Show ROCKY BAR BARAN i. i AN ELDORADO Development Will Wil Prove This Mining District I. I Is Richer Than Thunder Thune Thun- Thun e der Moun Mountain fain MOUNTAIN HOME IE Ida Idu Oct Oc 4 1 I Sp Special cIRI Correspondence The T Telegram le rm What a panacea panacea for all ni the the ills that j.- j. flesh fesh Is heir hell to to Is travel especially if IC one can go 10 such days as these through the Intermountain countr country and rud on so Q fine a road load as us the splendid id Oregon S Short LIneS Line Your correspondent nt ha has just returned re rc turned from rom the back country countr sixty miles mies north of or here herc where some ome of o the most intel stIng of or the old rUining mining r. r cains camps are arc to be found foun The out outride l c cI I world haa has nearly lOI forgotten olen the Rocky Hock Bar mining re region lon but a number of ot otI I Salt Sni Lakers who seem scent to be reaching out Into every promising Held have hn e turned their eyes In this direction and n think tho they will presently have wi present something something something some some- thing very Important to suy say Not man many per persons na stop off oc here at l Mountain Ho Home 1 1 but It Is a pretty and ind bi Interesting tn town and well wel repays a I visit It I 1 is the county count sent seat feat of ot Elmore l county with wih a population of or about 1000 s Sul souls ui Its Is shaded streets partly party hide hider attractive homes and make the tho thoroughfares thor thor- r inviting It I Is a Ivel lively business busi x ness center for the trade of or the country for or fifty miles mies one Ole way va WIY and miles I. I J the other There is a flourishing local bank sank with wih more than on deposit I a new national bank has been chartered chartered char char- which will wi soon toon be In operation Among AmonG the larger mercantile houses the Charles R. R company with wih a n up ald-up capital of oC up fald-up th the George f w W. W Fletcher company capital 2500 and nd the Met Mercantile company compan c capital The town has a large larKe thre three story stor brick a three- three ator story brick hotel the Turner furer house hous of six fifty rooms managed b by the popular Jar lar host V. Y J. J Turner Of cour course e. e the town has haR Its US Is churches Episcopal Hap flap Baptist and Congregational a Catholic par- par an opera opera-hoube telephone S system 8 tem tern etc Ik like an any closs closs town It ItIs ItIs I Is said eaid to do a 1 business of or over half haIr a million dollars per par annum with wih a n steady stead Increase from Cram roni year to year The freight receipts of oC the Oregon Short Line alone at this point amount to toor over r o a month Two To millions of or pounds of wool wol were shipped from here hare la lust last t year ear and a large larGe number of oC sheep and arid cattle catte still sti go o out from Crom this center Mountain Homes Home's citizens are very progressive Of OC the most prominent your our correspondent had had the pleasure of or meeting Hon A. A G. G Smith County Recorder Re Re- Recorder corder cordel and lion Hon lon Clarence Clarance Nicholson Sheriff Judge W. W C C. Howie Howle one of or the leading lawyers lawers though Republican says as a's the State will vIll wJ probably go o Demo Demo- cratic ci Judge Howie Howle has resided here twelve years years longer longer cals longer than any other lawyer lawer In the county Although there is a dally daily dall' dall stage running running run run- ning to Rocky Rock Bar wo we tol took private ate conveyance ance at 6 In the morning for the thc sixty live mile mie ride rile up and down the hills his En route we wc passed the original mountain home a fine fruit and stock ranch which has been here since the thc pioneer days das After a n whole da days day's s 's ride we ve reached Casey's Cacy's a n beautiful ranch on oil tho the South Boise river where we wo stopped over o cr night Leaving Lea In the morning morIng at 7 o'clock wo we made Roel Rocky y b by half past 9 k Here we are In the halt mountains ar a 3 apart part o of the tho famous Sawtooth Sawtooth Saw Saw- Sawtooth tooth range several fe erl thousand feet teat up The little settlement lies les right In the canyon canyon with some ome of or the houses built hult directly over o er Bear creek The town has hag I he been en burned out twice but bul has come up again and awaits a awakening are b by bythe bythe the new mining life Je that promises shortly hort to begin here It If the reputed wealth of or the mines Is demonstrated In Bear creek and its Is contributory streams there has been a great deal of or mining minim Much gold oll ha has been taken out estimated at several millions The These placers arc are still being worked accordinG according according ac ac- ac- ac cording cordinG to old-fashioned old methods of oC sluicing Red Warrior gulch ha has been worked over o er and over o er for roan man many years b by a Chinaman who make It I give up a living to him every season Outside of or orthe the Sawtooth mill mi of at ten stamps stampa there I Is only only- one other that Is running runninG a asmal small smal custom mill mi In the town There I la Is the old Elnore Elmore not now In operation A At tone one tune time there were ere tho the the Elmore the Goat the Red Re Warrior and man many of or lesser notes notes all all larger producers of at gold sold We left let the Elmore to climb close on onto onto onto to a thousand feet acclivity commencing log ing almost at the back door dor ot of the I hotel The Tho slope Is I hea heavily wooded but with wih underbrush The rock Is la largely gray Imy granite with porphyry dykes We were to Inspect the six Kiernan claims claim running runninG up over o er the hill hl hill claims claims that reported to to be bevery beVery cr very valuable The owner James Jame iCier Iler- nap nan had been quietly at work on the ledges edges for Cor the past ten years an taking out with wih his own hand a n bucketful of or ore and working only at odd times Ho had begun besun at the top lop on the surface but later on headed for the vein In In a tunnel which he drove e dr into the side of or orthe the slope about aboul feet Ceet He lie will wi cut the ledge at a depth of or o feet feet From what the party learned from various arlous sources of at Information ani an I from e expert pert Investigation your our correI corre- corre I c Is certain the they teal feel that this r camp has not been developed with wih one- one I fifth the enterprise its real merits meris de de- ICI I The he Salt Lake people became at atI I r once enthusiastic over the KIernan claims From what shat your correspondent could learn their enthusiasm has a perI perfectly per per- I legitimate It ba basis ls Them Is Ia no noi i doubt this Is a rich mining country strangely neglected b by pr day present ml- ml nere ners but promising great results in tho the t. t hands of oC wide awake pushing capitalist capital capital- Is I 11 In September a a year ago Mr Klerman ICier Kler- I man got together pounds as an av r average as' as sample from rum rm his dump and shipped It to Salt Lake Ike It I was wal sam cam sampled pled pied I d with wih the result of oC showing showinG 01 91 91 L sold gold In iii the assay and some me silver The he h sample ample netted him 1 I after paying all nU V. V expenses expense l We came back to Mountain aln Home HomeI rJ I o ei over the sixty mlle U e route braced up In spirits and health h by the tho frosty air fc- fc 1 and ready to tell tel Halt Salt Lakers that they I t needn't BO go o to the Klondike or oven even ven to tor r J 1 Thunder mountain to Get net rich new v mining territory DAN |