Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-05-07
THE OUTLOOK.
A PIONEER MERCHANT SAYS 1T
WAS NEVER BETTER.

Every Portion Of Alturas County En-.
liyening, and the Mines Generally
Promising-A Prediction.
swell, sir, I never saw a better
outlook since l have been on Wood
River" said one of the pioneer bust
ness men to TINES reporter yester-
day. The Minnie Moore is n mine,
and promises to become a world.
wonder; the Queen of the Hills and
! Relief promise to prove nearly as
good; Lookout Mountain shows three
or four promising prospects that have
already shipped. On the East Fork
of Wood River the Pride Of Idaho
has been taken hold of by a COM
pany that has the means required to
test it; the North Star-across the
gulch-is mine; the Triumph group,
hard by, shows a mountain Of con
centrating ore; and there are half.a-
dozen other producers Of shipping ore
IN the same direction. In the Parker
EIkhorn gulch the workings have
demonstrated the existence of q
strong, well-defred, highIy-mineral-
ICED vein which must carry an enor-
nous ore.body, and three groups in
that vicinity are likely to change
hands soon. Boulde. is coming TO
the front, this year, with large ship
ments of high grade ore. Galena
and Saweooth will evidently DO live.
lier than for years. At Vienna the
Vienna company is to resume work
with a capital of 100000. Beyond
are the Seafoam, Sheep Mountain,
Alton and other districts whose out
lets are Wood River
cat Atlanta and Silver Mountain
fully 800 miners will be at work this
summer; Rocky Bar will at least keep
up her end, with 800 to 500 men al
steady work; Pine Grove will prob
ably follow suit with a couple oil
hundred, and the placer mines along
the Snake river will, rs usual, en-
ploy about 100. Out Lost River
way, if the Big Copper group sale
goes and work on the big irrigatine
, ditch is pushed vigorously by the
, Butte company which has taken hold
, there will be lively times there, sne
Houston may become town and the
ranchers of the valley find home
market for their products. On the
Carbonate Belt and at Era the pros
> poets are certainly flattering, a r."
claims even being put con velvet by
means of shipments to the Nichols
smelter. At Muldoon the Black Spar
t company will doubtless show up a
$ good mine, while the Little Wood
3 River Mining aud Smelling Com
pany must, it seems 10 me, do some
!. thing with its valuable mines ane
3 Stag dump.
3 "This brings me back to the River
. First of all there is the Gold Belt
If that could be started successful,
the whole River would prosper. l
q would even have a genuine boom
e and on merit. l understand that tn
experts who we're here recently ar
II coming back, the bond having bee'
# extended 80 days. That itself
n good. They may not buy, but thei
# return will speak very loudly for tn
n merit of the property. And such
whopping big price, too! Why 20
remember that everybody, almos
used to laugh at you and the TINE
n for saying so much about the Col
q Belt. They thought there was moth
) ing in it. Now they begin to thin
q dillerently-and SO does capital.
=" may be big proposition, but capita
At will be found to take hold before yer
ct long, no matter how much is required
"Next in Importance to the Col
Belt is Smoky, the value OF who's
mines no one can approximate. Bu
- that there are mines there no one ca
=; ~ deny. Look at the Silver Sta
Smoky Bullion, Carrie Leonard, Kin
~ of the West, Stormy Galore, 1!
rannis, D,llarhide group, and othe
properties that have yielded more
less, but every one of which has pal
good prof. from the grass roots b'
sides paying for development l
l.. be sure the King Company has spc'
lie about $35, 0G0 opening up its CLAIM
ry but that has made mine, and now a