The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-11-25
TOWN AND COUNTRY.


visited the celebrated Elkhorn Ledge and Mill.
The mine is located the west side of Elk creek dis
tant about miles from Pioneer city. L found a
well defined ledge four and half feet wide and upon
which work progressing finely The mill and improve
ments of the best and complete kind
appearing to have done with view to permanently
The tunnel is hundred and fifty feet Breast
ing first depth of ninety feet below sur.
face and the main chamber is about fifty et high.
Having started i'll the ledge they struck good solid
rock at about sixty feet The tunnel finely timbere
with nine inch square posts and caps the hundred
and fifty feet being straight. The track is suitable and
well ironed where necessary; upon which car
conveying the rock five hundred feet from the
mouth of the tunnel and dumping it directly into the
mill The main building is about twenty-five by seven
ty feet to which is added quartz and feeding of
about 16x3O feet The other buildings consist of two
hewed log houses and stables offices &C. The mill
tains five stamps and brushes twelve per day. su
days excepted) The power used is water with one of
Frednburrs Hydraulic Wheels which is certainly the
best and most economical water power have ever seen
There thirty-ve inches of water used which has "a
hundred and feet fall and conveyed to the wheel
through five inch pipe the lower twenty-five feet of
which is cast iron The wheel is neat little affair off
twenty-five inches diameter iron and Enclosed in
iron casing difficult to describe that doubt maka
myself fully understood The water strikes the wheel
with great force elevation of say ten inches above
the lowest point passing under nearly the principal
of an understood. The wheel has twelve strong arms
which are made with sockets into which the buckets
graduayta after the leaves them which position
they retain till just before the strikes them again
when they fall distance of abon four inches filling the
space between the rim of the wheel and the box which
encoses it. The casing box of the wheel closes iii
gradually the point above where the water first strikes
SO that the buckets naturally crowded by it down
into their sockets from whence they released
the law of gravitation will allow them fall into po
sition to be Immediately struck by the powerful stream
of water.
The mill has two pans, Norton tubs and saves
the gold remarkably well with experienced cement.
Mr.. E. Andrews the Superintendent, politely conduc-
ted party around the works. and seemed very willing
We should know all could learn The ditch for bring
ing in the water mile and three ourhs in length and
nicely covered the whole distance in order to run The
water all winter. months supply of provisions
and materials complete has been already provided and
the work uninterrupted while that lasts will givea
the stockholders magnificent dividend The Controlling
stock of the Elk Horn mill and ledge company owned
Alfred slocum. The rock is taken from the ledge and
delivered into the mill six dollars per ton This rock
pays an average of ftyeight dollars per tou but one
clean up of ortythree tons, usual rock not picked
yielded $761 per ton.
The mill and ledge require about eighteen laborers to
keep everything moving.
The companys principal Office is at Pioneer city, where
they have smelling works, large hreroof safe, scales
and all the appurtenanees necessary to preparing and
preserving the precious metal in large quantities The
total cost of their mill and works to has been sos OOO
They intend to add five stamp next Spring. think this
the finest quartz mill premises in Idaho.
On inquiry offered the whole thing for the in
significant of three hundred thousand dollars which
otter intend to accept my partner in the
Uncle Sam" lode Helena, Mr.. Brown find it
venient to make small remittance Wanted by
Upon It. Brown Co more gunny sacks
Returning from UIy tour of observation stopped at
the of E. R. Button Centerye and enjoyed the
most elegant lunch haveever ate in the territory.
During the heavy rains which have fallen the last two
weeks, the hill and bar miners have all gone work. and
the bitches have absorbed the that very little
trouble has been experienced in the creek Just at this
period the Boise Basin may be said to enjoy its greatest
extent ofmining prosperity.
Mr.. Kirtz who killed the Chinaman has been found
guilty of murder in the first degree. This is quite
enough for him. Anybody who is coward enough per-
form such act as he did will be fit subject for the
galoWs
Mr.. W. W Chapman Jr, intends going below soon to
bring up assay ofie for Pioneer city.
The Magnolia Hoel in Idaho city, is doing splendid
business Everybody visiting town from the other camps
IN the Basin can be found there
Us gay young rascals have fitted up the theaer over
Pinney store for gymnasium We pay hundred and
twenty-five dollars per month rent and imagine we have
good thing. Positively no ladies admitted.
big vagabond looking individual and a newsboy had
fight on Main street Tuesday last when the news
chap being likely to get the best of it Constable Davis
arrived and arrested both parties.
Wall street. from DR.. Chipmans drug store up is filled
with the almond eyed females from China. The propre
tors these houses very proud of their tenants and
have idea of going into the business extensively in the
Spring.
The Legislature possessed any than ordinary
intelligence the coming session will tax these Chinese 1or
every last cent they make.
The Idaho Statesmans correspondent ECLIPSE posi-
lively refused credit at the genteel bars in this city,
suggest to the publishers to send up respectable remit
lance for Eclipse Do they suppose he gong TO scfD
BILE all his life for such scrubs they are and never get
paid for it2 saf
On Commercial street. Mr.. Benedct's school has IN
creased till he has eighty pupils, rather more we
should suppose than himself and Miss CosgroVe can man
age Everything very satisfactorily however
The last number of the World containing an unusually
large amount embarrassing original ana selecteo
received throughout the Boise Basin as another cyl
dence of the growing greatness OF 1daho Cy anu 1s
surrounding country -,
Phil WEIGH writes from Blackfoot that some of the
thieves about to return to Boise Tor tear they cho
make alying in that country this winter.
All the principal roads leading into Idaho city are very
muddy Of late and great many heavily laden Teams are
behind hand in consequence.
Messrs Smith 4 Larue have got their Commercial
street mining nuisance in full blast ADVISE them TO
watch the posts close these dark nights There arepeo
pie here yet who hayeYery serious opeconS 70 EuC
i rangements as their fume. So, EE1 ~: -
If any of nv Young friends IN town nave any more Dig
stories than they for their own use Will purchase
them at reasonable compensation Those not Literally
paid for net wanted. IT,. ~. ~, =