Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-21

'o"LD to t0ke trit
win MN through the Basin, and the
invitation was accepted. We lef,
Thursday morning and returned Sat
urday, and visited Centerville. Pi.
oneer, Placerville and Ouartzburo
AS the placer mining season is over
there was but little activity to be
seen. The only work being done in
this line is at Pioneer. Hon. Ben
Wilson is still at work, but hasn',
water enough to run with his regula,
force. His gravel elevator was taken
up last Tuesday, but he expects to
plant it again for operations in week
or two. He is now piping off surface
with hydraulic chief in Big Muddy,
SO as to decrease the height to which
the gravel will be raised when he
puts in his elevator. The bedrock
pitches down short distance above
the ground that is now being piped
off, and the hole or basin thus formed
will be worked by means of the ele.
vator. Mr.. Wilson is one of the
patentees of this elevator, and has
been using it since 1881, and has
worked out great area of ground
and taken out a pile of money, and
this Is ground that was covered in
early days with strippings. The way
the ground lays it could never be
worked except with an elevator.
which carries the dirt from a hole in
the ground to the surface, and is car
ried off in sluices. Mr.. Wilson is a
thoroughly scientific miner, and but
for him Pioneer would many years
ago have ''ceased to be" as a placer
mining camp. Mr.. w. now employs
twenty-five or twenty-three men in
his placer mining operations, and on
work directly connected. Herewith.
He also has eight men at work in the
Mammoth mine, on Summit Flat, and
two at work developing another quartz
location near Pioneer, in which Hen.
ry Whitney is also interested. Mr..
Ballot and the WORLD man visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson at their COSY
home in Pioneer, and were royalty
entertained, after which Mr.. Wilson
accompanied us to his placer claims,
showed US over his ground, where
we took a view of the work he has
accomplished, and the ground yet re-
naming to be worked, which is suf-
ficient in area to keep his elevator at
work for many years to come.
Thursday night we stopped in Cen
terville. That evening Louie Gar
recht and Misses Julia and Rose Fos.
ter and Misses Bertha and Clara Gas
ser paid Centerville a visit, and all
hands at once arose and unanimously
proposed little social dance. The
dancers repaired to the school house
on the hill, and tripped through a
number of figures. After the dance
everybody WAS invited to the resi-
dence of School Superintendent J. A.
Lippincott, and had good sociahle
time.
Friday We visited Placerville and
Quartzburg. The Gold Hill COM
pany's 25-stamp mill at the latter
place is running on Pioneer ore.
The company is now running a cross
cut from the bottom of the Pioneer
shaft, but have not yet struck ore on
this level. We returned to Center
vile that evening, and home Satur-
day. All the musical talent of
Centerville congregated Friday night,
and gave an entertaining vocal and
instrumental concert. Prof. Ballot,
leader of the Boise City String and
Brass Band took hand, and delight
ed the audience with number of ex-
cellent selections on "the king of in
struments," accompanied by Thos.
Clark, with second violin, and }. A.
Lippincott drew bow with graceful
expertness across the belly of the
"bull fiddle" The vocalists were
Mr.. Lippincott, VIM. Dodge and John
Bowling.
We cannot close without favora-
BILE mention of Mr.. and Mrs. c. {.
Meffert, who run their hotel in first
class style. There is an air of home
like attractiveness and cheerfulness
about the place that makes the
guests feel 10th to leave.
Mr.. DORSEY, from the committee