The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-12-18


Lees wash house in Challis.
Baths, and laundry work done to
order. Give him call.
A strict investigation of the
case of Cadet Booz, who died, it
is alleged, in consequence of
s.hazing" at West Point should
be investigated. If there is no
truth in the statements the honor
of the Academy requires that the
fact should be proved. II they
are true, severe punishment
should be visited on the culprits.
I'm the spring of 1874, when l
first into the Stanley Basin reg
ion, there was only one log
house between there and Salmon
City and from Snake river for
lover 200 miles there wasn't any
now there are three good roads
to that section and almost in
Vulnerable houses. So stated
F. F. Fisher, principal owner of
the Fisher mine, located near
Stanley Basin. The matter came
up through discussion on that
section and as to was first to find
| il. Mr.. Fisher did not know as
to that. He had, however, been
among the first TO go in and pros
pect that section. In telling of
the trip he said i:
I'VE left Snake river in the
spring of 1874, headed for Sal
mon river; crossed the lava bed
pass by the Big Butte, up Lost
river to the divide, and then into
Antelope valley, and on to the
mouth of the East Fork of the
| Salmon river. After some trouble
in crossing the river. the water
being very high, we started for
| The Stanley Basin country, going
up the river over very rongh
trail, and soon reached the point
we were seeking
Il was surprised to see the
prospects in the basin, and start
ed out to get some diggings of
my own. | panned on different
claims and got from 5 cents to
50. so per pan. After spending a
: few weeks prospecting | found
there was gold everywhere-on
top of the highest hill and on the
( sides of every little sag and
, along the streams there was gold.
end some in paying quantity, but
i owing to the scarcity of water
they could not be worked, al
though we knew it was there in
paying quantity. All the bars
along Stanley creek were being
worked and also the gulches, all
making fine pay. I struck a
2 streak of pay dirt and opened it
up. taking out S35 per day shov-
cling. Many others took out
800 to 5000 per day. while some
made more using hydraulic on
Joe's gulch. Some years after
ward | rocked in that gulch and
; took out $50 a day with very lit
; tie water, but with plenty of
. water | could have taken out
l 5000 per day.
There was placer mining
going on from Bayhorse to Elk
l creek, above Salmon basin, all
along the Salmon a distance of
= over 100 miles. Some of the bars
: along the Salmon produced as
high as $50, 900, and this with
great numbers of large boulders.
, On the top the ground yielded
o $3.50 to the set of timbers, four
4 feet square, while on bedrock it
5 went over a dollar to the pan.
/ My Judgment tells me that
Q Stanley creek is one of the best
. in the state, and / feel sure it
Q will pay from its mouth to the
Il very head, as there is gold from
O the grass roots to bedrock in
# paying quantity. While mining
s there 1 got some float in my
q sluices which went over So, 900 tc
. the ton. | also found some red
v vermilion quick ore that ran as
e as high as 90 per cent quicksilv
a CI. Il OCftCNC liiC Oal 10 HOe Aui
| distant till Stanley Basin will
It make very rich camp.
s Il left Stanley Basin and wenT
s on to the headwaters of Warm
a Spring creek, where l found
/ some very rich diggings and tool
out some fine nuggets, some o.
m them going as high as S16. the
,e gold being 873 fine. | took as
r high as $3.50 in six days. While
ar in there | discovered the Fisher
4 mine, which is now in operation
:. During the last two years W.
K have put up 10stamp mill
b. started it up last fall. and the re
t. suits were very satisfactory. We
If are 90 miles above Stanley basin
o. 1t is one huge mining field from
as Salmon City to the headwaters
~ of Salmon river. / have spent
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