The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-08-11
Stories II The Richness Of that Distfkt
Continue To Crow
a4OO IN THREE DAYS,
Further Notes Regarding the Pestliaf Piacxf
Deposits Fifty Milei FROM Warren.


Johnson, Henry Sommercamp and
Lou johnson, who have recently ar.
rived from Watfen, Ne leafn more Of
the rich placer deposits Of Thuhdef
Mountaini mentioned In last weeks
having tteen on thS
ground stalking out claims, Although
he had to get 30 far from tile strike
that lie is dubious as to tile value OF
his property
Since the report OF last week thd
Caswell boys have brought out loo
ounces of duet, the produce Of three
days, or close to $500 per day, -
the gold runs about VA par ounoe.
As snow water will soon be eons
there will probably not be mucn mors
washed this year unless the dik.!it
transported to water.
Lou johnson says thefe is whole
mountain OF sort OF soft tAlcy
stuff that anywhere in the vicinity OF
the strike CAN be panned out and
coarse gold taken out, the panninss
can be allowed to slack and on ~
panning more gold can b. obtalned.
Where the CsswelI boys are It work
as high as 50 to $25 per pan has been
obtained. Lou says 200 stamp
mill ought to he placed at ths foot Of
tile mountain and the whole noun
tain run through. The gold Il found
clear up 70 tile very apex Of the hilf
and the decllvity is such that chutes
can be constructed to carry the gold
bearing formation down to whsr6
water could be brought to it.
| The Caswell's first discovered thie
three or four years ago. They wer6
prospecting without success and were
broke and about to pack up and leavd
the country. While one prepared
their last dinner the other went =
little higher up the hill and took =
pan Of whitish, unpromising stuff
and went down To water and washed
out s2. 80 They changed their mind
, about leaving and have been working
it with big returns every spring,
though so much attention las not
been attracted until this yesr a. they
said but very little about 1t. They now
have 100 acres the value OF which
cannot he estimated until full invest
igati0n demonstrates wlIat and how
, extensive the discovery is The gold
/. is fine but they have secured pieces
a rs heavy as an ounce and 4 s~lf.
n All surrounding county Is stuked.
+, Another drawback to the district il
II that the ground does not have to b,
Ii thawed with tire ia order TO bt
worked
Other Warren properties are look
} ing up. Randall's mine, bonded /,
Capt Wood is said to be turning GU
ID wonderfully rich. Capt. Wood is il
re Weiser where a car Of iron piFs 70
Honest John Mining Co., Of whic
he is manager, is being loxded int
freight teams for the northward hau|
Al All this wonderful country with 1t
as present heavy tonnage and future un
g, limited possibility will he tapped b
RI the railroad from Weiser north.
~ People coming out ssate that Ii
q. country is full of strange character
t footing it in and out aud that som
r. robberies have occurred and matter
DO are ripe for few hangiugs when I'll
~ perpetrators are discovered n,
Mt long ago the Bohndle Il Brough
u claim was visited one night an
It's about $4,000 taken from the sluices
ch The big placer company opefatin
=. above the Burgdorf springs ard mai
'or aged by J. NJ. Venabie is said to
meeting with splendid returns.