The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-12-01
The New Eldofade.

The New Eldofade.
A prominent citizen of Denver,
just returneq from the Wood River
country, in spite Of his natural loys
atty to his booming State, gives. the
following interesting and seductive
items concerning the Wood River
country: The region occupies about
1000 square miles Of central Idaho.
Silver predominates and although the
veins are not phenomenally large
their number and average richness
beats anything in the history of
mlning. Some 5000 locations have
been made, and paying ore has al
most invarlbly commenced at the
grass root. The yield last year was
81 100000 and this year it will be
S., 900, 900, and the average of all
ores worked is about 5000 per ton.
In Wood River camps proper the
ores average about 1925 silver per
ton and 65 per cent. lead, but just
over the divide to the north they are
OF dry, susphuret and ruby class,
yielding $4,000 to $1,000 per ton in
carload lots. There are six smelt-
ers, two stamp mills and one ore sam
Ter in the Wood River and Saw
tooth regions, their combined capa-
city being over 200 tons per day,
and yet. the mines are putting up
thousand of tons of ore(for which
there are no reduction facilities) a.
waiting the advent of the Oregon
Short Line.
A good many sales of mining prop
erty, have been made OF late, nota-
bly, in the vacinity of HALEY, at sums
ranging from $4,000 to 100000
each. There seems to be no trouble
to effect sales of good property in
that country, as the strong fssure
veins and high grade heavy lead ore
commed themselves on sight. CAL
ifornia, Philadelphia, Chicago and
Salt Lake men have secured the best
hold thus far. The country is splen-
didly watered and timbered, and the
mines lay at such low elevations as
to be economically worked. HALEY
is the commercial and mining center,
and will make a town of 5000 to- 1o,-
900 people within two years. 1t is
delightfully."- situated in Wood River
valley, at an altitude of 5000 feet
and although possessing only 1900
inhabitants it does an immense busi-
ness with the mining camps surround
ing it all the best of which are tribu.
| tary to HALEY. There are at least
1000 men on the pay rolls of mining
companies operating within days
drive of Haley, and thousands more
are at wook in the same radius
on railroad construction, cutting ties
cordwood; getting out timber, etc
The Oregon Short Line is within 1oo
miles of Haley and will strike WOOD
River, SO miles lower down, in De-
cember, reaching Hailey(which is to
be the the terminus of the broad
gauge and the inception of of the mar
row gauge system of that country
early in the spring. The farming
and stock-growing interests arr
great.
| Several Colorado men have strucl
it rich and others are "close behind.
Take it altogether the country is az
great mineral field as Colorado; it
should produce S., 5,ooo,ooo next yea
and double that in 1884. 1t is +.
long way ahead of Butte, Leadville
Gunnison, Bodie and Virginia, Ne.
vada, at the same age. In fact, ay
our informant, SIT is the coming couI
try for the prospector, the business
man OF any kind with money, thu
farmer and stock-grower and tina
larger class who like to speculate il
corner lots-for these HALEY and tn
new town of Shoshone offer big indu
cements. There are about 1000
people in The entire region now, bu
the country is so big good many {
them are lost.-Denver Neacs.