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Show illil WILL BE GREAT CAMP In M'IRnii Facts A1)0llt Tlulll(ler Moun" liw!)i 1 tain District. Bfflsili NEEDS TIME TO DEVELOP IbbbbBi til v$ n 'i Hrl'ltl i Money, Likewise Neoeawnry to Bring f'R'i j n t0 lts Ful1 Fruition At ITeMtit Vl i 'Jj It Io a Promising Prosrwct Camp lj j, f I and by No Means ft Poor Man's (J ! Proposition Trail Is nn Awful Hjk i, I Hrd Road to Trnvel-Ths Dewey MMl'lf' f Troporty Contain Twenty Claims BBBBaWtiM I V"! Covers Four Hundred A ore. MP 'V H v , M Th inder Mountain Ma , June 54 via H,'! tl ' Ki I num. June 30 After wandering ' Hh jj f, many weeks In Ihe almost trackless bbbbB ' M jfl "i t cm anil mounUlnaof central lilihn f f J , i e 1 rut contingent of fortune-humor Lbbbbbi ft' 4!" 5 K" ,0 "trufglo Into the wlrtely-ad. H r I p tl eil region of Thunder mountain H .jjjl al nut ten days ago M Y sin. e early last full the attention of B iLji the mining florid ha been directed LbH V&U 1 " toward thl camp hy reason of lcport- H (Mi ,1 discoveries of large bndle of gold- H' L ( brn-lng rock and the further fact of H ' 'nl ,' the actual alc to Pittsburg capitalists bbbbH rlflil ' ) I of the Dewey and Sunnyelde group" of j ' I 1 mines for n large amount of money H i'ii " During the lnte (nil and winter lut H '& j ' ft p it men hne braved the dangers and B y hardships of the Journey to Thundir bbbbH Si i lir I mountain, coming in on mnwshoes bbbbH Wt i earning n few pounds of provisions bbbbH "ill ' on ,nelr ,",kl, "r !'ullln't ""m ln on bbbbH lutll '' I rawhide toboggan for the sake of lo- H i ' ('(' rating a fen railing on the anon and H tj J f then getting hack to civilisation be- H H ', fore their scant supply of grub was LbbbbbI '.E'dl' exhausted LbbbbbI w! ffi i ,"cn """ lf nny otlier ",nn th0"" bbbbbH JBtifl! Li emploed at the Dewey mints spent the LbbbbbI 'JlMl Will tntlro winter nt Thunder mountain LbbbbbI (S II 51' tl ' Money vvnull not buy provisions, be- LbbbH 1V 'ii ' ratine Dior- were none In the country. Liaafl Hi tft i hence ,hc ImPWlblU'V ,,f rrmilnlnff. LllHi &$i H NKW op""1 roUND Laaaaaal 'itl n 1'rom the proepectoi a who made these gsgB WP $ II fllnK trips and from experts and oth B H I'S? II rr" w'' "cre' "'"' ,irr( l0 oximlne nnd LgBBBBsi Jvirl ? report the condition of sperlilc prop- IibbbbbI l"l M' ! Hi ertlea there was sunieient Information Lbbbbbbs! "'JImII 3 Kilned b the newrpapirn upon which IibbbbbI H'l"i! to predUtte extrnrle articles the Klst bbbbbbbI Hili I f of which wnH. without exception that BBBBB1M f-liHI n novv nphlr, rlallnK tit extent and bbbbbH ftHUI llchntfs either I eodvllle or Crlpplo bbbbbH ff UlJ'l Creek, had if n dlsocid bbbbbM lf,!l'il I ' I'hjslral and other condition roemed bbbbbH I iiM hi) to corroborate und add rrlty to the bbbbbH el'l H 1 reported facts Tor man) jenri It has bbbbbH Vli.. 7 b5"' known thit the region of Thun- bbbbbbH iwr'lrn i! ll llfr mountain nnd (or many milts in bbbbbH f'M iL & ter direction was n mlnertl country bbbbbH Qltl Jv J hut Its remoteness from transport illon bbbbbH ifiiMif.li 3 lines and Its nlmost complete isolitlon bbbbbH Ki I 117 ,""1 Inacretulbllity hno been a btiR- bbbbbH "i'I it t ,,c,'r t0 11" Prospector nnd the miner bbbbbH fill'! 1 1 II ' Bo that, w hen the 1 ecent reports of rli h bbbbbH MM t $ Kld dhcorrlrs at Thunder mountain bbbbbH itHl'hf' weic publlrhtd with such persistency bbbbbH '".15 '1 I ' nmI ' dnmnnblo Hi ration ' the public bbbbbH i nt r' " '" Ei-ni-rnlb wns wllllnB to adopt them ns ?h h x itctu it mi it ,t ? t Di-.cow:nY liv CASwr.u.s H I ! ' 1 M The story of the dlscmirj of pold bbbbbH ill , I' if ' nt Thunder mountain by the Cnsntll bbbbbH Sri 'U Hi brothcrn nnd of their lnni; jens nt bbbbbH i "if ' t patient toll and deelopment of their bbbbbH JWr" V fropertj, the main facts of which tme bbbbbH 4i "?tVr I lontr since nprcaied In the public prtss. bbbbbH W Ivf V reads like n romance nnd et n slxlt bbbbbH ( fit ' to the Dewe) mines fornurly owned 1 f J i ly tho Caewclla, will dlsclone the ex- ,;! -. i , ttiifHc work the did In enrs past, B il I I ronHlstlni; of tunnels ehnfts and npen- B ,' I fate work, while nlonc the banks of H 1' '' ! Mule crrek. which has Its sourrc nl B ' J most at the entrance of the Dewey B At , 11 ' tunnel, can be seen abundant eldenct B 'Lf I of hon the Cnswells pursued their soli- H '?( i tnry o.uest for placer Kold B 1 jUJ ' OK NATION I, PROPORTIONS y- blnco tho Coetir d Aleno excitement A f ' of 1S51 Idaho has not enJocd the no- bbbbbH ii' Ll tnrlety of n Kcnulne mlnlne boom until bbbbbH It ilM! ,he Thunder mountain hurrah of lo. bbbbbH ft I 'r'1'11 honm has nssumed national pro bbbbbH I''bT portions, ns there ate men here who B it m came directly from their homes In nl- BbbbH 'Jfpl I moHt every Htnte anil Territory of the BBbB Ji tj I'nlnn Ithout fenr of successful con BBpB ' t i J tradlctlon It It litre asserted that there bbbbbH 1M. , -, 1" no (articular mining camp or roc- bbbbbH 'if1 vJl tlnn Mllhll tlio limits of I'nclo Sim bbbbbH ti ll i m ' I broad domiln so dlltlcult of access as bbbbbH '!:!! '1 W ' I Thunder inuuntalu bbbbbH ti'sflffl I To he thousands who n few weeks H "nfl-TW nKn "orp unilctpatlni; trip to this bbbbbH F !! ''"ill i tamp tho questions as to dlstnncu und bbbbbH ' lhi 1? ' the mute to be taken were m liters of bbbbbH it. 3 Kreat Importance The newHpapers f bbbbbH 'ii I Idaho with their usuil lojalty to Io- bbbbbH Uj!s i )' rn' Interests, were all pernldously ac- bbbbbH f 'it!'' A ,Ue '" Plielne beforo the puhllo the bbbbbH j-H i ndantnRes of the particular trail bbbbbH tiL 4 which would brim: travel nnd trade to bbbbbH 1 : tl1' points ln which they were Interested. P ' I, NOT HOUND Or FI.KAHI'IU:. H 'a j J Adopting the statements of these lo. H f. cal papers as the truth respect ng the H ill feasibility of the trails to Thunder 1 I mountuln, the public was led to be !llec that the trip would he nothing jt short of n continual lotind of plensure, !--- J ' almost without een tin. element of B j hardship and absolutely without dan- H ger to man or brat In other words, H f 'I . it would be nt least n genuine sum- H f i j mer outing nmld the loft grandeur of H L ij 5 tho mountains of tcnliul Idaho, whern H deer, grouse bear and tiout abound, H (1 ' nnd If fortune lbi not await the tiu- H ' M eler nt Thunder tin tint iln the pleasure H i1 of mich it delightful summer would H I '" more than cotnpnsato foi the lost of HHl tl I time and the exirnse of nn outfit bMg ,f ' SOMi; COLD I-ACTH B ' How dlffeient the futtu when leirned B , from nctual exprrlmic Theie Is very K little choice, If any, between the Miri- H nun trails, w bother it be la Halmou H i) ( Ity, Ketchum, barren or IleurVallej B ' The distance Is practically the same K nnd tho hardships to be eniluteil only H j differ In nrlels and not in degree The B ,' .i i trulls are all bad and not onl ho, but bbbbbV I (lij'l' they are from fifty to seenty-llu tnllca bbbbbbI fMik longei 'hail la tlalmed for them K iWflv' THAU. A l'KAitri I. ONI-; bbbbbH fi it I'rom start to finish they pass j ji I through n succession of slush snow, H L l lion wallows up itinl down pre- BBBB Ia,! ' ctpltous niotmtaln sides, over down H ,1 .if timber to large that would pus H ) V t zle n nurdle ruter to clear and H J r mc- miles of huge niidc i. k Hl !( Ml' i is would tax to the utmost the j I ) ' I alritnesf of a noat to negotiate ulth- j J I J nut constant danger of serious Injury 1 i)' I The mud holes and swamps where j , ) horses wnllowed mld-Mldes deep If H ' ! ' i 1 In cod In Hue loi thee, would muke Hf j ;l j uue grand wallow five miles lot 3 (in BBVB I one trull, In crossing two suniinlis B fli'i hor- s were tomielled to Houiiilei J 'l ' throtigli snow that wax finm n le n H ',) right feet de-; for tin miles IuukIiik H t ' 1 nd plunging nearly all the wnj (ivi 1 '. Hit slide rock, dovtn Dig creek and up 1 1 1 Aionunwntnl tirek I hn tuill In manv I B M11 ilaif-H wus almost Impeireptlblo were Ihbbh f,(t it not for the bioou mat una trickieti H I ' ; I t mil some of the horses' legs upon the H ,f ' , 1,1 horki:k iNMrniii) bbbbbbI Yl ' AmmiK the huudieds of puclt alij bbbbbVI 1 1 J I' Siddle horses that huve tome ovtr tho m 1 , vaiioun mutts not onu estnped Injury H ' ' ',.'1 en the shitrii Jigfri 1 dgts of the rwkH, 1 1 I .' nearly ill liu c sore fct and backs, H (. 1 nnd i 1-I1 horso I oks like It hud been 1 1 (1,. j uravvii for a foui mil" tare Many H ' ." iiortci are blir lr ul a'orr the trail H V side, haying succumbed from sheer ex- hnustlon while others by a misstep were s t to d ith down the mountain moun-tain r-ld'i Wit.!, THY OTJinn THAIL There Is earcelj n man In camp who when asked by what trail ho exiccta to go nut hut will su he Is going by a routt different from the one by which he rami In Thej nil want something eas Men who have been over the trail In laka, In the Cordilleras and the And. s say they never sn any thing tiki the one bj which they came to 'Ihunder mountal Should inone tell otl there Is rt good trail to this camp before the middle mid-dle of June ou tan mnrk him ns never having been to Thunder mountain or that he Is one of the professional ' trail liars' who hangs about some outming point and ilo that he has nbmlutely no fear in his heait of the wrath that Is to tome I.lKi: OTlir.H ISOOM9 In manv respects the Thunder mountain moun-tain boom is like others of a similar iharnetei that have preceded It In different dif-ferent parts of the West Man men who spent from four to six weeks on the trail wallow Ing In snow and mud and undergoing all the hardships In-1 In-1 Idem to iionter life, tame up Jlonu-mmtnl Jlonu-mmtnl rre.k look a "rubber' at tho nest sld of Thunder mountain and af-tei af-tei h lining that all the ground In the Mclnltv of thi Dewey mines was stuked Implied nbout the other trulls and at ome started by ft new loute on the homeward march cursing the country In general the newspapers nnd Col Dewey In parlh ular Stores havo gone out giving the country ft black eye who weie never a hundred ards from the trail except, ptrhaps, to hunt their horses 01 to get a shot at a deer Many stalled In with only ft month or six weeks suppl of provisions ntil without monov expettlns to make the Journey, an everlasting fortune und get back home In time to celebrate the fourth of July. MEHITS or CAMP It Is altogether too eailv to jtlvo nn estimate of the leal merits of Thunder mountain as a mining c imp Us Isolation Isola-tion and Inaccesslblllti will neiessarll retard development work as no rra-chlnrrs rra-chlnrrs tan be transported here at prestnt except on pnik animals over moie than 1 hundred miles of very bad mountain trail That there Is a van deposit of low -grade free milling rold ore In Thumb" mountain Is a fact beyond be-yond ills) ule nnd la patent even to the casual observer WHAT Dr. WHY rilOriJUTV COVEHS The Dovvej 1 roperty embraces a group of twent) claims on Thunder mountiln ljlng contiguous and covering nn area of nr proximately four hundred ncrus On ono of these ilulm, high up on the mountain. Is situated the ten-stamp mill nnd at this point nil of the actual development work has been done At the tunnel site tho hill Is laid biro and an Immense fato of por-Ihyry por-Ihyry Intersrersed with uunrt7 and nearly white In tolor. Is exposed to levv This Is the gold-benrliig rotk of Thunder mountain The Devo company his purchflred a hundred-stamp mill which will be put In plico ns soon as a wagon roid can bo constructed to the mines Pittsburg Pitts-burg parties hive contributed J1T.50O to- wartia tins roan aim 11 1 expecieti iitat bv August 1st It will be completed Theie are ft hundred or more clilms on Thunder mountain that show the same character of rock as the Dewey but ure not mineralized to tho same extent. ex-tent. DKVniJPINO CLAIMS. Development work on th principal clilms on tho mountain will begin In a few das Nothing has been done so far this season by reason of tho Impossibility Im-possibility of ohtnlnlng supplies nt a reason ibtn figure 1 lour Is now selling sell-ing nt H per sack bacon at 30 cents, sugnr 25 cents nnd other nrtlcles In proportion Packers want twenty cents per pound for bringing provisions from tho arlqu points of supply Bl'PPLir.S AHH1VK. The new superintendent of the Dewey mines arrived esterdny nn! lodas tho tompiin's pack train of fifty mules loadetl wPh tc 1 thousand pounds of supplies, enmc ln ovef the Heir vnlley trail from Ilolpe A lirge number of miners nlo nccompnnled tho outfit It Is stated here that the Kunnjsldo com-pnny com-pnny has a largo outfit on the trnll nnl thai work on n large scalo will begin upon Its arrival In camp PKOPL1J IN TIIH DlhTMCT. It would ho difficult to estimate the number of people now In the district Thero are j robably fOO ln the town of Hooeevelt and Thunder Mountnln city about equall) divided between the two lloth towns are on Monumentnl creek, tho former being nt the mouth of Mule creek a mile nnd a half from the Dewey nines and the latter town Is four miles below Uach town Is striving tor su premncy and tho stentorian voice of the townslto "booster' Is heard on every hnnd A decided majority of those who have recently arrived In thN district are prospectors and they are scattered nbout tho hills looking for something that will "pin" NO ACTS Or LAWLKSSNKSS. Man locations nre being made on Marble, Bmlth Copper, lllg nnd Tripper Trip-per creeks all of v hlch nro w Ithln a radius ra-dius of ten miles from Thunder mountain moun-tain There have been no nets of lawlessness law-lessness reported up to date and ono Is as safe hero In person and property ns In Halt Luke Cltj News from the outside Is decidedly scarce, the latest dally piper In camp being the Issue of June 10th Mali Is cirried from here to Warren nnd Ketchuin. the neirest offices, by special messengers the townslto companies bearing the expense The cnrrlers trn-mI trn-mI on foot an I nre from eight to ten da a In making the round trip oiu:at mining camp After n careful sure of the situation situa-tion here The Tribune correspondent ia of the opinion that Thunder mountain will niako a greit mining camp but like ever other camp In the country, time and mono) will be necessiry to bilug it to Its full fruition. At present It Is nothing mire than cr) promising promis-ing prospect ininp and It la by no means a poor man s proposition When a wagon road Is constructel over which mining supplies and ma-chlner) ma-chlner) and saw mills can bo transported tran-sported there will be an abundance of work for the lihorer and the nrtlsin In the futuro patrons of Tho Tribune will be furnished with reliable Information Informa-tion upon the progress and develop, ment of mining at Thunder mountain. |