The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
WOOD RIVERS YEAR
OF PROGRESS

BLAINE COUNTY, Idaho. and the
II Wood River country are steadily
and surely regaining the prosper
Gus condition they were in some twelve
years ago, and from the diversity of
resources. it is apparent that this re-
gion does not depend upon silver-lead
mining alone for its existence.
The farming, stock raising and sheep
industry has assumed gigantic proper
tons; let a prospective investor visit
Lost River, Little Wood River, Silver
Creek, Spring Greek, Camas Prairie,
the Wood River valley; see the school
houses comfortable, permanent dwell
tngs, large barns and sheds for stock,
the immense stacks of hay, the we'll
filled granarieS, and his only wonder
would be that the country is not better
known, and thought of. Let him, in the
summer, take a trip to AIuldoon, or
elsewhere on Little Wood river, for the
finest trout fishing to be found any
where, and he viii wonder that there
are so many sheep in Idaho, let alone
Blaine county; at the ranges close to
town, on the hills may be seen herds
of sleek, well-fed cattle, which market
favorably with those feeders of Kan
sas and Nebraska. Let him go west
ward and morning, noon and night he
VIII hear the sharp, shrill whistle from
the numerous plants on the Gold Belt,
Bullion. and surroundings.
The Gold Belt is yet in its infancy.
Though worked in past years in crude
manner little depth has been attained,
save on the Camas No. 2 and the Tip
Top; these properties show great val
ues as depth is attained, the former
still lies idle, though the dump is being
worked over by cyanide system. A fine
mill has been built at the Golden Star,
owned by Mr.. Plughoff; a mill is being
built at the Jumbo, grading for the
Hattie mill is complete, and when
weather will permit a mill viii be erect
ed; at the Junction and Altoona, ad-
Joining, d force Of men IS being put on
to develop, by z. H Fox & Co, OF
Olympia, Wash; the Liberal and Mag
gle May, under the management Of Mr..
Courtney, are being vigorously opened
up. This property is recent location, but
the values are greater than any Of the
properties yet opened up. /. j. Nc
Connell has bonded some valuable gold
claims, and numerous local holders
have valuable properties there that
only require development; the Hope
and CrOeSuS are temporarily closed
down for the winter, awaiting larger
machinery: it is said that CrOesus IS
preparing to sink a three compartment
shaft and enlarge mill to double its
present capacity
Silver-Lead Mines.
The siiver-lead mines still continue
to turn out carload after carload of
high grade ores, of such grade that we
obtain an excellent rate for treatment,
the ore being remarkably free smelling
and much sought after. Some twenty
five hundred odd tons have been
shipped from the Haley station, this
year to December 1, Of the value Of
S225. 0G0: this does not include ores
shipped from Ketchum, Bellevue and
Gimlet of which there is no available
data The chief producers of the past
year are the Idaho Democrat (owned
by Della Mountain Mining Coz, the
Red Cloud, under lease to Thomas Ken
nelly and associates, the Jay Gould,
the Star. Hampton and Carey mines at