Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-08-22


FROM THE ssvEETSgATER REGION.
We have been favored with the following
interesting information Of the Sweetwaicr
mining region, aud contiguous country by Mr..
Robert Wright who was Que Of the pioneers
of this Basin, and lcft here about Tour years
ago, siHcc when he has journryed Ia South
America. Arizona. Colorado and Dakota.
Mr. Wright left swee,wster about month
ago. lilo pronoances the mines OF thai region,
bath quartz and placer. 10 be of very inferior
class. Big reports had attracted thousands Of
people there. but almost general failure Ia find.
ing anything hke good paying m,nes has
thinued down these thousands 10 IN exceed
lngly sparse number. Three months ago there
we're brtwecu 5000 aud 6.Oe0 souls 10 tina,
region whcn Mr.. Wright lcft there were no,
more than one hundred in Nil. Among ihesc
were conisi"ck [of Washoe iame). and DR..
Wilson. formerly OF this Basia, WHO had ANAL
claims which paid only about s. per day. The
area OF the mining district does 40. exceed
ten miles squarc The miners are about half
Gcntiles and half Mnrmons, chaa. Toser. 40
old California miner. ha. frr-s.amp quartz
mill in operation, crushing custom orc. bat
with small prohts. and indifferent prospects
Mr.. Wright was prcveuied BY accident from
accompanying Tho prospecting party oil sesen
led by JET S,andifcr some weeks ago. and 10 |
which Harry Lehman. who once lived in Boise |
Basin. Duncan, Of Ausiin, Ncsada, and Two
others Of the party. were killed by hostile |
Sioux. siand,fer. bob. krnnedy, aud New
man escaped by hard runains and big luck
The savagcs .ho. at Nrwtnau n. he was swim.
ming Wind river. bu. be got across, hid in
clamp of willows. and the Indians passed over
him without discovering his hiding place Stan.
differ and Kennedy WIRE three days without
food. aud the latter got snow blind Ia crossing
over the mountains Standifcr led him 10 on
the head Of Green river. where they forum.
atcly met Van Dyck. ALEC former resident oi
Boise Basin, who was engaged in that wild re-
sou. with o gang Of eighty men. in getting out
ties 10 GIL q contract be has with the Union
Pari6c Railroad Company. Van Dyck extend.
I'd full hospitality 10 the starving and suffering
pair. and helped them ont Of their troubles
Newman made bis way into South Pass City
alone.
South Pass City, which n few months ago
was crowded with busy population. and was
The livcliest city OF the Plains. 10 now quite de-
serted Great fine saloons. and other build.
f,r krnA.. Of all k,cl. |
and. Of dollars, are tenantlcss and left to do.
ray. JEFF Standifer 10 Sheriff, aud his brother
Pres il getting out ties for the railroad. iu the
woods near By.
Green River City IL now the chief place. 1t
10 100 miles South Of South Pass City. and i.
sustained BY present population Of 5000
employees, mainly,-and n large
transient traffic. Ii contains thirty-ave sa-
oons. There are two hurdy houses, Of Amer.
can girls. who have nonopoixcd the business
and run of the German girls In that peculiar
calling. Gambling pistol and rough and tum.
Die fighting, and oil manner Of wild, rough.
'arbulent life, prevails day and night Every.
hing portable, goods, money. clothing, provis-
ons, &C., 10 stolen, IL not constantly watched,
md good order, personal safety. or law, are
not known. The citizens had called meeting
% adopt some means Of general security by
he election Of local officers TO maintain peace
Ind order. Jimmy Brown, formerly Of Idaho
City, has fne saloon there, and number Of
others from this Basin are engaged In one way
Or another In the city.
Among others, formerly Of this Basin, Mr..
Wright saw John keenan,, who built mining ,
hitch to some dry digginss on big divide oil
The Rocky mountains. The diggings, howsver,
paid only two dollars per day to the hara, and
diggings and ditch are now let severely alone Z
Biz Jim Warren, the discovcrcr Of Warrrr,sI