Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-07-07

entire depth. that his prospects oh
taiued were from two to 4 cen TO the
pan OF the gravel, that on claim 10
i,-low him the claimant had found
equally good prospects and as good
ground That other claimants were
sinking with equally as good aAsurances
as those which had been prospe.ted.
that they were compelled t" remove
about 4 feet of sand nd gravel from
the top of the earth VIII Oh had bee,,
deposited by the wash from the long
continuous mining of Millers creek.
Mr.. Baker seems to think that the
whole of the 81 claims taken will pa,
extremely we'll. H further says th..
above ID entirely new disc o>-ry, and
says that the discovery made last yea,
VAS above Van Buren's crossing and its
in v hat is called tn. Little Slate creek
district and embraces all of the upper
portion of the creek with it's trihutar.
IFS and side snlchrs, that he does MOI,
know how many claims have been ia
ken in said distric 'ut is informed
that many more are there than in the
Baker district, and that some Of thes..
claims are well opened and one or two
bitches have been du. supply water
for mining and that two or three com.
panies, among whom is Josh Fockler,
are me-ting with great success. Some
say aa high as $50 day per hand.
TIL" Focklsr company, as am Informed
have already cleaned up FROM their
sluices about $1,000 with but u few
days run. So much has been demon.
strated this season that the general be-
lief now is tina. nearly the hole Of
the Little Slate creek bottom aud
most of the side creeks ard gulches,
Il pay largely. not perhaps as large
as Mill"r's creek or BAhb on aud SOM.
othes gulchrs, about Florence. did in
early days, hut sufficiently large t. re
we mining greatly in that section,
and swell the aggregate Of gold dust
tn will 10 taken out and 20 into cir
culation. Little Slate creek has all
the water that is needed for working
the bottom at the dryrst season, and
too much in the wet season. But the
tributaries are not SO we'll provided.
These are about the facts AZ can
gather them from this stand point, in
relation to Little Slate creek. As
mentioned in a former letter, it is re
ported tn. new discovery of mucl,
importance has l,eer made between
this place aud said creek. But the
parties making the discovery are pros.
pectinS 80 as to make good locations
for themselves before disclosing full,
where the discovery has been made
The whole of these discoveries ar.
within the Florence b,s;n, from which
20 many millions of dollars have been
taken since 1861 and are ives of the
early discoveries. If the imagination,
Ct my info,m.rs dos not paint their
stories in too high colors, We may ex
poet that this s'.s,n will Civ. the full
assurancethlt tn, Florence b.sin placsrs
ar. by No manner Of means worked
out. so mite it l.e." There remain.
yet large scope Of country in said
basin where n" work and hut LITTLE
thorough prospecting has he, II done
OF the grain prospects on this prairie
they never were better and the peopl,
are very hopeful, AMI arr watchin. 70,
every development that will Civ,
promise that they can sell for r-mu
lucrative price the surplus grain the,
may have. As matters now stanc
they can get 40 money forthat surplus
Browns hotel, where l am stopping
has been reit cd. painted md furnished
with Mrs. Carson as tn landlady
who is un,iri'rg in her efforts TO MAKE
her tables inviting and the place /;
very desirable home for the stranger
aud from every observable thing since
I have been here, she, with Mr.