Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20

n,,tary 10 Lewiston. WINE
4. also o trlputtIp Known Buffalo Hump,
"a reach the Van and Thunder Mountain
Seven Dew, Dew necessarily passes tnronsh
sislI,iV,pon when coming ' comnaratiye-
LewisNvyrpe st.. Among me ,a uv', nrnrimitv
IRENE mining fields III vlos - I, 80 the
" new , and tributary 70 ~ 20 No
Of Lewis ,inlng district JUST aclVSs o ,,s
lmnaha ,n IN Wilowa county ~
Snake irnnhs No district has Tor inuny
gon, VIM known as rich enc s
years peas1l,ty and the Necessity III
inaccesslp,1,o'i has held II back untli
large mont year ago some iowa
recently canitallsts after careiui IN
and llllno. ,ook hold of 60 or more
yestigal'pn nracIng an area OK somlc
Claims, enlp, mineral land. with
1900 aclsf an,tal al their disposal ana
abundant ieal experience ana push,
WI" Company known az ,n eon,nnnv
tae ,, MS melting and Power ana ooa'p der,,,
MN'i nsssrsd up the property an" ,na s se M
has op ,aJ Ms value. Out OF a ioV san
onsIiauTsoon the values were a. iol ,,
pies iaSs ~ ner cent; gold, sl4; silver
Copper ~ It is easily reduced as
TO " w. no base metals. Tnr com,
there wv a,dtalized at $2,OOoooo ana
.Any - Sar between 30 and 40 men,
now enp't ~ ba largely increased later
the ioIvss ,nachinery is installed: The
on AZ ~ haye an average Width OF
ore Ve''iP6 feet II IL, erecung
about and rcAning plant OF 200 tons
smellis e" a., dav, and when completed
capaely a.hen reduced viii be chem
tae me-, vop n,,re and the gold ana 81,
Nsi's s,ady for the mint Inc company
yer i ,vsb uidng a steamer OF lso IONS
IS alsV 10 run l6 miles an hour, 10
caPaelN, Lewiston and the new
ply ps."E pnreka. 50 miles distant ana
town " a, Inc function Of the lmnana
aluAtsu rivers. The steamer VIII
ana ennIs,ed and running in December
De lps,lnoted that at least s3opoV
/" Immediately expended In addi-
wv .o he original investment rms
uoi bss no snow or other draw
cSuie' Tba officers of this company
bsckS :. tr names withheld from pub
u usouon This viii open new he.n
nn,aStIsally unknown, at present 10 tne
outside world o,o - tbe oldss,
To ! P. yollmer, one OF the o' uasa
~ % AZ Lewiston who came here
rs iuye i due the credit Of having
N i'y 10 erst telephone on the Pacihc
pull. Wv MIN tho exception of one ex
Guar ,n,al line which was put up IN
T.onclsco He also built the first
seh anh line In Idaho and he also
W ,s,,ap Inc claim Of Jim Wardner who
uispu ,s tbst hN was the first discoyerer
asss Ina IN NE Occur d'Alenes. Mr..
VolImer says that he ana FRANK w.
pecb n Massachusetts,, sent IN pros
rsciine party in 1873 who brought BACK
III Win them to Lewiston, but when
ttt1u re,nrned IN the following year
.bey co,lldn't find t. Mr. Vollmers
s ,oyd Il entitled to perfect credit, he
So largest merchant In the north
r,s,orr mart Of Idaho Is interested In
,|rsral hanks and gentleman highly
,,ogsrdea by his fellow townsmen.
Tbe new town OF Charleston, lying
seross The Snake river and which mas
c r like magic during the last seven
Years owes It's birth ana progress 10
Nr Z. II. Libby Of New YORK, VINO
was formerly a journalist, MI Lippy
While looking for health came TO Lew
,s.on and saw its possibilities. He sue
coeded IN interesting Mr. Charles Fran
cis Adams and other Boston CAPITA isis
Win The result that several hundred
thousand dollars have been invested
here in lands. electric power plant and
isrieatlng canals. one of the finest
steel canhleyer bridges in the United
states was built by them across me
snake river at cost Of $4,000. IT ia
splendid structure and measures Loo
fooi with the approaches; It's main span
Is s7i feet and the height above low
water 70 feet. Lewiston Is situated only
200 feet above sea level.