Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-05-22
Booms Thunder Mountain.

on matters connected with mines
and mining industry. He visited
Thunder Mountain last summer
and gave the following report OF
his Investigations to Colorado
paper recently:
"The gold that is being found
there is evidently in the last rhyo-
lite overflow. and there does not
seem to be any vein in place, so
far as developed, but the whole sur
face of the mountain, ranging in
depth from a feather edge to the
deepest point, proven to be 4l6 feet
thick, and for thousands of teet in
width, and will run all the way
from So to sl5 per ton, free milling,
with plenty of water and wood.
There are series of volcanic cones
lying to the north and east Of 'Thun-
der Mountain, Sheep mountain,
Bismark mountain, Estes noun
tain, etc In the past a great num-
Der of lodes Of base ores have been
found in different parts of these
cones and placer gold in nearly all
of these creeks. The lodes carry
silver, lead, copper, zinc, cinnabar
and even tin.
Remember that the district is
100 miles from a railroad 1t has
cost in the past $50 per ton to get
ore to the railroad; then transpor-
tation and smelter charges to be
paid; so that 500 ore in that dis
. trict would be about the same as 81
ore in Cripple creek. Now the rail
roads are going to build to the gold
fields, and we Of Idaho think that
this new field is going to be for
Idaho what Leadville was for Colo
: RADIO. Some people that were in
, Cripple creek in 1890 and 1892 are
today Idaho's very substantial men.
Thunder Mountain is probably 60
ing to be a Transvaal. Idaho con-
! tains more rivers and water than
a all the other arid states put to-
gather. Monumental creek is larger
I, than the Platte. Salmon river in
anv of her three forks is as large az
: the Arkansas river at Pueblo.
a just before the main Salmon
f empties into the Snake it is at
a large as the Rio Grande.
!, Owing to high water in the
= = South Fork no stage arrived Tues
? :, day, the river having backed VI
= = Cottonwood creek SO. that it is i'm
e passable. The ford has been very
= high for the past two weeks ant
- the stages have been compelled t.
- cross through the Indian fields SOM
rs 70 distance up the canyon, but thi
>. route is now closed. The rive
-. % fell two feet Tuesday. A portion
- - of the townsite of Sites is reporte'
70 70 under water, and should warn
w. weather follow the present heav
: ! rains there is every prospect c
=. a serious inundation down at tn
- terminus, consequent OF the melt
- ing snow in the mountains. OWN
to a washout on the track Tuesda
ne the train for that day did not al
- rive till Wednesday.
n. MARRIED. AT the residence I
% the brides uncle, j. T. McManni
#. near Sunnyside, May Is, 1902, Re-
Id G. L. Mcdonald officiating, Guy
ht Smith and Miss Nora Taylor. Mi
a. TAYLOR is the eldest daughter
he Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Taylor, and
,s favorite Of the community. NJ
Smith is from Buffalo, Wyo., al
they will shortly return there
reside, Mr.. Smith being engaged
nc, business at that place. An elega
ne dinner was served to the invit'
vel guests, and their many friends wi
op- them happiness through life, al
The regret that they cannot make Ida
ter their home.
ng- Col. Roberts, of the Sites Patrit
lch is setting up man of straw al
goes tilting against it like a mode
old Don Quixote in his desire to We
'is- his spleen against growing Grane
the vile, and makes dire threats tn
on he is going to divide old Ida
for counts, remove the county seat
mt Sites and kill Grangeville
the deader than last years birdsne
ur- He has full and free permission
ion the FREE Press to do his best a
ing worst. Incidentally, for his g
mn dance, we may state that the n
der county must show million dolla
lew worth of taxable property before
1 to can be created.
eus The state supreme. court has
was firmed the sentence of Andr
anu Gilbert who was sent to the p
'th, itentiary for life for the murder
, She Jos. Smith in this county
ne December 4, 1900. A number
her errors were assigned, among tn
'e's being one that the summonins
~ a the jury on Sunday was illes
usl- The court held that it was a mil
arr, terial and not judicial act, and
ana prohibited by the provisions offs
70 ions IL and'3S66 revised statutes
'raot The Sherry, high-class entert
ant ers, peerless, musicians, vocal
: ON dancers, character impersonat
bro. quick change and speciality art
- at the opera house Thursday e.