Show ON THUNDER MOUNTAIN Observations I of n Colorado Authority I Upon Its Various Camps I After five months In the cluster of I mining camps that flock the great I Thunder mountain Idaho Mr H H Hunter who has been exploring It In the interest of Colorado mining men Is I at the Knutsford hotel Discussing the region generally and Big Creek to which recent discover I are attracting much attention In particular Mr Hunter Hun-ter said My llrat trip to Idaho was nbput the Urrft of May this year with a view of Investigating properties supposed to be near the then famous Dewey mine und wus made at a time conditions wero particularly distressing owing to slush snow and wretched weather Owing to tlu e conditions It wua I1npolii to arrlve at any definite conclutions hut I was most favorably impressed with the lH 5Slhlll ties of the entire section from a broadgauged standpoint Here was a district thirty to forty miles square rich In mineral poaalbllltles with mines on all sides thai have made I their records as producers und this entire en-tire section practIcally unproapected largely owing to Its Isolation urid Inac ci slbllliy The socalled Big Creek section Is about Ihlrtytlve miles from Thunder mountain Tho ore bodies oc currlngon the contacts of granite t nd slate quartzite and porphyry and limo und porphyry with crossveins true figures cutting tic XojmiUorisf The gomnral course of the contact system Is 1C 22 K the cross system about due east and west Of course no considerable considera-ble amount of work has been done to determine what depth may prove but owing to the rug ldn > s of the section treat depth can be obtained by tunnels Surface assays In many Instances show phenomenal viluea with gold and sliver sli-ver values about equally divided On the head of Profile crook Smith crock and Heaver creek on properties owned by II Li Holllstor W M I ucna and others on which some connldfniblo work has been dorms bodies of ore of very high grade have been demonstrated demonstra-ted Thcso gentlemen arc preparing for actIve work this winter and I believe by next summer will have demon lra tcd a camp of whose value there can be no qucrtlon I toprcaenl In there ome of Coloradon bestknown mining men control about one mile of th > belt have 1 good camp establIshed for winter work anti of course believe we have amine a-mine The country k abundantly watered I wa-tered for all power purposes and cow tred with a heavy growth of timber both for samliis and mining The great dibwbuck at jiresent Is the lack of transportation I facilities but tho demonstration of tonnage will bring thai Very little attention was given lo this section this year the average mnn I being content with a run to the Dec mine and out again Of that particular pioperly I know 1 elY llllle bin lie I fact that luclr mill Is I In active Qporallon and a largo force nf nvn at work In undci ground ilovolopinnnt seems to enJon tIt te tho fact that the owners are satisfied with what they have I had the pleasure a short lime ago of entertaining n lour camp for > i clay and afterward trnvrllng for a fow days over thi mining section with the noted Kansas Kan-sas writer Vllliam Allen White and I want to say that where I have hereto ore had a decided antipathy to fat men on dangerous mountain trail after aft-er thin they are my bame Mr While Is I big enough to register a kick that would jar a Senator but the only one he had on the entire trip was when the party tried to Induce him to dine on Kannaa casc aretM but I believe he Ihorqughly enjoyed his experience and In convinced of the great future of the section The most feasible route la I by the O R N via Wclsor and Council Coun-cil |