Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1903-09-17
ATLANTA
Atlanta, Sept. s.

. the alf-duSoi piiiS topiS III 1uie CUM
muuitv. More than $50 men are
on the ground at this writing and
coming from all directions day and
night and by every conceivable
method of transportation, and this
winter promises to be the liveliest
and the camp the most populous in
their history.
The original discovery on Back
Warrior creek was made by Tom
Walker and Charles Birdsell
Three feet Of free milling in sight
assays 1887 in gold. The Black
Warrior and Gold Bug are two of
the most promising claims in the
camp. The Gold Bug is located on
ledge that is opened up for two
miles, being eight feet wide and all
good milling rock. A high grade
streak about one foot wide runs
through it and assays $1100 to the
ton.
Black " arrior creek empties into
the Boise twelve miles below At
ianta, and this new and important
discovery has resulted in the crea-
tion of new mining district
Black Warrior-which, it is be-
lieved here, is destined to outshine
and overshadow anything ever un-
covered in the county or perhaps
the state.
And to think that this ground,
tramped over for two or three gen.
erations of miners and prospectors
countless numbers of times, should
lie right at the door of this pioneer
campl The shades of the departed
, argonauts surely must think light
ly, almost scornfully, of their sue
cessors.
r. b. Watson, manager of the
Petit mines, arrived today with a
, pair of web snowshoes and the in
9 dications are that he will remain
:. here all winter. The Petit is work
> ing thirty men under the direction
of Mr.. Watson's able foreman, Mr..
Nat Olsen.
= Karl Coinsky was slightly injured
d the other day. being struck by a
}, pick falling from the level above
r He is somewhat better this morn.
e ing.
= The Minerva mill is rapidly near.
y ing completion. Mr.. G. W. Elliott
: is the contractor. The Minerva
y is under the able management o
'e Mr.. Walter Brown and promises to
soon rank as one of the great divi
y dend PAYERS A most careful esti
y mate of the ore in sight at presen
places its value at million dollars
a while the greatest depth yet at
!, tanned is only 100 feet. The ledg
a is opened on the surface for dis
r tance of 800 feet. with an averag
y of 80 feet of milling rock.
'e Work was started on the Novelt
- on the 3rd by Superintendent Ennis
= who with Mrs Ennis lately arrives
, in Atlanta.
II. Mr.. Charles Ewing has arrive
from Colorado with his bride, VIII
was formerly Miss Royce, and he
resatded by his friends, who al
legion, as one of the luckiest {
ae men.
-. Mr. Kirby recently left town G
l. business connected with his exteI
- sive mining interests. The Mo-
:. arch, of which he is manager,
a working twenty men and will Gin
- 200 feet soon.
as Work is being rapidly pushed G
be the Chink by Superintendent Spal
by ing, who is a practical miner and
ms great rustler.
'p' The test mill run on the Big Lo,
ia' is reported great success, al
re Superintendent Oglesby will co
al tinue work on this property.
he
= The ladies of Atlanta are great
N. elated over the recovery of t
III money collected for the Sunda
il school organ.
all
it's Atlanta, Sept IA.
There are so men now prospe
- ing in the new field, but the col
try is entirely new and extensive
a1sh rninpralizad and ronnn for al W