, 1881-04-23
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ENRON Srarrssay The recent pleasant,
-sr;l weather has had considerable eject
IN i,r-es,:a., tss n ~ in t.sis mining essaih
ana pr.ass.y evsEyste-e ssroc-haas the
.uesu.e:ax s.-st OF tue ieading place. claims
asYs fnsaeased stripping With wiie .sarse~s
and shorr,s -sIrns arr about s.&rtinS theif
pntpr,- anI a. ieas. sre wa-aing. fhe oaii'oA
\. god for more than al aTe.a-e m nii-S ss''
-sn, a. sork IS co.nuleac-us earlier ta,a usual
Supplies Ar, generally plenty eIr-ii1t as Pr
duc-s. which ar, entirely ont. Some ehan-es
in r,.rosu, lie aad other firms have occurred
II. s-rn oi Benson & Seezsn Is now Benson
E n..t.r. Gro.;e;n & B.unsri still run
,bs;- br.rch here. az VIII n Dr. Ford "a II
,,r,ssnr tn lrading spirit, and carry ! isrge
.tnck of miners supplies Quartz Tinin: hs~
pursued the even trnGT OF It's way IL Is IT,
r..r.-d that the Boston lessees OF the hrscns
&c. have re-crganiz-d. ant are about - no
or,t a new Superintendent, with aaIpie funds
=, r,ru.-cute work, which Is important II true
IRE YaSEEE FORK AND WOOD RIvEE
Excitement ave taken some n,e7 array
from North Id ,ho These camps are IN tn
sane Collection of Salmon river mountains,
which, having u general northwest ard soutL-
east trend. has its northern protest. "a into the
Bite. Root cnGatry. L=-ss sect:eas oi the
northera portions Of these mountains h"vr
no, ye. been prJspected Cor mineral wealth
The presence of hostile Indians during the
last :ouE year= has had much to do with this
Two ,ssrs ag, the Sheepeatsr's war prevented
ANYTHING Of the kind They were removed,
and are now sl2po--d n BE chewing the cua
oi cautrutmsRt AZ Vancouver. Last year
Lieut.. F.rrow passed a5'In through Their
country To pick up any strass!ers that Ta'sh
be left. tut h- br-uSh. away no more than b
took with him. II was reported that cam.
nf them Wa discovered on the heal waters al
the Middle Fork Of S.lpon river. ard then
Numbers were placed ss high ts thirty o.
furtv. bur it 4 - p~t appear that any %er.
seen. and the affair has flavor oi the Apoc
rapha- The BIZ Creek country,
WHERE THE sHEEPEtTERs LIVED,
LIS O. he south side of Salmon river, ex-
tending from the South Fork on the west 10
the Middle Fork on the east. sboat eighty
miles, Ly - or % miles north and south.
Bic Greek rms nearly east. and empties into
the MiJ.ue FORK. It's headwaterS had been
occasionally visited by parties Of prospectOrs
from War,sus, but until Lieut.. Farrow's ex-
pIoration, 10 one in this section knew where
it emptiel. 4 little gold has always been
found On its branches, and there are quartz
le!ses there entirely unprospectei, some OF
them o; enormous extent. There were rurnors
current, a long time ago, far down in the six
ties, when you and |, Mr. Editor, Erst came
into the Territory, and probably before, that
a party of Frenchmen mined somewhere IN
tha. section of the mountains, long previous,
gong up and down Salmon river in boats.
and retired to France, finally
WITH GREAT rIEisrRE-
These stories sounded well, as We tined our
bacon and beans around camp FIRE. They
gave the bacon and beans \ zest, and our
hearts new hope Whether they had any
foundation or not, who knows; there is no
place there row known where men mined
recently. II lS5i considerable psrty from
warrens proepected in the Biz Creek country
4 month, but they found nothing that would
pay in those days. One Of them, if | mistake
not, is the present genial Register of the Land
Office ct Pendle:on. Later, Frenchman
named Worries spent considerable time there,
and was reputed TO have struck good digginys.
he made large preparations for work, but hi
supplies failed, and he came out TO winter
During the winter he was drowned in Salmon
river near Slate Creek, and his good diggings.
II he had anv. have not been re-discovered.
Last summer party, mostly old residents,
passed = few weeks examining leisurely
around and about the western portion "f
of this n ountain, but it does not appear that
they p-cspected any country that had not
been thoroughly prospectei before. On thtir
return to Warrens one Of this number, Charlie
Morton. q well-lnown citizen OF Idaho Co,
was drowned in attempting TO cross the South
F lrk on raft The coming summer promises
to be 4 favorable one for prospecting opera
tlons throughout the mountains. The snow
fall he's been light, generally not more than
half ths. Of las. year. The larger stresms
ones will be for long time at that stage when
sl the various operations of mining can be
carried on successfully. The Indian question
ia lrahAils- -,rr-.f7ruy-r-. :. II ..".
40 TO raiy on this absolutely. Any party OF
great or small, going in that direc
tioa, NAV well look carefully totheir munitions
Of war, and keep their powder dry. There
may be 40 paying mineral ground. there Ger
,ainy is 10 agricultural, in all that large scope
of mountains. from Loon Creek on the South.
east to the Bitter Root on the Northwest, hut
the rugged prOspector, the advance guard Of
civilization, is not going to rest contented till
he has demonstrated that fact to a dead moral
n. b. W.