Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1883-04-24


village and camp, foar miles n"f'''-
west from, Centorville, on Wolf creek.
main tributary stream to Granite
creek. This saw mill was first pnl up
and operated by Daley & Robbins. aud
supplied Centervlle village and camp,
PlacervilIe village and camp, Granite
Crock village and camp and B"sio"
will ,gc and camp with MI abundance
of the finest lumber ever manufactured
in Boise Basin or in Idaho Territory,
much of it being "clear stnf1." pine
lumber
The third saw mill put up IN tie l'a-
sin was small, frame water mill,
commenced y JAS. ! Carrie, original
liz from near "the DaIlcs Of the Column
bia," in Oregon. This mill was put
up on More creek, little below and
across ON the south side Of the creek
from the all-hcaling Bethesda of the
Warm Springs, southwest Of then
Bannock, now Idaho City. This mill.
from some cause, proved an inter fail
ure, and Mr.. Carrico sold the whole
concern to - Moore and e. j. But
Ter early in May, 1868. Those enter
prising. intelligent and eminently
practical and worthy gentlemen moved
the frame and machinery up More
creek on the same side of the stream,
about two aud one-fourih miles to the
mouth of gulch just across More
creek from the foot Of Main street in
Idaho City, and early in June 1868
they had first class little water saw
mill in the full tide of successful opo-
ration. 1t supplied an excellent quail
ilv of all kinds Of lumber, and build
ings aud mining material of the Tim
Der species for Idaho City, Buena Vista
Bar, Morctown, and AS far below that
Fountain of perpetual youth now
kn,wn as the Idaho CITY Warm
Springs property (and owned by the
Justly popular Mr.. and Mrs Frank
Cooper, with its fine bath house and
swimming pond attachmcnts), as the
mouth of Thorn creek. There now
stands the popular Thorn Creek Ran.
cheria and Hotel of the enterprisin..
intelligent and industrious old Cali
fornians, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Casner.
The fonrlh saw mill pnt mp in Boise
Basin, was early in July 1868. 1t
was small steam saw mill and was
originally put up 10y two gentlemen,
, not related to each other, and each of
whom was commonly known and call
ed major Taylor" This mill was put
up on the north side of More creek,
just above the foot of Main street, in
Idaho City, and had fine new steam
EN- inc and boiler, with cutting Ca
pacity with circular saw, lath ma.
chine, edger and planer. of from TO-
900 to 1000 feet of lumber every 10
hours run of the mill.
The fifth saw mill built in Boise Ba-
sin was steam saw mill, about mile
and half northwest of Centervillc
t This was constructed in the fail of
1868 by Mr.. Carter & company, the
company being Mr.. S. X. Goldtrap.
This was also u line mill, and built in
the very heart of enc OF the best tim
bered ro@ions in Boise Basin.
The sixth saw mill commenced in
Boise Basin was by Mr. NJ. L. Henry
and the writer, on Henry's creek, about
three miles south of Centerville. Like
many other air-castle schemes of both
Mr.. Henry and the hapless writer of
this series o. crude Awnings, etchngs
and silhouette" sketches of "Pioncer
Life in Boise Basin" the mill and its
authors speedily came to financial
nanght, like the integer one on the
rirht hand of n decimal cinbar IF nj,