The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-06-01
Yankee Fork.

Yankee FORK.
The following interesting letter in
regard to the New Bonanza" from
one Of the pioneers OF Eureka. wO clip
from the Ledder OF O late date: .-..-
CHALLIs, Idaho. May 18th. 1879.
have been in this Territory for
some little time. I returned from BO-
nanza City yesterday. I am Seil con-
WINGED that this is the promised land,
where one by close attention TO busi-
ness can ascend To tho top Of the ladder
once more. am fully satisfied, and it
Is the opinion Of men whose Judgement
Is OF weight that this viii always DC the
principal business place. There exist
in the vicinity many mines Of great
value. One, the Ramshorn, q bnse
metal mine, ships as yet it's orc to Salt
Lake, aud the last shipment Of sixty
tons returned a net profit Of $4,000;
other mines here have ores which go
way up in the hundreds per ton. TAX
ing into consideration this fact, which
Is beyond dispute, and the natural ad-
vantages this place presents as II depot
for supplies for all the surrounding
country, think it is the best place to
start in. Bonanza City is thirty five or
forty miles distant, lies high up in the
mountains, and as ye: but trail. hardly
passable for pack mules, exists TO
reach it. have never had harder
tramp in all my life than the trip mp
there and back again. with about forty
pounds of bedding on my back. 1t took
mo two and a half days To make the
trip, both going and coming. l travel
ed over snow and the rockiest road iul.
aginable. 1t will take until about the
first of October or may be November to
complete the wagon road which will be
commenced in few days, ms u charter
has just been granted to n few capital
lists, who agree to put it IN by that time.
There are rs yet no mills nor hoisting
works ut Bonanza. nor can anything OF
the kind he brought in until the rond
il completed; but two mills have been
ordered, aud will 60 in before the year
is out.
In regard 10 the mines at Bonanza, 1
AIN sure there is no doubt that they arc
very rich aud extensive. When ores
pay at Il freight rate from Bonanza hero
of four cents per pound, and from here
to Salt Lake three cents. making seven
cents per pound, or $40 por ton, aud
then return profit OF many hundred
dollars per ton. then they will surely
pay to mill here. In that way all the
ores are and have been shipped since
the discovery Of the mines. The Custer,
the Unknown and the Norton. three of
the principal mines. have thousands
upon thousands of tons in sight, which
without asserting, go 800 and over. 1t
does look unreasonable for any one to
swallow this, but ! have il from the
bcs: of authority, and from the fact that
l have seen it my self. Tho only draw
back ! see i'll regard To business at Bu-
h"nEa Is the fact that the mines are
scattered over too much territory there.
and little place will spring up as near
As It can to catch a leading mine. There
are thirteen leading big mines on one
range Of mountains and three Oh an.
other. Tho snow in Winter lies fifteen
feet deep mp there in places. while here
the climate is much like that of Eurckn,
or even mildcr. Here is only ono town,
but inside of another year 1t will be n
" bangor" Tho country here. as we'll
as at Bonanza, is heavily timbcred, and
both places are blessed with a clear.
abundant stream OF water. Lumber IL
worth SAG per thousand feet here, and
at Bonanza S65. There are three stores
horc, three saloons (lwo.b hvuses),
and three rsstaurnnts.