Boise news. (Bannock City, I.T. [Idaho City, Idaho]) 1863-1864, 1864-09-17
Idaho City, Sept. 9th, 1864.
Correspondence Boise News.
Robe & BUSH.
NARYsvILLE, Alturas County,

AARYsvILLE, Alturas County,
September, 1864.
EDTToR NEWS This new district is now
calling some attention to it, and slight de-
scriptiou of it might not be inapplicable.
The town of Marysville was located and
named by John G. O'Connor, Esq. is situa-
Jed about a mile above the toll-gate on South
Boise river, and six miles below Feather river,
)n the west side of the river where the first
quartz Lodges were iscovered-namely the
Mechanic, Texas, Georgia, Rattlesnake, AL
abama, Legal Tender, Illinois, and EIdorado
During the last week several new lodges have
oeen discovered on the east side of the river,
about opposite the town. The Mount Olym-
pas, Mount Hood Mount Diablo Chimborazo,
JOtOpaxi, St. Louis, Potomac, Desdemona
rhe prospects from tile groupings of the
DesdemOna, BIT. Olympus and Chimborazo
are good and especially the latter; 81
ents in gold was obtained from four ounces
pf rock pounded in mortar. The owners
pf the Legal Tender are running a tunnel
nto their lead, and find good prospects. On
he Georgia and the Rattlesnake on the west
md the Desdemona on the east side of the
liver, the companies have done sufficient work
constitute it real estate. Next week the
liscoverers of the Chimborazo and Mount
Hood purpose to commence operations with
ike intent. The only company that seems
opull into 81 pieces, is the Mammoth, of
ghich you have before heard, and they must
divide or nothing will be done. There are
doubtless other lodges in this district, many
of which will prove rich. The advantages,
is location Of this over every other town
n the Basin, is obvious. Good timber, water
and the best of grass-good road to travel
and the long ten miles of mountain road to
Rocky Bar avoided the climate also is mild
pr. 1t lies about half way between Rocky
Bar and Volcano, district. At present there
5 population of about 100 men, nearly all
Of whom are very sangulne of a bright future,
but Of course 4 or weeks is not sufficient to
Jest a quartz district Things here are so
favorable, however, in appearance, that there
5 great ground for the hopes of good hereaf-
,er, our Marysville folks look forward to.
At Rocky Bar everything is very dull The
Probate Court was in session last week, but
everything was SO quiet that very few, except
! hose directly concerned, knew anything about
{, Three thousand six hundred pounds of
he Bay State rock here, the first crushed
yielded $275 in an arastra Cal tee & Co.'s
stamps are nearly ready to crush quartz, but
Rs they have no amalgamating pans here,
they cannot do more than an arastra in saving
gold in proportion to the quantity crushed
until the pan arrives. There is q l2-stamp
snstem mill Il am informed this side of Little
Camas for Rocky Bar, but ten or twelve days
must elapse before it gets in as the road will
not be passable till then, and the Marysville
boys may persuade it to locate here, and then
if that pays others will soon find their way.
The first young Alturasian entered upon
this mundane sphere this morning, and may
be reported as follows: On the Sd September,
at Rocky Bar, the wife of James Shively of a
daughter. The holders of quartz lodges
z propose" to give the youngster one hundred
feet in some frst-class quartz ledge. Judge
Laws brother arrived here from the States
lately, bringing with him the necessary APP
paratus for Photographic gallery, and has
commenced operations.
Respectfully yours.
EsPERANzA.