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Show THUNDER MOUNTAIN AS SEEN B! TRAVELER FROM OGDEN- R? E. Gery, connected with the office of-fice of lands, Forest Service, has just returned from a month's trip to the Thunder Mountain country in central Idaho. While the object of his trip was connected with the surrounding investigation necessitated a more or less general investigation of the entire en-tire Thunder Mountain country. He reports the country as one of tho most interesting in the intormountaln dis-j dis-j trlct. The entire area is decidedly rough and mountainous, with exceedingly exceed-ingly steep slopes and high divides, and as a result of this irregular topography top-ography there has been but littlo development de-velopment He believes, however, that a road could be constructed either from Cascade or McCall that would follow a water grade which would open up the Johnson Creek, Big Creek and Monumental Creek areas at no great expense. Such a road would add considerable wealth to the State of Idaho as it would enable the develop-, develop-, ment and working of th'o very large areas of low grade ore found in the country. There is also considerable high gradeore but this does not compare com-pare In extent with the large amount of low grade. Gold appeared to bo the principal ore, but silver, copper, lead and other minerals are much in evidence. evi-dence. Even at the present time, and under un-der adverse transportation conditions, there is considerable mining activity. At the Cinnabar properties on Fern and Cinnabar Creeks much development develop-ment work is being performed and one of the operators In shipping a tank of this mineral each day. At the antimony mines on Johnson Creek considerable activity was also manifested. At the Dewoy mine, near the old I town of Roosevelt, preparations were 1 being made for tho spring placer op-1 op-1 erations. Mr. Gory reports that the area affords af-fords ono of tho best remaining fishing fish-ing and hunting districts in tho country. coun-try. Deer and mountain sheep and goats are plentiful and the mountain streams abound with fish. During his visit a deaf and dumb boy eight years of ago became lost in i the timber and a two weeks' search I failed to find any trace of him. It j was finally concluded that he had been I attacked and carried off by a cougar. |