The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-07-28

cent inventors instead by the bond
ing Of worthless wagon roads, build
ing, or pretending to build, imprac-
ticable steamboat lines, and squand-
ering thousands on railway surveys
over impossible routes when there
was sensible and practicable way to
open the country. The June output
of the Peacock was not 5000 tons of
anything, although we have no doubt
it could be that much per month
Stuff dug out of tunnel and dump
ed down the hill is not an out
put is something that is placed on
the market. The total output of the
Seven Devils for the whole year,
Isaac Blake has been (mismaNaging
things) has been one car of ore and
Is tons Of metallic copper. Less
than 400 tons of ore have been hauled
from Peacock to smelter and 81 tons
smelted If the money Isaac has
sqnandered had been applied with
sense and business ability the out
put might by this time have been
more than that every day 1t will
probably never reach one-tenth of that
until the camp is opened in the pro
per manner. A man who has con-
tinually been in position to know
every inside detail for the past year,
writes us :
Benefits from opening up the mines
| have been more than counter balanced by
the trail of debts and unpaid checks left
bv b AXE He and his associates, Luc;n
Eaves aud c. w. Hnght have ali lived
for II year.and more off proceeds of money
obtained to build railroads. Haight on
account of his extravaganza and tenden-
cy to poligamy has 'tten himself dis
| liked by Blake. However. us more money
was needed he was taken back on proba-
ton rs he apparently was the only sue
cessful worker of the three. on bonds
What have the bond holders of Idaho
railroad done Up to present time they
been silent and have left things go. Pos
sibly they have card to play that viii
change the fortunes of the game Every
one in this vicinity will be glad when th
4 Seven Devils region is opened up honest
lv and intelligentlv. and it won't be ne
cessarv to hold checks for laborer sun
plies indefinitely with the fatal words n
G. written boldly on the margin. Jul.
lst. ravment of 500 600 WAS due th
Klein Schmidts This amount up t
time of going to press remains unpai'
and is likely to lead to complications il
, further movements of ore from the mine
Things in connection of imbecil
/, operations,i in the Seven Devils ar
r beginning to develop rapidly and ar
proving the absolute truth of ever
assertion made by the SIGNAL durln
che past twelve months in regard
= the great bunco game by which agent
, and money sent here to work TIL
= mines were working the public c
e Erie. Pa. and elsewhere in the Eas
e The smelter is again under attacl
ment, this time by Manager Andrew
. who sues for s17OO unpaid salary
# Well founded reports of other il
: debtedness would appear to aggr
gate about SIS, 900, payments
}, Kleinschmidt of $40, 600 are ov'
v due, and interest of Idaho r. |
:. bonds is in default-and Blake b;
. gone East.
ST 1t is likely that the attachment
70 the smelter and the threatened &C
d, LAPSE of Blake's Snake river nj
Idaho Rail Road wind pudding W
t. hasten the opening of the Sev'
le Devils and bring things towards &
Ie right channel faster than the SIGN
to thought possible after such fare
: The SIGNAL always claimed {
" smelter would bring the camp out
ie it we're not for smothering it und
the Kleinschmidt grade and Sna
rs river burlesques. We feared t
lp certain collapse of these schem
20 would drag tho smelter down WI
them and drive attention away irc
the camp for another long perlo
. but the present aspect of the si'
=, alton is that the outcome will
ne quite favorable. 1t appears IL
an under the latest attachment, Capt;
b. Crook is to be put in full control
" the smelter and is to have power
he put it in operation. Mr.. Crook is
he competent man who will not need
no steamboat line and dozen railw
to surveys and other attachments
make it work. With a supply
w coke which can he hauled in
p wagon he will demonstrate Il
d. Seven Devils ores can he irea
o. without going outside Of the distri