Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-10

is considered a silver camp. Not
withstanding the preponderance Of
silver there is gold in most of the
veins, and occasionally q ledge that
isgold- bearing entirely.
Although there are several lodges
that give good dea! of encourage
ment to the locators, none Of them
are developed enough to tell what
they are worth. Heretofore pros
pectors have given most Of their at
tention to prospecting their ledges,
but now, since they have the encour-
agement they have, they are devel-
oping their claims so that capital will
have some inducement to come in
and open the country.
The first quartz location you come
to on your way to the camp from
Garden valley is the Daisy, located
by Con Wirtz, on the north side of
West Trail creek, about seven west
of the old town of Deadwood. The
surface shows some good rock, but
they have not sunk on the ledge to
know whether it goes down or not.
The Lost Pilgrim, located by Har
ry Behr, on Bernard mountain, about
eighteen or twenty miles northeast
from the old town up the Deadwood
river. is said to have produced some
of the finest rock of any mine in the
camp. Parties packing some of the
rock to Custer smelter last fall say at
night the dust of black sulphurets of
silver would be so thick on the ap-
parajos of the pack animals that you
could write your name on them, and
after all this wastage it paid the ex-
pense of mining, packing and milling.
Budd Biglow has a mine that has
been developed more than any other
quartz mine in the camp and undoubt-
edly one of the best prospects in the
camp, carrying both silver and gold.
VIM. Rhodes, Samuel Boorne and
third partner are developing claim
east of the old town about six miles,
near the Bear valley trail, that con-
tinues to look better the longer they
work ON it. Rhodes, skilled pros
pector of wide experience, has faith
enough in his prospect that he says
he will either leave the camp swell
heeled" or broke.
Within the past few days DR.. Por-
ter has made discovery few miles
west of the old town that gives him a
good deal of encouragement.
Whatever there is in the camp,
they are at present under the dis
advantage of having no available
means of reducing their ore. Their
quartz is almost wholly silver, and no
reduction works of any kind there.
1t costs $50 per ton to deliver the ore
to the closest place capable of work
ing it.
The mines at present are pretty
we'll scattered over the Basin, but
could be easily connected by wagon
roads should there be a mill located
in the camp capable of reducing their
ores.
The district is under the disadvant-
age, at present, also, of having neither
voting precinct, postoffice nor wagon
road. The closest postoffice, voting
place or wagon road at present is
Garden valley, thirty-five miles away
The closest town is Placerville, fifty.
Eve miles, the county seat, Idaho
City, sixty or seventy miles, and the
railroad station, Boise City, one hun,
dred miles.
On hearing the term "old town Of
Deadwood" used you must not come
to the conclusion that there is a vii
lage there now, as there is not
Twenty or thirty men consti
tuted the whole of the camp in June
placer miners, quartz miners anc
prospectors. Prospectors are, how
ever, locking in now from all direc
tions. Women are out of the ques
ton; or, rather, out of the camp
They have so far given the camp /,
"wide BERTH" and ehildren-o
course there are none. Stores anC
saloons, mills and factories, cathedral
and palatial residences are all matter
of the future. Crime is a strange
and courts of justice unknown.
f. E. ERTLE.
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