The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-05-26
From the Montana Radiator.
LETTER FROM ELK CREEK.

r.. REYNOLDS Cry. April Is, 1866.
~ nADlAFoR;-In fdl6RmeDt of a promise to
WTIOe' nave undertaken to pick up such inforiaa>
;Ia,, iG as Ias come In my way, during weeks res>
tueucs tu1 = III ana about Reynolds City, or ''upper
1own as 1t is familarly known in these diggings.
tSeavlng Deer Lodge early last week under the
Inspiring influence of clear sky, the roads free
rom rom snow and even dusty in places, we were
y Aalui prepared FOR the sudden change of climate
experienced In distance of forty or fifty miles
Ehe trip down the He'll Gate river was deii0bt-
aI ene sCTeam Astounding in trout of three distinct
vatleCIes-the regular small speckled brook front.
Che Wnlte specked or salmon trout. OF larger
HuaIty, anu the intermediate species with yellow
st,uT1 e al OF these we captured bountifu
supply Tor our commssary department..
leaving Hell Gate, the prospector. trader and
PdSNSr, WIN nigh hopes, grid up their oins for an
aruuous task. IN climbing the summit that divides
sne waters OF that stream from those of Elk Creek
~ou4a5 1a5 Dtdckloot Inree miles out, and we en-
oouutefed the snow, with which one is Obliged to
contend, IN order to reach the newest and per
HAps tne pest camp in the Territory
We looked upon wolM unknown.
On nothing we could call our own.
Around the glistening wonder bent
Tho blue walls Of the armament
No cloud above. earth below
A universe Of sky aud snow"
Winding our tortuous course down the n1onn-
tain, we soon crossed Deep Gulch-sad to he the
richest lnthe camp. The claims are deep and hard
earnest. Thos H. Mallory. an old typo, has Ia
ken "sit'' in this gulch, with good prospecta of
"setting up" several Thousand From Deem
Gulch to this city is about two miles, over divide
made horrible by travel and the depth of snow
which is now softeniDg, so as to let animals break
through the trail.
Reynolds City is six weeks old, and contains
one hundred and thirty houses--many of them
well constructed-and is still rapidly improving.
Two Justices hare recently been elected, and law
will soon begin. Judge Thompson, formerly of
Folsom, Cal, Is one ana Mr. Van Hagan. also a
Californian. is the other. Ctus Barbour. Esn.
$ entered suit in Judge Thompson's s court day be-
fore yesterday, for MINER thus becoming the
first attorney of record in the camp.
W. P. Adams has fine store, well filed: Bon.
Dagenhart sells beef; Squire Walker is Deputy
Recorder; Dick Wheelock is making rockers.
wheelbarroWs and water wheels; there are about
twenty other stores, four or FIVE saloons. two or
three blacksmith shops several butcher shops. and
all the conconlitants of city. Yreka is the name
of rival city four miles below this. Here Dick
Eddy, Bradley and Wilmington hold forth the
town is growing rapidly, and its projectors claim
for it superior advantages. Elk Greek is very
fair stream; and I have satisfied myself with the
pan that it will pay, and many are demonstrating
the fact with sluices. keenan,, Jehns end seyeral
others are on the rock, and Burtt will soon be-
Everything. is lively and lovely, and we "may be
happy yet" GROUSE.