The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-30
PROSPECTING AND SCI
ENCE.
The "Herald's'' II" INDUCES in
Both.
An Interested Auditor.
Some Good Prospects in Idaho
Especial Correspondence
Big SMOKY, ALTURAs Co.,
IDAHO, July 18th, 1882.

IDAHO, July 18TH, 1882.
Editors Herald:
For the past few days we have
been taking in the tributaries OF
Boise and Smoky. They are not faI
apart and we moved slowly, think
ing it better to prospect a small area
thoroughly than larger one SUI
perfcially. The system enables us
also to keep within sight of camp
and repel the encroachments of
bears, stray jacks or other omniv-
era.
We have horse well fitted for
the business; though not a brilliant
animal in horse sense, with no
record and OF uncertain lineage
said to be by pack horse out of bell
mare. He is an honest animal and
will tackle a fallen tree which is too
high for him to step over with a
sagacity which cOmpels respect. g
Last night we camped on the
Boise and close to the Morning Star
Mine. This lisa good prospect, only
fifteen feet deep, and showing high
grade milling ore. This mine was
struck last fall and has widened
from an inch or so to more than two
feet at this depth, and will assay
over $500, across the vein. The
owners are goingto run a tunnel to
drain and tap it deeper.
The most of the groupings in this
part are iron, and as that generally
oVerlies galena in the Wood RiYer
section, a good deal Of iron stained
granite is Staked off here. We are
now on the Smoky near Horn Noun
tain and above us is the Fredonia,
struck few days ago, and showing
galena.
This is a big cOuntry-too big, if
anything. There are no valleys,
but narrow gulches and one noun
tain after another. On some of the
ridges we fud as much as fifteen
feet of snow, so we can afford to
pity the unfortunate people in
southern Utah. 20
There is a popularity about the
timber here, as many as six and
eight trees clustering together, and
seeming to spring from one root,
which defieS the winds, while single
trees are upturned eVeTyW here. A
camp in the mountains like this,
after one becomes accustomed to
the scenery, is the best place IN the
world for meditation. There is but !
little to detract, and it is too cold |
for the mosquitoes to bite. If you
have a companion he is not Ioqua-
,ious for he is rejecting himself, so
me can ruminate I'd repletion on the |
,rrers of his pass life, whether gram
natical or Of department. Last
hight, however, my companion
,roke the Sombre stiffness by asking
{ l could make anything out of that
autopsy. He had read it without
understanding it. [ was pleased TO
x piain that IL was most interest
ng document. Though perhaps
omeWhat obscure to the nOn-tech-
neal reader. it went to show TO any
ne of intelligence that that unfor-
unate Guiteau could not be other
han one Of marked mental idiOsyn-
racies.
My fellow prospector here picked
Up a string which he began to loop
nd tie IN an aiDless sort of way,
still, he seemed interested. [ went
III: By analogy you will see that
IN the upper floors Of the first level
here is a deposit of ledge matter
rozen to the foot, which is charac-
erZed by GensenesS and opacity.
This indicates that it is base and re-
FACTORY AS this deposit makes up
t runs into a cOiorless low grade
letting go Of the hanging
10 as to leave a gouge. This may
Re regarded as abnormal, and ac-
counts for him being an extremist
md fanatic, and also cotr0borates
he views expressed by Mr.. Waiter
on, of the CI0uTieT-J O2LT7aGE, and a
writer in the London Times, that s
Turing his trial, and subsequently,. |
re was actitg part.
The opinions of these great intel
ects may be accepted Oh most sub
ects as final, though l am impelIed
U IdlSO IuSLu q low SGCGS on lllS
He was acting a part
Ill his life. In it he had no beer
he part was Guiteau, and it was
lot his fault if.t was unpopular and /
lid not pay.
Happily such cases only occur
periodically, and should you ever
,e appointed shift boss, or elected
do not let the extravagantI
cts of this man deter you from ,
qualifying.
The intimate and tender relation |
f the dura TO the pOSterior HYDRO
tatics is another example; buI nv
uditor here rose, put the string t
q his pocket, turned his back TO the
re, and remarked that we had such :
time with that pack he proposed 4
o try another hitch he had worked
ut. "a
Well, sir, if your Ideas are SO
rossly material that you prefer the
tudy of bitches 10 the radiatiOns3 off
cience, l am willing you should q
the value of your djsEl d
oveTy. Tomorrow morning Won 3
an put on that PACK alone.