The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-06-10
City and County.

r,,uo CITY TO ATLANTA.-From Jas.
Hp ~, Hill the Supervisor of Roads for the
rf@ .. in this county, we have received in
ORA p''' new road projected, to lead from this
'Sa'V ~ famed rich Atlanta District in Alturas
IL gov Of Gold Hill and Snelling's Camp, on
GHN' !" river. The distances by the proposed
Dau' from Idaho City are: to Gold Hill, "a
H" OnaI,ing's Camp, "a miles, and to Atlanta, 70
y" The way to Snelling's there will be no
rFs ,os and the road is already nearly COM
~! rorv GOOD travelling condition for teams, to
F"T vii From Snelhngs into Atlanta the only
"aa ,,+icable route is up Middle Boise rivera
'l..,n,a Of sixteen miles, and this is the only
D ~ Il the proposed route which would require
uI' or money to complete. MIR. Carr esti-
,hs probable cost at $4,000; and for this sum,
'...s very good wagon road can be construct
-oute into Atlanta by way of Black Warrior
d ~, is not practicable for teaming, while it is
SU1 80, for pack animals or horsemen as the
,na, ba river can be made By the road from
~, >, Atlanta now travelled, Mr.. Carr says the
,sO miles, and that road is impossible by
=. heavy shows for more than half the year
: n. Rocky Bar route the seasons travel rarely
.n.r,es earlier than July, and snow often OBJ
-.s Il 50 late as August. By the proposed route
:. ,,v viii the distance, say from Boise City, be
,.-.rsd fulIy twenty-five miles, but the road can
,,-rsed nearly every month of the year, as the
viii mot obstruct the travel in mid winter along
a.xboIe route any more than it does the road be-
-, Rise City and Idaho City. But at worst, the
So. 10 and from Atlanta and from either Idaho
.B+se cities can. by the new route, be opened from
. v.sss 10 two months earlier and continued u
-.s a, more later in the season. every year, than
As IA route now generally travelled from Boise
r-r,, Atlanta and other chief camps Of lturas.
:. ,,ascted roalwould, when built, be Of much
,.4. 70 Boise and Ada counties, and 10 all inter
s,i n Al!uras as we'll, and it requires simply q
r-a Of LIBERAL public enterprise for general and
-ua good TO successfully carry out the project.
Vr.7 contributed for such work by every fixed
ia-s, and business man in this county. aud in Ada
ri I.rrss equally, would quite surely be returned
r7sy Of future material benefits and advantages.
he completion Of the road, and il would likewise
l!-aslrably in the development OF the rich and
Igs.ya gold and silver mines OF Alturas, which
II ss, save in very few noted instances, "a so
NH lad great mineral capital, hidden and with
hitln use and profit TO its possessors and all be-
lis because Of the want Of means and facilities 10
I'M hen into notice and make them profitable by
:: glgltalOn Of machinery, capital and labor.
yaha: White Pine, nor Washoe, nor Owyhee, has
Il .ih4r gold and silver mines than Alturas but
[: :Eo. especially, have what Alturas has not
IL yl.i 10 possess-the facilities and ample means
1!.s! al heir mining lodges and grounds into
E17e g:11tabe operation. And until the day OF
.:.5: !.liS shall come Alturas must needs labor
liz: lie Disadvantages wrought by this important
/: l-o2s her other several most urgent wants.