The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-08-31
PIONEER CIrY.-Several days ago, in CON-

PIONEER CITI.-SeVeTdi uuyS ago, III COLI
pany with our slim friend Jim M, we paid
flying visit to Pioneer City, taking the cutoff
from Centerville We found that water had
about given out in that camp, with the excep.
ton of several hundred inches, in one of Ben
Wilson's bitches, the greater part of which
he is using on his own claims. There is a
vast extent of good mining ground yet re.
naming unworked, in that vicinity, and upon
which water can be obtained for several months
during the spring and summer, and from what
we could learn, there has been but little, il
any, falling off In the product of gold in that
camp this season from that of last year. Pho
neer is better supplied with water than any
other camp in the Basin. and there is mining
ground enough to last for many years The
season for placer mining being OYER, the peo-
pie In that section, or at least good portion
of them, have turned their attention to buck
leberrying and prospecting for quartz, and
they have been eminently successful in both
pursuits. Berries of all kinds have never been
known to be so abundant in the mountains as
they are this year. Bushels upon bushels of
huckleberries have been gathered, and our
Pioneer neighbors, with their accustomed lib
erality, have been daily shipping by stage huge
boxes of them to their friends throughout the
Territory. The late discovery of the ledge
called the Golden Era, which we noticed last
week, has created quite an excitement, not
only at Pioneer, but also in this city Pros.
pectors are out in every direction from Pho.
neer looking for quartz, and we will doubtless
be called on weekly, to chronicle new dscov-
cries. Mr.. John Muirhead who, with several
others, took up the first extension west, on the
Golden Era, brought US several large pieces of
the rock, on last Tuesday. and all the pieces
are thoroughly spinkled with free gold, visible
to the naked eye. The discovery party is en-
gagged in taking out ore, and tunnel was
commenced on the extension yesterday. If
the ore continues one half as rich rs it is at
present, quartz mill will undoubtedly be
erected in that neighborhood There can be
no doubt of the existence of rick quartz in
that section of the country, and our Pioneer
friends appear determined to unearth some of
it. The fires raging in the timber around that
camp have kept ditch owners on the look. out in
order to protect their fumes. Mr.. Wilson
had great difficulty in saving one of his fumes
few days ago, but we are informed that the
trees have been cut away so that there will be
little danger hereafter The smoke from the
fires settled down over Pioneer City, rendering
the air almost suffocatng but we found an an
tidote in Nunnally's lager. which is 4 No. /,
and other liquid refreshments we found at
Johnny Veaseys and Frank Gavirds rendered
us smoke-proof Our old friend NJ. Garrity
still holds forth at the Yreka Restaurant,
where the wayfarer will find upon his table
every luxury that the market affords On the
night before our return pleasant little sociable
was improvised by "Judge Hog'em Madigan
and others, and after dripping the light fan
tastic" into the "wee sma' hours" we sought /
the arms of Morpheus to be awakened early in
the morn by Pioneers watchful night guard,
''Uncle jerry" who ratified us out to start for
home.