The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-06-04

return to the camp in about three
weeks and spend the summer develop
ing his locations. Mr.. Kincald has
the reputation of being one of the
best mining men in the state of Idaho,
and when be adds his testimony to
the evidence of hundreds of others
who have returned from the camp,
that it has great future before it as
mining camp, it will have great
weight with mining men. He re-
ports meeting over 300 men on the
trail from the camp to Council He
says the trail over Secesh summit
is open, and he passed in the worst
portion of the trail, the pack outfit
of Young & Diamond going through,
and many men aud horses following
them At Elk summit the men en-
camped there had signed an agree
ment to shovel the snow out of the
trail, beginning the next morning,
and he has no doubt the trail is now
open from Council to Warren.
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M. H. Hopkins, mining man
from Colorado Springs, who had
been in the camp about two months.
came out Monday afternoon to Sc
cure supplies and attend to business
matters. Mr. Hopkins expressed
himself as being glad to get back to
civilization again, that it seemed as
though he had been out of the world.
He is Of the opinion that the camp
has great future as a mining dis
trict, and the area of it's mineral belt
is so extensive that 1t will support
thousands of people. Mr. Hopkins
has great confidence in the Big creea
district, 20 miles from the Dewey
properties. Several sales have beer
made lately. A man named Garder
had sold his property few day.
since to a party named Anderson
from Colorado, for 500, 900, an(
several other transfers made b,
parties whose names he was unac
uuainted with. A man named Till
man had a claim on Big creek, nea
the Big creek flats, which ran So
! in gold beside large per cent in &C
bait and nickel; another has one j
!, the same neighborhood running 81
in gold to the ton. Mr.. Hopkins
;, interested in the proposed Big cree
townsite. He will return to til
i camp again as soon as his bushes
A matters are settled.
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& d. Rouch is one of the latest a
J, rivals from the gold fields. M
,. Rouch is from Lewiston and h
~ mined all over the state. He was
u the now Thunder Mountain distri
al several years ago, before there W
III apy excitement over it. he has Sc
In
ie eral locations in the camp. He
I'll ports sale being made a few da
US ago by party called the Monta
Ut Kid, to Lewiston parties for $40, 90
IS and that deals are being made in t
ns camp nearly every day. Mr.. Rou
IN will return to the camp as soon as
III arraiges the business matters tt
called him out.
lis " " "
Curley Brewer, the Thunder \
guide and miner, and II. l.. Hollis
or of Chicago, arrived in the city Mc
itv day afternoon from the camp. \
ri Hollister is the representative OF
he company of New York and Chics
,e. capitalists. Mr.. Hollister and
,es Brewer went in from Ketchum,
IN like all others who 60 into the can
b;s no matter from what direction,
ks come out by way of Warren. III
on had hard trip going in, and do
no want repetition of it again.
tod Holl1ster, who is mining man
md considerable experience, is enth'
inc astic over the future of the Cal
ere and believes it will be the lead
bat gold producing district OF the Uni
o q States. He has located and bon
non several claims in the camp and
not going east to arrange to work tn
tho He will return about July 1st, "
brt he will take in large supply tr
ho with supplies to run tor sew