The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-02
IDAHO.
From TIE o~yhes Avatanehs.l
urxtva HRosprCra IN IDAHO.

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Generally, visitors to Idaho leave il inn
pressed With, .the bslisf that its Eendrops
rich in the precious fnetaiS. Occa6o1ally,
ws have witness that can spe4k from A -.
perience OF several months careful and pro-
llieve w. f. Bryant, EsQ.y agent OF tAs Pas
ci6c Mineral Company, 70 Be- eaiissly trust-
worthy. e.s4 sf.s.rs..ss
He arrived in idaho carly last spring, end
has spent much of the summer in examing
| the varions mining districts Of the Territory.
| Mr.. Bryant pronounces Idaho . favored
Territory Is regards gold and silver deposits.
PooRMAH. s
We visited and made notes on this mine
last week. Our report seems almost incred>
ible, but since that time the pure ore has been
found in larger quantities tAaA lver betors,
and larger than We reported. Il II 20 rich
that the truth concerning it sesns more like
fable than reality. Pure sheets Of silver q
large aad mucn thicker than. coumou si&9d
window glass have been recently taken
out Of the granite casingp. A recent twelve
hours run Of ten stamps gave one thousand
four hundred ounces Of clean amalgam, and
it must be remembered that oil very rich ore
10 boxed for shipment in its natural state.
| SILVER MONARCH.
| This is the name given discovery made on
the It'll, and has given evidence Of being .
second Poorman. II ID situated about one.
half mile northeast Of Silver, and 70 far Is
Iopened has north AID south course. The
discoveYy party includes L. Hsndery, r.
Trimble, and X. j., T. aud W. Graham
They have spent over four months in faithful
searching for the ledge. they ware ind heed
to do 30 from having found pure silver aoat;
also, could pan out Of the gulches below the
genuine iumps Of bullion. They had min.
uteiy pros1,ecfed the small Kuiches no the
mountain until nothing could be found, when
tthey commenced running cuts into the noun
tain, and in this way struck the ledge, and
have already found several Jumps of nearly
unadulteraied metal. The largest piece
weighs nearly pound, and the smaller ones
from pennyweight to two ounces.
| The discovery became known on Saturday
morning, and the mountain side presented .
very lively appearance during the day; many
extensions we're taken. and one enthusiastic
individual stayed by his stake Gil night, and
came in Sunday morning, believing his claim
and fortune safe. We made it q visit, but the
lproprietors preparing the foundation for
house right over the discovery, and nothing
Of the ledge could be seen, az il was Covered
With dirt and rock. IF the present prospects
are any indications of what the ledge will be
when opened, Owyhee has Al least two Poor.
| man lodges, and FIVE more patient, faithful
prospectors richly rewarded.
wHisKEY GuIcH.
The Minear Mill crushed last week some
thing over twelve tons Of FIRST and second.
class Whiakey Gulch ore, Of about equal
psrts mixed together, and yielded S79 06 per
| too. At this rate FIRST class ore would yield
over one hundred dollars We consider
these good results from any ledge, and are
confident that when fairly tested, to any con-
siderable depth, it viii be found an A No.
| paying mine.
Took look in King, Webb / Co. q hank
on Wednesday, and saw thirty -two huge silver
bricks, finished up in neat style. The point
to the item is that they are worth ffiy thous-
and dollars, and we're not considered much of
pile either.
| The bullion tax paid for the month Of Sep
tember In Owyhee to the e. s. collector of
revenue indicates yield Of bullion for the
month of $2a5, 26s 2e.
| The Oregoman Of Oct. 9Th says: The
| fifty five thousand dollars shipped yesterday
| on the steamer Orfamme for San Francisco.
by Messrs. Ladd i Triton, was silver bricks.
| % IN number, from the Poorman This is
certainly substantial evidence Of the richness
of this celebrated mine, Of which 80 much
has been said and written. The fame of the
Poorman is not confined to this coast, As We
are informed of the visit of Mr.. Ford, of
literary notoriety, who left his home in New
York and came overland for the sole purpose
Of examining the mines He returned East
on the last steamer from this place.
IDAHO GOLD SHIPMENT.
The idaho Statesman says that Owyhee
shipped S235,000 worth of bullion in the
month Of September, and that Owyhee will
yet turn out q hundred times a. much bullion
rs that in . month.