The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-02-20
Prominent Travelling Man Tells of
Thunder Mountain Excitement.
He VISITED PROMINENT CITIES
Found Many People Preparing to Join in the
Gold Hunt

ub"Jci l. II, IL tHSoSi"itj nv 'SbSi "h
representative of Louisville house,
was among, the arrivals at the Ven
dome last Saturday.
Major Fitzgerald has recently re-
turned from an extended visit in
the east, where he visited the prin-
cipal cities of New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio, and always being
an ardent believer in the future of
Idaho and her great mineral posi-
bilities, struck Weiser, the gateway
to the great gold fields, last Satur-
day, even more enthusiastic than
ever.
"The ice is broken
''rhe crimson glory of the early
morning hours marks the dawning
OF new day of Unprecedented pros
perity and development IN old Idaho.
"Butfalo Hump was a hummer,
but Thunder Mountain has caught
the worlds eyes, and capitalists,
prospectors and wealth seekers will
pour In here to the new camp in
numbers that will pale into insig-
nificance the greatest rushes ever
made into any new gold field.
"And talk about richness" con-
tlnued the Major, II honestly be-
lieve it is the greatest gold dscov-
cry made IN America. Think of It'll
A whole mountain Of dirt, that one
may compass with the eye, that is
rolling out from $40 to SO, 600 to the
ton. No treatment or other charges.
Gather up the dirt; a little stamp
mill does the rest and you simply
sack up the pure yellow stuff and
carry it to your treasure.
"a poor mans country Well;
guess yes.
"Ill tell you what's an honest
fact. There's keener interest in
the Thunder Mountain country in
the east than there is right here in
Idaho and the west, and IL you fell
lows don't get hump on you you're
going to get left. They're talking
Thunder Mountain in New York
Philadelphia and Pittsburg have the
craze, and in Toledo they're forming
regular colony, and will invade the
district 200 or 300 strong in April.
stopped off in the Buckeye City
few days on my way home, and
when the natives discovered that
WAS familiar with the Thunder Noun
tain country they overtaxed the
capacity OF the Office and corridors
OF the hotel at which l was stopping
and after putting up with it for
day or so and seeing no possibility
of an abatement of the rush, the
landlord politely suggested that if
would change my hotel it would be
agreeable to him. was growing
tired and left the city the next
day. One of the more enthusiastic
of my visitors followed me to the
depot, and informed me that the
night before he had started the or
Ranization of a sort of cooperative
colony, and that in less than thirty
minutes twenty eight names had been
sffixed to the articles of agreemeut.
He said that colony of from 200 to
300 representative citizens would
leave Toledo about April, we'll pro-
vided with provisions and with lib
eral fund to carry on prospect and
development work. In other local.
tiles companies of this character are
being formed. The are coming tc
Weiser and many of them referred
to the Weiser Signal which they had
seen.
81 had talk with man by the
name of Seabright at Boise on Thurs.
day. He had only been home from
the district a day or two, and tells
stories OF fabulous wealth. He il
of the opinion that the richest finds
have not yet been made, and l share
with him this belief. He says that
there are about $50 people in the
district and that at the present time
they are entering at about the rate