Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-11-30
THE OUTLOOK.
It's Better Than Ever-Eyen Should
congress Legislate Against Silver, the
told Belt will Give Us Business and
mining Boom, Next Year.

Uoia Belt Will Give Us q Business aud
mining Boom, Next Year.
Notwithstanding the general opin.
Ion to the contrary, business is better
here now than ever before. There il
hve times as much money in circula.
t'on here now as a year ago, the deal
ers IN general merchandise are busy
from morning until night, and the
volume transacted is double what it
was year ago. True, the profits are
not as great; but on the other hand
there is much less credit sought or
given, and losses are smaller. The
merchants are "solid" to man, and
no failures are looked for.
But will this very satisfactory state
OF affairs continue? We do not doubt
1t. Nay, more; it will not only con.
t'nue, but improve with time. Bust.
ness oil over the country is showing
signs OF revival that only need the as.
surance of friendly legislation to in.
crease until every loom, hammer, fur.
mace, mill and workshop shall be in
active operation. If the Congress.
men who are assembling at Washing.
ton do not demonetize silver nor de.
clare in favor Of free trade; if they do
not uphold Postmaster General Villas
in his efforts to throttle our new steam
ship lines for the benefit of few
English Companies; if they condemn
the stupidity reactionary policy of the
General Land Office, then business
will enliven, capital will again flow
from the centres where it is idle to
the extremes where it is so badly
needed, and the country at large will
prosper.
If this policy is indicated business
will greatly Improve. But it is not
the sole element upon which we of
Wood River rely. Our main depend
ence is upon our mines. They, thank
goodness! are improving continually
and their yield is increasing. From
every section, district and ravine, al.
most, the news of improvement comes.
The Lava Creek country Is already
demanding reduction works, and at
least two mills will be erected there
in the spring. The Little Wood
River country contributes two or three
groups of new mines, and even now
estimates and plans are being pre-
pared for a Cotton concentrating
works for Colonel Ravens and ex-
Marshal Shaughnessy. Resurrection
district shows good mines, and Hon.
John HALEY is making it his business
to study out the best process for re.
ducing their ores, with the view OF
building reduction works on Silver
Creek in the spring.
The Lees guich and Broadford dis.
trict continues to open up satisfactor.
lily, one of the mines there-the Queen
Ut the Hills-showing fully as we'll as
any mine in Idaho. Deer Creek, as
everybody knows, has recently shown
up new deposits that promise exceed.
ingly well, and if the unfortunate Mon.
tana-SnowAy.Taylor Motherwell-etc.
controversy is ever settled the yield OF
the mines along this tributary will be
quadrupled. At Bullion the Bay
State, King of the Hills, Mormon
GIRL and other groups are being put
in shape for heavy yield, while the
Idahoan has enough in sight to insure
daily yield of $500 for an indefinite
period. The upper country is look
ing better than ever, notwithstanding
one Of its foremost groups has ceased
to yield.
But Croy gulch is still the main ar
terry, the region holding forth the most
promise. In the Climax, within
mile Of the HALEY bridge, there IS a
bonanza of unknown extent, but for
which 100000 is said to have been
offered; and Colonel Walls trip out
now is stated to have something to do
with this proposition. Across the
gulch, evidently on the same lode, the
Fesrnaught continues to yield small!
lots of shipping and a large quantity
of concentrating ore. Up above the
springs the Idaho Democrat shows u
new body of rich ore.
But the quarter which gives US the
most hope is the gold belt, as the for
nation there justiiies the widest an
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