The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1909-10-07
IDAHO, THE I'M
PERIAL STATE
Owyhee County Invites the Capitalist and
Homeseeker to the Land Of Sun
shine and Happy Homes
CONCLUDED from last week.


On the south border Of Snake River are sew
eral hot and warm springs, one OF which
with its accommodations for the public, with
bathing house, etc, is now extensively pat
ronized by persons troubled with rheuma
tism and kindred complaints.
The wild and picturesque portion OF this
country abounds in wild game land it's
streams are we'll stocked with mountain
trout. Black tail deer, some antelope, oc-
casionally a mountain sheep constitute the
larger game While mountain lions or cougar
are frequently hunters trophies. Sage
hens and willow grouse are found in great
abundance both on mountain and plain.
There is plenty Of shooting for lovers of
hunting and similar recreations. Snake
River supplies our local markets with larger
fishes, among the best of which are sturgeon
and salmon
People coming from the Eastern States
where the rainfall is greater than here and
the fall Of the dew heavy at night can scarce
" realize the enjoyment one has in camping
out on our streams in our mountains. Hunt
ING and fishing parties Of families and
friends, ladies' gentlemen and children, es
tablish camps at favored spots and enjoy
outdoor life and recreation for few days
and weeks. The days will be all sunshine
and the nights always cool and refreshing
Tents are only taken with such parties to
secure privacy. The open air, under the
blue starlit canopy with plenty of blankets
to keep them warm, is all the shelter re-
qured. One does not swelter through hot
night and get up in the morning enervated.
Hot nights may be good for crops of growing
corn, but they are not conducive to health
4 and restoration of energy. Our almost
cloudless summer skies, our cool nights and
invigorating atmosphere of our higher alti-
tHdes have in them a charm the residents
of the less favored localities little realize.
IF you feel enervated and worn out come
to Idaho and enjoy season of our outdoor
life
One need not feel that lie is going beyond
the pale or civilization in coming to Owy-
hee. The people are quite as Ietincd in man
ners and accomplishments as III scattered
communities anywhere, In fact they are
made up from the more energetic classes of
the older States. Churches and fraternal
society organizations are to be found here,
conducted with as much zeal as elsewhere
The public schools are in charge of expert
enced teachers and are most literally sup
ported. The people are as law-abiding as
any community anywhere. Our civil and
criminal courts hold only very brief ses-
sions because of the little business coming
before them. Our great mining industries
give us in their employees considerable pop
ulation which is continuously shifting but
the Western precious metal miners are the
peers in intelligence, industry, morality and
honor Of any class of mechanics or working
men in the world. They take and read a
greater number of daily and weekly news
1,ar,or.r YnouayinaS op1 hooI.c tboT Y,Oct 9th.
er communities. Tramps are few. Dead beats
hobos and buns are not a minus quantity
among us, the broad mantle Of charity and
the tolerance of the people suffering them
to exist in our midst.
While the live stock, wool growing and
agricultural interests of the county arc
large and important, Owyhee is essentially
a mining county. It's ranges of mountains
are scanned with veins of gold and silver
bearing ore which so far surpass all the 9th
er sources of wealth that all other industries
are dwarfed by comparison.
The products of our mines have been tht
foundation Of many large fortunes. The flu
ture of the industry promises many NOR
fortunes. In fact it may be truthfully sai'
that the industry is vet iii infancy. TIL
surfaces only of many of it's districts hav
been touched and new and important dis
coveries are continually being made Owy
nee is still a most inviting field for prospe,
tors as well as for investors
War Eagle Mountain.
The first location of quartz vein wa
made on the mountain-the first in this pc
ton of the State-was made in 1868. Nil
ing vas carried on on this mountain wit
great activity from 1865 to 1876. The pr
duction of bullion during this decade
yariously estimated from records of shil
ments at from $24,000,000 to $30,000,00
Unfortunately all this business was co
troled by San Francisco stock Spectator