, 1869-09-27
TIE NEW GOLD REGION.

Lntc md 1n&crcsttb. Information.
ifaAo City tSt1I ~ Correspondence - the IfIh
IaJprf<T.
Observing exaggerated reports had reached
Cor!nnc, apparently credited. relative TO the new
" discovered m!n!tg camp Of Orp Grand, upon
leon Creek, trinusary Of Salmon Rlsrr, l take
the OCCASION Of sc1d!Eg car1J Information Of the
extent aud probable resources OF the recent dis
covcsy, 70 far rs rrl'aplS Known here.
Orc Grand WAS discovered as q mining camp By
a Email party Of rroepect0Fs from Letn1l County,
know ~ The Nate sMlth rnrty, ahout the last OF
quantities Was ma,le, the parry rolntnuntcasett 1t
to number Of miners prospecting not Tar from
there uron the sars ot ssnon GseE ~ S9me re-
partners. A trader named Joe GAlarion, formerly
Il resident ol this place, an. employed hJ ". D.
chants, had store es,abl!sard about
twenty mlles distant for the rurpose Of
SUPPLYING Salmon River miners Learn
chsndtse for The new market W!thtu q fortnight
after the news waa communicated here not less
than W men left hosse equity tor The nov camp
About Ito bare since returned. AID others arr
ett going: The camp 81 present con!tsts of about
;eo Tsn ron o:s 1dso s1a ie@a, cen11t'ss. 2; e..
tsna. All Who hare seen the country ag1ee IN
stating tsst ine extent ,.,E 81 INNING eonassJ
s"spo over T nS' Ren ane eno
| are in = nalIow gorge between high nohu-
| tains, about 6n1 yards II W1atn, Including the
| cYecf, and abo1t Is niles 10 length. Want OF
| lumber has prevented any sluace mining as yct
| although water Il abundant: Loon creek fnynisn.
| Ing not less than 3,aU iEcucs Of water. DEa1f
fIuoef Is plenty, but no trees 4uttobie for saving
! 1ttp {unt.er crow within s11 to seTcn niles OF
/ where the town Of ORC Grand has beeu locstef.
StoekAlc buildings or pole houses a1e being built
m.a machinery Il on Inc IA. from Boise C,ty, aud
By the end Of the present rnonih lumber markets.
ssrsSie rsat ,o *opps u ~ nc demand co,,o.-,,,,
hlghts last month one-fou1h Of an zach zhtck
cyerJ night The distance .! the new camp from
here abont eighty miles in aa air Ene nearly due
hundred an, thirty mIet and Is called al te1oel
| lent mountain tsa4l. Which can, with but little
trouble, lAtor. .aud expense be made good moun
can re 9sc % prsccspe .noentns Ine ts:spcs
nearly or quite uue-thir11 The new camp vi
undoubtedly constitute = nucseus for OIL
oi ad}aeent country. sni there is bat ilttl'
douhs oiher dtscoscr1es not less Important will b
maze IN that vicinity. Cp to The present tine
covered in CeDtlal lsaho. of cuus,derah'e cxtcu
anh greater Or lcfs richness II IS out ust taat -
ihe actaa: ,scss Here in tn,s ,nsul1 seg,oa y
arr used to such excisemeuts, ~ The old miner
cali them, md not seriously disappointed whe
ansn oas FIT Il s*ass eee
deceived hy exaggerated statements 9
. disappointed By tncoastderahlc results
: pursuit PURSUIT: Ia, lie lie professional miner
utcA to lts yictsttudcs. hurtshias and ps1Sataoh
. | md ioyea i1f scrt uncertaipty. Another seaso
will demonstrate more fully the extcu. and r,cl
Ects Of tho Oro GIande rvCton. and Fhcn II
ruth u fplir ascefta1ncd. II raScraee, VII be A.
| pic tnc for fuAh OF put5ldera, Fuo, Anosf C
tain, otherwt.e 70 curse thc!r mex aud an innoSsi
ocupts3 for tht.t owu folly, perhaps oTcr.csednl
II. IN too haasils believing boseiess trpos ot nc
cxagpefAttd hF frr.of HS {hcY tfAycf further, tn
Would he t,ltcut; 10 recognize and identify The
s | In their ''clbro1acsed" Atatc. idaho needs 7
> such n41ytntitlouE aldk 10 secure floating popol
tIon. "Truth l. mighty. and NIL prevail