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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1900
Page
1
A Heath Development report highlights improving metrics and optimistic projections. Management cites steady demand, rising reservations, and favorable market conditions shaping a flattering outlook for the project.
A night shift at the Conway Queen mine faced a fatal accident when a worker slipped from a bucket while lifting water. He fell 40 to 50 feet, struck another bucket, and sustained critical injuries. Dr Loder treated him. he was sent to Cambridge next day. The shaft is perpendicular and well supported, not bucket reliant. There is ongoing mining activity nearby with several claims described and ore shows promising values.
Members of Weiser Lodge No. 28 A F A M are urgently requested to attend the regular meeting on Tuesday evening June 19. Building committee to report and other important business. W B Goopnearr, Sec.
Lou Johnson returns from Thunder Mountain mining district and predicts it will become a premier mining camp. He notes a 20 foot wide ledge, ore rich in gold silver copper and lead, and a mill planned by the Weiser company with E M Barton and A B Anderson involved. Calls for Boise to build a road from Bear Valley to Thunder Mountain to boost access and investment.
The Mineral Belt near Weiser extends over 140 miles north with five to twenty miles width and hosts gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, coal in abundance though largely undeveloped. Transport limits and hostile speculation hinder progress while Mineral camp, Ruthbury, and Galena boast historic silver and lead activity. Jim Ruth’s 2-stamp mill once sparked regional attention.
A despatch reports heavy losses among British forces in the Boer War with about 600 troops killed wounded or captured as battles unfold. British units sustain severe setbacks near key towns, prompting renewed calls for relief and strategic reassessment.
The article details Boer resistance near Pretoria under Louis Botha and Kruger, noting Roberts’ advance, supply cuts, and targets like Roodevaal and Laings Nek. It also covers mining prospects in Washington county, Welser, and Denver figures planning an ore sampling plant to boost local shipping and ore output.
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