Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-04-14
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BOIBE BADly1.


Boiae Baein which at mo lime attaiEed o.
|.,mo word vide eelrrrity tor the msrvslou'
richness Of ito Placer aod mines. Il c'rca q
depression in tAs southern extreme ofan arm
loft salmon river ran,e OF mountains. It
|s.rtass'is .uissssi. covered ~ dense growth
III 10, and trsserssl b numerous creets'
which emp J 8 emselves into Crimes Gre T.
! tributary Of che Boise river. and the only
outlet &c tho waters CT tho BARN. The BASIN
has mean diameter Of about twenty -f've
u.iles; aud most Of its numerous creeks and
gu!ches ere Originally rich in gold. II Was
discovered BY prospecting party in the SUN
| mer Of 1862, and the euormoss quantities o.
god, lying almost on the surfaceof the sroood;
| and the wild but scarcely exaggerated stories
set aaoat concerning it, richness. attracted to
| it the following year ten thousand or more
people. A large per centage Of these were OF
that rowing, restless class Of men known IN
mining-region parlance a. "prospector':
class whose business, or at least whose lite
occupation it is to precede even the vanguard'
Of civilization, and spy out the localities favor
able to the termination and growth of settle
ments To them Utopia 10 ever 'oa bet"re."
Improvident, scornng the present. and dis
dalning the humdrum exactions Ut civilized
life. they I've in the future and revel amid the
wild scenes of the border. They have gone
out in search Of other fields. and in pursuit Of
hopes never to be realiz.d; and many Of them
dawn into -nmarked graves. over which surge
in thoughtless strife for gain the great wave
Of humanity which has swept in since tho
sleepers beneath, and their comrades 10 vicis-
situde. broke the barriers Of barbsrism which
had previously stayed the tide Of ito advance
ment They did their work and have LETT Us
to do ours Another large per centage Of the
early population Of the Basin was composed
of desperadoes and highwaymen These have
met ignominious. and in many instances. sum-
mary deaths. They. too. have gone. leaving .
horrible trail Of crime and blood behind. Only
the better class Of the early population Of the
Basin remains to witness the calm which has
succeeded the storm. And new population
greatly reduced in numbers. but quiet. law
abiding and industrious. occupies the place Of
the adventures and criminals offormer times.
The immensely rich surface deposits which
gave to the Basin its early celebrity have been
worked out. and the principal mining is now
done in the heavy gravel deposits and deep
channels probably little less aurifercus than
were the surface deposits originally mined
but vastly more difficult to work. - and hence
less remuneratve to the miner.
A all very rich mining camp have to do.
Boise Basin has felt to the fullest extent the
damaging depression OF the necessary react:on
from the fcverish excitement Of the flush times
of '63, and has at last commenced . process Of
recuperation which will be lasting. The bills
and great gravel beds Of tho BASIN have long !
been worked pro6tably; and attention 10 now
being directed 10 our quartz lodges. many Of
which prospect so we'll that "old quartz
miners" ",nctallurpists,' experts" and other
discredit the facts until shown them, !
and even then seek to justify their pr~con.
ceived notions by such n"nsensical assertions
az that the quartz worked is only found in
"blow-outs," or on the surface. or that at best |
the veins are narrow. and thousand and one
similar ridiculous objections And these ob. !
jections, groundless and absurd as they are.
are too often conceded with by msanthrop.s
among our own citizens who should and really !
do. know better. All Of these pr.judices viii
wear themselves out before much longer. and /
Boise and Atmras counties be regarded as the /
richest quarz fields on the Pacific coast But
time must work out this result just a. it has
worked out the change in the character Of the
people; md we must help along this change
just as we helped the other along II can't,
and there is no use!' never yet &C compished
even the smallest result. .'.
But even if it were possible for our quartz |
10 prove valueless. there 10 still ieftn the beds
Of our creeks an inconceivable wealth Of gold
and on our hills on exhaustlrss supply Of tim,
Der. This gold, tbeingenuity Of man. tnpurred h
on BY the greed Of riches. will soon Il nd means
Of extracting, and this timber the needs of
Utah and Nevada already demand. 1ea Al bed.
rock Hume, the feasibility Of which comprteos
engineers have already declared. will enable
Is to mine out the gold, give employment to
Of men md tn commerce hundreds
IT millionsof dollars. now lying waste under
ltlr feet A nd II will not ha lon.. hac>. 49,: