Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-09-07
TOUR OF THE BASIN.
QUARTZ IEDGES on GRANITE GRE

last Saturday to the Pioneer mill and Iedg0 on
Granite creek. Near there are the tunnels
which have been sunk into the Gold Hill ledge,
and an extension of it across the creek, and
also of two other lodges, but work for the
present seems to have been suspended ON all
Of them. Far above the Gold Hill tunnel, al
most at the brow of the high hill, IS the
FGrowl and Co ledge, recently developed,
and which has paid SO wondrously rich. The
ledge has been stripped by the several par
ties now in possession an aggregate length OF
about 700 feet, and in some places they have
pierced into the ledge from ten to thirty feet.
In each and every place the average yield, by
the ordinary process of panning, has been fully
fifty dollars per day to the hand. We learn
that the title to the ledge is in controversy
the owners Of the Gold Hill ledge claiming it
as their own. At present the parties in pos
session are doing very little work upon the
ledge.
GRANITE CREEK.
On returning from the Pioneer mill, we
stopped an hour or so at the active and very
prosperous camp of Granite Greek, which pre-
sents at this time more enterprise in the way
of building than any other camp in the Basin.
We hope that the business and growth of the
place may adequately sustain all this present
show of enterprise. Besides the pioneer store
of Mr.. P. X. Walsh, the Danskin Bros. of Pr
oneer City have lately established another, and
we learned, still another will be opened there.
JJ Kelly and John DOugherty, lately OF this
city, have saloon in the largest building IN
the camp, and started also in the livery stable
business: and Theo. Holbrook is putting up a
very large building for public house. There
are three or four other frame buildings, for
shops or some kind of business, going up at the
lower end of the camp. Granite Creek Dig
gipgs ore certainly among the best, if not the
very best, in this Basin They are extensive,
and will give full scope for steady, very profit
able labor for many years, but the claims are
nearly all owned by companies, and few OF
of the owners are disposed to SELL except it
be, as in few past instances where they have
a'rnade their pile" and desired to leave the
country for their old homes The principal
claim owners are John Ellis & Co, Leary &
Co, Brainard & Co., VIM. Lynch, and Por-
tuguese Company to whom Mr.. Brainard lately
sold one of his creek claims, which he had
worked for some time, for $4,000, and which
still pays very richly Water is quite plenti-
fully supplied to all the diggings by Lynch's
and other bitches, and the creek claims are al
ways amply furnished with it, An immense
aggregate amount of gold has been taken from
that camp this year, and there is yet avery large
area of equally rich ground which has not been
touched Cinnamon are not permitted to re-
main in Granite Creek in any capacity.
s4eysis PLACERvILLE,
The short ride of mile brought us back to
Placerville, where we remained until next
morning. The town has undergone much
change, and diminution in point of buildings,
since our visit there last June. The large
building which stood at the left upper corner
of the Plaza, long known as Ben. Anderson's
Washoe Saloon, the residence in the rear of it,
and Rehr's large public house on the corner
opposite the Washoe, on the line of the Plaza
fronting toward Wolf creek; then the large
public house on the lower side of the Plaza,
next door to Abe. Johnson's fine corner Magno-
9 liza Saloon, and two other buildings further
! along,-all these had been removed: the
.Washoe Saloon is now the mess house for the
workmen, and Ben. Anderson's snug residence
is now the office for the owners and managers
Of the Pioneer ledge and mill Company, three
miles distant from Placerville and the other
buildings taken from about the Plaza are now
located on lots in the new part of the camp on
Granite Creek. But though thus partially
shorn, in the matter of buildings, Placeryille
is. still fair business camp. The merchandise
! houses of VIM. Lynch, J, Eisler, and d.. Fleisch-
nan & Heyaemani the public houses kept by
s Abe. johnson and by Croney s Co.; the fine
really good hotel of J, w Dawson, and the
blacksmithing shopssof Cornelius Martin and
others, and other shops aud business places, -
all pretty well sustained, indicate that Placer
vile is far from 'played OUT camp. There
we met the patriarchal Capt Gushing, who
well and faithfully fills two or three important
official stations; also Deputy Sheriff VIM
i Maloney, an able and alert officer, and excel
) lent gentleman. and other of the pioneer citi-
gems, all of whom cling to Placerville, and
feel satisfied that the, place will yet come out