Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-05-10
Thunder, ligYnjag and rain last
Wednesday.

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Shall Rocky Bar celebrate the
coming Fourth?
Charles Crosby and family now
occupy Judge Culp's house.
J. Steadman returned from a
visit to Atlanta last Monday.
Charlie Lange, superintendent OF
the Buffalo, was reported very i'll a
few days ago.
Frank Turner'&pack train loaded
and started froF NJ. Home for this
place last Tuesday
The many friends of Mrs. Farne-
man of Atlanta will regret to learn
that her condition is still of very
serious nature.
Al. Young, after printing around
Boise and on Wood River for few
months, has returned for the sum-
mer campaign.
The celebration Of Independence
Day last year at this place was a
gratifying success. Get Inland drill
for similar action this year.
Sheriff White has greatly inn
proved the appeap6flce of his family
residence by plkcing/a handsome
portico in front okt&e building.
It rained here almost continu-
ously Wednesday AND Thursday,
vet the waters OF Beat creek were
not materially effected thereby.
Edgar Meek and Hartley came
in from Boise Sunday. They left
their cows and other stock on Wood
creek, to be driven in next week.
Where there was three feet of
snow two weeks aes-the ground is
now dry and dotteh with wild
flowers. This change was none too
soon for the comfort of our people.
Lee Abbott returned from At
lanta few days ago and reports
about % placer miners busy at
work near that place, all feeling
that there is a prosperous season
ahead.
George Aldrich and Briggs panned
out several dollars worth of gold in
a few hours, one day this week,
along the creek in the rear of Swan
holm's store. That ground would
certainly pay well for sluicing.
J. II. Casey returned from Boise
Tuesday, going through to Atlanta
the same day. <-he brought his
stock as far as Liye creek, where
the animals wiilyemain until oper-
atoms are renewed at Lincoln creek
saw-mill.
Thomas Norton has leased his
interest in the Lost Lode mine to
Herman Myers. Patterson, Dutch
Frank and Myers are taking out
big lot of good ore daily. We are
told that this claim is improving in
every particular and bids fair to be
a good gold producer.
The President has sent to the
Senate the nomination of w. II.
Petit for Surveyor General of Idaho.
Mr.. Petit is o resident of North
Idaho, but formerly lived at Atlanta
in this county. He is well and
favorably known in this section and
his appointment gives general salts
faction.
The Both of May will be Memoir
!. jail Day. 1t is proper that people
tshould assemble in every hamlet
Throughout the United States and
do honor to the memory of all dead
l soldiers. A number of ladies and
4 gentlemen of this place have taken
the matter in hand and are making
preparations for a due observance
~ the occasion. Next week we
I ppe to be furnished with copy of
4 be exercises for publication.
III As soon as the roads are pass
III bile for animals Henry Swanholm
Y bill send force Of men over to Big
N -Sar, on the Middle Boise, to COM
mence work on his rich and extern
sive placer mines at that point.
Mr.. 8. has a large ditch leading to
this ground, besides other apph-
ances for mining, and it will require
but little labor to put his mines in
good working shape after operations
have once commenced.
George A. Mccormick, superin-
tendent of the Nishnu, informs the
BULLETIN that the tunnel running
from the Elmore shaft to cut the
Vishnu lode was 175 feet in
length Friday afternoon. He is
working eight-hour shifts and the
men average FIVE feet per day.
Probably 200 feet more will be neces-
sary to tap the ledge. Mr.. McCor-
nick is pushing matters under his
control in systematic manner, and
we have an abiding faith that with
his superior management not many
months will elapse before this mine
will astonish the natives for its gold
yield.
The Young Gilmore tunnel is now
in distance of 100 feet, aqd they
expect TO strike the Gilmore ledge
within the next so feet. Eight hour
. shifts are working and about ten feet
progress is made every "a hours. The
country rock is strongly impreg-
mated with oxide of iron and other
eand Indications nf the near an