The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-05-21
w 1tSon q Moore, The st. Anthony DRUGGISTS.
Affairs in Idaho Camps.

ROBERT Bell state mining inspector of
Idaho who was in the city recently.
spoke III the most glowing terms of the
outlook for the mining industry of our
sister state, and to The Mining Review
he said
Idaho IS advancing very rapidly, and
lhe INDICATIONS are that the state will
make the biggest showing in its history.
THIS year, in mining affairs. The re-
markable values and ore bodies that
are pelng unearthed in the gold camps
immediately tributary to Boise, in
Whlch great deal of Salt Lake and
eastern capital is being invested, prom
lses 10 make Boise one Of the leading
gold mining centers of the state.
Authentic reports from the Thunder
mountain country, of the results of the
winters development of number of
small crews OF men who have been
actively engaged in opening up the
MINES, are such as to warrant the be-
lief that that section of the state will
force itself upon the attention of invest
ors by sheer merit.
AT Lewiston new steamboat has
been launched which is especially de-
signed to operate the upper Snake river
as Tar the lnonaha country, where some
copper gold deposits are being opened
up and new smelttr is going in.
The advancein silver and lead values
mas had marked effect upon the Occur
d Aene mines, which are ENJOYING the
most prosperous period of their exis-
tence.
Loom Creek, in Custer county, is
maintaining the promise of last fall and
has already attracted a considerable
population Of eager miners and pros
pectors; dozen new mining com panies
have been organized to operate in the
district and good deal of actual devel-
opment is being done with excellent
results, while some very fine values
have been brought to light. The Lost
Packer has several carloads of $500 gold
ore on the dump as result of the
winters work with small force of
men, This lot Of high grade ore Will be
put on the Salt Lake market as soon as
the trail is open on the Custer summit
The district seems destined to experience
one of the most substantial booms that
Idaho has ever seen, during the coming
summer.
The winter campaign in Lemhi
has produced some remarkably interest
ing and profitable results Extensive
bodies of good ore have been DEVELOPED
at the Gold Dust and other properties
near Leesburg, and at the Dark Horse
mlne near Baker. Specimen gold and
copper ores have been opened up in
quantity during the past two months
that is of sensational value, and this is
sure to put these properties on the
shipping list this season At Indian
Creek, the Ulysses continues to main
tain its bonanza proportions The new
fifteen stamp mill on this property was
started up about the first of January,
and has since been turning out profit
of from $4,000 to 50, 900 per month, with
the ore bodies at the mine swelling to
such proportions as to warrant the addi-
tlon of fifteen more stamps, and this
will probably be done during the coming
summer. AT the southeast end of
Lemhi county, in the Texas and Spring
Mountain districts, the winter develop
ments among the rich silver lead mines
of that section have been very satisfac
tory, and it is a conservative estimate
to say that the mines of these districts
will send at least 900 tons of rich wet
silverlead mineral to the Salt Lake
Valley smelters during the season of
1903. These mines produce an ore very
similar in composition and values to the
Silver King mine at Park City, Utah,
without the zinc, and they are in good
demand here.
"On the whole, the spring outlook for
Idaho's mining industry was never so
bright before, and l look for some very
important development and discoveries
as the season advances, and the most
prosperous year for mining that tie
state has ever experienced. The Min
ing Review, Salt Lake City, May 5,
1903.)