The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-08-25
A Battered Remnant Of Past
Greatness Dawn of a
Prosperous Future.
Large Body of Ground
FabulOusIy Rich.


Warrens OF twenty-five years ago,
neither Is it any thing like the Warrens
of the future. There is scarcely
doubt but that very few years hence
will see the booming camp of twenty
five years ago reproduced with this
favorable difference. The coming
Warrens will be permanent camp,
backed by mountains of rich quartz,
while the oid-time camp was but the
mushroom growth of a rich placer
discovery Its history has been the
history of every placer camp on the
coast. The shout of ''Goldr' goes
forth and the miners come flocking in
by hundreds. A roaring, booming
city composed of wooden buildings
springs up as if by magic. There is
hurry, rush and a scramble.
The ground is torn up and turned in
every direction in the eager search
after the yellow metal which has
secured the under hold on silver. A
few years and the richest ground is
worked out, the miners begin to de-
part, the town goes down, houses
become deserted and Empty and go TO
decay, and those longgued, ieperous
leeches, the Chimes, begin 70 sneak
in and commence '-sAiping' among
the old diggings, often striking rich
spots that have been overlooked in
the rush. That is the history Of them
all and it is the history Of Warrens.
The town now is the battered remnant
of past greatness, but it is about
to enter the dawn of a new future,
and the old residents who have hung
on in hope will not have waited in
vain. DIR. Ford, one of the Oldest
residents of the camp, will tell the
visitor, sit seems but few months
ago when this street was jammed in
the evening with such mass of men
that | had to crowd, push, and entreat
to get through them to the store.
The town can be summed up a.
follows: One hotel, run by Jay
Czizek; one boarding house, run b,
Mr.. Smead; general merchandise
store of Brown & Kelley; genera
merchandise store owned by GrosteiI
& Binnard, of Lewiston, but in charg'
of DR.. Ford; livery stable and butche
shop of j. B. Chamberlain; tive
saloons.
|, AS stated, the place is new in
Y state of transition from placer to
Iquartz camp. The three quart
mills now erected on the Mayhower
Little Giant and Knott mines are bu
the fore-runners of what is to come
The irst genuine sale OF a mine eve
made in the camp was made a shor
time ago to a Colorado company
who intend 10 bring in another mi
at once. 1t is certain that this is bu
the first evidence of an awakenin
a interest which will draw All unlimlte
d amount of capital into the develop
ment and working of those numerou
rich VEINS which seam the mountain
: and were the feeders OF the rlc
{ plucers. A custom mill is badl
needed in the camp, aid especial
one with full facilities for savin
silver, as Riebold, who is considere
to be doing the best work at his mil
IL saves only about sixty per cent OF I'll
silver. And though this latt
metal is but secondary conslueraIio
gold being the predominant miners
this much of percentage yields
good profit. 1t is but matter OF
short time when works of this XII
D. will be put in by some one who CT
T. realize the certain results OF t
ar investment. There are enough vel
= of high grade now thorough
developed to assure the camps futul
while the numberless new prospet
give promise of equal if not bet'
results than the older mines. Mi
are certain to find their way to gol
~ and as the mountains Of Ware
are full of gold, the day will sure
come when a mill will be
i'll operation in every gulch. Thou
the quartz veins of the camp are