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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
DAHO HAS MOST PROSPEROUS YEAR IN ITS HISTORY
Occur d'AIeneS Send Forth Increased Production
While Wood River BOomS Once More.
Sugar Added TO the List Of During the
TwevemOnth Many Other Industrial
Companies Organized

ore OF both these mines contains high
values ir copper. silver and gold
on Little Smoky several New York
companies under the management or
C.. G. Ruthrauff. Charles Hernsheim
and ii. a. Walter, all Of New YORK
City. have prosecuted a vast amount
of work on their numerous gold prop
critics there. They have large mill
on the ground but not installed. they
have driven thousands Of feet Of de-
velopment work, and it is confidently
expected that as soon as the min can
be installed il viii be kept running an
interruptedly. as there are vast bodies
of free gold ore in sight and awaiting
extraction.
The Cambridge Mining company has
acquired a large tract Of placer ground
on Little Smoky. and has it's hydraulic
plant installed ready for work as soon
as spring opens up-
lii is understood that tho shipments
Of ore from Wood yiver during the past
year by far exceeds any year i'm the last
ten.
The writer. in driving up Wood River
valley last fall for twenty miles above
Ketchum, counted twenty-eight sep
arate bands OF sheep grazing i'm the
valley bottom. these contained on an
average Of over 2.5e0 per band. This
vicinity is a Mecca for the sheepmen
OF southern Idaho as q summer range
You cannot drive anywhere away from
the farms without finding numerous
bands Lack Of shipping facilities in
obtaining cars has been the great
drawback The sheepmen. as a rule,
are feeding during the winter not
trusting to the happy-go-lucky range
feed.
Farming and Stock Raising.
AS with all new countries, the first
settlers here are gradually moving out
{ and being succeeded by careful prac-
teal farmers. Farm land brings at
least 100 per cent more than ten years
ago. The principal crops here are al
! falfa. which finds a ready market, but
+ the most is fed by The farmers to their
own stock in winter, the cattle grazing
I i'm the summer. There is 100 per cent
more land in cultivation than there
/ was a decade ago, good. substantial
! dwellings. outbuildings and stables are
( taking the place Of the former make
/ shift shacks; the irrigaung bitches are
/ being straightened and enlarged, and
/ generally bettered. While hay is the
/ chief crop. I must not fail TO refer to
] the small grains produced here. Forty
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began to fan. but the contractors
found il almost impossible to keep
their men from stampeding TO the
mines, and about thirty-five miles of
the road was unfinished when work was
suspended for the season.
The Buffalo Hump district in Idaho
county is attracting considerable at
tentiOn. Stamp mills have been in
stalled on a number of properties in
this district and fattering reports of
their operation are coming in.
The Boise county placers suffered
from shortage Of water last summer
and their output while UP to the aver
age. was not what it would have been
under more favorable conditions. The
quartz properties in this county are
being tested for depth and are show
ing up remarkably well. Three or
four transfers Of valuable groups have
recently taken place at handsome fig
ures.
The Pearl properties. including the
famous Checkmate. are proving to be
good dividend payers and a bright fu-
ture is predicted for this camp. An
electric railroad from Boise to Pearl
is now assured within a few months
and the camp is expected to boom in
the spring.
Just at present the Atlanta district
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The past year has been the brightest
in this vicinity since the boom days
Of the early eighties.
The mine and farm industries have
taken strides hardly conceivable to
those not living right on the ground
and making a study Of the conditions.
OF the slver-lead mines, the Minnie
Moore, near Bellevue, takes the lead
by far. rot only in development and
production. but in showing the cOntin-
uity Of the ore at great depth, the shaft
now being down some 1900 feet. with
high-grade galena C25 ounces silver, 20
per cent lead) in vast bodies, in some
places over ten feet solid in width, the
management. under 7. r. Rockwell,
are working some $50 men. The Idaho
Consolidated Mines company, also un-
der Mr.. Rockwelps direction. is Oper-
ating the Relief. United States and
Maggie adjoining claims, believed 10 be
on the same vein. The Overland and
Con. Virginia, nearby, also have large
crews in developing. a new company
has secured options on the old Queen
of the Hills, adjoining the Minnie, and
az soon as they can get to work viii
open up this old producer. Other
claims close by, too numerous to men
ton, are being operated by the owners
and prospective purchasers
The Compensation company, oper-
ating the Dithmer group. near Haley
have a large body of high-grade sill
ver-lead ore, and are sinking to get
depth. John Lemp and the Falk estate
Of Boise have a crew on the Star mine,
between HALEY and Bellevue. This
property produced wonderfully in past
years. under leasers; the owners insist
they have the old shoot a depth.
At Bullion a company composed II
W. G. Page of HALEY Charles Hern-
sheim of New York and Salt Lake par
ties have taken hold Of the famous Red
Elephant and are preparing to do sys-
tematic work
Lipman Tunnel Company
The Lipman Tunnel company at Bull
lion is driving a tunnel which, when
completed. win be one of the longest IN
this part of the state, TO tap the Bull
lion mines at depth Mr.. Lipman rs
also operating the Point Lookout claim
there, where he has some fine silver
lead ore.
Nitschke & Heller are operating the
Blue Jay group, near Bullion. and have
a good showing. On Deer Creek T. Z.
PieOtte has a force at work on the War
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bushels Of wheat and fifty to sixty Of
oats are so uncommon as to attract
little notice.
I send you q photo Of the Farm Of w.
T. Riley adjoining HALEY on the east.
This land was only plOwed last year for
the first time. This year it produced
sixty bushels Of oats 20 the acre. This
crop paid for fencing. breaking, seed
ing, lateral bitches. and cultivating and
harvesting, with a nice margin over,
from the proceeds Of the first crop. Mr.
Riley hired all the work done, also.
This is a fair sample of what can be
done here by systematic work as this
land laid idle for eighteen years
The county itself is now on good
substantial working basis. its warrants
being eagerly sought at par while in
former years they only brought from
So to SOC.
HALEY. the chief town Of the river.
has not q vacant business or dwelling
house. though numerous buildings have
been erected the past season.
We have all modern facilities. tele-
phone system connecting with the en-
tire Pacific slope; fine waterWOrks al
ready and another in process Of build
ing. an excellent electric light plant;
village corporation with energetic trUs-
tees 1--WE have over 81 600 in the treas
ury and have rot had to levy any VIII
D
IN this part of the state; two progress
sive banks. and business houses too
numerous to mention. A cOmmodious
opera hOuse-which is badly needed
viii be erected in the spring.
Bellevue's Forward March.
All who visit Bellevue are astounded
at the progress this city has made dur
ing 1903. This is attributable almost
wholly to the Minnie Moore and ad-
Joining mines near the town. These
properties employ in the neighbOrhOOd
of 500 to 400 men. The business men
report favOrably. The mining men say
that this is only a beginning. Tt is a
/ beautiful little city nicely situated
about five miles south of HALEY. The
/ business houses are w Ell equipped and
I large stocks carried.
At Ketchum the Improvement is not
so noticeable as the two larger towns.
. it is headquarters for sheepmen during
. the summer The writer was there
three times last summer, and each time
I had TO take d room with another guest.
/ this speaks for itself The town Is the
Quitting point for Galena and stan
ley basin. and the merchants report
trade better than i'm former years.
Carey. on Little Wood river. is a
/ prosperous little village, as is Soldier,
/ or Camas prairie.
Lost river. with its towns Of Arco.
/ Lost River Moore and MaCkay has,
I since the advent of the railroad. made
\ rapid strides. The most of this valley
is in this county, but as the branch
railroad runs from BlackfooL the traf-
fee goes mainly that way.
Blaine county. as whole, should en-
j9y the most cheerful holidays i'm many
years. as the outlook as a whole is eZ-
tremely encouraging.
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NEW ACTIVITY IN
MT. PlSGAB DISTRICT

OF the mining districts in Idaho, none
gives greater promise than that of Mt.
Pisgah. il IS located in the extreme
southeastern. part of The state-Bing-
ham comty-and embraces within its
borders the CaraboO mountain.
In the late seventies this district was
made famous by its placer diggings.
which. since their discovery, have
yielded many millions and are being
probably worked to the present day.
A vast territory has been worked over
with hydraulics until the very noun
tain has beer. encrOached upon. 1t was
not. however. until later years that lode
mining was prosecuted to any extent
High up the mountains lodges were
discovered and located and have been
worked to a greater or less extent and
with hattering results. The mineral
zone of the district is paralleled with
quartz lodges carrying varying values,
some of which are of leViathan proper
tiOns and Of wonderful promise. The
principal lode Of the district is the
Robinson" and Austin" which was
discovered and staked as far back as
the eighties, and now embraces a group
of seven claims. This property is owned
by the Idaho Gold Mining company
composed exclusively of Salt Lake peO-
pie. But this is only one Of the many
/ lodges Of the camp and in which there
are now several hundred patented prop
critics The uniform strike Of the lodges
of the district is northwest to south
east, and the dip to the north.
Adjoining the Robinson on the south
| east is the Onida group Of ten claims,
/ owned by Griffin. Feeney & Nealon.
/ local and California people. A vast
amount of surface work has been done
/ on this property, exposing great bodies
! of free milling rock, running from 81 to
7 $40 per ton
Salt Lakers Interested.
/ Adjoining the Robinson and Onida on
! the south is the Rustler-Old Charley
/ group, owned by Messrs c. o. Nelson
/ and District Judge c. w. Hail of Salt
! Lake. The ledge on the Rustler-Old
/ Charley is separate and distinct from
/ the Robinson and Onida, but carries
good milling values. On this property
/ Judge Hall ard associates have run a
I tunnel several hundred feet, cut the
[ ledge and sunk a Wine. This latter
/ is down some seventy feet and is all
in ore Of a fine grade. In addition to
this work there has been run fifty
foot drift upon the vein which is also
in good ore.
on the west Of the Robinson is the
Pitsburg group, SO called. This prop
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supreme court. But while in possession
of the old company it permitted cave
TO occur in the mine, but the same is
now being taken up with view or &C
lively prosecuting work. The Robinson
ledge is from eight to twenty feet thick
between walls and the rock carries val
ues from 81 to hundreds of dollars per
ton.
other Promising Claims.
The Caraboo Chief is a promising
youngster and is showing up wen con-
STEERING the amount of work expended.
It is owned principally by George Hal
vOrsen.
The I. X. l.. group is located on the
extreme west sida of the mountain.
Much work has been done on this prop
erty in a desultory way, but every
opening shows ore. IT is owned by j..
L. Free and Judge w. c. Hall.
The American Placer company. un-
der the superintendent of Mr.. Thomas,
operates the ground at the foot of the
mountain and at the mouth Of Robin
son gulch.
The Barnes placers are in Keenan,,
the next gulch west, but are only
worked about three months Of the year,
owing to scarcity of water, but never
fail to yield dust to the owners salts
faction.
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last year with phenomenal success.
With a little more skill in packing
they will hold their own with Cali
fornia and Oregon in both foreign and
domestic markets. A carload Of Idaho
pears brought the highest price of the
year in New York, while the Idaho
plums and prunes more thain main
tanned their already enviable reputa-
ton.
Mining Development.
The output Of lead, silver and gold
from the mines Of the Occur d'Alenes
has. according to conservative esti-
mates increased 10 90 u per cent in
1903. The big producing mines have
increased their productive capacity and
a number Of new and promising prop
critics have been opened up. Experts
declare that fully So per cent of the
lead product of the United states had
its origin in ShOshOne county in the
past twelve months.
Among the notable discoveries Of the
year were the gold mines on Loon
creek in Custer county, notably the
/ Lost Packer; the showing made in
the White Knob copper properties at
| Mackay. the discoveries in Thunder
mountain. where many good Lodges Of
: gold bearing rock have been uncovered,
| and the startling strikes recently made
! in the Black Warrior district near At
lanta in Gilmore county.
The copper properties in the Seven
/ Devils district OF washington county
/ are reported to be showing up remark
ably and there are encouraging stories
from the Mountain View district, the
. Black Lake district and the Heath dis
trict in this county.
/ Owyhee county in which the cele-
brated De Lamar and Trade Dollar
properties are located. has more than
ss-sl
/ producer.
BY reason Of it's isolation Lemhi
county has been handicapped. Devel-
opment work on a large number OF
claims has proved the existence OF
large and valuable ore bodies. how
ever, which railway communication
WILL il is predicted. shortly transform
into producers.
The Big Creek. district. adjoining
Thunder mountain, has been the scene
Of much intelligent and encouraging
development during the summer OF 100,
and several properties there have
changed hands lately for considerable
sums.
Thunder Mountain Development.
Despite the discouraging reports Of
hundreds Of disappointed prospector:
who expected 20 pick up nuggets OF
the hiusides In Thunder mountain, thi,
region has proved itself one of TIT
great mineral belts of the west. Sew
eral properties have been taken IL
hand By eastern capitalists during tn
past year and an enormous quantit!
of mining machinery is being shipped
into Roosevelt About 2c0 men vii
winter in The camu. the number be
ing considerably reduced on account o
the scarcity on provisions To was eek
pected that a state wagon road woul'
have been completed before the SNOW
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erty has been in the thrOes of litigation
for a number of years, but these dis
putes are about adjusted and active
work is promised in the very near fu-
ture. The Pittsburg ledge is an extern
sion of the Robinson on the west, and
the ore is of the same general charac-
ter but the bodies are not so massive.
A recent strike in the Putnam Miller
property, still further to the west, is
creating great interest in mining cir
cles. The property in question has been
purchased by Montana people and is
being Systematically developed with a
view to putting UP a mill in the early
summer. Their ledge is we'll defined,
is many feet between walls and car
ries fiattering values.
AS far back as 1894 a small stamp
mill was erected upon the Robinson
by the Union Milling & Mining COM
pany, and after a ten days run was de-
stroyed by fire. Immediately thereaft-
er the property was bonded 10 the Ida
no Gold Mining company and the little
mill reconstructed. but. was no sooner
put in motion than litigation ensued
between the old Union Mining & Mill
ing company and the new organization.
The former at first secured possession
of the property and mill and success
fully operated the same for a series of
years and until ousted by the Idaho
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MINNIE MOORE NINE.

MINNIE MOORE NINE.
Dance group. Judge FIannery is work
ing his claims nearby; Messrs. Walters
and Hernsheim of New York are work
ing the Wild Cat; some systematic
work is being done on the Red Cloud,
heretofore a great producer A Poca-
tellO company, under the management
Of Mr.. Peterson. is doing a great deal
Of development on the Comet group at
the head of Deer creek.
The Idaho Democrat group, near Hal
ley. is turning out its usual quota OF
galena averaging 100 ounces silver ana
SIS per cent lead. They have a large
force ard are driving a long tunnel 10
tap the vein at great depth. The stock
of this company has recently been &C
Quired by L. z. Rockwell Of Bellevue
and associates. The property IS under
the mana cement Of w. L. SintOn.
Warm Springs Greek.
On Warm Springs creek a new com
pany composed of New York and local
parties. is driving a long tunnel on the
Ontario group, which in the early SOS
produced over $500. GOO. Bob Warren IS
also working his claims near Ketchum.
At Muldoon, Pete Walter and william
O'COnnOr have excellent shoWinSs
IT 4
in his claims. f. L. Vancn and Charles
Hernsheim recently purchased two
claims in this district. which have an
almost fabulous showing of galena on
the surface. but very little work has
been done as the claims were only re-
Gently located.
on the divide between Ketchum and
Lost river there was a stampede BY
prospectors this fall. All who went in
there are enthusiastic, and exhibit me
specimens of ore carrying copper, sill
yer. lead and gold, but the season was
so far advanced little has been done.
At Galena. twenty-five miles north
Of Ketchum, a Portland (Me.( company
recently purchased the old Cilrard
property and surrounding claims. Ihelr
work is deserving of more than passing
notice. They shipped as a test about a
car of ore which went 125 ounces silver.
65 per cent lead and some gold; they
now have eight claims there, have in
stalled an air compressor, saWmliL
small electric plant, etc, and are driv-
ing a tunnel which win be over 1900
feet long ere it taps the ledge shown
above
HALEY Gold Mines.
OF the gold mines. so-called, near
HALEY. the only ones doing systematic
work are the CrOesus and the TIP Top.
The Croesus. owned by KilpatricS
brothers and others OF Beatrice, Neb-,
under the management Of Mr. Page is
sinking on the vein The shaft is down
now some 1000 feet. all in high grade
ore. 1t is understood here that IN the
| spring the present mill, twenty
stamp. viii be more than doubled ~
/ capacity. At the Zip Top, owned bS
]. Q. Packard Of salt Lake under tn.
/ management OF Captain LusS, they are
also engaged in sinking the main shaft
/ which is as deep or deeper. and the orr
increas enlality and oGantty. Tbs
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ties in ell parts OF the state and land
desirable for cultivation or grazing is
being selected on every hand. In all
1924 acres have been rented by the
state for cultivation, and 44,Ol4 for
grazing purposes in the year just
closed. About 1000 acres Of land be
longing to the different state institu-
tions has also been disposed Of at
fancy prices during the year.
The state will sell in 1904, in tracts
varying from 40 to 100 acres, twenty
five sections $4,000 acres) of school
land, the maximum amount which the
state constitution allows to be sold in
one year.
Three Carey act projects are 50 far
advanced that their lands have been
opened for settlement recently The
companies I'm charge Of these projects
are the Mullins Canal company, in Lin
coin county, the Twin Falls Land x
Water company. in Cassia county and
the American Falls Canal q Power
company. in Bingham county. The
tract that viii be reclaimed by the first
named enterprise comprises 5000 acres.
the second 2440OO acres, the third H.
acres.
other companies organized in 1903 to
construct large canals and operate un-
der the Carey act are; The Canyon
Canal company. which viii place wa
ter upon $4,000 acres OF magnificent
bench land I'm Canyon county the
Glenns' Ferry Canal company and the
Washington Irrigation & Colonization
company, operating in ElmOre and
OWyhee counties.
Settlers are docking 70 the Twin
Falls tract and a large number Of
desert cOnQuerors have already settled
ON the lands under the Mullins and
American Fails canals. With a eli
mate ideal for agricultural and hOrti-
cultural purposes, productive soil vary
ing in depth from four TO twenty feet,
and an abundance Of water assured.
the outlook for this section OF the state
o. is most encouraging
Tremendous Crops Over State.
Fremont county. with its machless
system Of canals has just turned out
grain crop of unparalleled magni-
tude. Enormous quantities Of hay have
been harvested and countless acres OF
sugar beets seeded down
Affiliated with the state land sales
Is the system of Improvement FOR
schools. During 1903 the state land
department has purchased Improvement
bonds of school districts IN an parts
% Idaho aggregating i'm value S2lO,uO1
The entire amount was expended IN
building. charging and furnishing
school houses.
1t is estimated that over $4,000 farms
are now under cultivation within the
boundaries OF Idaho. about half of
which are irrigated. The average value
Of farm land is placed at s15 an acre
the irrigated lands being appraised al
from So to 3 an acre higher than the
unirrigated. For land actually wa
tered values run from S35 to S100 ar
acre. while irrigated orchards have
changed hands ~ from SO to $500 PEI
acre.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-08-06
ITO Be Continued
A MATERNAL COLLIE.
Remarkable Intelligence DisDInyed
by II Scottish Shepherds
Clever Dog.

Giles, the shepherd of Folly farm,
was brushing the white ruff of his
$1,000 collie. The collie" he told the
Philadelphia Record, lis the most in
teresting of dogs. Permit me to tell
You true collie story. There was a
Scottish shepherd, whose dog gave
birth to a litter of pups. All but one
of them died and the mother devoted
herself SO thoroughly to this sole re-
naming child that her masters work
was quite ncglcctcd--the sheep were
not looked after at all. The man, en-
ragged at this state of affairs, took
the pup and drowned it in a bucket
before its mothers eyes. Then he
went off to the town for the day. In
the evening, on his return, the
drowned pup was missing. The shep-
herd said TO his collie, pointing to
the bucket: 'What did you do with
your pup, Bess?" The collie gave a
low, mournfuI howl and set off. look
ing backward often to signify to her
master that he should follow. She led
him to a knoll and paused, moaning,
beside spot where the earth had "A
fresh look. The shepherd turned up
the soil, and there beneath ii the
drowned puppy lay. Its mother had
taken it out of the bucket and given
it decent burial"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-08-06
Copyright, 1902, by The Hobart Company.
CHAPTER VIII.-CoNTINUED

<'What captain?" yelled Kennedy,
all ablaze at the instant. 'Spake up,
ye shiverin' Ioon!"
'Blake! He got way ahead of us
"Then it's to him you should be
runnin', not home, ye cur! Turn
about now Turn about or T'lI-''
And in "A fury Pat had seized the
others rein, and, spurring savagely
at Kilmaine-both horses instantly
waking, as though responsive to the
wrath and fervor of their little mas
ter-he fairly whirled the big troop
cr around and, despite fcarsome pro-
tests, bore him onward toward the
ridge, swift questioning as they rode.
How came they to send a raw rookie
on such a quest? Why, the rookie
gasped in explanation that he was on
stable guard, and the captain took
the first six men in sight. How hap