Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-01-21

Ed. WoRLD: "Oncc more on the
deck | stand After the cnlpableI
neglect Of your humble servant ! hard
" expect to be forgiven; but as To
err is human. to forgive divine will
take the human part and in hopes that
yon will overlook past transgrvss'ons,
l promise to attend to work in the III
ture. What to write about hardly
know; SO this letter will. in all proba'
bility, incline to the present feelings
Of the author and be somewhat
"mixed." "
The mines in this district are as
good as ever. The past summer and
fall have been spent by us solely III
prospecting. The temptations to
prospect 10 new country arc greater
than ia generally imagined Ofcourse
we ought to have developed what was
alsea..y heated on the Bird in hand
prsacipal; but human nature always
Arsires something more than is III
sight, and miners are n' exception l."
tne general rule. he work On The
sE.nc pal lodges have developed ore
lsea snongh ID excite the cupidity Of u
philosopher, and firmly believe that
Ahe mines in this part nf Idaho will
yet rank with the best. ! question il
we hail over dozen prospcctors here
oil the past year. The majority q;
them came and saw. packed mp their
traps and were gone Miners expert
cnccd in the nature Of ores We have
had none; yet those are the men We
require, for our ores are totally dis
tinct and Ot a different nature from
any heretofore discovered They in
cline somewhat to the Phoebe and tn
reka mineral, and from facts which
have lately learned about certain mines
in Mexico, what has hitherto been a
mystery to me is now clear. | an
more sangninc than ever rs regards
the ultimate prosperity 81 orr silver
lodes. II rise to explain'--thc lat,
excitement regarding he annex alton
OF Mexico has brought - light mucl
that was new respecting that mystic
rious country. Among other letter,
descriptive Of its mineral resource
was one describing mining distrsc
on the eastern slope If the Sierr.
Madre. Reading it over with oul,
the usual interest miner pays I,
such descriptions, | was struck will
the idea that was reading Il p,
picture of the liver bearing lodes i,
Heath District Going over it agar
and again came to tile conclusion
that it was really so, for everything
mentioned III the letter conceded S,
completely with our district that tn,
resemblance was astonishing Til,
geological features Of the country, tn
trend of the veins, the nnderlay, ma
ture OF the ore, the nearly pure metal
horn d.native silver, cblorides an,
carbonates. all bore wonderful re
semblance to each other; and .th'
mines in the districts mentioned ar,
90 wonderfully rich that packets .hav,
yielded away up in the millions. Her
again is similitude. So far a
known oi,r ores exist in pockets. Al
together, To sum up the wl'ole thing
what with the lodges now known I,
exist that have been found by incr
handful of rs fellows this summer
and with more men w6 will undoubi
eddy he here next season; wien accoi
ding to the nature Of things otIn
I mines will be found, there cannot b
the slightest doubt in the minds !,
thinking men Of the future Of this pc,
Z tjon Of. Westerm idaho. What ",
!. want aud will have very soon is few