The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-16
HOW To REACH
COLD FIELDS
Several Routes to the Thunder
Mountain District.
RAILROAD LINE ASSURED
RUST IS EXPECTED IN TIE
SPRING.

90 use the various agencies in its power
to exploit the Thunder Mountain dis
trict. 1t viii show its good faith by
building there as soon as a feasible
route can be determined. General Man
aver Bancroft mas turned over to Cen
rrat PASSENGER Agent BuTiey the work
81 securing the general Information
needed before sending q corps OF sur
veyors into the field. Mr.. Burley is
also securing information for use in his
own department 1t is expected that
there viii be a rush 10 the new district
next spring, and preparations to handle
Il are already being made.
AT present the two shortest routes
from Salt Lake are by way of Red
Rock, Mont. or Mackay, the terminus
OF the new branch Of the Oregon Short
Line. Numbers of people left yestar-
day for the new gold fields, being will
ing 70 take their chances on the snow
and the difficulties Of the mountain
trails.
The easiest aud most Travelled route
Tor people going from Utah, eastern
Idaho, Montana or points farther east |
IS by the Snort Line to Red Rock.
Mont There a daily stage runs BY
- way OF Salmon City, Leesburg and |
Blackbird 70 yellow Jacket From /
elbow Jacket good mountain trail |
reads by way Of Mormon Ranch on I
the middle fork of the Salmon river /
thunder /
distance of thirty eight miles from |!
yellow Jacket This wagon road IS /
hept open all winter, and is the near |
sl approach by wagon to the district /
The Mackay Route.
The Mackay route is almost as easy.
although the stage does not run quite /
as near the district. From AIacIav \
daily stage runs TO ChaIHs, a distance /
nIty-seVen miles, and thence a horse
private conveyance can be taken to
elloW Jacl ct OF Singiser. a distance of
ky mics. From there the routes are
ne same. The total distance from
dackay TO Thunder mountain is l55
miles.
FROM Boise by way of Bear valley is
- mics; From Ketchum By way of
scar valley the distance is the same.
uHDers OF people in central and west
-uauo are taking these ~ ties. /
3ome are going by way OF N-eisar
ouncM salmon Meadows Resort and
ne south fork of the Salmon. This is
limbing.
The railroad route which is declared
most feasible is Che extension of
re salmon River branch of the Short
S'ne which now terminates at NacLav
loSe John H Padgham of salmon
xplafned this route.
From mackay TO Challis there ara
great obstacles" he said. From ,
uaIiis the road could 90 down the sal !
on 10 Morgan creek, and I'D Aforoar / !
eek crossing the range at Morgan |
ms Wouic bring it to the head {
alSIs OF the Panther or Big cresI- I !
men could be followed .bort de /
10 tnen cutting over 90 Silver creek
iiich IS only a short distance au-av- =
= ~ creek could be followed down 10 :
- Zen ana the course of this n
In In taken to Mule or Marble creek
@4hs Marble creek I'D, Thunder =
efdtain is reached
IN. some places the mad v-o,,15 !, y
louII but nothing like as hand as
new cripple Creek road. for az I
,p--, OF several other mountain roads [
announcer route would be ND the Sal (
'n past Clayton, STANLEY Ereal- ' o,,s |
az valley down the middle forlr -
salmon and thence up Marble
Big Tonnage in Sight.
IA Judge Padgham and Edward VII
'ls or Boulder, Colo, who has baen
7nding the last two years i'm ,1,i,,i,7e-
atlons IN this part OF Idaho. declare
Dig Tonnage is ready now ar
loV5 places along this route eD5
mon City. 'oII u d
hen the roal reaches ChaUis. " de- n
ed Mr Wilkins ''it can deDepd ~, ID
~ 1'Voo 1uHs of ore a day from 6,
- now developed, or partially de- ir
-. am making a Conservative al
maze. BESIDES This, there is a yvorl5 M
undeveioped mineral wealth r. f.
= the precious metals. and lead ana
pei. lhere is zinc bIsmutb nickel 80
SvDdit. stream tin has been foun6
ISlIle basin on Panther creek. al
80 'iiE ledSe mas not yet been dis %
other districts in this Dart ba,-a 80
- that nave immense tonnage. .ev- n
u' nut they are doing little becauSo I -
ne distance from railroad % -
tftner north Leesburg. Blaclxbird 80
oW JACKET. SlngiseT, Salmon civ e[
other. camps are relied on to fTr-
Aea3y traffic for the prODosed
'th Judge Padgham and Mr.. vii
u-cldie Jnat the stories of Tbun en-
'iiou 'ltalh rchness are nOt fairy %
Ihey are corroborated by too
,.- leolle. although possibly some
one 70 eXaggeratiOn. There is mo -
d. both these men declare ~ s.
are EaSt deposits of rich gold ore
ana that not all of the countr,-
DseA sCaked out Copper .rnoun-
near thunder mountain is de-
~ oe Iully as rich as the better
u e'iii''enee' IL
iiFestlSdJlon or Traffic. Sd
ahk D. PIaisted, travelling fraiyb+ va
passenger agent Of the Short T,ipe sl'
returned from a trip thr7ueb the -f,
on river country, where no bgg tr
investigating the possible traa5c h b.,
railroad should De extenda5 IN
His report is favorable. Sc
leral Passenger Agent Burlev ie
ng for some men familiar VIII Co
lorth central part of Idaho IN a. UT
sain information as TO the besr 80
Tor railroad. He hopes to ba,,s On o.,
al conferences on this subiact ls
the next few days. Mr.. BurIa, z,s
so tryins TO set the big piece of 10y
ore from Colonel Dewevis mirs on
on exhibition in Boise baDt hc'
piece OF ore, weighing some fffv
IS IS Qe clared to be worth several
ca collars. Mr.. BurIev expects \
he Use of it for advertising mn the
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