Show THNER MOUNTAIN BUSH A Great Throng Going In Hich Strikes Constantly Reported Welser Ida March 29HOn to Thunder mountain is thc slogan and they are coming on every train from Maine to California Hotels are overflowing over-flowing and lodging houses are crowded crowd-ed I Ten to fifteen persons leave every day from Weler by rail to Council while parties of eight or ten leave herewith here-with pack outfits carrying their supplies sup-plies with them Reports of new rich and marvelous strikes reach here every day and everyday every-day the train from Council brings In returning miners from the new Eldo rado who are coming out to sell their mines or procure new upples so that they may continue work on their claims One and till < are unanimous in declaring that It is the greatest gold bearing mineral belt In the United Stated Dan Cote one of the pioneer miners and prospectors of tho Thunder mountain moun-tain district Is In the city having just arrived from the compo Ho brought with him samples of rich goldbearing quartz from locations made ten to fifteen fif-teen miles from tho Dewey properties proving the assertion made by returning return-Ing prospectors that the district comprises com-prises an area many miles In extent Locating and booming Thunder mountain lownsltea is the order of the day and the new distrIct will have towns galore Already three are platted plat-ted und placed on the market and the projectors are portraying to the public the many advantages and prospects of the embryo cites Men arc here preparing to go to Thundei mountain to engage in all sorts enterprises One of the latest to arrive Is L C Parkhurst of Denver Colo who will start a brewery to supply sup-ply the thirsty miners with 0 refresh log drink after their weary tramp over the mountains In search of gold Mr Parkhurst Is over 70 years of age buts but-s as hale and spry as u man of 50 He made the first beer ever brewed In the Black Hills In South Dakota making his first brew in Deadwood In 1876 A argo stock of liquors and cigars havo already been sent into the camp by a gentleman from Los Angeles Cal A party from Nampa this state with ortyfivo pack animals loaded with upplles for a store passed through the city tha first of the week headed forth for-th new camp All lines of business vlll be represented In a short time and provisions will be plentiful In tho camp As i result of all this the merchants of the city are reaping a harvest In a number of the leading stores It has hecomenecesrr to increase the cler cal force in order to attend to the wants of the numerous customers whore who-re outfitting for tho great gold camp F M Bale y a prominent citizen of tedding Calf is in the city en route t o Thunder mountain Mr Bailey vhs ted the camp last summer and Is now turning to participate in the great rush Mr Bailey Informed your correspondent pondent that California would contribute con-tribute DGOO or COOO people to the new arro this summer Mr Bailey states hat the railroad from Wclacr to Eu eka Ca1 mention of which has been lade quite often in the press of lutes lute-s looked upon by the people of his sec ton as a sure thing Messrs Proctor and Thurlowt the promoters were In Nodding a i short time since and stated that work would be started on it the cOming summer Ho says It is the most feasible and nearest route to California Califor-nia and the Coast from the northwest era States and that its advent would bo greeted with Joy by thc people of ortTfern California and that It will open to railroad transportation 3 large section of country In southern Oregon and northern California that Is now radically Isolated and would ford railroad transportation to many mlifes that have now no means of getting their ores to the smelters |