Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-08-12
JAY GOULD and PARTY
THEY RAD A Posi- lively DELIGHT.
Full TINE YESTERDAY.

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Wound up the Day VITA 4 Plunge
Bath, q GM,d Dinner, aud . Pleasant
Chat at the Hot Springs.
As already stated in the TINES,
ia. Gould, his two daughters, his t~o
sous, Dr. Mum. his family ply -ioian,
Mrs. 5. Il. H. CIa,k ant her son
'Hoxie," and Professor Richard q.
Bo, d, Howard GouId's travelling com
panion, visited the Red Elephant
group # mines yesterday, - the guests
Of Colonel Br> al, general manager OF
the prnp-rty. J. H. Va" Ness, S. J.
Friedman, Art. Smith. Dr.. Brown,
Judge Lennon. Sam. Friend, Alex.
Simpson and others went along. to
assist IN entertaining the visitors.
On the way up the party examined
the Red Ele! Than, concentrating works.
looking Into the mode Of operation
and thu process Of j'gxinx the ores,
with great interest. Jay Gould was
especially perth ent in his Inquiries.
and went clear up to the feed fl 'or-
some IS feet above the point Of en-
trance. Few of tho members Of the
party card to do this, aud cont@nsed
themselves with visit t. the lower
hoors.
All present then proceeded to the
mine, which all visited excepting Jay
Gould and Mrs. Clark. For con
ven,ence Mr. Friend, who is super
'nte"dt Mt Of the Silver King mines,
in Smoky, was requested to escor,
Howard Guuld, Professor Boy d. and
a few others and explain the features
Of the mine. as they proceeded.
Howard Gould aud Professor Boyd
asked SO many questions concerning
ore bodies, and the laws governing. q,
supposed t. gnv-rn their occurrence.
that Mr.. Friend soon saw that he WAS
entertaining men who already had y
fair knowledge of their subject. H-
then learned that Professor Boyd is .
graduate OF the Colunbia School of
Mines, and that the young man was
thoroughly convinced of the fact that
his mining education was not com.
pleted, by any means. The Rentie>
man having thus made the breach, Mr..
Friend assured him that, as u rule, the
oretical or technical kno Wedge awaited
little unless supplemented by pro-
tracsed experience in practical mining.
10 this Professor Boyd and Howard
Gould readily assented, the former
stating, also, that he intended to come
somewhere in the mountains and
spend from one to three years to
familia,,ze himself with miues aud
mining.
AS the various parties left the mine
they proceeded to the company board.
ing-house, where they partook of u
lunch set for them by Colonel Bryan.
The drive in the cool mountain air,
the o,newhat a,luous exercise nee
essary in visiting tn mill, ascending
its stairs TO the various floors, aud IN
crawling up mine raises, SLIDING down
the Slopes, ani climbing up aud down
ladders. the snowy wh.l.n. S. Of the
table .i"en, the dazzling brightness Of
the silver. ware-alI this in so unex.
pected place aud ut such brief no.
tice-combined to give all in attend
ance good appetite, and they en-.
joyed the meal with keen relish. AS
he arose from the table Jaw Gould
langhingly told Colonel Bryan that
he did not think he could ever e.
again, he had just gorved himself SO
R'tfe"hurs a Murphy b.. ing OF the
party. all presen, then tonk their
places to have photograph taken,
the Gould patty being in the fore
ground, the town visitors in a semi,
circle in the background. The two
Cinnamon who had prepared the
lunch were also included, at Jay
Gould's request.
Miss Anna Gould also took a neg
tive Of the group with he, koiak.
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