The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-08-20
IDAHO MINES.
II" Has Something to Say About
Them---StarVed to Death
Hard Luck.
VIENNA, ALTURAs Co.,
August is, 1882.

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August is, 1882.
On Mt. Cresus, above the head
of the east fork of Salmon river, in
Custer county, is a little group of
mines, discovered some years ago,
and worked proftably since during
the summer months under many
disadvantages.
These mines, the Germania, Arc
tic, Idaho and CreSus, lie mostly
above timber line, near the summit
of the highest range in Idaho, are IN
lime formation with iron groupings,
and dip only few degrees from hOr-
izontal. The gangue of these lodges
is granite. The ore bodies vary from
a few inches TO more than two feet,
and is high grade galena. The ore
is packed twelve miles to Kiunicki-
nick, where there is d smelIer.
There are La few men employed at
each of these mines, and it is the in
tentlOn to work them next winter.
There is only one business house at
this place EAST Fork district, partly
hotel, partly store. The lunches
prepared at this establishment give
evidence Of shfewd business ability
and no competition; they were COM
posed, at the time we sampled them,
of chunk of dry bread and hunk
of parboiled meat. After a conflict
with the latter, ventured the Opin-
ion that it was part of
some dOmesticated animal that
had been killed by oYerwork.
Ny comrade, more learned, advo-
Gated the theory of insufficient
nutriment, and proved incontestably
by texture and fibre that this IN
lucky bovine had starved to death,
reconciling this apparent inconsist-
ency with grassy country on the
assumption that age had sadly i'm
paired its faculties and teeth. No
country can prosper where such
crueltieS are practiced.
Returning TO Vienna one is struck
by the changes of a few weeks.
There are now two large stores car
rying full stocks of general mer-
chandise, and another building, be-
side several smaller affairs devoted
to notions; two restaurants, one
hotel, one lodging house, blacksmith
shops and shoemaker shops, two
livery stables and another started,
fourteen saloons, ten percentage
poker games, five faro banks and sew
eral dice games. There is competi-
tition, and it looks as though some
of the mercantile colleges should be
suppressed or the consequences may
be serious.
Speaking of games, [ am re
minded that there is one man who
is liable to discourage immigration
to this country; he is, or was, faro
dealer. Now, a faro dealer, as
usually depicted, is man with a
hooked nose and diamond pin, who
preys on the community. This is
not always so; the dealer in chance
as often fails as the Spectator in
wheat. This man came in with the
spring boom; he opened
and dealt, and lost as
often. He was a mild hammered
person and bore his reverses with !
resignation until one night, when |
he was about to close with a slight |
excess of receipts over expenses, a |
man came in with 81 so, and not !
only neutraliZed the balance, but
made such d cavity in the bank roll |
that it imperiled a cave. The dealer |
cashed the check with his kabitual |
elaboration, and delivered himself |
as follows:
Gentlemen, l am satisfied there |
is some poisonous ingredient in the |
atmosphere of this place, or else
my unlucky star is in perehelion
tomorrow my name will appear on
the list of departures. l shall say
farewell" He left ATTENDED by many |
heartfelt regrets. He lay over a |
few days at Bellevue awaiting a re- |
mittance, and was heard from again. |
1t seems arrangements were per-
fected in time to board that Inflated |
coach that was stopped this side Of
Kelton, where he was admonisned |
to hold up his hands while the road |
agents went through him for all the |
money had, and a nice gold watch |
and chain, which was a keepsake.
1t is only reasonable to predict be |
will not return.
The grading for the mill, which |
will be of forty stamp capacity; is
nearing completion, and everybody
is confident that this camp has a
bright future.
The ore is rich and the amount Of
money being expended in roads and
tunnels and machinery by the COM
panies owning the mines is the best
evidence of its extent. II.