Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-11
VALUABLE TO BOISE couxrx

, o'oo county OF the
.'aii under course of construction
from banner to Deadwood is NOT f,l
" realized. People have hardly piv.
gu 'he matter thought, but before
ta'l all will begin to feel the benefits
TO be derived. 1t opens up a section
OF country heretofore isolated from
the world, as it were, and gives the
mine owners a chance to have some
OF their ores reduced. Deadwood is
an old placer camp, but only during
the past few years has much been
done in the way of prospecting for
and developing gold and silver bear
ing quartz veins; and, as this work
had to be done by men without the
means to construct reduction works.
development has necessarily been
slow. When the trail is completed
ore can be sent to Banner by pack
trains for reduction. The expense of
packing and reduction is of necessity
very heavy; still, there are many
mines in that section yielding ore of
such great richness that it will pay
handsome profits. OF course it would
not be advisable for mine owners of
that section to ship out their ore un-
der such heavy expenses indefinitely,
and we do not believe that they in
tend doing so. They can ship enough
to pay development expenses, and
prove the value of their mines. Then
a wagon road will have to be con-
structed, and it should be put through
at public expense, as the benefits will
be derived by the public. Sooner or
later this will be done, and the soon-
er the better for this section Of Idaho,
as the route from Deadwood to Cape
Horn is a natural one, over which
but small sum would be required to
complete good wagon road. When
Cape Horn is reached, access is easy
to Stanley Basin, the Yankee Fork
and Loon creek districts, and Sheep
Mountain and Seafoam. With the
advent of the road the trade and
freighting of those sections will turn
this way, as the railroad will be
reached in as many miles and the high
snowy divide between the headwa-
tiers of Wood and Salmon rivers be
avoided 1t will be much easier to
keep the Deadwood and Cape Horn
road open than the one into the Wood
River country, and it could be trav-
eled several months longer in the
year. The trade and travel to and
from those immensely rich mineral
districts is too much to be lost; yet,
If our people are not up and dong
socn it will be lost. Our Wood Riv-
er neighbors have got wagons as fal
as Cape Horn and they intend secur'
ing the business as far as Deadwood
if possible. ga stitch in time is worth
nine," and if the present opportunity
should be lost, the consequences
may not prove verv pleasing to Boise
county. Still, we could not blame
the Wood River people for outdons
us-it is their privilege to take trade
from our very doors if they can ge
it.
The WORLD has time and agarl
published lengthy articles calling at
tention to the immense richness o
those districts, and warned the peo
ple of Boise county to be up an(
doing, The writer of this has beeI
through all of the mountains OF thoS
sections and understands the position
they ought to occupy to-day, and ais
knows that Boise county should fur
nrsh supplies of all kinds to ever
miner and prospector this side q
Stanley Basin.
Without roads mining districts ar
valueless, although the mountain
NAV be full of the precious metals
There must be communication befor
development can go on to any gre'
extent. Hasten the development {
new mining districts and we al
wealth to the country IN genera
which will benefit all, regardless
present conditions. Money thus II
vested will soon return tenfold, mil
. ing capitalists will come into 0'
midst, smelters and mills be erecte'
and we will enter on that rea
: prosperity for which we have Ion
waited Had road been construc
cd from Banner or Garden valley
r Game Horn via Deadwood five yea
a aro, Boise county would to-day
J. the scene of ten times the amount