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Show . - THUNUIR BPUNTWrt, IDAHO, j MINERAL TREASURE HOUSi. rorlosial of flol.1 Are llelog Found la Onlar "I " ' o. 1 Thunder Mountain, the new Idah j gold Buhl, Is the moat promising- mln- . J oral region In tho United States. Tha 'i rlcbne s ol this country was not known J until lata la the fall of 1901. after heavy t . snows had closed all avenues by which " tha region might be reached exce.pl . uponsiowshoes. Notwllhslaiidlngtlil fact, Colonel W. U. ley ot Idaho, w v and otlior who have had wide export- j enc la mining, have expended vast sums In the purchase of undeveloped k claims. The surface Indications ara marvclO Jaly rich. Three gold bearing , ledges, from 100 to StW feet, run J. through a mountain parallol lo each -i other. In tho Ihiwoy mine, this vasl deposit has values running from 7 K 4,000 per ton, and the plates of tho 10- P""' -1 stamp mill which run on the ore havo Til to be cleaned of tholr accretion of j ' ' gold every lx hours. ( ' ' Inafee weekstwomlnorslaatsprltig r cleaned up 7,(J0 In placer gold, using V a small cotton hoae lo wash the gravel, ' w ,; ' tha water coming from a small rosor- ''' I voir on th mountain side. Tho mln- f era I ton cover a largo section of ..' , hitherto unexplored country, and la I - ' about 17ft miles from a railroad. I , ( There are five) routes leading to tho -"s ' a Thunder Mountain country, vlx: via . Ketchum, illeckay, Holso and Welser, Idaho, and Kedrock, Montana, all on the Oreroo Short Lloa railway, A great rush to this mecca for miners Is predicted, and "On to Thunder Mountain" Moun-tain" will bo a familiar a th old ' watchword, "I'lke Peak or Iluet," a soon as tbe snows disappear so that th 1 camp may bo reached with supplies, which will probably bo between May 15 and June 1, A scarcity of provision at present keep miners away, aa flour at loO par sack Is considered somowhat of a luxury even In this golden land, Surrounding Thunder Mountain Is a larg section of country sd spied to agriculture and stock raising. D. K. Hurley, general passengor agent of tho Oregon Short Lino railroad, rail-road, at Salt Lake City, sent an expert to report upon that country, and will cheerfully give any Information required re-quired as to the routes and general conditions con-ditions In and around tho great mining |
