Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-04-21
OUR ELK CITY LETTER.
Il building BOOMs.- -Siuiciss0 has
Commenced.

A building boom seems to have
struck Elk City and the sound Of
the axe in the woods ajoining town
together with the tap, tap, tap of
the hammer, and the teams haul
ing logs, lumber and shakes, with
everybody on the jump, gives notice
to the tOads, pcssimists, and all
other croakcrs that Elk City is in 1t
with both feet.
Jack Anderson is building new
saloon along side of the old one,
the new building is 25x50 feet and
II feet high at the caves. Jack
entends to dispense nothing but
the best wines, whiskeys, and Gig
ars. We won't mention so1a water
and lemonade. He is also talking
of building a room cottage on Mob
Hill, probably some one in Grange
vile could tell what that's for, we
know it is not for rent.
Joe Van Hook is building q
house on Mob Hill. Van is keeping
it very quiet, but people are begin
ing to surmise that you can't near
ly mostly always sometimes tell
who will come in when the trail
opens.
G. L. Rice is preparing to build a
large sized house to be used for q
hotel and lodging house.
Geo. Blaine and Burt Cummings
have bought Lee Mann's store and
white mems goods that he has in
stock, Lee Mann will take the
Chinese goods and dispose of them
to the few Cinnamon who will be
here during the summer, when Lee
proposes to vanish from our gaze
like beautiful dream. Messers
Blaine & Cummings are building
an addition to the store that will
change the appearance of the place
materially and when finished and
furnished as they say it will be
when the trail opens, will be a cred
it to any town in the county, and
they undoubtedly mean business
for they are both reliable men.
Donohue & Harrington arc
ground sluicing on their claims ON
Donohue gulch-they report big
prospects of coarse gold-hope they
make million. VIM. Sheehan is
also ground sluicing on little Elk
creek. T. S. Rackliff is drifting in
very rich gravel ON American hill.
Lon and Oscar Rhoads came in
last Saturday from the prairie and
will proceed to develop their
quartz property on Red river the
coming season.
James Witt, accompanied by Mr..
George Bills, of Oroville, Calf, al
so came in Saturday. Mr.. Bills
and Mr.. Dan Greer .(who came
from Twenty Mile to meet him
here) will start in with a small
force of men to prospect Deadwood
gulch this week. 1t will be re-
membered that Mr.. Greer took q
bond on the Deadwood gulch prop
erty last January. These parties
are old California placer miners and
AZ Sooo WAthouo ody my tildV IL ulce5o
men interest themselves here it
will be big boost for Elk City and
her placer mining interests.
Mr.. w. H. Henry, of Seattle, is
here in the interest of Seattle min
ing men, looking over the camp
and it's prospects generally.
The Red River Co. are working
a small force of men on the mead
ows, getting ready to send the
gravel through as soon az the frost
is all out of the ground. General
Manager Calvin is expected in in a
few days, when active operations
will commence.
Mr.. Brown, Mr.. Hills partner,
accompanied by Mr.. BloOmburg.
came over from upper Crooked riv-
er last Sunday. They report the
snow about two and one-half feet
deep in their section.
VERA PRO GRATUs.
Elk City, April l6, 1893.