Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-10-02
From the Head or snake river

rived here Wednesday from their
prospecting trip to the headtof Snake
river. They got on the cars at Black
foot, and left VIM. Hooton. Jess
Bradford, Dave Smith, VIM. Warner
and Charley Small at that place. Mr..
Warner will remain there for awhile
and the others Of the party will come
by way Of Wood River and Cape
Horn. They went within five miles
of the extreme head of Snake river -
that is within FIVE miles of the divide
between Snake and Green rivers.
There Snake river divides into num-
Der of small streams or branches. The
party went to prospect along a creek
or small river where gold was obtain
ed by party of prospectors in 1866.
This is eighty or ninety miles above
the Tetons and about forty miles
from the head of the river. Hooton
ana Plowman were with the party
that prospected there in 1865. The
only work of the prospector to be
seen there is the old hole sunk by
thissparty SnineteeHs years ago, and
from there to the head of the river no
evidences that gold seekers have ev-
er been along there are to be seen.
The stream along which gold was
found in Ut bears French name,
which we have forgotten, and if we
could recall it wouldn't be able to
spell it. Translated into English it
it is Big Wind river, and 10. SAYS sit
was rightly named. The wind is
often strong enough to blow the edge
off of an AK" Prospects obtained in
the misty past generally grow-get
bigger i'll The mind of the discoverer
as time rolls on. Hooton and Plow-
man have for many years talked of
this place, and avowed often that
they would 60 back and thoroughly
prospect it whenever they could get
away. In 1866 Indians were roam
ing through that section, and they
were not at all friendly toward the
pale faces, SO the party did not re-
main there long. They said the
prospects they obtained were not big,
but were good. Time did not mag
Nifty in this case. The ground is bet
ter than they expected to find it.
From fair prospect-ground that
will perhaps pay SO per day to the
man-they obtained fifty cents per
pan, which is big prospect, Mr..
Voshay estimates that it would take
10000 men ten years to work out the
ground that he thinks will pay along
this stream. The gravel is from two
or three feet to thirty feet deep. The
best pay is along the bed of the
stream. This ground will have to be
worked by first constructing wing
dams and then shoveiing into boxes.
The bars will have to be worked bv
the sluicing process, The party
seven in number-located 40 acres
took 20 acres each and threw it all
together, so each man owns an undi-
vided one-seventh of the lao acres.
The gold is considerable coarser than
| that along Snake river where mining
operations are now being carried on;
but it would be called fine gold bv
the miners of this Basin or of other
mining sections of Idaho. It is coarse
compared with the -four gold along
Snake river in Ada or Bingham coun-
ties. Big Wind river is in Wyo-
ming. 1t is good-sized stream.
Now carries about 10000 inches of
water. That is a timbered country.
The timber is black pine. The trees
grow tall, but not large, the largest
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