The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-06-17
AFFAIRS IN ALTURAs COUNTY
Rocky BAR, Alturas Co., June 8, '65.
MOUNTAIN FEVER.

MOUNTAIN FEVER.
Ed. WORLD To-day witnessed a sad
scene in this town one which ever calls TO
our memory the uncertainty of life. Yestef-
day Mr. George Conner and Mr.. Eli Dudley
died each after but short illness of typhoid
fever, and at four o'clock this afternoon they
were borne to their last resting place attend
ed by about one hundred persons.
1t looked sad indeed to see twoyoung men
full of hope cut down in almost a few hours
by that most fatal sickness of this country.
and the medical men here, who have for some
years been accustomed to what is commonly
termed tmountan fever" say that it here
assumes type more malignant than they
have encountered elsewhere. The doctors
say they think we shall have considerable
sickness here.
MINES AND QUARTZ.
DR.. Farnbam, agent for the Victor Quartz
Mining Co., and the New York Quartz Mining
Co., have about two hunded men at work on
Red Warrior, preparing for the reception of
their mills as soon as the roads are passa-
BILE.
The Pittsburg Idaho Gold and Silver
Mining Co. also are busy getting lodges &c.
ready for work. had heard that they were
about to get to work on timbers for the mills
they have on the way from the States intend
ed for the Yuba, but don't think they can
get in there until a road is made The agent
of that company, Mr.. Henry F McCarty has
paid out more money in this and Yuba camps
than any other man here, and has bought
and paid for a great deal of quartz. They
are making glet e6or to develop this
country, and are doing more in that way
than all the other people in this county to-
gether have done in the same time. They
speak very highly of the indications in tie
Yuba country, as the ledges are large and
we'll defined. The mode Mr.. McCarty has
done business appears TO be about this He
I came here, found men holding quantities of
,"feetp and "nary red" to buy provisions
with to represent; he found them willing to
prospect, took their feet at moderate rates it
is true, but that moderate price was bless
ing to them thus really giving them money
for quartz, some of which at any rate was
such as he knew was rich, but it gave these
original holders money on which to prospect
further and thus, although apparently buy
delicate way possible, giving the poor fellows,
who were out of grub or nearly SO, the means
of carrying on their schemes of prospecting
for lodges, as well as enabling them to repre-
sent such as they already held 1t is not to
be supposed that such measures can do other
wise than benefit all concerned, as whilst tie
prospector gets his reward so does the capi-
talist also by getting good opportunities to
invest. But it is far-sighted policy that
capitalists and quartz companies will not
lose anything by following.
The company from Portland of Watson,
Martin & Sitehenthalez are also here investl-
eating the mineral wealth of this county,
with the intention of erecting machinery
here. They have battery of five stamps,
now in Cartee, Gates 4 Co Is, MILL thus max
ing battery of ten stamps in that establish
.ment &
Arastras are mostly idle yet and only two
or three shurdy gurdy' arastras at most are
running and the almost universal feeling is
that this is the last season of arastras and
that they are in fact "played out"
IDAHO AND EMMETT COMPANY.
From the direction the Idaho lead is TAX
ing it appears to the owners that said ledge
isrunuing directly for the Emmet, and the
present Idaho Companys ground acclaimed
will take in the Emmett ledge. 1t is said
that the Idaho. Company had possession of
the Emmett ledge, and the Emmett Company
demanded possession and Lit was agreedsthat
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