| Show lnAHO MINKRAL WEALTH jiA 4What I What the Government Survey Will Do For It SOME NEW DISCOVERIES t RAILROAD FROM BOISE TO SILVER SIL-VER CITY BlR Power Scheme What Is Being Done in thc Mines The Political 1 Pot i Rolling Pops Coming Back at tlie Republicans That J A P Jones Club of Salt Lake I Boise Ida Sept 1SSpeclal1The attention Idaho is receiving at the hands of the United States geological survey is hailed with joy by mining men all over the state They recognize the incalculable benefits this youpg commonwealth will acquire by the extended ex-tended advertisement the national government gov-ernment will give the mineral resources of the state in their minds eye they t see in Idaho the second Colorado of the west for they realize that what the geological geo-logical reports did for Colorado they wilt also do for Idaho The Interior of tills state is practically prac-tically an unexplored region At only rare intervals have prospectors penetrated pene-trated into the heart of unknown Idaho and these brought stories of the richness rich-ness of mineral wealth of that isolated Iso-lated section which seemed almost incredible in-credible Recently however an organized organ-ized party spent several months prospecting pros-pecting there and their accounts of the latent resources of the wilds of Idaho fully bea ut the statements of the few prospeu J who had preceded them The stories told by thp explorers explor-ers I they may be so called found their way into print and as a result the government took the matter up sending a re onnolsance party Into the field This party is still in the field and although their work for this sear jnn Is only cf a preliminary character r r the engineer In charge has already sent In reports that have fully decided the director of the geological survey at Washington Charles D Walcott to make extended Investigation in that section Henry Gannett of Washington D C chief topographer of the geological survey for the entire United States and R N Goode of San Francisco chief of the Pacific division embracing California Oregon Washington and Idaho arrived in this city a few da sago s-ago on an official tour of Inspection They reported Director Walcott was on lila way to Boise for the purpose of Jooking over the field in order that he orer might all the better plan the work with particular reference t the extended geological research it is proposed to prosecute in Idaho Arrangements have been made for a number of the leading mining men of the state to meet Director Walcott Ihere rd Iere IereI is understood that in addition to the interior or unknown portion of the state special attention will be given to the Boise basin country the Owyhee country and the Seven Devils RAILWAY TALK The air has been surcharged with railroad rumors for some time anrj lt is now believed something tangible will shortly present itself A scheme that has been talked of not a little for the past year or two is a railroad from Boise to Silver City and De Lamar in Owyhee county The alarming scarcity of timber In the vicinity of these two mining camps and the exorbitant rates of transportation incident upon a fifty mile haul by wagon makes the construction con-struction of a railroad and right away at that imperative In fact the mines of that section cannot bag con tinue operations unless they lqg connected con-nected with a railroad Coupled with this railroad enterprise Is a plan to build a flume to connect the almost Inexhaustible timber belt of Boise Basin with this city Logs could be shot down the flume to Boise where they would be converted into mining timbers and every variety of lumber I would then be shipped to treeless Owyhee and in fact all over southern Idaho a section that is now supplied almost wholly from Oregon A POWER SCHEME Another feature of this enterprise is a sCheme to utilize the water brought through the flume for the generation of power Engineers estimate sufficient power could be obtained in this manner man-ner to operate all the machinery with in a radius of fifty miles of Boise for years to come Electricity is contemplated contem-plated A number of prominent eastern capitalists capi-talists are said to have become deeply l interested In this series of enterprises I has been feared trouble will arise over an attempt to consolidate too many interests but Boise people are perfectly willing to permit the exercise of grasping proclivities on the part of the powers behind the throne even in a superlative degree i they can get The railroad They realize its construction s construc-tion means a city of 30000 people herein here-in a very short time tme g The survey of the Seven Devils railroad road has had a decidedly stimulating effect upon that section A number of J capitalists Including the Merritts of I Duluth who are backed by Rockafel ler have bonded several of the gold 1 mines and purchased others A Michigan Michi-gan syndicate has had representatives looking over the wonderful copper resources re-sources of the Devils I is understood the syndicate ha bonded the Peacock group of copper mines the richest in that district The great bulk of the ore from the old Peacoch averages 33 to 40 per cent copper Lack of transpcrta tion facilities aloife accounts for the failure of this mine to be known as one of the greatest copper producers in the United States A RICH DISCOVERY An immensely rich discovery was made recently in Willow Creek district near this city Dan Levan of Caldwell Cald-well located a ledge of decomposed quartz which he uncovered for a distance dis-tance of 300 feet He sunk in several plaCes ascertaining the average width of the ledge to be 2 feet The quartz is so rich i can be worked at a profit in a hand mortar In fac in seven hours Mr Levan pounded out 7 in gold using a very small mortar mor-tar and washing the dirt in an imperfect imper-fect pan Assays of the ore run from 1000 to 2400 a ton The discovery caused no little excitement As Levan jumped the claim the property will likely be tied up in litigation for sometime some-time A company of San Francisco capitalists has made the owners of the principal mines in the district including includ-ing the Lovan property a proposition Xto buy their mines and put up a large Tntll Negotiations are still pending 4 In Neal district eighteen miles from 1 Boise the Homestake mine owned by Charles Balbach of Omaha is turning out an average of 1000 a week with a sma force and ten stamps Th e Hidden Treasure owned by Mountain Home parties has proven a bonanza A 120 hour run was recently made Li a fivestamp mill The cleanup clean-up amounted to 1400 The ore mills an average of 40 a ton The Hidden Treasure was considered a very ordinary ordi-nary property until a short time ago A large boulder was found in a ravine below the ledge Someone accidentally split G piece off the boulder and discovered dis-covered It was speckled with gold The t boulder was then beaten up and it was found to be fairly alive with gold The owner of the Hidden Treasure then began be-gan to open up his mine In a short timeh struck I rich and he is now on the highway to fortune The strike In the Hidden Treasure has attracted wide TLttentioato NeaJ district Your corres pondent has i from a reliable source that the OmahaGrant company in which Charles Balbach owner of the Homestake is interested is arranging a deal which contemplates a consolidation trict consolida-tion of all the leading mines in the dis TEE POLITICAL POT I want to say that politics in Idaho have not lost any of the heat Infused into the campaign A mess is stirring sizzling and fairly bubbling over in the Intensity of the warmth political And believe me when I say there is already ample evidence of an increasing temperature tem-perature in and about Boise it being the hub from whence radiates sectional sec-tional strife now being waged in all the different localities round about Theres music in the air ho mistake The Democrats Dem-ocrats and Populists in Idaho seem to be dwelling evenly together and not infusing personalities into the contest so far as they are concerned But the Republicans doctor The sight of aPp a-Pp is to them what water is to a mad dogthey cant abide them That makes i horse and horse and the Democrats look on calmly but knowingly know-ingly Just wait the next Issue of the Populist papers in this section and wit ness how they will rend Edgar Wilson for being so indiscreet as to get full as a tick one evening recently I seems the Republican press threw a harpoon at the Populist nominee for governor Ballentine on his Intemperance Intemper-ance to put i mildly and on the heels of this Governor McConnell gets loaded load-ed Edgar gets loaded the Populist organs or-gans load up for bear and will unmercifully un-mercifully score the Republican nominees nomi-nees on the events described all owing Ito the latter having opened the ball on personal lines of this nature In defense de-fense of these two distinguished gentlemen gentle-men for whom I have the highest personal per-sonal regard I will say that as I witnessed wit-nessed lcgar5 walking about with their i load a spirit of selfishness for the moment mo-ment took hold of me I vainly wished 1 had half their load I would then be in bed at the Capital hotel sound asleep and wholly oblivious to the cares of this Iffe REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN LITERA i TURE t One feature has manifested itself in Republican strongholds not alone in Idaho but in Utah as well Republican Republic-an literature and speeches that were early prepared now have to be revised and that with a vengeance The battle was to be fought on the cry of hard times and they were charged up to the Democrats as the ruling party in power They would shtfw that the country was gone to the dogs and the I hard times would be followed by crime pestilence and even grim death by starvation for the multitude now eking out scant subsistence under Democratic Dem-ocratic laws They would harp on the closing down of mines mills and factories fac-tories and call upon high heaven to bear witness that theirs was the only partyfor free silver They had things cut and dried in this town now they ara wondering where they are at and how to take a much needed reef in their campaign sails so early spread to the breeze of public opinion Hopes of such early ambition have been flattened flatten-ed out John P Jones did it with his powerful silver mace at one fell swoop Republican party leaders everywhere ev-erywhere are reeling and staggering about from the effects of what is to all intents and purposes a knockout blow on the silver question I Now is witnessed returning prosperity prosper-ity to the country and we see mills factories shops and mines all opening up the country over with renewed life and activity springing from every wheel bolt and gearing in the works work-s > w of the nation Forces everywhere lu t being increased especially is this ISO in the great trade centers The press of the country tells us daily of banks loanIng money once again and real es tate sales the country over show marked mark-ed improvementa criterion in itself Vault doors are being unlocked and their wealth again permitted to go nut for investment in all the legitimate trade cnannels The people of the coun try are made to realize this and inconsequence in-consequence the g o p must needs revise re-vise their methods speakers must be 1 called in and drilled all over again lest their heareis laugh their efforts lo scorn at the very outset it THE JONES CLUB OF SALT LAKE Do you know that people from ocean to ocean are talking and chuckling over the John P Jones now famous club of Salt Lake Well they are Its a great advertisement for Salt I Lake and while reflecting any other I than a high order of intelligence and i discernment among that small number i of her citizens will I am confident redound re-dound largely to the interests of Utah and the Democratic party I have heard here expressed a wish that The Herald Glee club make a tour of Idaho jif only stopping long enough at points for j rendition of that now famous cam cm paign song of theirs I WATER QUESTION IN IDAHO In previous correspondence I stated that I would later on give the Republican Republ-ican I platform on the all important water wa-ter question but I wont I find there is none to give They havent come out now or in the past on this They dont force the issue squarely as do the Democrats i Dem-ocrats Why even the Populists jumped jump-ed out with a declaration of principles on the same but where oh where stands the g o p on the vital issue SPRINKLED WITH HOT WATER j 1 I hereby apprise the outside world that they sprinkle the streets of Boise with hot waterstop that laughing Nothing is so very strange about it I when the secret is unfolded as wit ness the following Throughout the city in the sprinkling district is erected stand pipes to throw off the water from the hot water line that I is used for heating buildings and the sprinkling wagons are filled from these In this connection yor will note that fire hydrants are left undisturbed and from this Salt Lake city could copv to good advantage Any waterworks water-works sunerintendent will tell you that the sprinklins men damage hydrants f bv using them Valves are not proper Iv closed down neither are they properly pro-perly turned on and resulting yearly to hundreds of dollars worth of damage dam-age to the system For proof of this Salt Lakers may question him that I was the Tuscarora superintendent of waterworks Dan Griffin Some will incline to the theory that steaming hot water sQuirted bounteously upon the streets during the heated term would II run UP the thermometer but eve if this be so there is something on the other hand that completely offsets that claim What is it This The hot water wa-ter mingling with the sundried dust particles go at once into the baking business and the result follows that a sort of crust is glazed over making I i a success to be derived in no other way I keeps down the dustthats I the one great point and people in all other less favored cities neednt tear their garments over something nature has denied to them This hot water in dustrv carries with it other virtues I For instance it heats private a well la public dwellings and in the frigid season any Boise resident can uncork Ibis demilohn at any hour of the silent night and lo a hot drink is mixed I so soon as he grasps the faucet MORE LIGHT IS NEEDED I Boise warrants are selling at par and theres cash in the city treasury But the city owes it to itself to let more light shine on it at night The city council has reduced the number of lights and portions of the city are inconsequence in-consequence shrouded in gloom That is not to the best interests of the city I Strangers come to your city and penetrate pen-etrate a cheerless gloom with feelings other than kindly While saving a few dollars on the municipal pay rolls monthly a telling force is being all the while exercised against your growth and advancement and such things should not be Steps should at once be taken to remedy this condition and when so remedied will net you results far in excess of the paltry amount at present city being saved RAY RAYMOND to the capital I |
