Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-28

to the district and learn conditions and
make reports and where the mining
committee was furnished capital to
develop promising claims to a certain
extent until they could be sold. This
committee received 10 per cent of all
sales made through it. thus defray
ing expenses.
GOOD ROADS NEEDED.
Secondly he urged the building of
good roads into promising mining dis
tricts that they could be reached easily
and thus operated. He declared that
many good districts were held back for
the reason that there were no roads
over which they could haul ore.
Thirdly his suggestion was that
system be worked out by which per-
sons holding claims did not hold them
for fabulous prices and thus retard de-
velopment He ask ed the members of
the club to think over these matters
and be ready to adopt or reject them
at another meeting soon to be held at
which they were to be presented for
action.
WOOD RIVER DISTRICT.
Major Fred r. Reed spoke of the
Wood river district and what was be-
ing done there in the revival of the
mining industry. He stated that too
much time was being spent in talking
the Winnemucca road and putting up
money for it, while wealth of
mineral lay dormant awaiting de-
velopment. He cited the need of pub
lefty for mining activities and opera
tons and stated that If a good publ
city man was engaged, who knew or
would learn the mining districts and
then would go out In the winter and
visit Spokane, Portland, and Denver
and exploit the mining districts of
Idaho through the newspapers, it
would mean the coming of thousands
of men into the mining fields of this
state and he advised such a movement
upon the part OF the club.
Boise, he said, had been a surprise
to him. that for years the people would
talk, get together in clans and whis-
per but did not do things and he
thought the time had come when poll
tics and clans we're stopped and some
thing definite was done.
THE FLoTATION PROCESS.
George Wyman, discoverer of the flo
tation process, now in use in many
mines in Idaho, spoke briefly. He es"
price system of holding claims, which
he said was retarding development. He
told of the Checkmate mine at Pearl,
which he said for years had operated
saving so per cent of its values, but
even at that had been worked at pro-
fit, and now under the flotation sys-
tenn. he stated. was saving 80 per cent
of its values He declared that many
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southern Idaho which he believed
could be worked at a value under the
flotation process.
Leo ]. Falk spoke on the Atlanta
district, the need of good roads and the
part which lie automobile truck was
playing in the mining development of
certain districts. For instance, he
cited, that last summer when the mine
was in rush LOT some article, II
| would be loaded O. a truck in Boise In
| the morning and that night would be
in Atlanta, while few years ago. he
stated five days were necessary to
make the trip.
WORK OF TRAFFIC BUREAU.
| Max Maxfield explained the work
| ings and accomplishments of the traf-
| fic bureau of the club, stating that
| $4,000 in refunds had been collected fol-
Boise merchants through that branch
of the club during the past year and
that there were $1,000 yet outstanding
to be collected. He discussed rates
and routlngs to show what the triffic
bureau was accomplishing for the mer-
chants and cited many concrete cases
in which big savings had been made
He urged all merchants to send in thtil
freight bills to be inspected by The
| bureau.
The Royal Highlanders will meet to-
night at the G. A. r. hall.