Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-07-09
ArrivaIg Vie Goose Lake.

t were compelled TO aOanIon tnem-maQe
= quite an unwieldy caravan, with which they
: necessarily moved slowly, as is evidenced by
2 the fact that John Collins with is head 81
r horses and two men. Jeff. Oak Run opposite
! Shasta, a month afterthe department. D. 6
j.. and arrived here Unjust 10 days travelling
time. c8lltps probably succeeded. u tracing
Major Readings route, while the others have
aR wanda red either toitHe left III the ,diFec-
ton Of John. Days, " TOO far east after the
wagon tracks of the party that were lost last
Fall on their way from Yseka Dye & JulIiard
Ekspt tbdfartolths wesstAardsadd (pf6trao5ed
tths TRIP several weeks " reason the 9I
Ft6urgo7J AXE Wilsonjione of the oldest pack
iers on the COAST and Ngll-kpoRh fl gssgE9
Frinity and and Tehama -countian. of the olden
Etime, as%eIIlag Geo. Evans, John HID ct
Geo. Kirk and P6mmys HI, came With this
train, with all of whom we conyersed and
they give it as their undivided opinion that
they came out ofGtheir way one, hundred
miles; and rarey equally unanimous in their
18Latement as to the .imprae tieability iof7 the
ground over which they traYeled ever being
lcQnyertedl into "a wagon road. Collins found
less difficulty, travelled much shorter route
and one, although very. rough and ihilly9 mot
absolutely impracticable for building wagon
road. D4he testimony of those WHO have
come over the ,, various trails and roads
from California this season, is largely ii favor
bo Lob ,kno 81
though the Eagle Lake route as laid down in.I
| Wooanlad's map, Which has not been attemp-
tied this season in Consequence OF theehesshtyl
of the Indians, and 1.-the faet-that start wasI
made on the other roads and followed byII
Chose Who came on IN the wake of the frStI
immigration, is believed by those who havelI
an intimate knowledge Of the. country to bell
preferable to any and all Others This routeII
leavesthe present travelled 0Ryhee and Hun
aboldr road at Queen river and goes direetyE
through Surprise valley, CROSSING the Sidfras
at the Eagle Lake Pass % miles north of
Honey Lake Wiley thence direct to tbs
Fdathet river -hkadoEs> where the road d.
vides, one leading to Red Bluff, one to Chico
and. oG6 tb 6fovEle. BY this route steam
boat navigation is reached at Red Bluff or
Chico In 46Qma es, and MarysVills in3500
over a CONT ratiVely level country with good
grass and water all The way. g5gr afi srassa
aoiteigq.7 aforementioned % i.ie aa.1s
n = 5 ,, s5asaa5atdaho Cts, gqly 5thi 1864
lo.ttFs H. your lastrissae, YOU gave the
o., ltieRehlafestures lalegedl9b by some per
sons pertaining to bedrock fun1e down
Moore creek. By your permission and /
thrbhghybur fOlurhrp, I'y)ll give my yiqyb
upon the CONSTRUCTION If a fume or tail-race,
and would. Proh6dh6s st6R an Zone, in my
fun ample Is carry OF the entire
.ailf5g8 ahis 10 faiHg idfsefibt 50 4tero there
was careful spgYe84mad e.and che grade a.
the miners cotdd aluice out a. cut {
3l feet Eide 70 THE hedF0ek atHe epthe l4ngth [
heidume Oh IA oe would have to be madey-+ 5
hus giving tospileauPo sst ohest and :
16wAdeFs fAaE IWoaldBe found in the sides Of
he cury when this work was finished and 7
mother survey.Rade, tli6yebuld then sluice I
,ut Of the bedrock another, raGe nine or ten
eet wide and 1--WE or alx, feet deep the entire S
ength the race or HQne, would have to be S
made, the last being the Size of race l would n
ecomgle4d to be ,4arge eR8dgh to TAXI away
he tBiings pf this district Wien this work y
lpon ther FACE vas fhished,I theif IL would re- =
uire. f46lIer TO b? attached to the lover end N
If the race and iGebhtahued down on this side d
Il Moore s Creeek Until could bs thereio6taihed d
fly feet fall at the Junction of the race, and =
Jung there. should HE he another .sHott hide v
1me attachedtothe Eaeeref the same. size of 3
he fuue ,ggitAl RglqHl1gate 10 itlat the jApc-
ion of the race and flame. This short Aume n
,ould beuBed for stirling itEie b#aatef off from r
be- on iginal dtrn4 for thsbdibose 6f1#ashhg G
way Tux tailings from the lower end 6f1tAe 9
lme,a5 thus Keeping the dumping ground B B
leapaby the force Or .thatFRteT FEM the side q
ame.-Saeh a-Fsee or Aume, in my opinion, b
Q4lP ,aqSNsg7tO lakq away the JtFRIi9gs qPR 8
YER ne gradsgAA4 10 4AsglJgGU e
2aEE&G1Q3@q mpa9ifatedf, (
.ED, d9EXszrfAt miners meeting, pursu-
at to public noti0ey organized by electing
n. ,zimmgrh4 an 1gHsifBnah, and GgAg Dunn y
seTetat !, on motion PAP p. rTdTheF was u
eeted Recorder Of y IL creek Oh
often the mining 5IaRslf sad district ESQ r.
nendsd. es 70 atFihe q9E4bsectioPsq 2-aPd %, ~
ID the following section was unanimously -
l6nfed q b3h9s6 aJHm ii h2taF ,j90d eft III
SEE. 25s That al Bar, gtilob5,' Geek and