Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-06

ouctlon mas been somewhere ebout
three hundred millions. Now If the
rule holds good here, the ricksst pIa-
GERS are below the false bedrock, and Il
II gravel Is found it is almost cer-
tainty that the Basin is destined to
yield ss much, or more, from the
lower strata, than il has from the
Placers lying on the top Of the false
bedrock. The idea Of striking such
placers is not new here. A shaft
was sunk a. early - 1854, and put
down 10 . depth Of nearly 100 feet.
Having no pumps water put stop
to the work. Another shaft was
sunk in 1869 to the depth Of ITO feet
and water again stopped the work.
Pnmps were not to be had in those
days for . song, and the work could
not be carried further. This company
now has two pumps, but must have =
good hoist IN order to be able TO con-
unue the work. The shaft is now
doxn lis feet, securely timberrd. |
Fhe indications for striking pay are
all that could be desired. From near |
the bottom Of the shaft larg. pieces
of wood were brought up, showing a
heavy wash, aud iron sulphurets were
found in great abundance. The same
agencies that can deposit iro1 sui
/ phurets can also deposit gold, and
much easier. In fact the discovery
of gold would not be SO surprising
nor seem SO impossible as the finding
Of this form of iron. The last work
done was IN strata of coarse sand,
or what some would term fine grav
el, some of the pebbles being as
large as marbles. All old placer
miners feel sure that genuine gravel
will be struck inside of twenty feet.
This company, after all the trouble
it has been to in organizing the com
pany, starting the work, securing the
ground and carrying on the work,
agreed, at meeting. when it was
decided to call on Boise for aid, to
sell stock there at the same price paid
by the original stock holders, which
: was favor that ought to be appre-
ciated. Money could be invested in
no enterprise anywhere in the world
where the possibilities of returns fol
money invested are so great. The
, possibilities of such wonderful direcl
!, benefits to stockholders ought to be
sufficient of itself TO induce Bois.
! City capitalists to invest. Anothe
(. important consideration is the indi
:. rect benefits the capital city woult
. derive.
Il The reason the shaft flied with wa
), ter was that some hitch was made il
,s lowering one of the pumps, and Will
er doing this the other pump failed t
10 work, as pumps will occasionally, an
IN they were both soon, in miners pal
a, lance, drowned" The compan
in now has tank to be used in cas-
n, anything goes wrong with the pump
n so there will be no danger hereafte
~ OF the shaft filing with water.
his For the benefit of those who d
es not know the history of the discover
it. of pay ground below false bee
tn rock we will state that the first stris
lie of this kind was made in Australi
lat where the gravel was fabulouslv rie
Ter The depth was from Ave hundred
he seven hundred feet. The next di
on covery was on Williams creek,
his Caribou, British Columbia. w. Y
err Hooton, of this place, Chairman
are the Board of County COMMISSIONS
Use of this county, was there when t
III, discovery was hS toP -"
hat was poor-would hardly pay t
led working-hut the gravel between t
i is false bedrock and the primitive be
erv rock was probably the richest e'
O. a discovered. The depth to gray
has was from 65 to ITO feet, and the ia
alse bedrock exactly the same as that
,ple this place. The first shaft was su
her in 1862. The gravel vared tr
tion three to eighteen feet and averaa
Disc about six feet. Mr.. Hooton work
the in three of the claims-the Rat
ION. the Cameron and the Diller 4 HI
to Currie. He was timberman.
,nty Rabie produced from 100 to
slth, ounces every twenty-four hours,
ners gold being worth from sl6.25 to slt
but per ounce. This company's shaft
hers, 65 feet deep. The gravel In
,oise claim was eighteen feet deep.
.cers Diller companys shaft was seve
dred feet deep; gravel from twelve