Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-07-30

lpack OF as much as he coulu carry anu
abandoning his sled. again struck for
camp. He travelled due north, or tried to,
and was out fifteen days when at noon he
descended unexpectedly into the Basin
where he left his companion. He had no
hopes OF finding Clifford alive, now, after
an absence of almost month, and after
having left him i'll of scurvy and dying as
| he thought of starvation. His object now
was to find his partners remains and give
them burial But it so happened that he
got on to freshly blazed trail made by
Clifford aud finally caught notice fasten-
ed to tree which told him that his com
Ipanion was still alive. Following the
signs he reached the camp, found its oc-
cupant absent, and forthwith commenced
preparing suitable food; and while going
down to the stream tor water Clifford APP
peared in the distance scarcely able to
shamble along. He caught sight of
Sutherland whilst the latter's back was
toward him, and shouted as loud as he
could, but his voice could not have been
above whisper, for Sutherland, only a
few feet distant, did not hear him. lie
was partially delirious and in telling of
the meeting SAID he supposed he shouted
loud enough to be heard five miles. But
they finally met face to face, each over
Loved TO see the other alive. Oatmeal
Cruel and other light and nourishing food
was Immediately prepared, and Clifford
began to eat He INDUCED almost con-
tinuously for three days, when reaction
set in and he commenced swelling. His
limbs saelled to the size of logs, and he
was in great distress, but he gained
strength and was soon able to travel
After waiting fifteen days for Sutherland,
Clifford had moved camp twenty five miles
up the Basin, and believing his absent
friend to be dead--lost in the snow-he
had started to find his bndy that he might
bury it. Each thought the other Dead,
and each was actuated by the same mo-
tive-to find the remains Of his friend
They were agreeably surprised to find
that two of their four horses had survived
and came cut alive, but could scarcely
stand The poor animals had sustained
life by browsing and paving through the
} snow down to grass.
1t was May Goth when Sutherland re-
: turned, and on the 1st of June they both
started for the settlements to procure sup
plies and tools for the purpose of return
In, min frhou rnanha1 GnrHpn
: Valley in fourteen days, with their half
famished horses, travelling over snow fifteen
feet in depth, and more. From there they
came on to Emmett, and thence on to
: Boise. None but prospcctors would have
, chung so tenaciously to life and to each
; other as they did, under such circumstan
ces One had subsisted on deer meat
straight for four months, and the other for
five months, and Sutherland was lost in
the mountains for seventeen days while
trying to return with food to save his
} friends life. Had he arrived four or five
days later he would undoubtedly have
found him dead
They brought with them something
over one hundred dollars worth of coarse
6 ID which they had rocked out at odd
spells during the winter. The fine dust
they had no means of saving.
From their description of Yellow Pine
Basin we believe it to be larger than the
great Boise Basin, and as enticing in APP
pearance as was the latter when first dis
covered. 1t is surrounded by high noun
tains well timbered with large yellow
pine, wholly rec If chapparel or under
brush, and well watered with tributaries
of the Salmon. The gold is found from
the grass roots down, and is coarse, heavy,
and of the finest Quality. This large ba.
sin Is on the line of Col. Bernard,s famous
scout through the mountains several wears
since; but these two men belive they are
the first who ever washed pan of dirt on
its streams, They also report the country
us full of quartz, with an abundance of
game and fish, 1t is, they say, in what is
known as tn great Warrcn's gold belt.
The best proof OF its placers is that they
found gold IN sufficient quantities to wal
rant ZEN coming out, laying in supplies
and tools, and going back The snow in
the new baS II was bul three feet in i.epth
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