24 Sep 1891
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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1891
Page
1
Time table fragment reports connection at Nampa for Boise on trains Nos. 1 7 8. Agent C Munuwa listed. Numbers Freight and express items appear in garbled list. No clear dates or destinations beyond Boise and Nampa.
A Telegram from the Seven Devils camp notes ore shows at Badger Confidence Black Garnet Victoria Tamarack Bodie and Copper Key mines. New shafts 20 to 50 feet deep and rich ore bodies are described along with air and water power updates. Also notices a Board of Equalization session in Boise and a call for shoppers to visit the Emporium.
Big potatoes and two enormous tomatoes on display at the Vendome bar with 14 inch circumferences. Idaho Commercial company shows mammoth apples at hardware store, grown by J. M. Hart. Mineral notes include Mines opening, Black Maria, and a wedding sendoff for John Heartman and Annie Hermo. Alum safety debate cites Scientific American lists baking powders contains alum and ammonia.
Governor Willey tours the Welser area to inspect wagon road sections from Mt Idaho to Florence and Salmon River to Warm Springs with a bridge due by December. The State Board of Equalization met at Boise to hear Northern Pacific Union Pacific tax matters, noting assessments from $4,000 to $6,500 per mile, with disputes over exemptions and main line valuations. A Warrens letter warns dull prospecting due to competition and notices, but optimism rests on wagon road completion boosting activity.
A Montana led party of miners engineers and capitalists is en route to Seven Devils to locate a smelting plant to reduce copper ore for eastern refineries. They filed 16 mining claims totaling 820 acres and bought water rights from Bear Creek. Idaho surveys report three parties at work north of the state, mapping new public lands and laying out trails and roads amid rough terrain.
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