Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-07-31
on TIE LEAD BELT.
SeserAl Promising Claims Whtch Are
Being Developed By the Owners.

To the Editor OF the T1xEs:
LOST RIVER. IDAHO,
July rs, 1891.
whenever l have met any one OF
that little Spartan band Of pr.spectors.
who are still SO te"aciously working
away on their claims in the Lead Belt.
the parting sAluts,ion has been: "pur.
ing your vacation como over and
camp with US awhile, take = look at
our prospects and mi " pleasan.
outing IN the hills"
Having recently availed myself Of
the opportunity, so Hospitality offered,
| trust that few rambling observa
tons, taken during few days sol urn
there, may possibly be Of interest. to
the readers OF the TIMxs.
Tho Lead Belt is situated about
eight miles from Era, near the head
OF Antelope Creek, along the dividing
ridge between the waters Of the ma,r
stream aud what is known as the Dry
Fork OF Antelope.
In going there we traverse the
Antelope valley from its confluence
with the Los, River, past the ranches
of soma of our most prosperous
settlers, aud through the locality
known as Antelope meadows.
Here, where the three prones of
Antelope como together, the valley
wiaens out, forming u kind of basin,
of perhaps 1000 acres in area, sur.
rounded on all sides by gently slopine
mountains which are thckly covered
with tall waving bunch grass even to
their very submits, the ~hole present.
ing a scene of surprising beauty and
attractiv-ness well worthy of the mos,
enthusiastic efforts of the artists
prncil, or the word-psinter, to do i,
justice. We find our friends and
neighbors-J. B. Hood, Clarence
Kinney, Chas. Hoskt, David Latham
B G. and w. S. Duniway and Others
busily engaged in harvesting the ha,
crop, Of hich there appears to be nt
end; Tor this year, it grows i" pro
fusion. everywhere, even on the noun
tain sides. All appear to feel q
though they were losing millions b.
not having stock enough to eat tn
grass.
We pass on up the valley of tn
Dry Fork aud over the divide, b,
horseback trail, stopping. occasionally
to pick few of tie wild currants All,
gooseberries which line tho creel
banks, and soon we are in an at
mosphere redolent with the perfum
of the fragrant pine and juniper, Az
stop at cluster of log cabins on tn
brink If a mountain rsvine.
Here we find our genial, whole
souled friends, J. l.. and w. H. Bro WI
j.. 9. Emory and NJ. J. OdeII, living il
comfortable and we'll furnished cabins
surrounded with more of the equip
ments Of comfort aud convent nc
than can be found in the average Los
River rancher's house; aud the oc
casional wayfarer, who passes throuv
these mountains, is at all times ma Il
welcome to the best of cheer. F"
FIVE long, weary y. ars these men hav
here put in over tnree-fourths Of th
time patiently and labnriously d-lvin
into the bowels OF the earth; aud, wit
a faith that has never faltered NJ
doubted, even when enduring, agai
ami again, the pain OF the hope d,
fe,red which make,h the heart sicl
they have accomplished All amount {
work which, under the circumstance
is simply astonishing In visiting Il
claims hest known and developed II
FIRST in ord.r are the Carbonate, Il
Tom Thumb, and the Cliff Nos. l MI
2-,he group owned by Brown All
Mckay, Z. drrholm AID Sheridan, all
now represented by j. l.. Blown
Bellevue.
On these claims We fnd altovt the
about 1000 ieet Of tunnels aud dri:
aud ut the Carbonate about 100 tons
ore on the dump aud at the Cliff N
/ about $50 tons. Indeed, all IL
claims here have ore, beth in II
workings aud On the dump, AID
large qua, titles, though there is b,