The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-08-08
Boise People Going inyia Weiser and P.
|. N. Ry.
SHORTEST POSSIBLE ROUTE
Great Excitement Over New Discoveries on
Elk Creek.

At last the claims made by the
SIGNAL last year-that over the z.
& l. N. Railway from Weiser was
the shortest, easiest and quickest
route to Thunder Mountain-is being
proven true, and by Boise people
themselves. Monday morning a
party of Boise and Nampa people
went up the 2. & N on their way to
the scene of Dewey's operations.
One of the party made the state
ment that the end of the P. & l. N.
was ~ miles nearer Thunder Mt.
than Boise, which is big item when
it comes to wagon haul or pack
train. Mr.. Sweet, the mining man
who is operating extensively in
Idaho, is just out from that district
and is of the opinion that the only
practical and economical road is
from the P.& IN. and be believes
this road could be constructed for
one half the money required by any
other route
Increased interest is felt in Thun-
der Mt. because the Caswen Bros.
have reached Boise with $l5, 900 n
dust as the result of this season 8
run. They came out by way of
Weiser.
Discoveries on Elk creek add to
the interest taken in the great dis
trict
Elk creek may be said to be in the
Thunder Mountain district, although
so or so miles this side of the
parent mountain proper.
The Boise Statesman has the fol
lowing regarding the excite ment:
Dozens of men, some starting in the
middle of the night, have hurried to the
new fields to stake off ground and lay
the foundation for fortune.
The Elk creek developments have uI
TO this time remained profound secret
, Such caution has been enjoined thai
even the prospectives who have beer
SEM there for several days remained
2 silent
Men have hurried to and fro bringing
to Boise assayers' samples TO be assayed,
back pell- to make their locations.
IL l<.xx.~ IL Il .t.xt,t l.
I for week by the claLter of hoofs through
o her streets. The travellers have pre- erret
in many cases flap-jack and a piece o
bacon to The delicacies of the principa
= hostelry of the old mining camp rathe
than excite suspicion by stopping over.
: The movement of these fleet messen
o gers of the night, however, caused al
investigation to be made, and now, it |
said, Idaho City is off in bunch fo
Elk creek
Boise miners, having received eve
more reliable information than it wa
possible for their brothers in Idaho Cit,
to obtain, have lost no time in reachin
l. the section SO full Of promise.
The news has caused no little excite
meut among them, and today the roa
between this city and Elk creek is cloud
r ed by the dust of flying horses.
The discovery on Elk creek of wha
J. promises to be a great mountain of va
= liable ore was made by r. |. Campbell
prospector, who arrived in Boise a shor
10 time before the mining congress cor
id vened. He was disgusted with that Ell
tire section, he said. In talking with a
'r assayer, he exhibited pieces of rock ths
Or he had picked up on Elk creek. He sal
it was of no value, but it's looks ha
le aroused his curiosity and he had brougt
I'd it along The assayer wanted to test
and the prospector jeeringly allowed hi
u to take one of the pieces.
IN The first assay showed PRACTICAL
nothing. Another test was made, hoy
III ever the assay showing value of ov
i'll $400 ton. st
Martin Jacobs, the state mining il
}" spector, was shown. piece OF the o
h and he, in turn, showed it 70 Mr.. Moor
. the Cripple Creek expert who came
IS Boise to attend the mining congress.
to Mr.. Moore pronounced it petite,
sterl or iron-gray to iron-black silve
IS, gold telluride. He was told the pro
Il pector referred to had said the deposi
OF the ore occurred in massive quantitie
ny that the outcroppings extended for mil
no and that the ore gave the ground al
iron stain Mr.. Moore said the d
scription tailed exactly with the dsti
gushing characteristics Of petite OF
Mr. Moore further said that petzi
OF usually ran very high In gold.
70, That WAS enough for Jacobs. He
10 once started E.Buchanan for Elk cree
instrilcting him 10 kill dozen horses