Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-13
RAMBL1NGs OF RoUsrABoUT.
ATLANTA, July 6, 1877

tee of arrangements in behalf of Mrs.
il. Tillman, beautiful American
flag, which was, on motion of James
Dardis, ESQ.,, accepted, and vote OF
thanks rendered the fair donor. After
it was run up the audience all joined
in singing the Star Spangled Banner.
This incident was overlooked IN my
notes Of yesterday.
A party of pleasure started OFT yes
terday afternoon for the Grouse Greek
lakes, ten miles away, composed OF
Messrs. Schenck, McNeal, Mahan, An
derson, Baxter, Lewis and Curry
They went prepared with fishing tack
lie, and expect to come back loaded
with trout and cloyed with pleasure.
To-day | have been enjoying the
ouiet Of a retreat to Julian Hills resi-
dence and mine, by the side OF cold
spring, in the mountain fastness,
three miles away from Atlanta.
From the cabin door, which is on the
south side of the ridge in which the
great Atlanta ledge is situated, you
can look way down deep gorge
through which the Yuba is flowing,
along whose banks little town was
built in early days, but now deserted,
Rising from this gorge to the south
west is high range covered with
new snow, beyond which is the great
Bonaparte ledge, and still westward
the numerous lodges around Ronl y
Bar, one Of the most prominent being
the mine known as the Wide West,
which did not visit, as it is not be-
ing worked, and no one present was
sufficiently interested in it to show 1t
to me. Men we'll informed give it as
their opinion that it is one of the big
mines of the country, but its history
is that of a great many others. Mis-
management and want of knowl
edge cast blight upon it in early
days, and now it lays there awaiting
new enterprise and capital to resusci-
tate it. If the honest opinions of Ca
pabIe experts are worth anything the
Wide West will one day be among
the big things in the way Of mines.
| have just made few figures with
the assistance Of Julian Hill and Da-
vid Garrick, showing the extent in
linear feet to which the Atlanta lead
has been traced. Commencing at the
east is the ground of Turner & Stead
man, six hundred feet. The next
west is that of Brown. Fox, & Burge,
four hundred feet S. B. Dilley comes
in with thirty-six feet next, which
Joins on to the Monarch company's
ground, 1000 feet, which joins the
Buffalo company's ground containing
500 feet. Next is that Of Simmons,
Preston & Johnson, 6OU feet, when
Ed Fulmer comes IN with 100 feet, |
Hill & Turner 100 feet. Simmons
again with 200 feet, Farris 200, Davis
I Harley 200 feet each, Hill & Alb
'ott 400, which is consolidated with
JAWS & Harley, making claim Of
90 feet. Clink & PiBney then brings
p the rear at the west end Of what
as been SO far traced, with location J
f 400 feet. Other locations are made +
} the west Of this, but the Atlanta g
EDGE has not been traced beyond the i
round of Pinney & Cink. Mr.. Clink +
as been running a tunnel little &
ore than year, and has now at a 8
stance of 200 feet from the mouth n
1T a body of ore four feet wide that v
oks and prospects well, with the s,
nth wall with clay seam well de- fc
ed. There has been no assay made NJ
the ore yet, but Mr.. Clink has sent I