The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-01
THE SALT LAKE HERALD; MONDAY. FEBRUARY l. 1897

two properties S. S. Gilden is presi-
dent, and Frank Culbertson secretary
| of the two companies.
In the face of the Goldbug tunnel, u
said Harry Glidden recently, I'VE have
20 inches of orc that will mill between
$40 and SIS. We have assays running
all the way from $40 to $500. There is
a three-stamD custom mill in the
camp, and 103 tons of our ore was run
through this mill and returned S2.77S
or an average of nearly $27 per tom
Samples of the ore sent out recently
show free gold in handsome specks.
| The owners have a boiler and 20-horse
power hoist on the ground, and will
push the work of development.
Harry Glidden put in a large part of
the past summer in the old camp, and
is familiar with the country and its
history and traditions. ITO reach the
district" said he, ''one travels over a
wagon road from Lewiston a distance
of 107 miles. 1t is 60 miles from Lewis
ton to Grangeville, and ~ miles from
Grangeville to Florence. In summer the
trip is made from Lewiston in two
days. The freight rate from Lewiston
to Florence is one and a half cents per
pound. There is a saw mill in the dis
trict, and lumber costs about S25 per
1000 feet delivered. Wood is 81 per
cord at the mine.
try is pleasant and interesting. There
are excellent stopping places along the
road. On the old Fountain road, meals
are served at 20 cents and the fare is
good. On the new stage road the
charge is 80 cents per meal. The old
road is eight miles shorter than the
new. The new road passes by Waha
lake, a favorite summer resort with
the Lewiston people.
h0Unn6
on the Warrens road, are hot springs
which have become famous for remark
able cures. A great many people go
there in summer. 1t is an inviting
country for the angler and the hunter
Numerous mountain streams afford
sport for the fisherman, and in the
mountains the hunters find elk, bear
and deer.
The old town of Florence has an
elevation of about $500 feet above the
sea. 1t sits in nearly a circular mount
ain basin, seven or eight miles in di
ameter This basin is courSed by many
small streams, and is sparsely timbered
with scattered black pines, with little
underbruSh.
only 20 or 80 buildings have sur
viVed the wear of time. Among these
is the old pail, used when Florence was
the county seat of Idaho county, and
the most populous and lively town in
the territory. The old Masonic hall is
now used as a stable.
"Of the old timers who were in the
camp when miner counted it hard
luck to wash out less than 500 day,
20 or 80 still linger around the scenes
of past wealth and excitement. Some
of their "reminiscences are hard to be-
lieve. They tell of one memorable
Fourth of July celebration. In that
high basin the SHOWS linger until far
into the summer. A Norwegian then
in the camp was Skilful at moulding
snow images. 1t occurred TO a num-
Der of patriotic miners that it would
be a novel feature to have this Nor
Wegian construct a huge snow statue
of Washington. He was paid $500 for
the work of art, and when finished it
was of heroic proportions and the min
erS said it was a splendid piece of art
and bore a striking resemblance TO the
Father of his Country. 1t was pre-
served under a great mass of pine and
fir boughs and when brought forth on
the Fourth aroused tremendous enthu-
siasm.
Another old timer declares that as
result of one grand ball and lively
frolic he counted Ii dead mel Iaiu Out
in the street the following morning. A
few believe this bloodthirsty recital,
but a majority of those who heard il
entertain a suspicion that the IA unfor-
Inmates were the victims of Florence
Last summer one of the old build
ings was torn down. 1t had been built
in the early days of the camp, before
the miners had washed the lot for
gold. When the old timbers had been
two Cinnamon rocked out the
site of the old cabin and were re-
warded with more than 5000 in gold.