Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-07-18
FROM ALTURAS COUNTY

yesterday received from Alturas county, dated
Monday, July 18th: la-i,7 % aoa'&e5ai OH
To the visitor from any other part Of the
country, times seem very dull, and the pros
poets gloomy for Alturas, but to any old settler,
who knows of the actual condition of affairs
here, the outlook is much better than it has
been for two years. The days of wild mining
speculation, without any bottom to it, have
about closed with our county, and hereafter
our people will move with less dash, more pru-
dence, and, / can truly say, with far better,
aye, with sure success.
Lately bona fide sale was made, of IT'S
feet of rich Atlanta ledge, to the Monarch In-
diana) Company, for $45 5,0O0in coin, and $780,
900 in stock, and it was conditioned in the sale
the Company are to put up ten-stan1p quartz
mill the coming Fall. Of the IT'S feet the
Company have by this purchase is 175 feet of
the excessively rich ruby silver ore ledge lately
found, which pays by crude process from $3.50
to $500 per ton.
The Greenback Company are at work upon
their ledge, which also develops a good deal of
rich ruby silver ore, and the main ledge, in
which this vein is, has an average width of
four to five feet, and all of it yields very well.
This ruby silver vein is seven to eight inches
width, and is almost like SO much pure silver.
| Other claims and extensions of the Atlanta
ledge are being worked, imperfectly, however,
but all pay we'll
| The unfortunate trouble between Mat. Gra-
ham and the large English Company has, for
the time thrown a wet-blanket over operations
in Yuba, but | am confident all will yet be
made right, and our mines will prove that the
cause Of failure does not rest with them, but
altogether with the bad management or dis
honesty Of agents and others, who either know
too little, or represent too much, and who are
sent here without mining experience, to do
what only practical mining men ought to be
trusted to execute.
In the Rocky Bar district the Idaho Compa-
ny are drifting. with good prospects
The Casco wide Wes0 Company, Red
Warrior, are at work. They have made three
runs, and are on the fourth. They have paid
off over $4,000 debts, sent $4,000 in coin
drafts to the Eastern owners, aud have money
on hand And this has been done in three runs
with their ten-stamp mill, which is not a good
one, and badly requires repairs.
Splendid gold ore has been lately taken from
the Leonora ledge, and Mr.. - of Boise
CITY, is negotiating for the purchase of this
ledge.
| Politics begin to rage here. Hon Frank
Ganahl and " s. Anderson, Esq, Democratic
candidate for the Council, spoke at big meet
ings (for Aturas) at Yuba last Saturday even
ing. aud at Rocky Bar last night. The crowd
was enthusiastic at both places and the speak
ers acquitted themselves handsomely.
The Radicals have got out straight ticket,
of pretty fair men. but they cannot elect
man on it. Alturas will give Democratic
majority from top to last man oa the ticket.
Judge Shafer will run like chain lightning
here. know several Republicans who say
they intend to support him, because they know
him to be an honest and worthy gentleman.
and the ablest they know in the Territory.
They don't know Mr.. Batter. and think II he
was very much Of man they woaid have
heard of him before in their party affairs,
We hear by letter from Judge May himself
that he is an Independent Democratic" can.
didate for Delegates Mr.. -----, who received
his letter, say, he don't know any such thing
os an "fndepeudent Democrat" and says
Juaxe May can get no vete flomsliim He is
angry because May seemed to think he would
leave his party to follow him off on bolt 1
don't believe May can get a vote in the county
lie would have been very badly scratched, |
think if he had been the Democratic candidate,
for the - affair here has made very
strong, feeling against him. You can bet your
pile on shafer carrying Alturas by heavy ma
jority for our comparatively small vote. s.e
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CHANGE or TUNE e. A. Stevenson, l'olterI
and sorehead candidate for Councilman from
this county, was Councilman in the last Legis-
ature, elected BY the Democrats. The States
man then pitched into him, among the other
Democrats in that body, and persstently de-
clared his. general unfitness for the position.
Nov, read what ite same Radical orgas says
Of Stevenson and The rest Of the Spoilsmen Lee
gislatiye ticket in this county:
Thev are .uioneers and miners and have at all
times taken part in enterprises advanced for tho in
terest OF the hcle people of the Territory and not