Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-11-28

NsS"' "HAeS eno +. N. washhurn
Tell About Its Visible Trafac-t,ye
1000 Mines that COULD Supply III
Smrittr. For 100 Years.
= Salt Lake Times. 2,th,l
An Important meeting Of the officer,
OF the Salt Lake, HALEY & Puee,
i Sound Railroad company, as the S.
Lake 4 Idaho railway is styled in
Idaho, VAS held at the Chamber q,
Commerce room tina morning.
President Yves, gave up par, of hi.
Thanksgiving day pro bono publico.
ard Vice Presiden, Simson, who is An
enthusiastic supporter OF the project.
was an attentive listener. There were
also present Texas Angel, president
OF the company, Colonel George v
brya"' director of the company, F.
NJ Washburne, president Of the
Washour"s inves,men. Company of
Minneapolis. who proposes TO furni.h
the necessary money to put the pro.
| Jec' through, aud Mxj"r Elm. md
Wilkes, engineer IN chief of the line.
Major Wilkes stated that he h.d
returned from a survey of the line
from HALEY to Rocky Bar and had
found that he could verify all the
statements he had formerly made in
regard to the immense natusul r.
sources ~ MINERAL deposits, sxricuI.
tur~l aud ti.nbrr ls"ds, and that -
had, It anything, made an understnte.
n'ent OF the facts. Along the eighty
miles which the line passes there srt
mines to be found ut intervals at ~v+r>
hve miles. In the Junction Bar d,s
tr'ct there are from ten to ,welv-
stamp mills. some Of them running .s
n'eh rs fifty stamps. There is eoouol,
tin timber to build road around t..
earth In the Little smoky district
atone there IS no more ore than in
loo,OOO square miles in Neyad.
II ere are hundreds OF thousand tons
OF ore on tn. dumps that cannot h. {
marketed on account of there
being no railroad The scenery y,
win Falls equals that of the Sho
.honr. 1t has perpendicular fall Of
100 te't, and with the rapids above. \ S
descent Of 1870 feet. The water ,
bower he estimated at zoo, 200
'"rse power. ." Goose Creek ,herr
$4,000 acres of the finest s.o.
'rush land he had ever seen. ?
Mr.. Wa>hburne said he had a nlsn I
% hu''d the road from HALEY to .
tocky Bar, hut thar the objection to
was that it was shor, line of sol
niles, running from a small town aud
nd,ng in n wilderness. To give the
Dad importance it should he extended
Salt Lake. The resources along
he line were tho greatest h- had ever
zen. The timber was unsurpassed
otter tina" the forests Of Michiyau.
V!sc"nsin or Minnesota. 1t is mostly
al. am FIR. Us thick as the hair on
g's back, aud makes four ties to
ee. 1t Is also sound, there scarcely
''ng tree rotten ut thu heart. He
'zed upon waving fields Of r,a,n
'"n the South Boise. Further up .
= timber is heavier, being adapted .
r milling purposes. Between
alley aud jun ton BAR there are 1000
"es opened. King of the West Z
d the Star contain vast bodies Of
p ~ believe" said he, "tba. the
"g ct the West has enough ore to
out 500 tons a day, all of which
u go over $40 ton. The Little -
,nky mining district can furnish
~ tons day. This ore could be
pped to Salt Lake for S. ton and
would give the smelters all thew r
al do for 100 years. The Star has ~
"a!ly a m..untain of ore. Up the
Smoky there is q district eouallv
productive.
'a"as No. : is the finest vein Of
he had ever seen, an eight. foo,
continuing down 600 feet. This
a belt extends two miles. If this
d comes to Salt Lake it w,l have
empire 10 draw from. as it is na,u- Il.
' tributary to this CITY.
he Atlanta camps have 25O.OrO
OF ore on the dump. abnndantlv
end some OF it running over $3.50