, 1883-11-24
COMMUNIC


COMMUNICATED.
To The editor Rcrier:
DEAR SIR would Ike to reply thrO'
your paper to an article in the RoOteHai
Courier Of October 9th, said article max
ing several erroneous statements in regard
to the gold fieldsand my connection with
them. I will give below portion Of the
article The first | will notice is were he
says 1--WE have for years heard Of the great
placer diggings in the CWur d'Alencs,
where the miners as far back rs 'Gi rcaped
a golden harvest. As high as $50 per day
to the man was not an unusual yield"
Now | will say that the editor Of the COUr-
Ter knows as well as every citizen Of this
section Of the country that there never was
any placer mining done on the CGur
d'Alene waters previous to my prospect
ing them. Neither can he or any other
person point oEt the locality, or find any
marks to sustain the assertion. In form
er article said editor connects Cedar creek,
Montana, with the waters Of the Cwur
d'Alenc, thinking thereby to induce int
migration into Idaho by giving the results
OF old Montana mines to induce settlers to
come to Idaho. / can see no need, nor
where any benefit cnn be derived by such
Interpretations, and also think that
Idaho has enough within her own bound
aries without cxaggcHting to induce i'm
migration from abroad. The next portion
. that l will notice reads as follows:
/ Prichnrd Creek has been located almost
I from its source to its mouth by powers Of
/ attorney by Prichard, who thus thought to
"hOg" the whole country to the prejudice Of
plOSppctOrs, for the heuUfit Of few, many Of
] whom hG has nevUr seen; thdir BRui4.s hay ms
! been secured from some papers ON skcpticisin
| or some other Internal ism, who never
] dreamed o; coming out to this region, but, Of
] cUurs' were perfectly willing that theIrnuInUs
] might ne used for this purpose for they had
nothing 10 lose by the arrangement. The
writer is Of the opinion that bad this man
| PrichaId located in his own name one, two
] or. even half dozen claims, there never
| would have been a word against II, but his
/ action Is uuprcct dentcd in the history Of
| mining, for We have no hesitation in saying
( that nos less than forty claims were located
. by "A so-Callcd power Of attorney, many Of the
1 parties he has never seen and never will see.
1 The law is positive thai there must he Il bona
hde location, and his action Is a gigantic fraud
on lts face; fraud on true mining fraud
against the best Interests OF the United States.
No assessment work has been done or other
necessary sign that the intention Of the lOca-
tors is bona tic. No stakes; only a notice
stuck up, and in many instances moi even
this done, yet he has the supreme che, k 10
imagine that the law will give him these
jumped them, as he$csyms il, and are now
honestly and industrio Fly developing them.
Now Will affirm Mat haye only To-
Gated three claims on Prichard creek by
power Of attorney, and only two OF them
that have not been here, and those are the
two widows claims. think that is shoot
ing pretty wild for shotgun lawyer as
the gentleman boasts Of being called.
These claims were well blazed and marked
and $500 or $500 worth OF work done on
them. One claim was we'll opened and
seven men at work on it. when the water
was turned OIL to prevent work going on.
myself being sick and down to Eagle City
at the time and unable to get 10 the claim,
and the jumpers taking advantage Of the
situation got possession. | never procured
any names through any paper on scepti-
cism, or any other ism, as the editor tries
to slur, because am liberal in my views
and dare to do my own thinking, which
privilege am perfectly willing to grant
him or any other person, and that is one
prioI,,rI 1oc,,ad baI, a J,-o,, LII B.,
'o''''u i''i' N""ei 'ia'''i's III
his own name there never would have
been word against it. He knows better
than that for I only had o,o Io,.,ti,,, a.,
,,-.',.I =,
lI''''''u ci'eA' anu couple On "'her
streams which were jumped as readily as
those belonging to others. l also pur-
rbasod oro and ,,id ma, ,,o,,,,. o.. 4,
-, - - -
"h'ch WIS jumped 'hIoush lhe ADVISE OF
shotgun lawyer, and he nor his friends
have shown no more respect for frnc th1n
tbey copId ,,,v.rier,I,, holm ,I,bo,,,,b
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