The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-04-04

MINING AFFAIRs.-The miners are resurnina ,vorL
eVery direction around our CITY and the BRIGHT obt
rom the pltcwood fires of the minars who ,,o, ~
ii'snt is cheerful sight after lone and gloomy
"iii'er' Inc warm, spring weather is causing tbe
NV" - ulsappsar rapidly from all the south hill
'es anu large quantities of wafer are flowing down
more and Elk creeks while the gulches in >evervdi
rec'ion ied by the melting snow on the hills. add
'heir quota to the general volume On Buena Visit,
OAR heaoen \ Co., Peak & Co., and one or two 9TH
ois 'nis sac OF Warm Springs. are working night
ana oay' and above them four or five Chinese com.
panies employing about $50 men, have been runnine
ior TWO or three weeks past. Above town, on North
Elk Sissy, Barrows & Co., who leased Baldwin's
ai'ch are at work near the mouth of Cuddy's gulcb
ana LII that immediate vicinity Peter Rush & Co.
James Collins and Peter Donohoe are also at work
hush " 20. running day and night with good head
VI Tree water, having already run off large extent
Vi ground On Deer creek, above that point Frank
TANNER " Co., Charles Preuss Il Co.. Webster & Cow
an swain Co., and Bell making the best use of
their time and water; while in Spanish gulch Stir
man and four or five other companies are prosecnt
ing work in lively manner On Bear RIM Kalar
Il Bidwell and West & Ralston have bean wor,;r
Tor ten days or two weeks past and are running any
amount of tangs down into the unner mention
OF Main street. None of the long bitches have,
as yet, been cleaned out. but work is now being
done on the Anderson ditch and it is expected that
they Will get the water through in from ten to twelve
days. Next week work will also be commenced on
the Big Ditch Tor old Christie ditch for the purpose
OF getting the water through early as possible but
nothing will be done the More creek ditch for two
or three weeks yet. Bev Willis has got the water
through his upper ditch, upon Gold Hill and is
working his claims near Lincoln gulch and X P
Plowman expects to have water running in his ditch
IN few days, to commence work on his claims in
Bear Run gulch. Up More creek, above the
junction OF Elk creek, no claims have as vet
commenced, though Tompkns l. Landing have
been. for weeks past, getting everything ready to
time, to get water enough through their ditch to
commence work. There now in this camp from
two hundred and city TO three hundred men AT work
and in couple of weeks more if the present mild
and open weather continues double that number will
be engaged, including, OF course, Chinese There is
an abundance OF SHOW in the mountains, and every
thing augurs well for prosperous mining season.
AT Pioneer City the snow is still about three and
half feet in depth aud mining operations in that
camp will commence for probably couple OF weeks
yet. AZ placerviie and Granite Creek We learn that
the season is also backward with little prospect OF
active mining operations commencing for ten days or
two weeks hence. bu, good accounts will be received
from all the Basin camps when the claims are clear
OF snow aud the bitches running full of water. -,
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