Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-12-08
WILL THEY BalxG : Boon'


drain on Warm Springs Flat for the
Boise company that several weeks
ago relocated ground on More and
Elk creeks claimed by the Idaho
Bedrock Flume company. The
ground on the above mentioned fat
will be drained, after which . shaft !
will be sunk to prospect the ground.
John N. Wallace has charge Of the
work. Representatives Of this Boise
City company move in rather mys-
terious manner and have but little to
say about their intentions or plans Of
operation, merely stating that the
chances are more than favorable for
the enlistment of . large amount OF
capital to work the ground and that
operations will be carried ahead on
such . magnificent scale as to make
Idaho City boom again. Nothing
would be more welcome to the run
down and patient and long-hoping
remnant of = once large, hustling,
bustling and gold-laden population,
than q real, live, regular old-time
roaring boom that would bring back
some of the buoyancy Of youth to the
small army of SCARED and weather.
beaten old veterans who have had
many q hard and rocky tussle with
the gravel washes of obstinate old
nature, in tireless efforts to wrest
from her grasp the hid away treas
ures of the yellow metal that i, now
the sole standard of value. A boom
will come, that is certain, for the
wealth is here in great abundance,
and all that is needed to obtain it
and leave a profit over and above the
cost of capture, is some scientific
method of working, and on large
scale. There are millions of dollars
lleft in More and Elk creeks in origi-
nal ground and in the debris, but can
not be secured at profit if worked
with primitive methods or on small
scale. Yes, the boom will come, but
when? That is the important question
And who is to bring it? That is an
other question? Scheme after scheme
has been worked up and carried al
most to the point of "making the dirt
Ay," and right there, when hope be-
gan to bud and blossom, each scheme
ran up against some obstruction OF
another and was smashed to pieces
: and the blossoming hopes OF the ole
denizens of this ancient dug out wer'
blighted by the cold and whitening
l winds of dire disappointment. Thu
has it been since long time ago
away back in the early times whel
3 the Basin miners had plenty of cas-
r and organized for the purpose @
$ carving out a bedrock fume pre-
9 ject at great expense. which the
: proposed to do without the aid of an
S outside capital whatever. This illus
i trated their faith-even more-thei
certain knowledge of the fact tha
d millions of dollars worth Of gold Ii
!, sleeping in the gravelly beds of Nor
: and Elk creeks, waiting to be brougt
S forth by enterprise and energy aide
t. by capital sufficient for the under
y taking. This company endeavore
IS to secure a grant of the ground fro1
l. Congress, but failed. Afterwards e
IS forts were made on the same lin
It and likewise failed, and finally tt
is ground was located by citizens of tn
e place in 20-acre tracts and decided
1t parties who had hopes of enlistir
S. capital in bedrock flume enterpris
D. Since then the ground has been r
A. located number of times and a Ii
E. tie work done, but nothing of pra
er tical or beneficial nature. Now Il
ID ground is claimed by both the Idal
1t, Bedrock Flume company, organic
Of several years ago, and a compaI
es composed of Boise City men. II
rs former company claims the groul
IN has been duly represented. T.
ne company composed Of Boise City mi
at evidently think not. How this dis
of greement will terminate is now mel
is ly matter of conjecture, but it
at more than probable that suit at Ii
no will precede any extensive work,
tn any extensive work is thing of
81 near future by either compar
n Pending litigation is a paralyzer
IN enterprise. For this reason the p'
pie of this place would rejoice to s
one or the other of these compan
soon judicially declared to be
, rightful owner. After that perhs
something will be done that v
q prove beneficial, not only to the to,