Show THE THUNDER MOUNTAIN RUSH + Those Who Go in and Those Who Come OutStory of ExSecretary of State Lewis ofIdaho CORRESPONDENCE TRIBUNE I Kctclinin June 1 Travel via Ketch uni lo Plum lJtt mountain and mining camps along the ronte con Unites to In criiii and the Krelt rush Is oxpcctcrl to materIalIze before the expiration oC many days It Is jirorlKled by SOle who are In Ihe Inshlo of mining circles that ul least aOUGO people will soon be moving onward louarU the iuv IfJldo made There Is no doubt that the great majority of travel will come this way I conceded from authenticated Is generally It n6 cnclaly Iollcodec thenticated reports that have been sent themlCltCd the the country that broadcast l ovor cOlliu tml Kflchnm route Is absolutuly the best l and nearest that lends to the great gold camp lion George 1 Lewis exbecrclary of State came In fromThunder mountain moun-tain on Saturdays Clt singe and was In OUI correspondent In IC Ivrvlewed by your rolIespcmtenl gunl to his trip over the I ICetehuin route Mr J < wls said that the road to Sea Foam was a beautiful t I drlvo a bouUvnrd as they would call It across the wnlor and that there was I good loud to Capo Horn whlcli was twelve miles Irom that point and from Capes Horn 161 the journey thnt of fortytwo ml lea I an excellent Is made onsaddle horses over 1 cellent trail baggage being conveyed on j > tlc anlmalH MI Lewis Rays I ICe IC-e Ounll aloiifj the t rout Is a 1 piiradlsa alolG for sportanien tilth and game being In I abundance Near Cape Horn hun h-un a band of ficvontyflx decr some wtM0 In I the road and the rest CIt riuletly taking a siesta under I the trees do not attempt and Tue deer are very tame a n eo tempt 10 get out of the way of any one approaching them for few hunters have as yet Invaded their domain Mr Lr wJs will engage In the mercantile Business i at Thunder mountain A portion por-tion 01 his stock was taken Inlo that camp I on Iho I llrst pal train t over the KiHchum route and there Is a big consignment con-signment IUI of goods now on route lie left for Thunder mountain on Sundays Sun-days singe In company wllh hip brother broth-er JI C Lewis who Is making the trip over bin line to supervise the forwarding for-warding of freight t and establish now stations along the IOU lOUT l-OUT ON THE j HAIl Robert S Newstrum of Phoenix 117 who Is oren fiuoLcd In the Western West-ern Mining World arrived on yesterdays yester-days stage direct f tool ThluniIcr moan In three Lain having made the trip days Mr Newstrum was sent In lo that fampus gold district by i Arizona mpls capitalists to expert on various mining properties which are on the market Jn an Interview which your correspondent correspond-ent had with that gentleman he said with great cnthxisliism Thunder mounatln Is a t rival of Alaska there are mllllonn In sight Mr Nowstrum loft on todays train for Arizona and said thai ho would return In about two I wcukR with the mining Invustors who had sent him lo examine Thunder mountain properties When asked about what he thought 0 tho Kctchum route hat 1 Newstrum Ralcl 1 welt In byway by-way to Mnckay and came out OCt this route which Is absolutely the only one that Is open clear through to Thunder mountain Von can also quote me as saying that there hud nol boon up to the time of my departure I solitary horse or puck animal to react that camp except over the Kctchum road and that there will ho none open from any other point for at least thirty days To the tourist aH well as the gold seeker the Kctchum route affords superior su-perior attractions for It Is a scenic route Thoeiu who have been abroad say if Is a rival of famous Switzerland Switzer-land In point of grand and picturesque scenory There Is not as many travelers coming com-ing In on the trains as overland but tilt OrcgoiuShorl I Lino will POOU begin Ito I-to unload hordes of gold seekers l Lhn Ketchum depot TJII1 I NBWCO t gaS Parties wilh pock trains and covered wagons are to be seen coming In every hour during the day Some of the Argonauts Ar-gonauts tenderfoot as they are called In I common parlance travel t In I different I style froin the I horny handed prospectors prospec-tors riding In covered wagons which are furnished with all I the equipments iSAonllul lo a travelers comfort A family passed thioiifrh lown yesterday In a fourhqrse wagon with a coop oC chlcjcenu I and an Incubator on board Eggs and spring chickens will command com-mand Alaska prices when the tide of bold seekers begins to pour in Ihe great mining camp There Is a t fortune In store for the projector of that enterprise enter-prise The Dewey mlno wont be In It with the chlrkon ranch A most unique outllt passed through I lown Monday whIch afforded more amusement than a circus It was a dilapidated di-lapidated wagon drawn by l gaunt looking horse abend of which was hitched tandem fashion a docile looking mulo fnlrjy groaning beneath the t weight of his pack Ropes served as t races for the vehicle and an ax handle for Hit t singletree The wheels WIT braced by willow limbs woven In the spokes There wa an extra horse hitched to ihe roar end of the wagon which no doubt was intended for a 1 reserve re-serve In case one of the other animals dropped by the wayside The outtlc was driven by nn old Dutchman who seemed to he In a big hurry to reach the I loud of promlfie ns he was nearly out of breath keeping 1 pncr wllh his steed tn which he was i vigorously up Plying the whip The fellow evidently wanted 1 to get In early to avoid the 1 ru howl h-owl only tarried long enough lo I inquire If dot vas der road cot vent dor mountain moun-tain over A small boy yelled outGo out-Go straight lo Thunder The suggestion sug-gestion waf apropos tC aay the least ThERE ARE OTI IB US En passant permit UK to say that while nearly all of the mining Interest la I oenlorcd In Thunder mountain that It Is i not tho only pebble Oil the beach There are hundreds of line prospers many of them gold propositions nnd mnny square mlle of unexplored country coun-try between here and i lie Thundci mountain district Stanley basin which Is about lifty stIles north of Kelehuin nnd on the Thunder mountain moun-tain offers a most invillng Held for the prospector It Is an old placer district dis-trict and lias produced over 1000000 In gold Capt U C Bryant of Washington Wash-ington D C u wellknown mine Investor In-vestor who passed through Kftchnm several weeks ago en route tc Thunder mountain t I concluded io t prosjwct In I Stanley basin Vfe were shown a private pri-vate letter from that gentleman undei date of May 31st In which lift staled that he had discovered a formation of quart and had found It to be ihe 1 richest rich-est goklbearlnff rock ever found In Idaho He also stated Ihat siome fine prospects had bm n found near Sea Foam Cupl Bryan I saya that the combination com-bination of conditions In Stanley basin resemble those of Cripple Creek and may result In discoveries that will attract at-tract as much interest as Thunder mountain In the Jclnlly of Ketchum there are numerous silver and load mines that are being successfully worked but the hick of capital prevents extensive operations There arc mines on Boyle mountain In the Warm Springs creek mining district twelve miles above Kclchum that have been steady producers pro-ducers for many years The sliver and lead mines at Smoky thirtylive miles from Kctchum iro attracting considerable consid-erable attention The Tyrannls Is the most extensively worked property In the district I Is OWned by Messrs Thorndlko and Richards of Paris Prance at Boulder twelve mlleo from here Is being operated by I Dr A P Yoke or eavenworlht Kiln Dr VoIce Is n noted physician of thIn city and 0 b gonlleman of wealth He came out here last summer sum-mer on a healthseeking tour and whIle I camping near Uouldor became Interested I Inter-ested in the Ophlr mine and secured II j house l oC the pioperty and put 0 large force of men lo work The snow hUH not nil disappeared yet from that local Itv which rctnrds progress or developments develop-ments As soon as tho roads are open the doctor vlll Increase the force of men at the mine and Install modern machinery Ketchum Is the sunply point for oI the various mining cnmps within a radius ra-dius of 100 miles and an outfit ting poln for Thundur mountain There Is every Indication that t It I will soon become them the-m of Wood river The weather has boon cold for the pust two weeks with frost at Intervals Ice formed on water lust night t fInch f-Inch thick James Whllcomb Riley writes about thu frost being on tho pumpkin thats all right but 1 hll there Is a frout on June roses It Is a phenomenon IuBi COJWAY TUCKER Jlhi irt ftlSS llPl |