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ttHE SUNDAY OKEGOKlAlSr, PORTLAND, JULY 21, 190L
An Epistle to tKe Pioneers.
Rev. NeHemiaH Do one "Writes on tKe
TeacKing's of Jesus.
V.
The following address to the pioneers of
'Oregon, "was written by Rev. Nehemlah
Doane, a pioneer of 1849. "who came to
lOregon to take charge of the Oregon In
stitute at Salem. At one time Rev. Mr.
Doano taught every pupil in Portland and
the surrounding1 country In a little school
house of one room, and he was a very
prominent figure in the early life of the
state. Mr. Doane, who is now S2 years
old, has ever been an earnest student of
the Scriptures, and his vigorous preaching
has exerted a wide influence throughout
the Northwest "What Mr. Doane has to
cay on religion now in the Autumn of
his life -when his convictions have been
'seasoned by long1 years of labor and re
flection cannot fall to Interest deeply those
who have been associated with him in the
building of the state, as well as to their
children and those who have come later
to enjoy the fruits of their labor:
To my friends, the Pioneers of the Pa
cific Northwest: A personal God has ex
isted from eternity. Such a Being must
be self-existent. In our finite thought,
we do not know wbat self-existence Is.
Deity alone must comprehend it. "My
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
.are your ways my ways," salth the Lord.
"For as the heavens are higher than the
earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways, and my thoughts, than your
thoughts." (Psalm lv:8-S.)
Hero is the ground of. self-existence.
First. Somewhat must have existed
ifrom eternity, for if, at any point in past
duration, it could have been truthfully
"said: Nothing, .absolutely nothing, exists,
.It must always have remained so; for,
,out of nothing nothing comes.
The Xatlns thought this so important a
.truth, that they sought an adage to ex
'press it in the briefest manner possible.
Ex nlhllo nihil fit; that is, out of nothing
nothing comes. But the Universe does
exist. Our five, senses assure us of the
fact. Therefore, first, somewhat has ex
isted from eternity.
Second. "What is that somewhat which
Ihas existed from eternity? It' must be
either the Universe or its author. These
two cover the whole ground. There is
nothing .outside of them. It is not the
.Universe, which has existed from eter
nity. Every part of the Universe that we
Siave come to know the use of, the pur
pose of, the design of, shows in itself,
the marks of that design. And everything
designed must have had an intelligent
(designer; and that designer must have
existed before the thing designed. There
fore, second, the Universe has not existed
from eternity. Therefore, third, the au
thor of the Universe, whom we call God,
Ibas existed from eternity.
Third. God must be a personal being.
Zh. person is one having ability for Intel
ligent and moral action. All men, in
their normal condition as men, are per-
3ns'An Infant of a day, is a person only
in prospect. A brute, is not a person.
Some brutes have a low degree of intel
ligence, but they have no moral faculty.
They lack that responsibility which In
heres in all persons. A man thoroughly
Insane, is no more a person than a
granite post.
I have shown that a man, being a part
bt the Universe, has not existed from
'eternity; he must, therefore, have come
from God, who has existed from eternity.
To say that God, who has created all per
sonal beings, is not himself a personal
being, is one of the greatest of absurd
ities. Therefore, fourth, a personal God
has existed from eternity. God does not
argue in proof of his own being, but
always assumes it; because like all doc
trines taught in the Scriptures, it is to be
received by faith, on the authority of his
word, which satisfies the heart better
than the best reasoning on the subject
"Now faith Is the substance of things
'hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen." ( R. V.) "the assurance of things
hoped for, the proving of things not seen."
Our Saviour says: "If a man will do his
will, he shall know of the doctrine wheth
er it be of God." (John vil:17.) Surely
this is evidence enough.
Multitudes of Christians every year, go
Joyfully into eternity upon this lone evi
dence, and they need no other. God gives
them the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen. Jesus
cays: "If ye continue in my word, then
are ye my disciples indeed, and ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make
,you free." (John viil:31-32.) This also is
entirely sufficient for the Christian. "My
sheep hear my voice, and I know them,
nd they follow me; and I give unto them
jeternal life; and they shall never perish,
JJigUher .shall any man pluck them out of
toy hand." (John x:27-2S.)
1 I have argued the being of God in this
jorticle, not because I think the reasoning
Jto be absolute, or perfect; but because It
is a thousand times better, in regard to
(man's own being, than that of one who
jdenles either the being, or the personality
tof God.
It was revealed to no man in the Jewish
dispensation, that their Messiah would be
crucified, or that ho would ever die at
all. Nor did the prophets, who foretold
his death, comprehend the meaning of
their own phophecy. Peter says: "The
.prophets have inquired and searched dll
Hlgently, who prophesied of the grace that
rshould come unto you; searching what,
and what manner of time the Spirit of
Christ, which was In them did signlfs.
when it testified beforehand the sufferings
of Christ and the glory that should fol
low" Nor did the apostles and early disciples
understand that Jesus was to be put to
ideath. They supposed that their Messiah
was to eit upon the throne of David, re
lease the Jewish people from the Roman
oke, And bring all nations under the au
thority of God's kingdom on the earth.
This ereat error often blinded their
minds In regard to the Savior's teach
ttng. They sometimes got into discussion,
and disputed among themselves, who
should be the greatest At last, when
necessary, Jesus informed them what was
going to be dqne to him. Matthew says:
"From that time forth began Jesus to
show unto his disciples how that he must
aro unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things
of the elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be killed, and be raised again the
third day. Then Peter took him, and be
gan to rebuke him, saying, 'Be It far from
thee, Lord; this shall not be unto thee.' "
They were eo blinded by prejudice to
the nature of his kingdom that they
"questioned one of another what the ris
ing from the dead should mean."
"Within a ehort time of his ascent to
heaven, they Inquired: "Lord, wilt thou at
this time restore again the kingdom of
Israel?" Jesus responded: "It Is not for
you to know the times or 'the seasons
which the Father hath put In his own
power," and he left them to be taught
more fully by the spirit
A Pioneer and Joseplms.
About 42 years ago I had preached at
Lebanon on Sunday morning, and at 4
P. M. I entered a little schoolhouse 10
miles down the prairie, and found it full
of orderly people waiting for the coming
of the preacher. The discourse for the
hour consisted largely in setting forth
the character and work of the Lord Je
sus, for the salvation of men. At the
close of the service a stranger invited me
home with him to spend the night The
Autumn had come, and as soon as a good
fire had heated up the house and made it
comfortable to converse, he inquired:
"What writings have we, outside of the
Bible, to show that Christ was such a
character, and performed such a part, as
that represented In the discourse of the
afternoon? Ireplled: "We are not de
pendent on the Bible alone for our knowl
dge cf Christ We have other writings of
him."
"Well, what other?"
I replied: "Josephus has given a very
pood account of Christ"
"O," says he, "Josephus says there was
cuch. a man as Christ; but he dees not
say anything like what we heard today."
"I beg your pardon, sir," says I, "he
says all he need to say of Christ as a
Divine Savior."
"We have Josephus in the house."
"Well I have Josephus, too, in my
house," I replied.
"But he doesn't say anything about his
being the Savior."
"Bring along Josephus," said I, "bring
him along."
He then brought the book, and I turned
to his testimony of Christ, In his antiqui
ties, book 18, chapter 3, section 3, and
read the testimony of Christ, as follows:
"Now thero was about this time Jesus,
a wise man. If It be lawful to call him
a man, for he was a doer of wonderful
works, a teacher of such men as receive
the truth with pleasure. He drew over
to him both many of the Jews, and many
of the Gentiles. He was (the) Christ
And when Pilate, at the suggestion of
the principal men amongst us, had con
demned him to the cross, those that loved
him at the first did not forsake him; for
he appeared to them alive again the third
day, as the divine prophets had foretold
these and ten thousand other wonderful
things concerning him. And the tribe of
Christians, so named from him, are not
extinct at this day."
"Sir," says I, "y,pu see that this is all
we could wish him to say about Christ.
His only reply was: "I did not think that
Josephus had said those things of Christ"
Intelligent Christians, rarely ever refer
to the testimony of Josephus, for they
have evidence most abundant both Inter
nal and external, that the Bible is in
spired of God, and this evidence is in
creasing continually with the diligent stu
dent of that book. And because the Bi
ble Is inspired of God, it Is of more value
than all other books put together. Any
bright student can master any book, If
written In a language which he can read
(which any man can write) ln eight or ten
months; that istjhe can acquire the knowl
edge of thoughtT expressed by the writer.
But no man can master the Bible in a
lifetime. .
Sir Walter Scott says this: "The most
learned, acute and diligent student can
not in the longest life obtain an entire
knowledge of this one volume. The more
deeply he works the mine, the richer and
more abundant he finds, the ore. New
light continually beams from this source
of heavenly knowledge to direct the con
duct and to Illustrate the work of God
and the ways of men. And he will at
last leave the world, confessing that the
more he studied the Scriptures the fuller
conviction he had of his own ignorance
and of their Inestimable worth'.
No book has encountered such fierce
assaults as the Bible. Some of the most
vigorous thinkers and finished scholars
have undertaken to destroy It They hav
brought into their service the pen, and
all the power of oratory, to bring to
naught the teachings of the Scriptures.
But now as we enter the 0th century, the
Bible is received by vastly Increasing mil
lions of people. A reliable writer has
said: "There are now 421 different lan
guages of dialects into which the Bible,
as a whole or In part, has been trans
lated. These include the languages spoken
by at least three-fourths of the human
race. At the opening of the 19th century
the different versions of tho Scriptures
numbered only about GO, spoken by less
than one-eighth of the race. This marvel
ous Increase is almost wholly due to the
labor of missionaries, and It constitutes In
itself a majestic achievement There is
no other single piece of literary labor
during the century which can for a mo
ment compare with It
"All these languages have been studied
and mastered by foreigners, after long,
continuous exacting toll. Think of the
time and pains that are necessary to ob
tain such an understanding of the Chi
nese, Japanese, Tamil, Hindustani, Per
sian, Turkish and hundreds of other
tongues, as to be able to converse intelli
gibly with those to whom these are the
mother tongues. And tho translator must
go quite beyond this, and familiarize him
self with vocabulary and Idioms as to
think in the strange tongue, and to put
the very meaning of the Bible, narrative,
MEMBERS OF PORTLAND RIDING CLUB OFF FOR AN EQUINE JAUNT.
A partyot members of the Portland Riding Club, together with Instructor Nlcol, and consisting: of the Misses Anne and May Shogrcn, Mrs. P. G. Buffum, E. T. Chaso
and C. L. GlllllanO, left the city Saturday, July 13, for a two weeks' trip to Tillamook and Netarts. A feature of the Jaunt to the seaside Is that the ladies of the party
havo adopted the fashion, recently como into vogue In the East of riding astride, with divided skirts.
poetry, prophecy and doctrine, clearly
and unmistakably before the readers. This
attainment lies within the power of but
few, and for them It Involves long, ardu
ous, Incessant labor."
The Testimony of Josephus.
Wo are aware there are Christians, who
regard the passage in the writings of
Josephus. speaking so favorably of Christ,
as an interpolation by some one, and
not the honest testimony of the author
himself respecting Christ To those who
regard the passage in question as an inter
polation I would commend the following
passage In Home's Introduction to the
Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy
Scriptures, vol. 1, p. 4G3:
"Josephus, though a strict pharlsee, has
borne such a noble testimony to trne spot
less character of Jesus Christ, that Je
rome considered and called him a Chris
tian writer. Mr. Whiston, and some mod-
l era writers are of opinion that he was a
Nazatene or Eblonlte Jewish Christian,
while others have affirmed that the pass
age, cited from his Jewish Antiquities Is
an Interpolation, principally (It should
seem) on the ground that it Is too favor-
able to be given by a Jew to Christ; and
(that If Josephus did consider Jesus to be
tho Christ or expected Messiah of the
Jews, he must have been a believer in
him, In which case he would no havo dis
patched the miraculous history of the
Savior of the World in one short para
graph. When, however, the evidence on
both sides is fairly weighed, we appre
hend that It will bo found to preponderate
mosS decidedly In favor of the genuine
ness of tho testimony of Josephus: for,
1. It Is found In all the copies of Jose-
phus works, which are now extant,
whether printed or manuscript; In a He
brew translation preserved In the Vatican
library, and in an Arabic version preserved
by the Maronltes of Mount Llbanus.
2. It is cited by Euseblus, Jerome, Ru
finus, rhc antagonist of Jerome; Isidore
of Pelusium, Sozoman, Cassiodorus, NI
cephorus and by many other authors,
Greeks, Syrians and Egyptians of tho
fourth and fifth centuries; all of whom
had indisputably seen various manuscripts
and of considerable antiquity. How, then,
can men living 1100 or 1200 years after
these writers, and who are so remote both
from tho sources consulted by them, as
well as from the events related by them,
prove-that all these ancient authors were
utterly destitute of discernment and that
all sagaclfy is exclusively reserved for
our time?
Z. Josephus not only mentions with re,
spect John the Baptist, but also James,
the first Bishop of Jerusalem. "Ananias
(he says) assembled tho Jewish Sanhe
drin, and brought before it James, the
brother of Jesus, who is called Christ,
with some others, whom he delivered over
to be stoned as infractors of the law."
This passage, the authenticity of which
has never been disputed or suspected, con
tains an evident reference to what had
already been related concerning Christ;
for, why else should he describe James a
man of himself but! little known as tho
brother of Jesus, If he had made no men
tion of Jesus before?
4. It Is highly improbable that Jose
phus, who had discussed with such mi
nuteness tho history of this period men.
turned Judas of Gallllee. Theudas, and
the other obscure pretenders to the char
acter of the Messiah, as well as John the
Baptist and James the brother of Christ
should have preserved the profoundest si
lence concerning Christ, whose name was
at that time so celebrated among the
Jews, and also among the Romans, two
of whose historians (Suetonius and Taci
tus), have distinctly taken notice of him.
But In all the writings of Josephus not a
hint occurs on the subject except the tes
timony In question.
5. It Is morally impossible that this pas
sage either was or could be forged by
Euseblus who first cited it or by any other
earlier writer. Had such a forgery been
attempted It would unquestionably have
been detected by some of the acute and
Inveterate enemies of Christianity; for
both Josephus and his works were so well
received among the Romans that he was
enrolled a citizen of Rome, and had a
statue erected to his memory. His writ
ings were also admitted into the Imperial
library; the Romans may further be con
sidered as the guardians of the Integrity
of the text; and the Jews we may be as
sured would use all diligence to prevent
any interpolation in favor of the Chris
tian cause. Yet it cannot! be discovered
that any objection was ever made to this
passage, by any of the opposers of the
Christian faith In the early ages; their
silence, -therefore, concerning such a
charge is a decisive proof that t'he pass
age is not a forgery. Indeed,, the Chris
tian cause Is so far from needing any
fraud to support it that nothing could be
more destructive to its Interests than a
fraud so palpable and obtrusive.
Jesus was the most lovely being among
the children of men; yet he encountered
the most deadly'opposltlon. The brethren
of his own family did not, at first, be
lieve In him. His fellow townsmen heard
with admiration his comment upon the
prophecy he had read in the synagogue,
until he said: "This day is this Scrip
ture fulfilled In your ears," giving thus
the hint that the prophecy had reference
to himself, and they were filled with envy
and madness, and attempted to kill him.
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And the Jews, his own natlon.v Insflgated,
and the Romans executed his crucifixion
for blasphemy; because he declared him
self the Son of God! But, there came Im
mediately after the crucifixion, a mysteri
ous influence and power upon the Jewish
and Gentile world; so wonderful that great
churches were formed In Jerusalem and
Antloch, and in many other places in
tho name of this crucified malefactorl
who had said: "If I be lifted up from the
earth, I will draw all men unto me.
This he said signifying what death he
should die" John xll:32-33.
How this Illustrates the words of Jo
sephus: "He drew over to him both
many of the Jews and many of the Gen
tiles." The words of Luke, too, alluding
to A. D. 33, after the crucifixion: "And
the word of God Increased, and the num
ber of the disciples multiplied in Jerusa
lem greatly; and a great company of the
prlesta were obedient to tho faith."
In A. D. 'C0t Paul went to Jerusalem
and "James, pastor of the church there,
said to him: "Thou seest. brother, how
many thousands of Jews there" are which
believe." Acts xxi:20.
I am glad that today, there are so many
millions of people who love, honor and
worship, as divine, our Lord Jesus Christ,
and tbatthese millions are increasing
rapidly every year. There Is scarcely to
be found among tho enlightened nations
of the world a man who has a word to
utter against him. Even Thomas Paine,
Infidel (deist) that he was, says of Christ,
In his "Age of Reason" r "He was a
virtuous and amiable reformer. He
preached most excellent morality."
Admissions of Agnostics.
The eloquent eulogium of Deist Rousseau
admits the purity of the Gospel, and shows
that his honest conviction had got the bet
ter of his theory. He says to a friend:
"I will confess to you that the majesty
of the Scriptures jjtrlkes me with admir
ation, as the purity of the Gospel has Its
Influence on my heart."
' Peruse the works of our philosophers,
with -all their pomp of diction; how mean,
how contemptible are they, compared
with the Scriptures! Is it possible that a
book at onco so simple and sublime,
should be the work of man? Do we find
that he -assumed the tone of an enthusi
ast or ambitious sectary? What sweet
ness, what purity in his manners! What
an affecting gracefulness in his delivery!
What sublimity in his maxims! What
profound wisdom In his discourses! What
presence of mind In his replies! How
great the command over his passions!
Where Is the man, where Is the philoso
pher who could so live and so die with
out weakness and without ostentation?
When Plato described his imaglnery good
man with all the shame of guilt, yet
meriting tho highest rewards of virtue,
he described exactly the character of
Jesus Christ; the resemblance was so
striking that all the Christian fathers
perceived it.
"What prepossession, what blindness
mus't It be to compare the son of So
phronlous, (Socrates) to the Son of Mary!
What an infinite disproportion Is there be
tween them! Socrates, dying without
pain or ignominy, easily supported his
character to the last, and if his death,
however easy, had not crowned his life.
It might have been doubted whether Soc
rates, "with all his wisdom, was any
thing more than a vain sophist He In
vented, It Is said, the theory of morals.
Others, however, had before put them In
practice; he had only to say, therefore,
what they had done and to. reduce their
examples to precept. But where could,
Jesus learn among his competitors, that
pure and sublime morality of which he
only has given us both precept and ex
ample? The death of Socrates, peaceably
philosophizing with his friends, appears
the most agreeable that could be wished
for; that of Jesus, expiring in the midst
of agonizing pains, abused, Insulted and
accused by a whole nation, Is the most
horrible that could be feared. Socrates,
In receiving the cup of poison, blessed
the weeping executioner who administered
It; but Jesus, In the midst of excruciat
ing tortures, prayed for his merciless tor
mentors: Yes; If the life and death of
Socrates were those of a sage, the life
and death of Jesus were those of a God.
Shall we suppose the evangelistic his
tory a mere fiction,? Indeed, my friend,
it bears not the marks of fiction; on
the contrary, the history of Socrates,
which nobody presumes to doubt, is not
so well attested as that of Jesus Christ.
Such a supposition, In fact, only shifts
the difficulty, without obviating, It; It Is
more inconceivable that a number of
persons should agree to write such a
history than that one only should fur
nish the subject of it. The Jewish au
thors were Incapable of the diction, and
strangers to the morality contained In
the Gospel, the marks of whose truth are
so striking and inimitable that the in
ventor' would be a more astonishing man
than the hero."
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid" for your faith in His excellent "Word!
What more can .He say, than to you He hath
Bald:
To you, who for refuge, to Jesus have fled?
George Keith.
NEHEMIAH DOANE,
University Park. Portland, Or., July 17.
CongrcNsman Springer's Pen.
Washington Letter.
During Lono Wolfs stay in Washington
while negotiating business with the de
partments, William M. Springer was fre
quently seen piloting the Indian about the
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city streets or having a quiet conversa
tion with him In the hotel lobby. One af
ternoon Springer and Lone Wolf took an
F-street car, and, while the politician
went direct to a vacant seat at the far
end of the car, Lone Wolf acted much as
If he was doing his first bit of practice
In tight rope walking, and lurched from
one side of the car to the other, until
he finally fell into the lap of a buxom
woman.
Before the Indian could extricate him
self Springer rose to the occasion and
said: "Well, anybody would know you
were a savage, but If you don't get up
they will take you for a Laplander or a
Pawnee," whereupon everyone smiled and
the big Indian, looking sheepish and con
fused, dropped alongside the laughing ex
Congressman, giving a few grunts of dis
approval. The nrlee nf mAllr-lnA In "PniBsta. In TotniTntnr!
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IDAHO'S MINERAL WEALTH
ALMOST EVERY MOUNTAIN CON
TAINS PRECIOUS METAL.
Irwin Mnhon, Secretary of Interna
tional Mining Congress, Writes of
a. Fev of the "Properties.
BOISE, Idaho, July 20. The dawn of
the twentieth century is here, and the
most striking picture hanging upon the
walls of American hopes for the future
is the fact that the United States Is pre
eminently the mineral producer of the
world. The production of about $1,000,-
000,000 of mineral wealth In a single year
means a great deal to the business of
the country, particularly when it is all
entirely new wealth, with absolutely
nothing of a fictitious character about
It.
It Is the future now, and not the past
problems in mining that must be solved.
In this connection It may be expected
that all the side lights of science, pro
fessional skill and justice will be turned
upon this industry, and the discoveries
of scientific and chemical processes of the
past, In the treatment of ores, will be
from now on intensified, and the working
at a profit of all low-grade ores, here
tofore deemed worthless, and their val
ues lost by the millions upon millions of
dollars, will, through the discovery of new
methods, add all these lost millions, and
more, to the volume of our production.
During the past century we have
brought the land surface -of our entire
country in touch with the markets of
the world and developed its producing
capacity In the natural products of bread
stuffs, provisions, cotton, timber and oth
er products of the soil. The' mines, how
ever, we have only begun to explore, but
have sufficiently developed them to prove
the enormous store of minerals required
by the world, which we have but to bring
to the surface of the earth to find mar
kets awaiting them.
Can we doubt, then, that with the won
derful progress we have made in com
merce and trade, manufacture and the
development of precious and base metals,
with other products of mother earth,
that we shall for many long years to
come continue to be what we now are
the world's greatest producer of copper,
iron, steel and coal? The world's yield
of gold from 1800 to 1S55 averaged but
$15,000,000 a year. In 1900 It was $300,000,
000. This Is a wonderful showing, yet
the United States in 1S00 was a me. 2
child among nations, but today trans
acts more than pne-tenth of the world's
foreign trade, mines one-fourth of the
gold, and in railroad enterprises Is far
ahead of any other nation. Still we
have a vast territory locked In for want
of transportation. When this difficulty
is overcome, natural treasure vaults that
will astonish the world will be opened.
Among these treasure vaults is the great
State of Idaho.
Mines Along Boise River.
The mineral area and resources of Idaho
are so extensive and varied In kind that
it Js difficult to know where to begin to
give an intelligent summary to those In
terested. As I am at Boise, I will first
write of- mining camps along the Bo!se
Rlver, from this fertile agricultural and
horticultural section, to the Sawtooth
Mountains, that! will be tributary to this
city when enterprise and capital take hold
and extend the mea.ns of transportation a
few miles into the miners storehouse.
First in sight of Boise Is the Black Hor
net district, where a 10-stamp mill Is con
stantly operated on a large ledge of high
grade ore, taken from the Hornet group
of mines, while many others just as good
in this camp are Idle, as the ownrs are
not able to procure necessary machinery
to handle the ore. Along the Boise River
for about 100 miles we find In every direc
tion mines, water power and timber, but
little active work, as the means of trans
portation are so limited that only ledges
of fabulous wealth will pay the owner to
get his ores to market.
The Neal district, 20 miles up the river
from Boise, has some excellent mines. A
group owned by Omaha people and oper
ated by Charles Balbach for the past six
years has produced a handsome return to
the owners, but owing to poor wagon
roads, and lack of timber, the mines of
this camp suffer great Inconvenience.
With railroad facilities the Neal district
would become an excellent mineral-pro
ducing district The ore Is principally
gold and silver, and so It extends along
the south side of the Boise River, a dis
tance of 20 miles, to the mining camp of
Dixie.. Here is the Moupntaln King group
of 11 claims, located 4100 feet from tho
river and extending along a well-defined
ledge 2 miles. One hundred thousand
dollars has been expended on this group,
mills built, various processes to save the
values tried, but so far without success,
owing to the refractory nature of the ore.
The ore is high-grade and most excellent
concentrating material, but, being a long
distance from a railroad. It will not stand
the expense of transportation and pay
the profit a mine of Its magnitude should.
The Mountain King Is deveoped for a
depth of 350 feet, and drifted on tho same
1 vein some 450 feet. It shows an average
value of $20 per ton across the entire vein,
which is 40 feet wide.
An additional tunnel can be run from
Boise River, on the line of the survey of
the proposed Idaho Midland Railroad, a
distance of 4000 feet, and cut this ledge
at a depth of about 1000 feet The output
would reach many thousands of tons,
and with railroad transportation could be
placed on the market at a handsome
profit. This district has many other
equally as good mines and prospects. On
the north side of this river, at this point,
there Is an area of 20 miles square that Is
practically unprospected, while large
ledges of quartz crop out of every moun
tain. These ledges assay on the surface
from a few cents to $100 per ton. No
work has been done or locations made.
It Is useless to do so, until the district
Is reached by a railroad, and then It
will certainly prove a great mineral,
as well as timber region. In this section
of the state.
It will take entirelv ton loner to elve In
derail the many promising prospects tijat
have been discovered and located for a
distance of 25 miles along both sides of
this beautiful river, so I will only men
tion a few of the principal mines. At
Pine, a mining camp of 40 years' stand
ing, 80 miles up the river from Boise,
200 claims have been opened up, mills
built, and money made. By deep sink
ing, however, the ore became base and
would no longer yield Its values to a
free milling process. The mines are now
Idle, and will remain so forever, unless
a railroad Is built up the Boise River,
to this and a dozen more mining camps,
that, with such advantages, will produce
large amounts of excellent shipping ores.
From Pine to the Sawtooth Mountains
thero are other camps that have made a
record on surface ores. Rocky Bar, on
Bear Creek, seven miles from the Bolso
River, north, has 300 claims that have a
record -of $30,000,000 In 10 years, and suf
ficient base ore, with transportation, for
as much more. Here is fine water power
and a splendid belt of pine timber. Over
this range of mountains, 13 miles from
Rocky Bar, Is Atlanta, established in
1861.
Oldest Mining District In Stnte.
Atlanta Is the oldest mining district
of the state and Is made up of such cel
ebrated mines as the Atlanta, East, Mon
tezuma, Montezuma Number Two, Old
Chunk, Pettlt, Monarch, Last Chance,
Buffalo, Atlanta Gold and Silver Consol
idated (five claims), Grace, Eureka, Ida
ho, Anaconda, Klondike. Webfoot. Main,
Blue Bird, Greylock, Tahoma, Tahoma
Number Two, Stanley, with 40 other loca
tions of minor note. These are all pat
ented properties. For the past 15 or 16
years the mines named have been Idle.
They are all producers, having previous
to being shut down produced some $5S,
000.000, principally silver. This district
Is located on the Middle Fork headwaters
of the Boise River, 15 miles west of the
summit of the Sawtooth Range and S2
miles east from Boise, and 12 miles north
of the survey made for the location of
the proposed Idaho Midland Railroad.
Until the completion of the Idaho Mid
land Railroad the only means of trans
portation is by wagon road, over a high
range of mountains, that is open for
travel only from July 1 to October 1.
It is this fact that explains the tardiness
of development Here Is to be found
every advantage that timber and a great
water power afford for all public and pri
vate purposes.
On the headwaters of the Boise River
and its tributary, the "Smokeys," are
large ledges of silver and lead mines,
but only partially developed, and entire
ly out of the world for a market. The
territory along and tributary to the Boise
covers an area 130 miles long and 50
miles wide, all interspersed with mines
and timber, consisting of about 6500 square
mlles,t and no means of transportation.
Caster Connty Mines.
We reach Custer County first, after we
cross the Sawtooth Mountains, a coun
ty that has an area of 4670 square miles,
and more than a good mine for every
mile. This county has produced more
silver than any other county in the state.
Its record for gold, copper and lead
leads In the counties of the state, and yet
there 13 not a mile of railroad, telephone,
or telegraph in the county, and Challls,
the county seat, is 160 miles from the
nearest depot.
To dwell on the mines and the possibili
ties of this great, almost unlimited min
eral region, would require much space.
There are mines here that have produced
millions and have millions In sight, some
with five, 10, 15 and 20 miles of develop
ment work, and each shaft or tunnel
shows Its ore values. At present, one
silver-lead smelter and six stamp mills,
are operating about 100 stamps, and a
large placer dredge. About 3500 claims
have been located, and as many more
may be taken up, with timber and water
power for all purposes.
Among the noted camps In the past
and present are the Solace mine at Vlan
na, the Mountain King at Sawtooth City,
Fisher mines and mills on Fourth of July
Creek, Stanley Basin mines, Greyhound
Mountain, Bonanza, Custer mines and
mills, Estes Mountain, Rams Horn, with
Its 11 miles of development; Yankee Fork,
State Creek, Thompson Creek, Squaw
Creek (Red 'Bird mine), Clayton Smelter
Company, 27 mines; Bayhorse mines. Sky
lark, Forest Rose, River View, Democrat,
Post Boy. Then there are good Indica
tions of coal and excellent roofing slate,
and the entire county presents one great
field of minerals of all kinds, gold, silver,
lead and copper predominating, with Iron,
zinc and antimony In paying quantities,
all waiting for the Idaho Midland Rail
roads Northeast of Custer County is the Coun.
ty of Lemhi, with an area of 4450 miles.
This has been a noted mining camp for
40 years, and has produced $20,000,000 in
the precious metals, and today has more
active mineral location than any cor
responding area of territory in the United
States, having about 7000 claims entered,
and still the work goes on. The Black
Bird copper camp, largely owned by John
E. DoBolse and associates, of DuBolse,
Pa., who are doing most extensive develop
ment work on their various mines, glve3
promise of belne the successor of the
Butte and Anaconda, in Montana. This
copper-gold belt or zone Is 10 miles wide
and 30 miles long, Including the famous
Yellow Jacket and Brown Bear groups,
and its wonders Increase every month.
Following these are the celebrated Slngl
ser group of gold mines, now being de
veloped, fully equipped with mill ai d
hoisting works. Next comes the old Lees
burg district, with Its many mines, sup
ported by such noted districts as Copper
Creek, Owl Creek, Indian Creek, Glbbons
vllle, with a large record In gold and sil
ver; Redblrd, Queen of the Hills. Sunny
side and the Oro Cash. Salmon City, the
county seat Is SO miles from the nearest
railroad. These districts about Salmon
City last year produced $350,000 In gold.
No Help From Government.
Like all other enterprises, whose origin
and earlier prosecution have been specu
lative, mining has had many and serious
difficulties to overcome. This It has done,
notwithstanding the fact that tho vast
Improvement in American metallurgy
since 1893, whether applied to gold, silver,
copper, zinc. Iron and steel, owes nothing
to tho Government. No bill has ever
passed both houses of Congress which had
for Its object thfe endowment of a mining
education or the encouragement of metal
lurgy. Yet mining has passed through all
the pliases Incident to a new and large
undertaking, and today takes its place
under the same economic business rules
governing other sound and conservative
money-making ventures.
It is no longer purely speculative, but,
on the contrary, a thoroughly legitimate
and enormously profitable business, posi
tively demonstrated by the success of
thousands who have accumulated great
fortunes. The percentage of success re
sulting from Intelligent mining Is higher
than that attained by other forms of
commercial Industry. The revelations in
the field of discovery, and the work of
development In the past four years, have
been so marvelous, that the eager, fever
ish search for gold surpasses all pre
vious records In the history of the world.
and the investor, as well as the manufac
turer, operator and scientific man, will
learn much to their advantage by attend
ing the. coming fourth session of the In
ternational Mln!ng Congress, convening
In Boise, Idaho. July 23, 1901.
Mining, transportation, shipbuilding and
navigation represent our distinctive na
tionality, and are more essentially and
Intensely American than any other that
falls under the legislative power of
our Government. The former, mining, im
partially patronizes all other Industries,
giving to them the sinews of war, so to
speak, and Insures to the country a
course of prosperity such as can be boast
ed of by no other nation on the face of
the earth.
Seven of the largest sugar refineries on
Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, near New
Orleans, have decided to discontinue the use
of coal in tho manufacture of sugar and sent
to New Orleans an agent to contract for the
erection of the necessary oil tanks.
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