The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-16
IDAHO MINERAL
BELT LIVELY
Pronounced Interest in the ThUn-
der Mountain Country.
IT'S NOT A POOR MANS CAMP
COUNCILMEN TO BE ELECTED IN
BOISE THIS WEEK.

Boise. Ida. March 15.-The opening
OF spring has renewed activities in
Boisc mining circles and the present
year WIN mark a most rapid advance
iH an the territories adjacent to this
city. Interest in Thunder mountain is
ass pronounced as ever and that section
will again attract marked attention.
The consensus of opinion among those
WHO have visited that famous district
ls that Do wiz develop into a great camp
OF low grade properties While from the
inception of the Thunder mountain
rush the "knOcker' has been persistent
ly az work and upon the other hand
the glamour of its inaCcessibiity has
siveu wild latitude TO the boomer in his
description of it's alleged marvellous
richness. the fact is now discernible
That while d. IS not poor mans cOun-
try, nevertheless there is ever assurance
ol IT'S becoming permanent camp.
The legislature appropriated 100000 10
aid I'm The constructing of a wagon
road, IL being understood that an equal
sum viii be expended by private per-
sons. The route selected is one of the
Boise roads via Idaho City. IL is estl-
tttt-tNA L-lAl inns SUN III III 4llAAF 81 -b1AtA
that can De traVersed for eight months
in the year with teams and viii be
open the remainder of the year for pack
Oh aims. Along this line of travel sta
Tens for the accommodation of man
and beast viii spring up and q trip to
Thunder mountain viii have lost its
tCrrors. From Boise the road VIII be
about one hundred and seventy-five
miles in length and in the summer time
VIII be but pleasant jaunt
The Pearl District.
Thunder mountain, however. is not
The leading factor I'm the upbuilding of
this section. as only twenty-siN miles
from Boise is the Pearl mining camp,
which has been slowly but steadily
coming into prominence for several
years. Here is the famous Checkmate
mine. q property which has paid from
the grass roots and has been the means
OF It's own development. The assured
success OF the CheCkmate, without any
capital and by quiet, persistent work,
is bringing the Pearl district into de-
served notice. There is now quite a
village at Pearl and two hotels, three
stores and other business houses are
enjoying marked prosperity. A well
known. Old-timc Colorado mining man
who recently visited Pearl states it will
prove Co be Idaho's Cripple Creek.
More Politics On.
Greater Boise Is now fact, and. I'm
accordance with the new law, Cover
nor Morrison has issued a prOclama-
ton creating the Fourth ward ont of
the newly attached eastern section of
the city, and three couucilmen are TO
De chosen ON Wednesday. March is. In
tne present council Mayor Alexander
has controlled affairs by a slight ma
Jority- In the new ward, however, the
mayor is very unpopular and IL is pre-
dlcted the three cOuncilmeu chosen will
be- auti-AleNander. This viii inject new
issues into the contest at the general
city election iu July Surely politics in
Boise is "a perennial affair I'm this con-
uectiou 30 ~ De stated that a Demo
cratic club ITO be organized I'm Boise
ON Meiues tay evening next and that
the state central committee purposes To
thoroughly organize the party through
out the state. The unsavory record of
the recent legislature and the failure Of
the Morrison administration TO COM
mand the respect of the people. togeth-
er with the division among the Repub-
icau leaders. are all factors of en-
couragemeur 20 the Democracy.