Cañon City record., 1902-05-29
BACK FROM IDAHO
r1r. Cone Thinks tine Country Abou,
Salmon Idaho Richer than Thunder
Mountain.


Mountain.
Mr.. Cone, who has just returned
from a trip to Salmon, Idaho, where
he has had business interests for many
years.
The Lemhi Herald of Salmon, Ida
no, has lengthy article about Mr..
Cones visit. We here republish
part of it:
''what do you think of Lemhi
county,"
Gone of Canon City, Colorado, who
has spent the last ten days at Salmon,
where certain litigation engaged his
interest in the district court. He is
owner and operator of the Ore Cache
group of mines in the main range of
the Rockies, mention of whose progress
and performance was made in last
| issue.
Mr.. Cone is a business man of broad
and diversified experience. In mining
ventures he has been quite successful
and his Judgment in such matters is
regarded as distinctly sound. In
Lemhi county he is we'll acquainted
with mineralogical conditions, espec-
tally 30 with that portion traversed by
the continental divide. Replying
to the Herald's Interrogation this
gentleman said:
Il think this is a wonderfully rich
mineral section of Idaho. In the
mining world Lemhi county has
bright future, and development is
destined to give her a high rank
among the metal producing districts
If the mining men of Colorado could
only see the vast quantities of mineral
in this county they would be amazed
at the showing.
''The veins are just as large and
prevailing conditions are just the same
here a. thoSe in Colorado. There they
have a little free milling ore on the
sufsce, then they have to pass through
I the barren zone-the same as here.
The veins are just as large and just
a rich here ss in the Continental
state. 1t is true you have no well
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deep mining has not been extensively
practiced- But the mines have
/ responded we'll to the judiciously ex-
pended efforts of operators, and no
failures on account of deep mining
have been recorded This is itself a
strong recommendation, as few mining
countries can claim a. much.
THE crying need of this county
and of Salmon City is a railroad.
Get that, and the nes; will come.
This is the main thing necessary to
the country's progress. II you get 3
railroad into Lemhi county, / am
convinced that you will s'-e the great
est boom you ever saw in your life. -
He made this assertion with feeling
OF the deepest earnestness, which
evinced no doubt, in his mind, a to
his faith in our mineral resources
Continuing he said: You need
cheap transportation, 80 that the mines
can be worked chesply. In Colorado
they have the railroads, and the effect
tells upon material enterprise. They
run u railroad spur directly to every
producing mine, and wherever posi-
BILE they bring the track up Close to
your property 90 that Won can extract
ores and load upon cars without extra
handling or hauling ON wagons. This
condition is what is making Colorado.
and if once installed here, it will
make Lemhi county. You need it. A"
"Are there not some kind of re-
ductiou works able to pay, if estab-
lished at Salmon" Mr.. Cone an
swered:
II believe there are | believe if
power werc taken out of Lemhi river
at cost of -, 500. 10 stamp custom
mill were erected at cost of SI0, 900,
and this were supplemented by a
$40. 900 cyanide plant, and the whole
placed under competent management,
it would be paying investment.
There are many prospectors who could
thus derive revenue from their
mines, and be enabled to operate,
who are now under enforced idle
ness. -