The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

ndndleu mucn more cneaply, ana IL Is
probable a smelter will be located at
some point on the river.
Boise County.
Boise county has made some progress,
though nothing sensational has been
developed. The South Africa mine near
Idaho City is being equipped with a
large mill. 1t is a remarkable dixie of
unknown width found TO carry values
of somewhat more than 81 ton. De-
velopment in all the properties of the
Basin country and Pearl has been pro-
ductiVe of satisfactory results.
At Thunder Mountain there has been
much development, especially on the
SunnySide and Dewey mines. The for
mer has been shown to have ore bodies
of great size. A new plant is being liz
stalled for reduction of the ores, and if
it proves a success the property will
take leading place as a producer.
Very little has been done in Big Creek,
the district of enormous lodges, owing
to the fact that owners have been wait
ing for completion of the wagon road
which has been under construction for
two years. 1t is nearly completed and
plants of machinery can be taken in
early in the coming summer. In other
portions OF idaho county the progress
in mining development has been
marked.
Enormous Water Power.
Idaho has more water power running
TO waste than any other intermountain
state. This power has received a great
deal of attention during the year, the
development and projected development
i'm that field being among the most i'm
portant features of the Industrial rec
ord of the state during the year. The
General Electric company has been
making exhaustive Investigations i'm the
state and it is understood it has taken
hold of a number of power sites along
the Snake river, while the Telluride
Power company of Provo, Utah, of
which l.. L., Num- is the controlling
spirit, has also become extensively in
terested. The plans of these people
contemplate utilization of the power of
the Snake wherever sufficient fall is
found and a succession of power plants
scattered along the great streams for
IL miles. An electrical era seems to
have dawned for Idaho and the state
is within sight of a time when the
streams tumbling onward toward the
sea will turn the wheels of numberless
mills and propel trains over large
number of railway lines.
Lumber and Beet sugar.
There has been great development of
the numbering industry The state now
has some of the largest mills in the
west and an enormous output of iun-
Der is being sent into the markets of
the country. The beet sugar industry
has expanded. This fall the first crop
of beets ever grown in the Payette
and Boise valleys was harvested with
splendid results. Fruit growing has
become more firmly fixed as one of the
permanent and highly profitable indus
tries of the state, while farming in all
it's branches has returned rich rewards
The live stock industry has likewise
enjoyed a wonderfully good year and
continues as one of the great producers
of revenue to people of the state.
The general prosperity is remarka-
bly, reflected in the towns of the state.
These are growing by leaps and bounds
in all localities. What were mere
struggling villages a few years ago are
now substantially built and have all
modern conveniencer. This improve
ment has been very pronounced during
the past year.
Reclamation of Arid Lands.
The most important work OF the year
in the field of reclamation of arid lands
has been on the south side portion OF
the Boise-Payette project of the gov
eminent. This project, as a whole, IN
cludes the reclamation of lands on ootn
sides of the Boise river and large
tract lying between the Boise and Pay
cite along the east side of the Snake
plain. The portion of the project now
being carried out lies on the south side
OF the Boise, covering about l'O,VVV
acres of new land. Work was started
during the year and is being pushed TO
completion
The general plan of this work IS TO
take out the flood waters of the river
through a canal from point eight
miles above Boise and store them III
great reservoir ON Deer flat, west OF
Nampa. A dam is being constructed
in the Boise that will have a height of
fifty feet, diverting the water into the
new canal. which is on the line OF the
old New York canal. The latter mas