The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-09-02
ON SECESH CREEK.
An Extensive Placer Mining District
OF Considerable Importance.
GOOD PLACE FOR lNvESTM ENT
secesh Meadows is Valuable Proposition
for Capital to Tackle.
GOOD PLACE FOR lNVESTM ENT
Secesh Meadows is Valuable Proposition
for Capital to Tackle.

Lutte is heard in regard to the
placer mining along Seccsh creek,
iills side of Warren, hut though lil-
lie spoken nf, they are in truth of
such genuine Importance and value
That 1t seems strange that more ex-
trnsive capital has not found rest
ing place there Gn this creek j.
f'unl one of the most magnitutlin-
"lis and promising placer proposit-
i,ns in the northwest
This consists Of what is known as
..Scccsh Meadows. Twelve miles tli-
side nf Warren Srrcsh Meadows L.
u fiat Of about 1000 acres ON the
creek "f the same name. 1t il owned
hy 4 b True. Gayllrart Ichr'ns, Il
Hamhly. Fhlev Iicckctllorn, Cnas
Watt, Warren Helm. 4 Grant. Jake
Williams and others, who are read,
tn dispose of their interests at II rca-
-onahle figure to any company with
the proper capital to hnndlr the prop
o-ilion. As this is very similar
enterprise TO the Warren Meadows
and the Warren Placer Mining Co
(predgc) ground the success of the
wu latter will at once attract atirn
lion to this great gravel bed and bring
The capital for its development. The
Srcesh Meadows are perfectly fiat and
.annot he worked with appliances
now at hand. There is so much watei
that nine feet is ~ deep as prospect
urs have been able to sink, failing Ia
reach bedrock which is. about Twelve
Feet or q little more. VAS far as pros.
nec,ed, which has been done all oven
he meadows, it. Yields about 60 cents
tn the ward, with bedrock In hcai
from yet vAto e point E b. True
rocked ont une ward of gravel and
,ui 81 35 From the lower end al
hese mealows the creek pitches utl
with sufficient fall to permit the work
ing of this ground by means of II het
rock nume to great advantage 1t Is
the firm conviction of parties compr
tent tn Judge that il" r'innany Il
AXE hold of this ground will receive
returns running into the millions. v
Ha, il jus, now being cat nE hrs'
meadows, and is sold there ut 50;
uer ton or $40 lpr ton in Warren
/ Warren Helm has put up 10 tons
Bob Rival 8 aud other parties enougl
80 make about 80 tons altogether ~
On the muuniain sides surround
inv Srcpsh Meadows are some yer,
rich placer claims which are Onl
worked short lime each year on nc
,unnt of the shortage Of water hig
enough tu cover the ground
Ga, heart Burns, r Ilamhly an
lack Gruvcr have some good claim
near the last creek crossing on il'
Warren road MIR Burns average
81 ia, during The two months II
il able Io secure water
On The opposite side of the FL
i,nh Rnyal has fine claims from wiiic
he takes out the same pay for alol
the same length nf time.
At the mouth of Grouse cree
I}nhndle g. Brunghn have one of u
most valuable claims To he found
the ,s,lintrv. It, is admirably luc;lt,
fur convenience of dump, grade f
hrdrnck race. fall fur pressure ~
abundance of water. They ha'
! worked here for ten wears, taking Z"
a great deal of money, and still ha
hardly touched their ground, as/ I
rs exhausting it goes, hut have q
S monsiated that every foot of their
acres contains pay and that he sron'
is good for SO 900 to $40, 600 {
every acre. For several years TIL
worked on the higher part OF
claim. Three years ago they beg
mt the lower edge of the bench,
which the claims lie, to pipe cut
bedrock 1000 feet to. the older al
uins TO better open the ground n
" rive n race with fall TO run on |
J. gravel. They have opened the
with their canvas pipe TO n distar
Of 200O feet towards the old VOL
inss. In this distance they have ss