Show ON THUNDER MOUNTAIN Largo Amount Development Work With Substantial Results Reports from the Thunder mountain region Idaho indicate steady If not sensational Improvement In Us condition condi-tion during the season and while the I active production of gold from the mountain proocr has been conilncd to the Dewey mill conditions at this time Justify the expectation that to it I will be added at least two plants In 1901 During the season on which light snows aro now falling every proposition has I been under steady development while it Is said that on the Sunnyside group alone 2200 feet of development has been done on ore that shows 1 mil margin Equally as active have been the corn panic owning the Fallview and Belle of Thunder groups in the opening up of those portions of the coldbearing zone while a number of others have accomplished most gratifying results On Profile creek the Glasgow and Dundee Dun-dee have been doimi some very energetic ener-getic work with most satisfactory results re-sults while on Big creek the Independent Independ-ent group has opened up Into a mine which compares favorably with the most productive in the State A gentleman gen-tleman who recently visited it says the ledge has been crosscut for 110 feet and that the ore affords an average of 515 I gold with some streaks of very highgrade the owners headed by a Mr TSlclridge of Kansas recently refusing refus-ing to sell on a basis of 1000000 William Wil-liam Eaton has boon making locations on Smith creek for Boise Interests and to comprehend the width of one zone was required to make two parallel locations lo-cations On this he Is now running a number of open cuts preparatory to beginning I be-ginning systematic work The road Into the region has now reached a station within twentylive miles of Thunder mountain with large tonnages of freight strewn along It and preparation Is being made for much active ac-tive work |