The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1867-04-27
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" when mining is actively resumed
there are yastranges Of ground all about
Basin which will be worked for the, 6rst
line thisyear, as water has been, broughtin BY
bitches to yield the supply Of that necessary
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Down along the 3arlfrom the west side 81
the city to the Warm Springs, over two
hundred men are at work, and an estimate
Of their products may. beiObtained from their
own declarations that their most sang1ine
expectations Of the pay have fallen far short
Of the actual yield. This is no isolated or
rare remark, but is general; We believe indeed
that it is the unanimous expression among
the,claim owners. prominent merchant,
who watched the washing of single painful
Of the pay dirt from pile of winter drifting,
last Tuesday evening, during a stroll down the
Bar, assured us that there was not less than
FIVE hundred dollars in the panl We'll &C.
acquainted with nearly all the miners, he
made inquiry at the various claims as he
passed along, and the remark in every in
stance was thatthesclaims were paying greatly
better than they expected
Gentlemen who visited the North Fork Dig
gings of Elk creek early in. the week inform
US thatthere likewise the same prosperous
condition Of things preSail-the claims all
paying far beyond the most hopeful antici-
pations Of their owners. The same report
automatically comes to us from Moore's creek
and personal observation and inquiry along
on the Bonum Hill front one day this week
satisfied US that equally large products, are
realized there. We first visited the claim of
Casey, White Underwood, and learnedtbat,
although no clean up had yet been made, they
had ascertained enough from sure s'indica-
tons, to know that their product would ex-
coed their FIRST expectations. Next we went
to Murphy 8 Highlands claim. They cleaned
up on Monday, after four days run, and
got $3.50. Next, at the claim of CanleY s.
Co., we learned from Mr.. Tatro that partial
clean up gave them certain indications of
very rich yield. Next above is the claim of
Mr.. Donnelly. This was worked by Judgel
Waite last year at a loss, we believe, and Mr..
Donnelly boughtit at low figure. He is a
practical and intelligent miner, and the diff
ference in the work of thorough miner and
man who il, not, is exemplifed in this in
stance. Afteran eight days run Mr.. Dom
nelly made clean up, andlgotabout S., 300.
And he has just commenced upon ground,
for the first time struck in the hill, which he
IS confident win pay far beyond any 50 far
worked. He scraped shovel full Of earth
from the race Of the bed rock and roughly
washed it while we stood by, and in it were
about two bits. Water is afforded at all
these claims and Others along the same range
at The reduced price Of fifty cents per inch
fOrStwenty- four hours, and the claims men,
toned run $50 Inches each day and night.
Further on archie claims of Messrs. Under
wood, Of Gilbert 4 Co., and others whose
names we have not learned. And tits reas.
enable to assume that each and all will pa =
handsomely through the whole season, as
they have SO far as worked paid far better
than ever befores ase8i Il as n iss S. nfa
M hese facts II will be seen that the
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