The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-22
SHOSHONE L
To Be Made a Grand Resort by
Butte and Omaha Capitalists.

Snake River, which has its head
a. the base OF the Tetons, in Wyom.
ing, and sweeping through Idaho,
enters the Columbia after a flow OF
rel LOCO miles, possesses many fea-
lures of interest to the naturalist,
tourist and others. For hundreds of
miles it flows through the great law.
beds, where the river is hemmed in
by high walls on either side, making
canyons hundreds of feet in depth.
The vast country drained by this
stream affords water enough, to make
the river high at all seasons, while
in the spring it is a rushing, roaring
stream. 1t has numerous fails, the
two most important ones being with
in three miles of each other. 1t is of
these we wish especially to speak.
These falls are due south from the
town of Shoshone, on .e Oregon
Short Line, twenty miles distant,
and can be reached easily over a road
which will not require much outlay
to place in fine condition. The up
per fall is called
TWIN OR LITTLE SHOSHONE.
An immense rock, rising fifty or
one hundr ed feet above the water at
the point where the river takes it's
p)uDge, divides the stream equally,
one side making perpendicular de-
scent of 1870 feet, while the other half
runs over a broken down ledge some
distance in rapids before striking the
final plunge. No prettier fails. seen
either from the high banks Of the
river from either side, or by look
ing up from the chasm at the foot,
where one IA easily approach, are
to be seen anywhere. The water is
usually as clear as crystal, and the
silvery stream in contrast with the
dark brown lava and granite walls,
presents a charming picture. Above
these falls the river for several miles
is hemmed in, in a canyon 500 to
1000 feet in width, and nearly as
deep.
f SHOSHONE FALLS.
Below the canyon continues for
three miles, when the river in one
broad sheet takes another leap Of 21O
feet. which is sixty feet greater than
Niagara. These falls are called
Great Shoslione. They possess in
themselves and their Surroundings,
{ atlres which will attract hundreds
of thousands of visitors, and the place
Is destined to become as noted Il re-
sort as Niagara, which has keen vis-
tied by people from the entire world.
The trouble of getting to these falls
and the lack OF communication
there, has prevented them from icing
visited only by a few persons, bat
This is oon to be changed, and a Wis
it to Shoshone falls will soon become
An event of pleasure.
A gentleman who has spent much
Of his time the past ten years in trav-
cling, not only in America, but
atrN q, and has visited re sorts and
cities in every State and Territory of
u W country, a few weeks ago
was in this city, and was advised 10y
a friend to see ShoshOne Falls and |
Wonderland l., two places not visited
by him up to that time. He went to
Shoshone on the Oregon Short Line,
where he hired a conveyance to Shn-
shoneFalls, where hespent two nights
and one day. His driver and land
lord was the owner of quarter sec
ton of land, which covered all the
ground around the Falls, suitable
for hotel AMI other purposes incident
to making the place = resort for WIS.,
itors. He Contracted for this land, |
and going to Beaver Canyon Oh his
way to the Yellowstone, found he
would have to wait two days for a
SD he went on to Butte,
where he me a friend and told him
what he had seen and done. The
friend asked the privilege Of joining
in the enterprit s, aud the result
is that, a banker and mine owner Of
and two capitalists of Omaha,
aud some others, representing a cap
ital of SIS. ON, 600 or more, have Sc
cured all that is desirable of Sho-
shone Falls, and the property is to be
improved at once.
A big hO'el is to be erected, an
elevator will make the passage from
the high bank OF the river to the
base of the falls an easy task. Boats
to connect between the Upper and
Lower falls will be placed in the river
and also suitable boats to ferry the
There is no limit to the water
power, aud a portion Of this will be
used to operate electric lights for the
S75 600 hotel, illuminate the falls,
and it may he, supply electricity for
places remote from the falls. The
improvements to be made will he so
arranged as to add interest 10 the
great wonders and no; in any in
stance mar their beauty or in any
way detract from the work of nature,
out rather to add thereto. BY
thorough advertising, Shoshone Falls
will become second only to Niagara
Is a resort. while in some other re-
,pects it will outrival it. This en-
;erprise of private gentlemen who
nave secured the pronerty will be
aided, of course, by the Oregon Short
Line company, which will at least
ave al interest in carrying people
see the wonders. and it is probable
| branch road will soon be construct
ID from the town of Sho>hone to the
OF the river at the Falls. Sat
Lake Tribune.