Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-06-05
LATEST NEWS FROM LEMH1.

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| Later than the letters which we published
extracts from in this paper, and later than any
intelligence we have from any other source,
from the Lemhi country, is that obtained
through Mr.. Madigan, of Madigan & Cannady,
merchants at Pioneer City, and given to US on
Monday evening. Mr.. Madigan's informant
was Mr.. Cox Of Walla Walla, who left Lees
burg less than two weeks ago. Mr.. Cox had
been in Lemhi several months, and had good
opportunity to make up a fair estimate Of the
extent and richness of the gold fields so far dis
covered. His report as communicated to us
by Mr.. Madigan, to whom Cox had given full
information, is substantially as follows:
When he left I4eesburg, May 22d, there was
from one to two feet of snow in many of the
flats and gulches and all the hills were still
deeply covered with it. Mining had been going
on for several weeks, however-quite sufficient
to enable the miners to form an estimate of the
dIggings. No big strikes or very rich claims
had been heard Of Nose Miner, well known
in Walla Walla and Oregon, had sold a claim
for S., 900, but that was lone instance of so
high a valuation. The best diggings were est
IudIcu dU say PI% pei udy W EhO A1A1 UuU Oule
was above the average. Henry Mulkey and
his brother held hundred claims; j. Marion
More held fifteen claims and some ditch prop
erty, but water wassO plenty that bitches were
not much needed. 1t was expected that some
trouble would occur on the first of June, as that
was the day fixed by the miners on which all
claims not represented by persons in fact were
to be jumped by persons who would work them
There were about 1900 persons in Leesburg,
but on the day Mr.. Cox left, fully half of the
whole number rushed off for new diggings re-
ported to have been discovered about eighty
miles this side of there, in the direction of
Warren's Diggings. Persons were focking
in however, from Montana. Washington, Ida
no, Oregon, and California About one half of
all these were idle, and many were leaving
daily.
In trade matters, there had been q very ma
terial change in short time. Goods were
being rushed in from Montana, from Idaho and
Boise cities, from Walla Walla, and Salt Lake |
Bacon, dry goods, and certain staples could be
brought in best from this side, but in flour,
produce, butter, &C., Montana and Utah held
the advantage.
A great many goods had been quickly dispo-
sed of this year in whole cargoes or by jiobbing /
A train of 200 animals, loaded by q Walla |
goods, in Leesburg, at good profits. Mr.. C. |
Clark, formerly of this city, had purchased the
entire lot of bacon taken there from Walla |
Walla by Mr.. Cox, who sold WELL The mer-
chants from Montana were doing cash bust
ness, declining all sales on credit, but some of
those from Idaho and Boise cities were giving
to the miners who wanted
goods on short time During the early part of
the season high prices ruled for all kinds of
goods, but they had rapidly fallen to low figures
because of very heavy stocks rushed in from all
quarters.
Wagons cannot get beyond Salmon river,
sixteen miles this side of Leesburg and until
lately ten cents per pound was paid for packing
goods from that point into Leesburg; but it
was easy to engage packing for three cents per
pound when Mr.. Cox left. The town at this
point on the river called Nappias', we believed
was fourishing. and nearly as large as Lees
burg The jacobs Bros, of Walla Walla and
Boise City, have store at each town.
All in all, Mr.. Cox does not give very en-
description of the diggings, and be-
ieves it TO be a region in which from fair to
good wages may be made, but nothing more
40 big strikes Miners claim, mentioned
above, was the only one he heard of which
paid richly, or sold at figure to warrant the
belief that the mines generally were rich. From
what we gather, he does not undertake to con-
;rast the Lemhl district with Boise Basin in
point of richness, or in the actual extent of the
mining region. His account of that country,
appears to us, is by no means attractive for
my who have good claims here or elsewhere,
II such as to cause any to abandon or dispose
# paying ground to gOto Lemhi.