The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-09-08
IDAHO BEATS THEM ALL!
When It Comes to Wonder
full Meteoric Displays,
Other Places Sink Into
InSiEnificance.


tember 1st, has the following
editorial under the caption of "More
Gold in Idaho"
"Viewed in almost any light, Idaho
is very wonderful state. The rich
ness of its mines, the fertility of its
the wrangles of its republican
the plenitude of its game,
the fascination it has for Jay Gould
as q summer resort, the battle-ground
it furnishes for organized capital and
organized labor, have all served to
attract the attention of the entire
country to Idaho as a state of re-
markable features and still more re-
markable possibilities. Notwithstand-
ing this, the country formed only an
imperfect conception of Idaho's mex
haustible resources. 1t is doubtful,
indeed, whether her own people ade-
quately appreciate them, for it
appears that the powers above have a
gracious regard for Idaho and shower
down upon it gold and silver and
precious stones even as mama fell
with opportune frequency for the
children of lsruel.
From special dispatches under
Boise date to number of news
papers it is learned that enormous
meteors which assay not less than
fifty per cent, gold, are in various
portions of the state, dropping down
like hail. The largest that the
public has yet been informed about
fell on the night of August 20 "at
the upper end of Buneau valley,
Owyhee county" One Jack Ronald
a veracious and conservative rancher
saw it as it descended. 1t appeared
to his vision about the size of al
ordinary boxcar, and ''as it slantet
downwards it emitted alternately ;
deep red and dazzling white light.
After it struck the earth there was
tremendous explosion, and the al
was so charged with electricity tha
Mr.. Ronalds horses staggered an
fell down, vomiting and snorting.
The effect was not so pronounce
) upon Mr.. Ronald himself, for b
still had strength enough to see 81
smaller meteors disporting themselve
somewhat farther off. Search mex
day discovered one chunk of the bi
meteor, "weighing probably fou
| hundred pounds, which had imbede
t itself in bank of clay. Pieces
the chunk were Clipped off and take
= to Boise, where an assayer, it
5 said, pronounced it full of gold.
, There is room for speculation as
1 whether Jay Gould's partiality f'
/ Idaho has not had something to c
with these fresh deposits of the yello
metal in our sister state. He and u
rest of the gold-bugs are indublt
lively responsible for the fall
silver in Wall street, and possibly
may suit their purposes for a whl
to cause a fall of gold somewher
> If they have any influence with q
- gold bearing meteors, it is to
hoped that they will not confine the
r, distribution to Idaho exclusivel
n Montana miners, it is clear, are goiI
' to be placed at serious dlsadvanta
- unless they have a few such thin
thrown in their way, too. Monta
N does not ask for so copious a rain
- meteors as Idaho is experiencing,
-, population is denser hereabouts Il
. there would be serious danger
-. demolished houses and cracked hea'
Rut n few meteors the size of
or ordinary boxcar assaying fifty
m cent, gold would if dropF
judiciously, be greatly appreciated
Now this is a rather good sl1
he warn to come back at us from
or Montana neighbor and we are curlc
"s TO learn how the story leaked out.
oi may be owing to careless peru
eu that we have failed to see I
wonderful occurrence chronicled
if any of our Idaho exchanges. 1t
no now be in order for the CaidV
wo Tribune to fix a scale of discounts
in. this species of narrative.