Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-24
IDAHO COUNrY LArrsIs.
WARREss, I'Ano Co, lDAuo, !
September 8, 1889. (

Big creek from Long valley we struck
the South Salmon in the vicinity of
Hot Lake and prospected down to
the mouth of Secesh creek. The
East Fork of Salmon comes into the
South Fork about two miles above
the old Tailholt diggings. We fourd |
gold almost everywhere, but not in
paying quantities. Reeves and Nor
ton have an immense claim on the
South Fork, about fifteen miles above
the mouth of the East Fork, but they
have an inadequate supply of water.
They have not less than a thousand
acres Of as fine looking mining ground
as eve: saw, and with big head of
water and modern appliances for min
ing ! think it would all pay. From
the old Tailholt diggings we took the
trail for this camp, and | must say
that of all the rising ground l ever
met in one day that is the uppest hill
| ever saw
We estimate that we mounted
1000 feet in ten miles with not bit
of down grade. We saw plenty of
Indians fishing on the Salmon. They
brought grain from the reservations
IN North Idaho, sold it for good
price here and then went on fishing
and hunting expedition. They are
expert with the hook and spear. |
saw one spear salmon with his horse
on full run through water a foot
deep, and the fish going like streak
through the water. But will finish
what | have to say about the South
Salmon by saying that think that all
time spent in prospecting on ii is
wasted. The country is very rough,
and but for the Indians we would
have had hard time getting through.
Game is very scarce. All we saw
was a few fool hens. There was a
party of hunters at Hot Lake-two
men, and the stub of woman who
had both legs off below the knees
killing deer for their skins, and from
evidences that we saw game had been
plentiful around that lake. They
left the carcasses, of course, and no
one knows what slaughter they made
in the remote jungles where the evil
dence will never be seen. They are
now at the same work in Washing-
ton county, in what is known as Last
Valley, ten miles from Salmon Mead
ows. Somebody ought to stop this
work. 1t is shame that such things
are allowed.
The forest fires have been almost
everywhere, and | have seen thou
sands of millions of trees killed by
the fires of this summer. Sometimes
it was difficult to find feed for the
horses, as almost everything wa
burned.
Warrens is an old dilapidated min
ing town and looks to be about two
hundred years older than Hogem, bu
regardless of looks they seem to have
an outlook for the future that woult
Justify them in putting on bette
appearance. Here | saw the blgges
piece of unbroken mining groun'
that I have ever yet seen. When
say unbroken | do not mean that
has not been touched, but one gram
scope without hill or gulch to breaI
its continuity. Below the town G
Warrens. about three miles, is wha
they call the Meadows, which wa
: once a beautiful valley. 1t is abou
two and a half miles IN length by on
mile in width, and there is no dout
! that every inch of 1t will pay If the
l ever get bedrock hume started. !
great many aores-I almost said man
2 hundreds of acres have been worke e
S bv Chinese by the old process
stripping eight or ten feet OF grav'
: with wheelbarrows and shoveling IL
G to boxes. Most of this work hs
ceased now for the reason that
would not pay more than dollar
day. They had one streak that wou'
prospect from two to four bits to IL
pan on the bedrock, and great nun
4 bers of Cinnamon have made their IL
' tie pile and gone back to China fro
:, this ground that white men sold the
d for a song. Here, l will assert the
are fifteen hundred acres of grour
&c that will some day be worked WI
q profit. Besides there are miles al
a miles of creek and gulch beds tn
l. have been worked that will pay II
70 m.pselv for a bedrock Hume.