Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-03-18
LE1~rEn FRoM cnALLIs. IDAHO.
Tuscarsrz TImea-R Review.

We are permitted 70 make the Toll
lowing extracts from i private letter
received by oneof our CITIZENS n refer
ence To the mines of Yankee Pork and
vicinity:
The mines ON Yankee Fork are not
overrated 10 my Judgment. bnt whett-
Ter they will 60 down remains TO BEL
seen; muscle and time alone can tell
So far they look well and iaerease in|
wealth a. they are sunk on
This piaercsiallis- i situated on
the Salmon, or rather aleat ft,tir a,5Ies
from II, and viii be sssotl pace this
summer. The mines HAT sssF,s,Ft this
village asr sixteen EsIles distant and
from tIsat to thirty inises. and are high
grade isase ores, running from $3.50 ta
s.. 600 per ton. carrying copper, lead
etc.
Tie rams Horn has been record
ed, together with sixteen other claims
Esf 1900 feet each. AM! III ALI cases the
very best Of ore Ia been obtained.
The best claim outside the RAMS
Hofn" proper belongs r. j B Hood,
Iof Tuscarora, ard myself. These
mines lie in slate. The mines ii tie
I.,..,s,4<x,.<. ,y.sf -, s3ss.. III - ~
the slaie, are also higu grade. ard the
ore lies III large bodies The parties
who have been worEing the past win.
ter are all. without exception, well
pleased with their work, far the mines
/ 80 down we'll Let a stranger staHd
around ard listen Ii the bare-foetaa
millionaires talk, ard he would soon
become convinced that tie national
debt would be paid al SoaH as spring
opeis They speak of l00uunce sil-
yer ores rs too small to talk about,
and really it IS ss,, because transEas.r-
tatioa is So costly The Internal Hi
dian scares of the past two years
have prevented prospecting ss:d ssorI,
ling, bat this coming spring viii pnt ]
Iquictas on al thai. The letters fros
| the outside world say that an inmei.s,
| stampede Will commence as soon a
Espring opens. and if you con
template coming. start Immediately
and prepare to meet it. Provisions o
all kinds are plentiful and moderately
q cap. The road to Snake river i,
open. You can come - the terminus
of the Utah Northern railroad a
Blackfoot. and then get team an,
come through in u short time, as ii i
only $50 miles and tlte most direc
route to any part Of this country.
am ahead of the time, because gee
graphically it Is out Of place. then tn
mineral belt extends up the Salmon
, Considerable excitement about tn
ut.tSlt tAOS GCEAA LldutIcSlGQ uy d
parties, aid | think new town vi
be located near the mouth Of the Eas
Fork of the Salmon. 1t viii certain
" be the center Of the mines, and til
nearest depot for supplies. eonseqaen
II the rash viii center in that localit,
/. The reduction works win be bui
there because the parties who eres
the works will erect them upon th
ore that is in sight in the differer
mines on the surface. while those VII
D come after viii build upon the know
and acknowledged merits Of the mine
Where the first reduction works al
3 built there will be the permanent tow
As to rich placer mines. am veI
sorry to iis,fura yQa that have new
herd one word afaaat shem directly
= Indirectly
A great mauy people from Uts
have settled here, some in business
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