| Show Pita Mac In From the North FitzMac the wellknown mining elknown mIning writer arrived In Salt Lake last night on his way home to Colorado from a short stay at Challls Ida In speaking a of that northern country he said that Thunder mountain continues to be the object of greatest Interest Travel Is gradually lest to radual Increasing the gold fields he says and among those who are gathering at strategic points waiting for the snow to disappear a I very strong contingent of Coloradoans is found These men are usually an In telligent class and are for the most part well < wel equipped for prospect work Over 150 men are now said to be wait lag at Three Forks alone While the I danger from snowslldes Is past the trip at pat I present into Thunder mountain would be attended wliji unnecessary hardship I so that unless urgent business bUtlne s requires their rcures presence at the camp the men prefer to wait as prospecting prospectng cannot yet be successfully done The Oregon Short Line s lie says Is pushing its sur vey from Mackay to Salmon River and thence up that stream Where an easy water grade will take them to the Stan hey Basin which Bsin route will enable them to get within a few miles of Thunder mountain and the mounlrn completion of the road 18 g expected this fall He says the fal cOlntr abounds with deer and moun tain sheep and the streams are well lUP1led with fish IIe predicts that the Population oC Idaho will Increase wi very mpldly henceforth and malce estimate oC the arrivals of an arIals 100 a day during Ma people month or May JO Ic day during the June acid says ho would not he srrrle Jr they should 60 a clay In JuIy Increasc to |
