Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-05-17

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Your correspoh dent started early
on the morning Of the 9th of May
for Atlanta, arriving there at about
noon with a good healthy appetite
after the refreshing and invigorating
trip around "old Badly" and over
the summit. The snow is not en-
tirely gone yet, which made the
trip a little tire some, especially up
Boiler grade and down James creek
canyon. In pas sing up the grade
on this side, large old-fashioned
snow-slide is met with, covering the
road and pass for distance Of
about one-half a mile, with broken
trees, stumps, br anches, rocks and
everything of that kind brought
down by this ter rible avalanche of
snow from the side of the mountain.
/ sat down to rest on this immense
pile and calculated that when she
came crashing and roaring down
there must have been about $50, 900
tons Of snow and debris hurled into
the pass. You viii find all through
this immense bank of snow forest
trees of all sizes broken in two and
splintered in all kinds of fashion.
Again in James creek canyon sew
eral large and heavy slides are met
with, but the Boiler grade avail
anche takes the cake"
AS you Apr zach the beautiful
town of Atlanta a splendid piano.
rama meets the eye everywhere.
The ground is covered with green
grass, shrubbery and flowers are in
full bloom, little streams Of spark
ling water run ming towards the
Boise, and nature is well advanced
into spring-time.
/ found most of the men there
were quite busliy engaged in placer
mining. Comm ncing at the top Of
Atlanta Hill, Just above the Last
Chance mine, Mr.. r. B. Browne is
busily engaged sluicing and panning
small but very rich area of ground.
The water there is very limited, be-
ing so near the apex of the noun
tain. The cleanup will take place
in q week hence, at about the time
the flow of water will give out.
Down the can yon just below the
Silver Wave lode and above the Big
Lode, Boney CO ntanein, Jim Irwin
and others are busily engaged pip
ing and sluicing the gravel. They
have plenty of water and are push
ing things lively and no doubt will
get handsome returns for their
trouble.
Further down the gulch and inn
mediately above the Tahoma mine,
Shorty" 1.-THE p inter) and partner
are working h eavy bank of placer
some 30 feet hig her than the bed of
the creek. Here some large bould-
ers are met with, but with a fine
large head of water they soon dis
pose of them, and their chance of
making a raise looks very flattering
indeed. There are some good dig
gings in this gulch below these
workings but have SO far been ly-
ing idle this season.
Mike Gould a nd Bert Prey, with
some others, have been working a
placer across the Boise near the
saw-mill. Mike says tie ground
will pay wages 10 a couple of hard
working men but that it will not
pay to hire help at present.
Geary d Co. are busy making
sluice boxes a nd getting things
ready for a big run. They have
the ground on the west bank of the
Boise opposite the Buffalo and
Monarch mills. This is considered
the richest place r ground near At
lanta, and was formerly owned by
Adam Gottsh of Red Warrior fame.
There is hardly doubt but that
Geary d Co. will do exceedingly
we'll with this ground this season,
which from the abundance of water
and the lay Of the ground must pay
well.
Lou FRANKIE, while engaged in re-
pairing the ditch of the Buffalo mill,
struck 1t very rich in the gravel
bank about 200 yards westerly from
the mill. He Immediately staked
off claim and posted his location
notice and has already taken steps
TO get the necessary outfit to go on
with his work. He has secured an
old water ditch and will very soon
be heard from.
Many others are placer mining
down the river but was unable to
call and examine their operations,
but report says they viii all do
well this season.
Mr.. Williams, superintendent of
the Yuba tunnel, says work is pro-
crossing on the tunnel nicely and
that they will commence on the
old tunnel in very short time.
Rufe Turner, Jim Crockett, Gard
ner Adams, Jim Smoot, Nelse Da-
Wis and many others over there are
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