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by wagon. The road gradually ..c.nds into

| rock ia sandstone thirty or forty feet thick.
hG eSs sfe g. IL RsS Tho SH
sem bline, artificial stone. excopt that laTgs
is said to he Identical with the Fotsdam CO.
lions Of dollars In gold has been obtained.
| The width. Of the deposit Is as yet unknown.
ss,b shafts hHyc EsGn driven to sufficient
The openings are made by tunnels. The
camp Is growing rapidly with It's tents and log
mo: II have worked often in, similar, forma-
lions and never yer saw spcf dep9sit that was is
n@s nSh IN god n nGn GaHs me eahm y rs
for tests. His samples sent to Denver, Salt
$40 70 $50 per ton. a mill run, q . larger
quantity sent to Denver produced 5000 per
ton gold stb the vast body Gt e3 %o
showing was wonderful. The evidence is al
most certain that the entire formation carries
gold, and that it can be worked at 9 splendid
profit. The ore can be easily, mined and
chcaply treated. 1t is, estimated that tho entire
% Of mpn rs Eng m ncr n can DO done ut
Mr., Bartlett is now putting pnn stamp mill
which will he ready June % The n1chinery
men are preparing, to put in works. After
Wishing vatious gold regions o. the West the
er as o. md since tho Caorns COW oi
We have hero q vertanle mountain OF Eold.and
all around in the south lass country may be
found placer ground OF different character
but Of undoubted richness.
The cement nsp9ss is nndi o. the t re-
mountain ino ~ torrents H which poured from the
higher attitudes. washing and disintegrating
the gold veins and spreading their contents
nlon.: ite course In all rrobabil. ty the richest
discoveries are yet to be made here. The
lower stratum usually shows the richest. re-
South Pass has long hecn known as "A gold
region. Directly after the war OF the rebellion
there was u rush into that section. and IN 1877
various camps OF the district. Several com
ranies. mostly from California. began opera
81. 600. 900 per year was taken out by the lucky
miners. Alter about $LOO0,OOO had beer. oh
trouble ESsqm IN ,n we ,erm q
many OF them killed, their cabins and sluices
DESTROYED by the suvaaes, and they were COM
few miners have gone in from time to time ind
held their claims. quietly working them a few
Of Rsi has csSsns
excitement during the past twenty years. 1t
has been mostly coarse placer gold
Emile Grapier is one OF the parties who has
carried on a more Systematic mining then any
others He PVT IN hydETaniic wp PIX and and
his ground. ono old miner. who has held .
quartz claim for some twenty years. only
works it dSts and h s SSs
enough Ie cannot be persuaded to sell or
lease mis- property: Another miner has rich
streak OF ore by using common hand NOR
tar for puIverzng the stun and a gold pan
for washing /, od In this way he has already
The writer would not advise inexperienced
miners or poor men to come here, TO begin
requires capital and experience. No doubt
hundreds will tumble over each other in tho
mad race for tho new gold fields. For the in
experienced such a move will be premature.
ARIZONA.
q hrrn lie nnl, r;t
in the gold fields of the Supersttious Noun
tains. the exaggerated account Of their fabu-
f the ssy Tss the sns aM i Of ore is
boing shipped. The drift started 70 feet below
the sixth le"cl. is now in some 80 feet. An un;,
limited amount Of ore has, been uncovered. and
rapidly as possible its richness increases. 1t
carries n prcdominanco OF gold.
ID. L. ThorEe. who is largely Interested IN
the new bonanza campon the santa Maria.
was in town with some fine snecimenS taken
mems came from the Rule mino. new dis
covcry. This claim lies parallel with the wolf
veloped by a l40-foot tunnel: 10 feet OF
which is all in ore on n ledge which ranges in
Mhn om l0ir to ps seven go ,ee i4Tr Zee, % +
for Dos Cabezas is very promising. Tho claim
owners are working in a practical manner.
five stamps, and have more ore than they can
run through. They work ore running from
The World viii HI tn a.kns ABOUT Dos tabezas
the great producing camp OF Cochine county.
-. e Eankin has Twenty-Five men at worf on
the pine from Cave Greek to tine Union mine.
and expects to have water running throuShto
the mill by next Sunday; As soon ny the
force and commence pounding away.
Mrs. kiggs. who had n lot OF $1,000 orc
sr2uFh. ths r ths %nf this s's
northwest OF the mining, town Of Vanderbilt.
Eight years ago col. j. {. hnlIard' found and
located in the southwestern part Of lavapai
Mountains. the Homes;ake. group Of mines
consisting Of ten claims E he then supp9ssd
mines The main ledge crops for SEQ Or
showing it to ne from four, to twelve feet in
width. the deepest shalt being over eighty
feet deep with six feet OF ore ut the bottom.
sam pies from the various parts OF the ledge
silver and some copper Col. BuliarI is CONT
that he has ut least S1.OOO,UO0 in sight
IDAHO CRY. June "a New York company
has written TO NJ en- at Salmon City making in
Quries about sulphide mines. The managers
for working such ores at small expense. Ores
that contain SIS per ton in gold they claim
thsy make p5y nd rfnd to
ty there are many such mines. but as they
can only be treated by the smelling process no
dovelobuuut work has been done on any eX-
cept those thai yield n, sufficient amount OF
free gold to lie worked successfully by tho
stamp mill process; on Canon Creek. on tho
phuret mines that are fairly well developed.
but which have only yielded small amounts OF
gold. us the ores are almost solid sulphurets.
None OF thess sulphurets will 20 as low ms SIS
per ton. More of the mines will yield $40 per
ton and upward A company. with IL process
for the success vi treat ent OF such ores could
not find letter fold in which to operate than
right here in Boise county The ores are rich
and in great quantities.
Superintendent Sweet o. tho Muddy mines
at Grimes Pass has written from boston that
he will be hero soon for the purpose OF resu NJ
ing work in the tunnel running to cut. tho
veins. This tunnel is nov in over l.SOU feet.
and the veins will be reached in q little over
1000 feet; Thisgrroup o. mines VIII yield very
will DO rs soon as the ground is reached.
Many OF the mines in the Cpur dAlene
countrS have resumed work. and . letter re-
says that a large number Of men viii soon be
at work. and that lively times will be ex-
perenced there this year.
The State wagon road Commissioners are
getting ready to hasten work on tho system OF
roads through the state with all possible SDeed,