Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-06-17

mines lately purchased from Frank Mel
borne and Cap. Barney, about two miles be-
low Bonanza City, on Yankee Fork, and the
large bars at the mouth of Yankee Fork
purchased from Marshal Crawford and 9TH
ers, and about twelve miles below Bonanza
City, is putting on quite a force of men.
The opening of the ground, digging bitches,
putting in fumes, ETC., will take quite an
outlay of capital, and will give employment
to large number of men.
An eight ounce nugget was taken from
Morrissn's bar at Bonanza short time ago,
and, from the development of claims and
/ the number of nuggets shown lately, it is
thought by some that Yankee Fork will
prove to be placer as we'll as quartz camp.
Several of the mines of the Bay Horse
district are coming to the front. The Rams
Horn mine, owned by Lindsay, Jones, Fish
er & McNab, is working a force Of fourteen
men, and will double that as soon as pack
train can get to the mine with provisions.
Their deepest workings are three hundred
and fifteen feet, and the mine is showing
better than ever, which seems to set aside
all doubt as to the mine going down. They
have "a large body Of ore in sight in the
mine, and number of tons of first-class ore
on the dump, besides several hundred tons
OF second-class ore.
On the Rams Horn hill is the Cuba, own
ed by George and Charles Clarke. They
are down so feet, and have fine showing
of first-class ore, going up into the thou
sands. The Silver Wing, on the same hill,
has nice showing OF good ore, and the
Utah Boy, owned by George Clarke and
the HILL
Charles Jensen has taken oft from the
Skylark, on Lessee, twenty tons of $500 ore
during the winter.
The tunnel on the Beardsley mine struck
the vein a few days ago, and opened out
body of tirst-class ore, ten feet wide, which
makes the Beardsley a wonderful mine. The
road leading from the mine to Longmaid &
Co.'s smelter, on Bay Horse creek, is about
completed, and lucky are the parties having
The large irrigating canal taken from the
Salmon river just below the toll bridge Of
Culven & Richardson is progressing finely,
and speaks well for the enterprise Of Chase
& Tennel, the proprletors. The ditch will
be about four miles long, and will extend
on to the bar on the east side Of the river,
opposite Challis, where they have located
two sections Of land under the desert land
act.
Frank Melhone, one of our enterprising
farmers, located at the mouth of Garden
creek, and about two and half miles from
Challis, has fine crop in this year, the
largest in Round valley.
notice quite an advancement in the price
of all kinds of cattle in this part of Idaho,
owing to the increased demand all over the
West for stock cattle by Eastern parties.
call to mind one sale of unbroken cows, a
short time age, for $50 per head. Morse
& Morrow will start from the Passmari
about the first of July with 700 head of fine
beeves. They will drive to Camas station,
Oh the U. & N. r. R., and then ship direct
to Chicago, thus saving a drive OF 3Oo miles
over last year.
The high prices of all kinds of grain, flour
ETC., is stimulating great many to look for
farming locations. Quite number of fam
lilies have located on Lost river this spring
Oats sell here now at H cents, flour at $6
hay at $40, and hay at Bonanza City at II
cents per pound.
Our usually quiet town was thrown intt
quite an excitement on the 1st by an alter
cation between Dan Sullivan and Thoma
Manly. Several shots were fired, and SOM
of the bystanders came near being hit, bu
!, luckily no one was injured at all. The au
thorities interfered, and they were properl.
taken care of.
Yours truly,
!, AN OLD MoNTANIAN.
Challis. Idaho, June IA, 1880.
NEVADA CREEK VALLEY.
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