The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-31
Trr GOLD HILL AND BANNER ROAD.

THE GOLD HILL AND 6AN01n 0V01.
Since our. last issue the matter Of raising
fnnds Tor the purpose Of completing t. road
to Gold Hill and Banner District has ben &C
lively canvassed. and its early constrackon u
placed beyond peradventure. Messrs. ). Z.
Fox aud j. B. Peyton, acting asa Committee
have been around with subscription paper
which has been very generally signed, and our
citizens have, as usual, "planked down /" lib
orally in behalf of the enterprise. We are 'n-
formed that the subscriptions now amount IN
the aggregate to $1,000. which sum will no
doubt be increased considerably, 90 that all the
money required will be easily raised and the
road put through in tho shortest possible time.
The liberal proposition made by Hon. g. w.
Crafts has met with hearty response from al
classes miners, merchants, ditch men, doc
tors, lawyers and saloon keepers-and great
deal of enthusiasm is manifested over the
prospects of Banner as stirring. wide-awake
quartz camp.
On last Tuesday team was started out
with liberal supply Of provisions aud stores
of all kinds, and fifteen or twenty men went
out to commence work at once. Other add'~
tional hands were secured, yesterday, and
probably forty or fifty men will be at work on
the new road this week. The matter has been
taken hold of in the proper spirit. and as the
people of Idaho City have no such word in
their vocabulary as "fail," the work will be
pushed forward without delay until the road 10
completed. Mr.. Crafts started for Banner on
last Tuesday evening to select a site for his
mill, and as soon as the wagons can get through
to that place, the mill will ut once be moved and
placed in position. In order to have all the
necessary machinery and apparatus required
for the working of silver ores, Mr.. Crafts will.
in a short time start for California and Nevada.
where he proposes to visit the principal quartz
mills, and after careful examination Of them,
and inspecting the latest and most approved
apparatus and machinery for the successful
working and reduction Of such ores. he will
purchase the necessary machinery in San
Francisco regardless of cost, and forward the
same to Banner without delay.
The opening up Of that rich quartz camp is
now assured. and the material benefits that
will accrue to Idaho City from the develop
ment Of the lodges in that section. are appar-
ent to all. Every branch Of industry in this
place will receive fresh impetus, and = new
field OF labor will be thrown open to the min
ers who are now idle through the failure Of
water on our placer diggings. The quartz
lodges Of Boise county. both gold and silver.
are second to none in the Territory. aud in.
stead of relying. as heretofore, ON our placers.
we must henceforth rely. in the main, for our
prosperity in the future. on our quartz.
The Banner and Wolverine lodes. in which
Mr.. Crafts owns controlling interests, are
known to be well.de6ned. true fssure veins.
marvelously rich 10 silver ore; and the supply
Of wood and water in that vicinity is sufficient
for all time to come. A large number Of
lodges have been discovered in Banner. many Of
which have been prospected thoroughly; and .
great deal OF work has been done on some Of
them. in the way OF sinking shafts and running
tunnels, but the owners became somewhat die.
couraged on account Of the isolated condition
of the camp. and the slight prospect Of mills
being erected there. at least for years to come.
A these obstacles are now about to be re-
moved, work will be resumed on quite num-
Der Of lodges in that section, as the mine own
ers are assured by Mr.. Crafts that, in addition
to crushing ore from his own mines, he will
give them all . show BY crushing for them at
bis mill. If this enterprise proves . success,
and there 10 not . man acquainted with the
mines in Banner but 10 confident it will. there
erected 10 that camp within year from the
time Mr. Crafts mill makes cleanup; aud
with the Gold Hill Company in successful op-
GRAFTON on one side Of the country aud Crafts
mill IN the other side, we can rest assured that
capital, seeking profitable investment. will flow
in on US. and new era Of prosperity dawn on
the mother county of the Territory.
ANOTHER GREAT FIRE.-Baltimore appears
TO be the scene Of the next great condagration,
following in the wake Of Chicago and Boston.
We received, Tuesday, the following dispatch
from our old-time friend, Mr.. A. j. Shepard,
Agent Of Wells, Fargo & Co., ut Winnemucca,
Nevada: aHs
wsxExuccA. July Is. 1S73-l0 A. x.-Baltimore
on ire; sent Of for help; Are still raging Pm.
0HEp.