The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-06
MATTERS ABOUT THE MINES.
Doings in Helena and Vi
cinity.
ELECTRICITY AVAILABLE.
Oar Regular, Corresponds
cat Tells lis w hat. H.
zHOins. on.

IN SIGNAL: Some few items of
int '.aation relative to this camp
NO, no doues bc acceptable tc you.
There are II number of Weiser people
here now. among then Professor
Rhodes who is busy taking photo
graphic views which when completed
will be very much appreciated by
every one furtunate enough to get
them. A full set were ordered by the
geological department agents who
have been here for the last week
obtaining geological data Of the
district for the government. They
were accompanied by Mr. Newman,
of Weiser. and left yesterday for
placer Basin on Bear creek and other
fields of exploration. A smelter is
talked of being built here at an
early date. There is Il superabun-
dance of fine copper ore, in fact a
regular quarry of it, lying convenient
to smelter location. Everything
here is ready and ripe for smelling
plant. Fuel, water, fux, ore,
skilled labor and scientific directors:
nothing is needed but the capital to
push the enterprise. Mr.. John
Rogers left here last week TO hurry
up the necessary machinery and as
soon as it arrives work will COM
mence. There is very little mining
development now in progress, and
most of the men are at present lying
idle. Col. c. f. Drake and Messrs
: Ward and Tousley are doing some
shaft driving Col. Drake is sinking
: on the copper key ledge and is
: sanguine of striking Il large body of
t ore in short tine Mr.. j. j. Smith
: is at work on bis deep creek electric
v plant water power The creek has Il
) fall of perhaps i've hundred feet to
e the mile and is an average width of
e thirty feet and two feet deep, running
c at speed of five feet to the second.
n When the mines get fully in operation
e electric light, and power for running
d drills will be furnished. There is a
II great future for this camp when
e properly pushed but just ut present
s there is no great encouragement for
e any body but mine investors to come
e river is completed and is said to be a
If most excellent one, and from Baker
n City the travel and traffic will meet it.
}. 1t is said the Oregon farmers along
'e Pine valley are much Interested in the
d new route and expect to TRANSPORT
vegetables TO this camp over it in
competition with the farmers OF
Hornet creek and this upper country.
The people of Washington County
= have direct interest in having the
road from Pecks and Wilkes to Bea
= creek put in good order and shoul(
then continue and build it on owe
the divide to reach the grade ol
~ Lockwood saddle instead of, as now
. going down and up at least thre
~ thousand feet in order TO reach tn
new road and thus making the dlstanc
fully ten miles longer. This te
miles lost is half day every time
. People are going out and coming il
by wagon and stage. The weathe
~ is superb, always delightfully."- cool il
~ ~ the shade. A Mr.. Smith is building
eg boarding house. He is connecte
)r. with Salt Lake parties and is enthr
ed siastic over the future of Helen,
He was pioneer of Leadvilleand say
no such prospects were ever seen
at any camp as this one shows. Nj
-ry Spencer of Salt Lake writes that /
Is expects to try to influence the r. /
% Co. to get up an exclusion to Weis'
he and this camp, Colorado and the ca
He are overfowing with people desirir
ice to come west One prominent easter
ad man here enquiries, "Where u
;th - better agricultural lands, waite
"a climate, grazing or timber ranges al
ny mine prospects than in WashingtC
ct. county?" and then asks, "What
Inc the matter?" The matter is that '
~ need more of the sinews of war al
NOT should encourage capital to con
to here by every means in our power
Truly Yours.
SEVEN DEVILS SHELTER.