IA
Il.
eoriwood, getting out timber, etc. The
Or gon 81 ort Line Is now within 100 miles
o. Haley AMI Will strike Wood river 20
miles lover down, IN December, reaching
HALEY, which IS TO he the terminus OF the
broad sauge ana the inception OF the nsrrow
gauge syst,m OF that country, early in the
spIing. The farming and stOek-raising IN
tere-ts are great.
Several Colorado men have struck it rich
ard Others are close behind. Take it alto
gether, the country IS as great a mineral
field as Coloialo il should produce $780,
900 next year and double that amount IN
1854. 1t Is long way ahead OF Butte. Lead
vile, Gunnison, Boiie and Virginia. Neva-
ia, at the same age. In fact, says our in
formaat, "it is the coming country for the
prospectar, the business man OF any kind
with moacy, the farmer and stock-grower,
and that larger class who like tn speculate
il corner-lots- these Haley and the new
-.vn Of Shoshone hold ont big lnduceme nts.
There are about 10, 900 people in the entire
region now, but the country IL so bic good
many of Iht IN are lost"