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Show SALMON CITY BOOMING Great Mining Camp as Well as Great Grazing Country. S. J. JlcNab of Salmon City, Idaho, is a guest at tho Wilson. Just In from that prosperous mining section.. In a general way ho said: "Ours Is, in the first place, a great mining min-ing camp, and secondly, a great grazing section. "Tho Lcauvllle, Rabbltsfoot, Darkhorso and Gllmoro groups of mines are In the highest etato of development, the finds being bettor the decpor they go. Our great trial Is lack of good transportation; but we aro happy up there over the early prospect of a road from Butte to Wlnno-mucca, Wlnno-mucca, Nov., to be built by the Hill or Great Northern Interests, and that will largely solve our transportation problem. It Is to bo called tho California, Idaho & Montana railroad. No Labor Troubles. "We havo no labor troubles up our way. Employers nnd employees arc getting on nicely. "Eastern capital Is seeking Investment among ue, especially from Pittsburg, New York and Chicago, and is developing our mines In a remarkably effcctlvo way. The , Gllmore company Is shlpplnR twenty tons of ore a day which shows 60 per cont of lead and thirty ounces of sliver to the ton. Bank Is Doing Well. "To give you an Idea of how we are going ahead there In , financial matters, lot mo say we opened the First National bank of Salmon City Just two months ago, and now we havo $100,000 on deposit there "On the grazing and cattle side of things wo have had a damp spring, which is conducive to good grass-growing, and feed never was as good up there as now. The rango i.s first class anl cattle are In flno form." |