Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-11
BEDROCK FGuME..

'"e long .alkrd Of brdrock fumes j.,
Moore and Grimes creeks. The OIL.
way to secure capital to work tho
cree" he'fsof B,ise Basin is to kes,
'"e adva 'tag"s and importance Of ,l,e
enterprises s'',wa up through tho
press In lSS5 M.s;rs. S. c. B,we,
AMI 5. K. Gol'ltrap located scyer,I
miles in length in the bed, Of G,;,nas
ana Hran'te creeks Tn. Claims
were surveyed last fall nv f. II.
li"sse. The following year. 1ss,
George IL. e. Taylor, of Z,nesyilL.
OHIO, formed a company TO work
More and Elk creeks, AMI spent two
years endeavoring to secure = char
ter from Congress for the vac.,,
ground Finding this SLOW and mn.
certain work, he went Est over i.
year aga and Interested James Fl
Waite, Boston banker. and Wm
" Carr an operator IN naturl' gas at
Il tnesville, Ohio, who came here l,,.
ttst TALL, examined the ground and
lnnedl stely incorporated with can.
ltal stock Of s2,000,O90 IN 40.O0O
shares of the par value OF So each.
IL being too late in the fall to do a
sufficient amount of excayatipr mud
humlng to take advantage of the
spflny freshet, nothing was done 9th.
er than to contract for at east $50
o)o feet OF 'gs, to be delivered at
their saw mill. The MaMaiIen Bro,
took the contract, and have cut 200.
oJu leet, most of which! has been de-
l'verei. They will keep on cutting
aud delivering until spring. This
company is not crampe TO-. means.
an |, when they can e It to work, will
push the flume to completion with all
possible speed.
Mr.. Bowen having hal some nm
pDrtant deals on his hands the pas,
year, could not spare time to SECURE
a company to operate it, and Mr..
Goldtraps health would not permit
OF his taking an active part.
Column after column has been
published in regard to the wealth
lying in tina creeks Of til, Basin, the
facilities for securing it in fumes.
and the great advantages the en,er-
prise would he 10 all OF Southern Idaho.
The sur> eys of all the creeks show
that they have all the grade desrahl
with abundance OF water for success
.ul working.
The mountains on either side are
covered with the finest pine an fl
timber in all Idaho, AMI there is
plenty of rock at hand for weighing
down timhers that will require nc
blasting to Secure. There never was
such an enterprise in any country
more ahunl.ntly supplied with na,ur'
al mater al tn IN these. There art
good locations IN all OF the creeks fni
the construction of dams to store
water for use in the latter part of the
seasons.
As to the amount of go;l remain.
lug in the creeks it is impossible Il
form Il correct estimate, but that Il
l., immense al know. The expires,
companies in one wear, commencing
in 1868 and ending in 1864, sh>ppe1
out ihirty-three million dollars BE.
sides tais large amount, millions were
.rried oat bv individuals. That car
ried out by indiuiluais was credited
to o,het, Territories and States, where
it was deposited, By the Treasury
an | mint reports. Tne business mei
of the B lsin who have renamed iron
the time mining was commenced sag
that no less than $lj1,0J),0QJ hay,
been produced most OF it COMING
out of the creek beds. As m'nln-
was carried on by The most prlmltlv'
method shovtling into lntIe, narrow
short boxes containing nnsniil zen
heads of water to clean the clay from
the gravel; wages s. per day and $
per nirht, with large furces of strip
pers constantly ut work to keep gray
e! ahead for the little slucrS; Iumhr
6 cents per for, provisions enormou
IL biph, and the haste with which
WIS necess tr; tn work, all commune
tn force mine owners to pass owe
much q ouud that to day would pa
euorm ,us dividends, even If worke
nv those same primitive me'"o''
! VIZ, .l:i- - .bn ,vac these cree