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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30

s'Now they are shoutingl' said
the Hon. T. G. Galloway to the Sig
nal man Sunday. when they be-
gin to discuss a first-class reservoir
system and plant designed to sup
ply 10, 900 people from the start,
they suit me exactly. l believe we
will have more than money enough
for that kind OF system but we
can't have too much, and l
am going to give $500 to the water
works fund if the city puts it in
rlght-a complete reservoir system
l believe we should plan for town
of 10, 600, as Weiser will have that
many before We know and it is bet
ter that We do not have to do thiugs
over. The reservoir above ths
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30
Travellers Give Testimony Thunder Mountain y X x
x X y y Symposium by Several Soourners

away for advice as to making his To-
cation, to discover a ledge which
runs $4,000 per ton. This happened
on Thursday last.
"The most discouraging feature to
tie average prospector is that the
country is all stakes for many miles
in every direction. But to those on
the outside who grub staked ire
sponslble fellows at an early date, /
must say you must look to yenr
laurels. There is not to exceed one
claim in ten which is not fatally de-
fective. And so defective are they
that our advice to those who are at
present prospecting in earnest is to
utterly ignore the snow location.
The camp suffered untold injury from
this so-caled boom, and many
an unwary investor has purchased a
claim located by blazing one or two
lonely pine trees and digging an as
sessment in convenient snow bank.
"This Is severe, but it is the pen
atty for reckless investment For
tunately for the camp these high bind
ing, grub stalking knaves have all
gone home to tell to their principals
their discouraging stories of hard
ship, loneliness and want, hoping
thus to excuse themselves for the
Disappointment sure to follow and
the persistent, industrious prospector
who has come to stay will reap the
reward.
oMr. Wallace, of our party, has
located eight claims about three enc
one half miles south of Roosevelt,
west Of Monumental creek, and il
very jubilant over the surface showing
upon two of them. He has arranged
to begin his assessment work tb'
last Of the week, and believes tn
work will make remarkable show
ing.
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ever visit. d. He has been mining
since 1882 and has visited every i'm
portant camp in the west which hes
come into prominence since that
time. He stated that the mineral
belt was the most extensive he bad
ever heard of, being at least so miles
wide and probably 200 miles in length
His locations we're made about 80
miles west OF Thunder Mountain pro-
per and on the contact between the
porphyry and granite.
On the Holy Terror, one OF the
lode claims, there is exposed q vein
Of four feet, four inches wide, which
will assay from 5000 to $1,000 to the
ton in gold. Every indication, said
Mr. Brassield. points to its being .
true fissure VEN.
Mr.. Brassfeld has had two mining
experts examine and report on the
properties he has located. r. B.
Rogers, who spent several years In
Alaska, returned from trip to the
claims recently and in his report to
the Portland parties it is said he stat
ed that with the amount of work
|
done, the Indications we're indeed very
promising. A. L. Minor OF Port
land was the other expert to examine
the properties, and his report is said
to be even more fattering than Mr..
Rogers.
i Mr.. Brassiield stated that forcs
OF four men would be kept st work
during the balance Of the year and
that if present indications we're borne
} out company would be formed
which would install large plant ne II
ear to handle and reduce the ore
Mr. Braaeheld will return to Thun-
der in about three weeks.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30

every part OF the camp the prospect
or seems to be engaged in work.
The Dewey and Sunnyside manage
ments have a large force Of men at
work and the Dewey mill is dropping
10 stamps night and day, on what |
am informed is high grade ore. l
am told that the Dewey plant is 60
ing to make 30-day run on some
of their best ore to show the doubt
ing world some of the wealth that
Is to be found in tue mountains of
the famous camp.
GAS to the jumping Of claims,
Mr.. Robertson says, "the reports
have been greatly exaggerated The
prospectors themselves are largely
responsible for most of this trouble.
They did the work in careless
manner and in many of the instances
the property was open to relocation.
The camp organization of miners has
investigated numerous cases and in
variably it has found that the proper
location work had not been performed.
But these things are now all adjust
ing themselves and in the future
work by prospectors will be done
in the right way. There has been
considerable wild eating done in the
district, and men have been in the
camp for months trying TO find prop
erty paid for but can't find located
in the district. THIS condition il
not general, but has occurred alto
gether too frequently"
Mr.. Robertson says be has located
some promising property on Profile
and Monumental creeks, which ht
will develop for New Mexico syn
dicate. He has placed force o1
men at work on the claims, and at
} ter a brief visit in Denver he expectI
to return to the district to remain
until snow flies. II the development
is satisfactory men will be kept Oh
the property throughout the winte
season.
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Jones Is JubiIant.

Another Colorado man, Mr.. /. I.
Jones, is condemning the condemn
ers and in two column article In
the Colorado Springs Telegram, he
takes to task men from his state who
made flying trips on top of the snow
to Thunder Mt. and then went back
to Colorado to pronounce the country
no good.
Jones says: "The future of Thun-
der Mountain is very bright-so
bright that we are all contented to
deny ourselves the pleasures of fair
Colorado for an indefinite period and
cast our lot here. Mails will be
coming our way from Boise today,
and when they reach US the sense OF
desolation and isolation will surren-
der to the charm of communication. >
Telling of his experience over the
Boise trail, he says: "After leaving
the transfer station in Bear valley
and taking the trail, Elk Summit
which is at the source of Elk creek,
tributary of the Salmon river, is frs
encountered, and the north slope il
il covered with snow and slush
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30
WILL BLACK LAKE
BREAK OUR BONDS
IRON SPRINGS co. PROMISES TO RIVAL
FORD OPERATIONS.

For long years Washington County
has struggled against every imagin-
able adversely and drawback 10 get
her mining industry on productive
! footing Mineral, Ruthburg, Seven
Devils and other districts have in
turn shown prospects Of being able
to break the bonds that seem to hold
US fast, and as regularly has some
unjust condition or fateful cause set
the day of deliverance. 1t appears
that Black Lake, a district we never
mentioned until two or three years
ago, will be the locality TO pull us
out of the mire and establish our
mineral reputation on a basis that
will enable us to secure the capital
necessary to open one of the greatest
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30

mineral belts in the west. The Fords
have the honor of placing the first
complete mining camp in Washing
ton county and next season they will
astonish the mining world. They
now have one million dollars worth
of ore on the dump, thousands of
tons blocked out for STOPPING and de-
velopment for opening of new bod
les going on. They will get the
trsmway and pipe line in for short
run this fall but not until next sea
son can they have fair opportunity
to prove the mineral pre- eminence of
Black Lake.
The Iron Springs Mining Co ). op-
Grating at Paradise Flat, bids fair to
bring second group to the same
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30

making the trail very boggy and
slippery. The same condition pre-
walls on the first summit north of
Pen Basin, but aside from these there
is nothing difficult in the trail aside
from the usual things to be encount-
cred in passing sharp points and at
tanning stupendous heights and depths
on 14inch path. To those only
who have never taken such trip, |
have a word Of advice: Either do
not attempt it, or nerve yourself to
to look into the Jaws of He'll, pass
through the DEVILS Kitchen and
camly survey the cauldron of Hades
If you cannot do this do not start.
So late in the season you are not
likely to have any unusual hardships,
lest, of course, you should call 'hit-
ting the grit for 200 miles and more
in itself hardship" /"
Of the knockers he remarks: Cup
on nearing Thunder Mountain we
met various pack trains, most of
whom were headed for various points
to prospect, and two or three who
were discouraged and leaving pre-
maturely. There is, of course, the
usual diversity of opinion. The
professional placer miner (and that
genii abound in this stato) can never
become quartz miner; the Cripple
Greek miner looks for his porphyry-
granite contact, and failing to find it,
condemns. The Californian looks
for white quartz and failing to see it,
packs his mule and after two days
sojourn departs in disgust, Mean
while the innocent tenderfoot looks
for gold, stays with it, and finds it
1t is here beyond question, and two
or three years will find Thunde
Mountain district very large factor
in eplenishing the gold supply. Th'
Dewey mine has enough low-grsde or
in sight to keep their 200-ton mil
producing for 100 years, and abou
, two thirds of the mill is now on thu
railroad track at Nampa. They ar
putting men to work as fast as the.
can get them and find accommoda
; tions for them. By July 10 the.
: will be employing 300 men. I'M
|. Fairview company is producing goo
, ore, and the Tiger group of claim
has opened an extensive deposit o
a 5000 ore. 1t remained, however, TO
t an ignorant Dane, who was nc
8 sufficiently wise to locate the disco'
cry, hence had to give half OF
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30
Ross IN the Review.

IL Salesman Review.
/ j. w. Ross, who writes that he
has just returned from trip to
Thunder Mountain, writes in defense
of the camp, and he approaches the
critics Of the camp with whom inter-
views have been published in The
Spokesman Review. He writes:
"To the Editor of The Spokes-
man review: Thunder Mountain is
not fake as it was termed by q
critic In not altogether recent issue,
and if that party had investigated
and prospected the district as some
others have done, we believe that his
opinion regarding the camp might he
alittle different. A man that only
spenps two days in a section OF a
country within 10 miles square of
Thunder Mt, one going one and one
\ half miles up Mule creek from Roose-
vslt to the Dewey mine and one
shoeing horses for the return trip
knows very little of it and his opin-
ions are worthless.
~. Colmorgan and 1 left Spokane
on May "a.
"On arriving at Thunder Mountain
City, we found it to consist mainly
OF tents, about 40 in number, some
OF which have been replaced by log
cabins and business houses. -Four
miles south from there and up Mon
umental creek we came to Roosevelt
and found it much like the former
Town. Tents could be seen in every
direction with here and there lot
cabin Many of these tents hav'
also been replaced by more substant
all structures, and in two or thre
lntances whipsawed lumbee was use'
Tor flooring, counters, benches, etc
'On prospecting in the imneda'
vicinity of the Dewey we found it t.
oe nearly all staktd, but on prospect
ing farther out we found some yer
desirable locations. Any partie
wishing to 60 in there need not b
AFRAID but what there is just as goo
ashowlng still open for location q
what is already stsked.
The country is more or less Law
iormatlou with large dykes of gol
oearlng porphyry. The ore is mos
y low grade, but very soft, maxim
livery easyto mine aid mill.
In the article previously referre
w. 'ne writer says, 'that he did ne
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30

business. OF course that house
treated him very nice and called him
good fellow and made him believe
himself favored customer. Any
way what did it matter to him, for if
he paid too much for his goods, his
customers had to pay the cost of
his folly. But this way of doing
business did not last long. Pretty
soon he had compitiors who bought
their goods from houses that sold
the cheapest and therefore could un-
dersell him, so he had to do likewise.
Farmers, you are just as foolish as
this merchant was if you trade with
one special store regardless of price
Rest assured the store you are trad
ing at buy their goods where they
can get them the cheapest, and YOU
ought to do the same thing. The
Leader doesn't ask you for YOU
trade unless we can sell you gooes
as reasonable as anyone else Th'
only way to find out is by comparison
Compare our goods and prices will
Others and we do not fear your de
cision.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30
TOM CALLOVAY'S
GRACIOUS GIFT
$500 TO CITY WATER WORKS AND $500
TO CITY PARK.

Academy would be very desirable ~
it would furnish water to the Acade-
my and grounds and to the cemetery.
Besides the $500 l will give .
the water works, il they are put in
right, l will give $500 towards city
park-perhaps may give the laud
instead of the $500, but II will b.
one or the other"
None who know Tom Galloway
with his impulsive, generous way Of
doing things, even to the way II
which he opposes you when on ths
other slde-wil be surprised It =
just such = thing ~ be il likely =
do at any time. The land be would
give, should he 70 decide would -
of several times the value Of tb0o.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30

see a prOspectOr but what was dis
gusted with the camp The trouble
was he met too many tenderfeet, trail
prospectors that never leave their
campfires, snd close their eyes at
night with the expectation of seeing
upon opening them at very late
hour, huge boulders Of gIittering gold
that have rolled down the mountain
side.
"There are also complaints among
many that they can not get colors
The main trouble is they do not
pound the rock fine enough.
"Thunder Mountain will in time,
make big gold camp. At the
present time the cost and inconven-
ience of transporting freight and
machinery, which will be necessary
to economically work the mines, are
too great. What the country wants
to bring it to the front and rank witt
some of our greatest gold producing
camps, is wagon road, railroad, OF
both, and when that is accomplished,
whsch will take some time even i
immediate steps are taken for the
construction of the same, the camE
will stand on the foundation of its OWL
merits j. W. Ross.
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Harader & Morton are now getting
the lumber on the ground for the erec-
ton of their -four mill. The site finally
chosen is piece Of property on the
river bank at the west end of Payette
avenue. The property was recently
purchased from David Mcllveen. vho
will remove his residence to Melcher'i
addition -Payette Independent
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30
Owens OptomBtis(

Terrence Qyens Calsfofnis mine
owner has jnst arrived in Boise from
Thunder and informs the Capitol
News tnat there are about $500 people
in the district and that Thunder Mt.
city and other points are booming.
"ldaho has an enormous mineral
zone," said Expert Owens, "and If
located in any other state large area
of it would have been developed
long ago. Where the coyote and
deer now roam undisturbed you
wonld have s'amp mile, population
and school houses. Thunder Mount
ftsankin ~ n HfRhtk pnRn -s44tf
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BraSS6eId Believes.

j. Brassfeld is a Portland man
who located nine lode claims and a
large tract of placer ground for a
Portland syndicate. He tells the
Boise Statesman that it is the rich
est country he ever visited.
In speaking of the new mining dis
trict, Mr.. Bfasssfield said he consid-
cred it the richest country he had
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30
RobertSOn'S Revelation.

A New Mexico man who knows q
thing or two and who don't like
kn ockers Is j. f. Robertson Of Santa
Fe.
He arrived in BOISE the other day
after three months in Thunder Mt.
When approached by Capital News
reporter, he shouted: ''lt is the
greatest camp ever discovered on
Gods green footstool!'
In speaking Of the development
going on at present, he said: "Ir
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30

prominence, while several important
transfers of other property show
that Black Lake is now on a road to
fame, and there are no present iudi-
cations Of break in the proceedings
or any financial adversities to con
tend with as in other Districts
G. r. Macy, superintendent of the
Iron Springs Co, is in Weiser pur-
chasing supplies for the mines and
he thinks several cars of machinery,
hoists, air compressors, steam drills,
etc. will be ordered this fall and that
a complete milling plant will shortly
follow. Mr.. Macy Is now building
a wagon road from Black Lake
around 10 Paradise Flat one and O
half miles, in order to facilitate de-
velopment. A force Of seven men
are now on the group of dozen
claims owned by the company. The
largest tunnel is $50 feet and the
greatest depth is 1876 feet. The force
will be increased and work continued
all winter. The president of thil
company Is j. E Neven Of Youngs
town, Ohio. and other Youngstown
people and Pittsburg parties are in
terested
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-30
Story Of a FrontierSInan.

Once upon q time there was a
merchant who who thought himself
the proper stuff. He had one whole
sale house he favored with all his
The oasis., 1902-04-05

cines, toilet articles and notions al
 their new drug store. Call anc
 see us. ! The splendid work done upon
 the town council by Mir. k. B
 Hogan should and will be con
 tinued another two years. Worth
 always counts.
 Mir H. A. Barr, candidate for
 town trustee on the Citizens ticket l is as traightforward citizen and one with a solid interest in Nogales. Vote for him.
 For Rough and Dressed Lumber of all classes. Doors, Windows, Door Frames, Window Frames, and all kinds of Building Mate rials, go to William G. Dumont, Patagonia, Arizona.
 Sunday evening Mr. Albert Morawetz, U. $. vice-consul at No- gales, Sonora, returned from visit of a couple of months in Baltimore. Md. While there the gentleman was quite i'll several weeks.
 This week Mir. Ragsdale of the Boston Clothing House, has been over to La Cananea, giving some attention to the new house of Mir. Fleischer in that great camp. He returned home Thursday.
 Episcopal church services will be held in Athletic Hall tomorrow morning and evening at II a. m. and 80 pm Special Easter ser mon in the morning Sunday school at 10 a.m m.
 MT. w. J. Neuman, candidate for town trustee on the Citizens ticket, is one of the safe, conserva- tive business men of Nogales. He will make model town trustee and will be elected.
 Tuesday Mir. Henry Levin was engaged in moving his office into the quarters occupied by MT. Jos. Pascholy His old quarters Mir. Levin will continue to occupy as d carriage repository and harness store.
 Captain W. J. EKey will add to .he business acumen of the Nogales own government, and should be | elected to the position of town ,rustee, to which he has been nom- mated on the Citizens ticket.
 Mrs. R. s. Sturmer has leased he sanitarium property, and is low conducting the lodgi ing house herein, succeeding the business of lr. and Mrs. Walker, who have ,one to Naco.
 Phillip Clarke, the candidate for marshal on the Citizens ticket, has rown from childhood in Nogales. lis standing is unassailable. and lis conduct has been always the most exemplary Why should he 'e preferred to Il stranger?
 In another column there appears
 fine portrait of Mir. Earl Gris- void, candidate for town clerk on he Citizens ticket. The engraving 5 an exact reproduction of a photo raph taken several years ago. Mir. iriswold has acted as clerk in the bsence and illness of the present incumbent, Mir. Fred Kiel, and in hat position has given eminent
The oasis., 1902-04-05

The Baptist Convention of Ari- zona will be held at Phoenix April 11th to 18th inclusive. For this occasion round trip tickets will be sold to bona fide attendants, with only, at one and one fifth fare for round trip.
 H. JORDAN,
 Agt. s. F. Co.
The oasis., 1902-04-05
NOCALES NOTES.
Interesting Items Gathered Around
 the Line Cities.

Doctor Bristol, dentist, Nogales. f
 Watch Pellegrin's ad. each week.
 Wednesday Manager J. A. Nau- gle of the Sonora Railway was in NogaIes.
 15c.-Quality black cotton hose, Arizona Commercial Co.,, per pair SB cents,
 Sunday Mir Fred Gerstley, the Los Angeles hide buyer, was regis tered at the Montezuma.
 25c Cotton Foulards, striped and figured, light styles; Arizona Com mercial Go, yard l2tc.
 Thursday morning Mr. W. NJ. Hoey went to Tucson expecting to return yesterday evening.
 50c Side combs, each set with 10 Turquoise, Monday only; Arizona Commercial Co., per pair 20c
 Mrs. Sturmer, from the east, is visiting her son Mir R. $. Sturmer, of the Nogales Steam Bakery.
 The Nogales Ice Works will commence running their ice wagon for delivery of ice next Monday.
 Monday Mrs. J B. Gordon. who has been quite i'll about month, was taken to Tucson for surgical treatment.
 Fresh and select Yaqui river oysters, raw, with coffee like your mother makes. 25cts. The Mer- chants Lunch.
 Mir. l. Burgoon has been denti- fled with Nogales many years. He will make an ideal councilman and should be elected
 Thursday morning Mir. Bird went . to Benson remaining there until evening, when he went to Tucson. lie returned yesterday evening.
 MT. A. L. Peck is man of ex- perience in public affairs-safe, cautious and reliable. He should and will be elected town trustee.
 Thursday morning MT. k. R. Tufts, who is operating in mines in the Alamos district, passed Nogales en route east. He expects to return next month.
 Commencing Monday, April Eth, and each Monday and Thursday { night of each week, dancing will be taught at the Nogales Athletic Club hall Inquire of the secretary.
New-York tribune., 1902-07-27

a market exists. The who is looking ahead a.
little will begin to operate in the district at the
proper time; he will usually pay 20 to 30 per cent
more than the other man did for what he buys in
the district But he will complain al this
changed condition. for he expects to pay tbs in
crease. He will either improve his property and
sell il quickly, or sell possible without
improving the premises He will sell, too. at a
property While the other man is waiting for the
boom to reach the district he has bought and sold
many properties, and usually made great profits
from his investments
To be able to stand resoutely to a plan is an
other trait which is possessed by this leading
realty man. who looks just ahead. If this trait
was wanting in him he would have lost confdence
IN MS own ability many times and he would prob
ably have sought the advice of those who most
severely criticised him. He would have paid dearly
for this advice. 1t is interesting fact that the
men VINO take the greatest delight in criticsing
numbered among those who look further ahead
than the majority of persons. If any sees an
% opportunity W within his grasp and pays high prices
IN order TO reap the greatest benefit from he is
generally considered unwise unless he dscoses the
reason or his purchase his critics. When his
wise and his critics unwse
An interesting feature of the real estate market
last week was the marked activity in dwelling
house properties in the West Side section above
fIfty- -nlnth-st. One of the principal transactions
or this kind was the sale of No. 142 West Seventy
sixth-st. by L. J. Phillips & Co for Joseph ]. Giea-
son.