, 1867-08-02
Boise Mining and News Items.
From the World Of July 9th we clip the fol.
lowing items:


As everybody kDows, Hugh Kelly Che miner)
owns the extensive claim on the upper end Of
Main street. 1t has proved a pretty rich claim
all along, aud Kelly has worked it to advantage
few days ago he commenced upon piece of
ground which marked the site OF a frame build
ing destroyed in the late fire. little afternoon
on the day in point, as Hugh was himself closely
wa ching operations, and about the time that
,.7y dirt Tas reached as be thought, suddenly
bis heart bounced with joy at sight which at
the moment met his vision. Talk of "pocketsr'
they were nowhere. lie rad struck the biggest
thing ever found in g. mining-a cart load of
nearly all gold, with mereJ sprink':ng of dirt
scattered through it. In the glaI excitement of
the moment, with all this wealth beioIc his gilt
tering eyes, and feeling that at last bis eter al
fortune was assured, Hugh, good man that be is
aud generous, cried out to his hands "Knock
off, boys, I've got all the gold want; take the
day to yourselves !" Then he commenced to
gather up his bouuteous treasure. He is noted
for the clean condition with which be brings
his dust from the earth, using acid with the
quicksilver to cleanse it from impurities On
the. application of the acid his great mass of
wealth in dust began to disappear more rapidly
than he had ever before seen any 90. He added
a little more Of the testing, powerful stuff, and
more rapidly was the pile diminished, until cal.
ly, like thing of magic, all that had seemed
precise locality, little reflection upon the sit
uation, and asudden recollection of what com.
mou report had attached to the occupant of the
house which had stood upon the spot before the
hre, all these bursting on the mind of Kelly at
the instant he saw the destroying effects of the
acid on his big strike, plainly revealed to him
that he had made practical demonstration that
'all that glitters is not gold" He had mined
into huge deposit of "bogus;" be was mining
the premises formerly occupied by the noted Mrs,
Duncan.
QUARTZ MINING.
From Mr.. J NJ. Cannady, of Pioneer CITY. vbo
was in town yesterday, we received an account
Of q visit he recently made to Summit Flat at
the head Of Grimes creek, twelve miles from
Pioneer. He took look at the King Quartz
Lode there, and saw some rich ore the companv
is getting out Their eight stamp steam mill will
be ready to commence operations next week, and
an ample supply of rock is awaiting crushing.
Messrs. McCay, Cowan and Fairchild, who lately
purchased interests in the mill and lode, are
experimenting the work. Mr.. Cannady also
visited the Mammoth Ledge, four miles below,
which is owned by the same parties. and found
things progressing there very favorably. His
attention was particularly directed, at this place
10 the novel operations of Andy Brown and his
partner, Clarkson, who owned an extension of
the Mammoth. They are engaged in ground
sluicing for quartz, and have already about
thirty tons of quartz which they have raked
from their boxes, separating il from the other
rock as they raked. This " float Quartz" Mr..
Cannady thinks, will average fully SIOO Der ton
of gold, and can be readily crushed. Hebroupht
to town a piece of it, picked at random, which
is speekled all through with gold.
STRANGE AFFAIR.
report was brought to town on Wednesday
las: that person, on bis way from here to Pio-
neer City, while going up the Summit hill. lust
beyond Crawford's toll house, had bis horse shot
from under him by some one concealed along
the road. The name Of the person reported 10
nave been attacked is Charles Reed. who han.
pens to be one Of party of half a dozen or so
who have lately been engaged in iumpinO claims
10 the vicinity of Pioneer City, A 0entleman
who examined the pistol shot.in the head Of The
dead horse assures US that it must have been in
fieted by person who was Immediately over
the animal, and it could not have been 6red bv
any one mp tree. The inference to be drawn
from this is not very favorable to the statement
made BY the Individual who rode thu. horse.
RicH LEDGE DISCOVERED,
An exceedingly rich quartz ledge has been
lately discovered near Plaeerville, in this Basin.
Il is reported from two to four feet thick, is