Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-08-25
LETTER FROM ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, |. T., August 20, 1916.

come stationary will submit ley
desultory thoughts about this sectlo
: Of country. First / will allude, brief
lly, to the site Of the future great cit.
of the Northwest, Atlanta. Nestle
down in one of the cosiest little gem
of valley Imaginable; surrounded b,
: mountains that rise on the East am
West, rocky, PERCEPTIONS and almos
nude, up to where winter riots iron
June till June again; to the Nortl
and to the South hills of less magni
tude, but forest-crowned and robeC
from base to apex with nantes of 81
ant trees, recede, like the forehead O
the Republican nominee for President
to distant submits, endiademed Oh
the South by hundred lodges of sill
yer and gold, the richest in the world
from this summit two little creeks de-
scend by easy grades past the town
to the river, which flows clear as sill
yer through the dell-like valley and is
lost amid the stony battlements that
guard the reckoning West, the banks
Of creeks and river fringed with quak-
ing asps which overspread the valley
through which they pass, and in
which the town is, and these inter
sperced with just fir and pine trees
enough to give variety and attractive
ness to the scene; up the river above
the town, and extending down over a
portion of the valley, one of the finest
bodies of timber in the whole country,
in which numerous springs bubble
forth steaming hot from some subter-
ranean cauldron kept boiling by the
spontaneous combustion of gases
evolved from the mighty labratory of
nature, supply warm water enough
for the daily additions of thousands,
and clew to the reason why ancient
superstition surmised a hell; gray
walls of granite, with sides relieved
from utter desolation only by an oc-
casional stunted pine, which hangs,
rather than grows, from some cleft in
the rock, which seems almost to over
hang the town. Such is briefly, and
in outline, only, the scenery around
beautiful Atlanta. In picturesqueness
it is unsurpassed, in mineral wealth
unequalled; but of its many rich
mines | will not attempt to speak I'M
til have opportunity to inform my
self more fully about them. Suffice it
for the present that the Buffalo, Mon
arch and Leonora mines are running
on very high grade ore. The two
former are silver mines and the rich
est ever saw, and / verify believe
the richest on the coast The Mon
arch company are employing forty or
more men, and have shipped 225,000
pounds of ore East for reduction this
season, at cost of 1924 to the ton, so
am Informed by parties who profess
TO know. They are still forwarding
ore as fast as transportation can be
had, and will probably ship five hum
dred thousand pounds before winter
begins. The Buffalo Co. are also
shipping ore but in less quantities.
They, however, are pntting up a very
Iine mill here which will be ready for
rock by Christmas, the ma.
chinery being now between this place
and Rocky Bar. They will have
roaster and all needful appliances for
the successful working of rebelIious
ores, complete, and as they have abun-
dance of rock worth from $4,000 to
$4,000 to the ton, their enterprise
cannot but be success. Col. Baxter
IS running the Leonora mill. His
mine is situated within mile of town,
bears gold instead of silver, and |
nave seen various specimens taken
from it as rich as the rock of the fa-
nous Ish ledge. Other mines are be-
ing worked here but | don't know
them by name One of them is owned,
however. by Messrs. Newton and Tay.
or, and is so rich that Mrs. T yester-
lay made $40 by crushing rock in
mortar and panning it out in horn.
The Monarch mill is running day
and night, but whether on Monarch or
Buffalo rock | am not informed.
The town Of Atlanta consists at
present of four little stores, two ex-
,ellent hotels, one kept by Mr. w.
Myers, formerly of Rocky Bar, and
he other by Mr.. Cummings, who
llon holinun roridcd a. 4Lo D.. - !,