Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-10
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A Ncwss. spicy Letter wrlites BY IN
Old Correspondent sf the WsriA-
CENTERyILIE, Feb. 4. 1893
Ed W0RLD:-Placers miners here he.
gin 70 feel as though they will, after all
the beautiful winter weather. have quite
run Of water the coming spring. The
storms OF the past ten davs have increased
the depth Of snow 20 such an extent that,
even should no more fall. there will be suf.
ficient water to work Oh considerable
ground.
Henry Whitney, Superintendent Of
Mountain Queen mine, now in the East,
will return early in March He will have
placed upon this very valuable property
iOO horse power engine a. soon rs the con-
dition Of the roads will permit Of freight.
teams getting to the mine. Between for
:, and fifty men will be employed, and
stamps will drop throughout the year.
Pat Slattery, Fred Peterson and Herman
Myers have very aattering prospect on
Applejack, one Of the tributaries Of Big
Muddy They have sunk shaft fifty
feet and arc now running drift from the
bottom to tap the main ledge. In dis
lance of eighteen feet hey have cut sew
eral gold bearing seams. all of which
nrOanect annnuraooI, nako. n Dorc;o
are taking out fine ore from their Pioneer
mine. The pay chute is in The main tun-
mel l80 feet from entrance and is thirty
inches wide. 1t IS estimated that the ore
will mill $35 gold and 10 ounces silver.
Bruce and Bottcher, owners Of the Sun
beam, are pushing the main tunnel. The
distance already run is $50 feet The ore
body should be reached. according to sur
vey, within thirty feet, and tapped al a
depth Of something over 100 feet.
Assessment work has been done ON the
following mining properties: Golden
Fleece. Golden Star, Sweet Home, Bon
Ton, Ben Hur, Storm King. Queen Esther.
Lucky Baldwin and Little Turtle The
owners of these properties are not Roths-
childs Or rich bankers' sons and therefore
await the coming of experts with reason
able bank accounts TO help them develop.
School term will close shortly. Our
teacher, through new, original method
of instructing the children, has gained the
everlasting gratitude of their parents The
rapid progress made BY the little ones in
their studies is truly remarkable. 1t is
said that school "marms" generally arr
pretty, but ours, ugh! Picture to your
self large, very large blonde school
''marm," weighing in the neighborhood OF
ITO pounds, wearit No 8 overshoe and
waist measuring thirty-four inches OF
thereabouts and lacking the slightest per
ceptible trace of that angelic taper SD es
sental to feminine form divine. Still
withal, our teacher will rank with the bes
educators in the State. Our next BOARD
of School Trustees Ia trio OF bachelors
will request that all persons apply ing fo
the position OF teacher in this district will
forward photographs with applications.
Mrs. McCurdy. spoken of short tim,
ago by your regular correspondent as hav
ing accidentally fallen into cellar, ha
fully recovered and become leadin,
member of the Centerville Christian TEN
perance Union. Elk Deputy Sheriff Cal
ter has gone to the White Sulphur Springs
Garden valley He was appointed 81.
years ago, and was at that time man O
aldermanic proportions. Severe strain @
official duties during this long period hs
told heavily upon him, both mentally an
physically; in fact, SO much SO that tnda
he is but mere shadow of his forme
self. He will come again when the bunc
grass blooms and open law Office her,
Nearly every one here seems to be nor
or less elated over the passage by the low
er House of the Stale wagon road bill. an
hope that it will meet with very little OF
position in the Senate. In October la.
your correspondent and friend travele
over the State wagon road survey froi
the mouth of Clear creek to ileadwoo,
crossing in Bear valley, distance of thi
ty three miles. Clear creek is wilhot
doubt mineral country, both in gold an
silver, and it seems strange that after a
these years so little prospecting has bee
done in this rich mineral section of oil
county.
Considerable uneasiness is felt hel
among unmarried men and all because
rumor to the effect tina, bill will CON
before our present Legislature. taxin
bachelors. 1t is well known, the worl
over, that eight in every ten bachelors al
such from Christian standpoint H;
not st. Paul said9 He that marries do,
well, and he that does not does dal
sight better" ST. Peter SAYS: "Lo ar
behold, am Peter Sho ildst thout me
woman by the wayside, catch her ar
, cat her" Again: at is just as i.nposs
BILE for married man 10 enter the kin
dom of Heaven as it is for camel to WA
through the eve of knitting needle
Numerous other similar quotations cou
3 be cited in behalf of the much abus,
bachelor. The idea of fellow beil
. compelled by law to contribute to the su
port of female to whom he may have
the past proposed, and she has kindly to
him that she ieels highl' honored, fl
} tered and all that sort of stuff. and reques
that she be allowed the privilege Of loo
ing around ten or twelve years in the ho
that she may do betteri Indeed, not muc
Leave the State first.
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