Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-11-15
ATLANTA CORRESPONDENTS.

with County Surveyor +. {. Towne
Of the Bar, and e. w. Joy Of this
place, made a trip to Queens river
last week, for the purpose Of sur
veying several mining locations be-
longing TO Mr.. Joy. The trip Of
nine miles was uneventful. Night
ovcrtaking us on the way we were
unable to take in the beautiful
scenery as we could have wished,
large chunks of which were lying
around in every direction all over
the country. Young Master Hus-
ton acted as guide Cor the party,
and following his lead we threaded
our way in the dark over hills,
across streams, and through the
timbers, arriving at our destination
about nine o'clock in the evening.
In a very short time fire was burn
ing brightly, supper was under way,
all hands being cooks, the animals
properly cared for and our appe,i,es
having been whetted by our ride in
the cold and by the aroma Of steam
ing hot coffee, we set TO and in an
exceedingly short space of time
had destroyed 50 many eatables
that Mr.. Joy concluded If our APP
petites did not materially diminish
he would have to set the pack train
to running bringing in more grub.
Supper over, after INDUCING for a
, couple of hours in smoking and ly-
] ing-principally lying-we went &c
bed. The writer has always pridcd
] himself somewhat on both the guam
! tity and quality Of his lies, but after
: weeks experience with the above
; mentioned gentlemen he feels com
! PEELED to sadly take back seat and
|. class himself as third or at least
: second rate in that line.
!. On the following morning the bal
9 opened with the commencement o
: the survey of the Craigmore lode
= and not TO be prolific in details
n simply wish to give short accoun
!, of the mine visited during my sta.
!, on the river. The Craigmore, tn
: Alvina and the Craig are situate'
n on the same mountain and as nea
y as can be asccrtained on the sam
] ledge, which is apparently blanke
i ledge, running in many places per
's fectly fiat, and at other times hav
!. ing sigh. dip running in degre
J. e according 70 locality. On all thre
e of these claims the ledge crops fo
&c hundreds Of feet and varies iron
RI five to fourteen feet in width, all c
o which prospects more or less, an
&c all Of which has bodies of goo
g . grade ore running through it. Tn
4. showing on the surface is simpl
il immense, and where shaft and tur
=: :, nels have been put down or run !
on the ledge the outlook improve
: with every foot Of work performed
he A large amount Of work has bee
IA done on these claims, several tut
N nels having been run in distanC
e of over three hundred feet, wit
70 innumerable wines, upraises, drift
IN cross-cuts, inclines, etc. On II
to opposite side of the river are Fl,
other claims. only three of which
ii visited, the Vixen, Finis and Aul
We iliary, all of which show good stror
n lodges from three 10 six feet
width, and all of which is niue
t. higher grade rock than the ore fro
the other lodges on the opposi
\ mountain--in fact ore has be-
~ taken from these claims that wou
a. mill up into the hundreds.
- In view of the fact that no gror
- of claims in the country are mo
H. advantageously situated for ca
=. and economical working than Il
~ property described, that the fine
:. water power is adjacent to all of t
= claims, that timber of the fine
r. kinds abound in unlimited qua
- titles, and that wagons can be TAX
- right into the camp. II is surpr
! ing that this property has not be
:, sought out by capitalists long a
as and that it is q money maxi
N proposition for any party wi
az means is an ineontrovertable ia
=. Nelse Davis has a couple of m
~. doing assessment work on his Ida
~ property and is showing up 60
ore as il also David Clink near I
~ same ledge.
= VIM Irvine has struck two 4
-, of one hundred dollar ore in his !
al turas ledge and has several tons
- that class OF rock on the dun
nv Bill has undoubtedly struck
;.a nanza of the biggest kind.
~. Freight is arriving both by pa
~ train and wagons almost daily, a
~ the indications of storm is havi
~ the effect of making every one I
" easy who is not fully prepared
winter.
Another dance was given Frid
II night on the arrival of the pa
IL train. 1t has become the pro
Ne, thing now TO give a reception dal
80 when the train arrives aud a ia
~, well dance when they depart, 9
80 as the interval between the arri'