The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-06-21
Demented Person Visits the Thunder
Mountain Camp.
NAME IS LICE MACDANIELS.
Some Interesting Items From the Thunder
Mountain Country.

The unexplored regions of Idaho
are more vast than those thoroughly
known. Miners have traversed the
beaten paths, but the byways, the
gorges, the Businesses, the parks, the
mineral zones yet undiscovered will
be Of greatest moment to the civil
ization of the northwest. In an iso-
lated instance it may be that some
individual prospector has wandered
off-he might have become lost In
the wilderness of timber and tower
ing peaks-and, living as best he
might upon the indigenous foods of
the inland empire, continued his
search for gold till, what with SOL
itude and improper nurture, he lost
his mind The publication of the
true stories unearthed by the hardy
pioneers who are constantly adding
to the wealth of the nation within
the borders of Idaho read like the
weird fancyings of Rider Haggard,
creating a deal of discussion as to
the unrevealed wonders yet to come.
The latest of these stories come from
the Thunder Mountain section, the
bare facts being detailed in letter
from VIM. Yates to his mining part
ner; to the people of this section Of
the country, that the news comes from
that gentleman, who is well known
and reliable mining man, will be
evidence sufficient of its truth. Mr..
Yates states that on the 30th May
'there was quite surprise in camp
caused by the appearance of crazy
man who says his name is Lige Nc
Daniels. He is very small man,
and when he came was covered with
mud, and in rags. 1t is a mystery
to everyone here, where he came from
and how he got here. Several of the
men in the Thunder Mountain camp
are giving the poor fellow all pos
sible attention, and petition has
been forwarded the sheriff to have
him taken out and cared for by the
state 1t is believed that McDaniels
is one of party who went into that
section year or more ago, and that
he became lost while searching for
gold, or possibly after he had found
it, and that exposure and isolation
have destroyed his faculties. Such
tales, while pathetic to the core, are
very common, and do not create the
excitment they would in other places.
Weisers people are always foremost
in alleviating such person 8 sufferings
as best they may, and more often
than not no note is taken of the
circumstance But the day is fas
coming when these things will have
entirely disappeared from the realms
of truth in Idaho, for now the new
order Of things is exploring every
nook and corner of this empire ant
with the discovery of precious meta
roads are being put into every
portion of the state.
Continuing, but in reference t.
the mining industry in the vicinit.
of Thunder Mountain, Mr.. Yate
says: "To begin with, canno
think as the experts do as to th
origin of gold on Thunder Mountain
believe at some time in the world
history the place where the mountain
now is was then deep depression
filed IN with water, perhaps larg'
lake, and in the bottom of this lax
were fissures or geysers, from whic
the gold was thrown out and deposit
ed in the water, either from th
ascending stream or by condenss
ton from gaseous condition, or b
the introduction of igneous fluids