Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-10-09
New and Rich Diggings.
PALousE BRIDGE, Sep. "a, 1873;

the north Fork of the Occur d'Alene
river. The diggings are about Al miles
from the old Mission The present
road follows the Mullan road from the
Mission % miles and thence by trail
80 miles to Eagle creek in northerly
direction The trail is rather "hard
road to travel over Jordan"-logs and
steep bills all the way--neverless,
have been over worse roads in the
mountains.
| got in on the 10th and after two
or three days examination was much
surprised to note the very small amount
of prospecting done since June last,
and set myself to work in driving at
the cause. The result is as follows:
The discovery party, consisting of Pri.
chard, Robinson, Fisher and Craig,
taking time by the forelock" and be-
ing thoroughly supplied with power of
attorney, had taken up about six miles
of Prichard creek and FIVE miles of Ea.
gle creek. Widow women in Wiscon-
sin and Illinois and police judges Of
San Francisco, and for aught know.
every state and territory, had a repre-
sentative on paper in the mines. A few
years ago such wholesale hoggery
would have been kicked to the dogs
too quick. The fact is the parties 60.
ing in first were not miners, hence the
gobbling game. should have stated
before that claims were located under
the q. S. laws allowing twenty acres
to the man. About the time reached
camp Jumping claims was the order of
the day. Murray got the Wisconsin
widow, while the illinois widow was
divided among the four discoveries, on
which they are now working. As
rule the widows get away with all the
loose cash man can spare, but in this
case "a decided exception to the rule
four men are deriving profit of from
SIS to $25 each per day running the
widow. My experience with widows
has been the reverse, but would be per-
fectly willing to try such one as
above mentioned. There are but four
claims opened as yet, and they are
paying from $40 to $25 day to the
hand. Prichard creek, for q distance
of Is miles, prospects about the same,
that is, by going down in the bedrock
you can obtain from 10 cents to 81 to
the pan. On claims | located, rails
ed bedrock Is inches under water and
from the clay adhering to the rock OBJ
tanned as much as 80 cents to one PAN
There is but little gold in the gravel.
The bedrock is slate and in that Won
find the pay. was little surprised
10 hear all over the camp the remark
that the diggings We're deep Itsound,
ed strange in an old miners ears when
the depth only varies from bare bed
rock to about II feet. Just before
leaving camp claims were being taken
on Beaver creek, a stream running par
allel to Prichard creek and six miles
south. All along the north fork of the
Cnur deAlene, ten miles above and 8
miles below the mouth of Eagle creek
where the bedrock is exposed, was
told by reliable authority that as good
prospects of scale gold could be had
as where the claims were opened.
That the camp will prove not only
good but extensive have not the least
doubt. In fact it is my belief the camp
will give employment to more men
than any camp struck since Boise Ba-
sin was discovered. The territory over
which gold has been found forms ba-
sin-not of rolling hills like Boise
but of rather rough mountains, and is
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