Show THUNDER IDAHO A MINERAL TREASURE fortune e gold I 1 in abr cei ter 11 stute 0 idaho thunder mountain the new idah gold feld Is the most promising min eral in the united states of this country was not known until late to the fall of 1901 after heavy endows aad closed all avenues by which the region might be reached except upon ei fact W II 11 dewey of idaho and cothre who have had wide expert ence lu coining have expended vast bums in the purchase of undeveloped claims athe surface indications are marvelo irely rich three gold bearing ledges from to feet run through a mountain parallel to each other in the mine this vast deposit I 1 as values runn ng from 7 to 4 p r ton and the i lates of the 10 stamp m jl which rune on the ore have to be cleaned ot heir accretions ot gold every eix hours in a few weeks two miners last spring cleaned up 7 in lacer guld using a small cotton hose to wash the gravel the water coming from a amill reser the mountain side iho min eral zone covers a large section of hitherto unexplored country and Is about miles from a railroad there are five routes leading to the thunder mountain country viz via getchun mackay boise and welder idaho and redrock montana all on the oregon short line railway A great rush to this checca for miners Is and on to thunder moun tain will bo as familiar as the old watchword pike s peak or bust as soon as the snows disa pear so that the camp may be reached with supplies which will probably be may 15 and june 1 A scarcity of provisions at present keeps miners aaa as flour at 50 per sack is considered somewhat of a luxury even in this golden land surrounding thunder mountain is a large section of country adapted to agriculture and stock raising D E burley general passenger agent of the oregon short line rail road at salt lake cit sent an e to report upon that country and will cheerfully give any information re quiren as to the routes and general con editions in and around the great mining amp |