The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-06-28
THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD.
An Expert Says the Country IS
Very Rich.
~GRT IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR"
The Whole District Said to be Richer
Than LeadviIle.

From the Capital News, Boise, idaho.
To the Capital News: The people
of Idaho and the United States at large
are looking for authentic reports of the
great Thunder Mountain gold6eld. AT
a heavy expense / equipped myself
with ten men, twenty horses, with
Curley Brewer as guide, and everything
needed to overcome the obstacles that
must necessarily be in the way of any
one attempting to 60 IN at this season
of the year.
| left Ketchum Wednesday morning,
May IA, and did not encounter any
serious difficulty until we reached Cape
Horn, where we were obliged to divide
our party, leaving two of the boys to
stand guard over our supplies. pro-
ceeded with Curley Brewer and one
representative man and arrived safely
at our destination going directly TO the
Dewey mine, where we spent two days
This step was taken by me in the in-
ter ests Of Eastern men, as well as my
self, who desired to invest large
amount of capital in that country, If
the reports concerning 1t bear such a
measure of trust that would Justify US
in putting in our money.
went first to the Dewey mine,
thence to the Sunnyside, and in a
northeasterly direction over the
L'Hame, the Golden Eagle, the East
group, down over the Holcomb, Golden
Chest, Monumental and Weiser groups
and Pe-ru-na, following up the trend
Of the dyke from thence in south
westerly direction up Cornish creek,
down to the south end of the camp,
and thence over to Rainbow mountains
" here we went into permanent camp,
building cabins, ETC., on the Log
Cabin and North Star claims.
The Dewey, for the amount of devel-
opment work that has been done, is
the most wonderful mine l have ever
beheld. The others indicated on the
northeastern part Of the map all show
high value, with but little development,
but with every indication that these
values will increase as depth is reach
ed, and that the lodges are there is
demonstrated by the fact that large
dykes protrude up into the air from
, the face of the mountain like white
, monuments, which are composed OF
. porphyry and conglomerate and, con-
, trary to all mining rules, carry the
values which make this region famous
and will make it known world wide.
The southern part Of the map is just
a as rich as this region that has first
come into prominence, and where the
q heavy sales have been made, but 1t Is
. composed of red formation from
which it derives It's name, the Red
Butte. On first site 1t appears abso-
4 lutely worthless, but in the assayer's
A hands has been made TO show uniform
4 and satisfactory values. The values IN
this section are about equal; in fact il
is hard matter to make choice in q
r country that is so rich in the yellow
metal. Already enough has been said
!. about the Dewey and immediate
4 vicinity to warrant me IN giving sup
4 port to the district. 1t is a low grade
proposition, but a place for big men
Il with large capital, and for big mills
= with large capacity. That there will
be wonderful mines developed, and not
!, a few OF them, is to my mind equally
z apparent, and that there will be a
, great Influx of people into that region
:, this summer there can be no doubt.
= am now ready to state that am
is willing to say to my friends "get in on
n the ground floor in thegreat camp
1t will show the richest values 10 The
near future of any in all the westerd
q country, II not in the whole known
= world. N
y Cripple Greek men on the ground
= have already expressed their opniot
T. that Thunder mountain, RsinhoS
z, mountain, LOOKOUT mountain and Ell
~ creek viii discount Cripple Greek.
10 wH. l.. HoLLIsTER.
Afiae Matte Marshall returned from