Show V BEST WAY TO THUNDER MOUNTAIN I lion Hon Charles Crane Tells fells of the hue Most Alost Practicable le Ketchum Idaho Into the tile New Gold tion of ol the Proposed Road lion Hon Jl n Charles Crane recently received t L letter latter from tram of at Interest In its i connection with tho the Thunder mountain country COUll try Walter Clark Is the till writer f who says sayac aH As tho the road toad from to 10 Thunder Th Mountain wilt will go ao through and anti Sheep mountain It will wIlt Interest you to use your Influence with tho the railroad to favor tavor limb road t na lIS you know knas there tIre tiro many valuable mining properties In aM aIt a round Sheep moun moon mountain tain and Ec which this I open up We Wo built a n bridge Sal SisI Salmon mon man last October and will have one Ino across Valley creek creel before the water raises Mr Crane says say he ho hits him been over oer ot of the tho refutes r lending Into IntI this Ihla new mining district and ami In the tho terminus of at tho the Wood river branch of ot tho tim Oregon Short Line Lino U Is much the Iho Jest best starting point to reach tho ho district An old and splendid wagon road now runs within about forty or forty fISO miles of ot the camp and It Is more than likely l that by b next Juno Julie tho tim road roul roar will stIll bo be completed by this route roule Into the camp The loail leaves leaven pan ll II lag Ing up lip t Wood river ilver to 10 tho tIle old town ton of ot unties miles a 11 u lead die dis district front from which In III tho tIme years ears past thousands of ot tons tOils of ot high hl h grade grado oro ore were wele extracted From Galena which Is hi hion only on four and nd miles tram front the of if the tho Lent Lorn to the tho range iange the road drops down Into tho the head hend of time the main Salmon Su passing lalena basin Washington basin Vienna and Saw SawTooth SawTooth SawTooth Tooth In which latter lotter Landlord T of tho Cullen hotel has hns a fine lead lend of or high grade ore are This road tho tim great lied Hell fish lakes Inkes Hot Springs district a it now new no gold camp dis ilis discovered covered last year From Front to toMoso Mose Moso Is miles over overtIme tho tIme best natural road In the tho slate Mose Is at tile the Ih Junction of ot Vol Val Vall I joy Icy l creek and the tile Salmon river Front From Storer to Cupe Cape Horn Is eighteen over ocr the state road rosul and level as na a floor door passing Stanley Masin a 0 once prosper prosperous ous Otis placer camp and where has hns lately Inte been built hullt a 0 dredge to work over acres of at placer ground some seine of at this ground round It U Is so 8 W ld will average ge 5 G to 13 per yard of ot travel From Front Celia Cape the road rO d turns duo due north direct to Thunder mountain Beaver IJ F nv r k r ek and up over er to tho the center l Of Ot the coming great cam CI j and distant from Cape Horn M lout out fifteen miles From 1 th road passes paRse down river to tt th fork of at tho the Salmon down It n runs run to Marble creel creek und and nd up tip t ti Thunder mountain which Is JIbo t from Tile distance from J to t Is about sIx Nix miles Anti and I have hIi 0 traveled rn It a II score ot of times lilies In li n From Prom Sen Sea foam to Thunder mountain the road IB Is now new but 1 who Is III building I station this route Oute with his hid hl usual foresight will soon noon have hare haveIt It II In ill condition for tor travel ho Is Isnow Isnow Isnow now in lit buy hut grain for far his bbS freight and stage teams next summer In Is U situated the celebrated Bull lo Doll grout group owned by Mr 2111 Crane which Is opened ov ned up for tor over a R mile mil In length and the narrow narrowest narrowest est e t portion of tills this wonderful lode halo III IB feet wide Mr Robert obort Conner of ot W liter blink bank Frank Hates John Crane Crano antI other well known Salt own claims In this thIn district Mr Ir Crane says wood water and grass graM grassIn grassIn graMIn In abundance e ran eM bo ho found the entire nUl distance from Ketchum to Thunder Mountain Fish 1 und and game gumo of ot all nil kinds can ba ho had everywhere I am om am confident dent ilent the th trill trip from Salt Lake to Thun Thull Thunder tier der Mountain over tills this route will be made by W b Mr Lewis In Ito hours It ItIs IH Is safer shorter and convenient than hiatt any other At every everything everything thing thin can be procured for or the trip In Inas Inas as cheap as us In lit Salt Lake mIles further on Mose MOSI Storer Stoler an nil old Utah from Fillmore I carries curries a It splendid d supply of ot everything at t rea reasonable prices The entire distance from to Thunder Mountain Is miles Mr Crane no one Olle to go 0 In until May or early In June ant and al 01 although although though there Is only eight Inches of snow show lI In Salmon valley llo now It will sure aUre surely ly hy get Ret deeper during the coming month months Mr Crane Crano expects expect to leave lenc In ill May for tor the thc null Mull Dog Dor mine |