The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-04-26

ests are the all absorbing topic. Re-
Gently the s'Thunder Mountain Con-
solidated Gold Mining Co., Limited,
was formed here for the purpose of
developing the great mineral deposit
on what is known as Thunder mount
ain. The company is headed by
some OF the leading and wealthy men
of this city and section and is the
freest from high tension speculative
coloring of anything | have yet seen
in the west When l first arrived
here l was told the full story of the
find, its extent and richness but took
it for the usual cock and bull story
of the enthusiastic prospector or the
we'll laid bait Of the professional mine
investment bunco steerer and so paid
little attention to the story, except
to cultivate the acquaintance Of the
doubling Thomases and the 'sdon't-
be-gulled" prophets.
But l have met the vast tribe of
prospectors from that region who
have no interest in the project and no
money to buy in, and more yet who
are not even friendly with some of
the projectors and all say the mount
ain Of ore is there and it is the big
gest and richest free milling propos-
ton in the world. The ore bed is
practically the !. whole side Of the
mountain. (Here follows half q
column regarding facts and history
of Thunder Mountain.)
There is talk of large smeltera
here, at Weiser or here, and when
that comes Weiser people expect this
to be one of the largest commercial
centers of the state. The growth
here, so far, has been like that OF
Waterloo, gradual and healthy anG
any thing like boom has always been
discouraged. Building is going or
and / see no idle men looking fol
work Imagine Waterloo IN the mid
die of May and you have the Weise
J climate of today. l visit othei
towns up the new railroad last O
this week. My next letter will be O.
that.
In the boom days of Southern
California-the days of 1888
when so many of our Iowa people Ii
, on the wrong end of acreage and tow
lot contracts-it was said that whe
/, you had been there two days 70
were a tenderfoot, when there te
days an acclimated citizen, and afte
| puICudSc dllu SeIJlcu1cuU vi ulIl
foot lot one month, in knowledge an
, standing you were accorded all tn
rights and immunities of an old set
tier. And IN that one month of fluc
, uating values many nervous spec
ulator who had risked his all in on
; hot plunge after plethoric bank az
count, lived all the hopes and feal
of quarter of century of pionee
| life. Some made fortunes one montl
] only loaded too heavy on options
: once to go down hopelessly in povert
e and debt the next. Men and womel
: ruddy and full of life and hope
e May, were haggard and hopeless
: November. And the old gray-hea'
d ed financier, enriched by experien'
0 of years, teetered up and down {
n the board of tickle fortune, side /
n side with the veriest financial novice.
: was time when every class of mil
d lost its equilibrium, and the place f
y stopping at the right time for wi
n nings was always out of sight. o
If OF hundreds who were immense
wealthy when the boom was at
'e height, ninety-6ve per cent wei
j. when the storm ended, looking
ID bread, with wrecked hopes, shatter
'e nerves, and empty pockets. A fl
Ip came out wealthy, and acknowledge
is that it was 'smore luck than manae
is ment. Having been through t
re mill, and mourned the loss of sol
ly of the hard earnings Of years, yo
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