The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-01-13

as a natural consequence wages were
cut down. The hard-isted miner,
rather than submit to any depreciation
of his services, started on prospect
ing tour, and the history of Nevada,
Idaho, Montana and Colorado, and
other places of less Importance, speak
for themselves, and the world is famil
lar with the result.
In the fall of 1852 a few hardy
miners, with their blankets on their
backs, started out on prospecting
tour across the Sierra Nevadas-a task
in those days accompanied with much
risk, hardship and suffering Placer
diggings we're few, owing to the search
ty of water, but, on the discovery of
the Comstock ledge odjacent co where
Virginia City is located, new impetus
was given to mining, and men com
menced sinking shafts and running
tunnels. In short time the Gould
and Curry, Ophir, Yellow Jacket, En-
pire, Savage, Crownpoint, Mexican,
Original Colo Hill, aud a host of othe
equally valuable claims were soon dis
covered, and these mines have yielded
the world millions of dollars, and who
can tell but that the mines of Owyhee
county are far ahead of even the cele-
brated Comstock, in Washoe. for rich
ness? Time alone can tell.
About the first of May, 1868, party
of men started on prospecting tour
from Boise Basin, travelling in a south
erly direction On the 18th of the
same month they arrived at place
which they called Discovery Bar, and
which is about ten miles below Boon
vile, on Jordan creek.
After remaining there day or two,
they came up the creek about five
miles to place which they called
Skull Camp, from the fact of finding a
human skull there. From there they
moved up the creek about five miles.
where they discovered good placer
diggings, and at which they camped,
made their laws and marked out their
claims. Having made all their ar
rangements, they had little jollifica-
ton, and all feeling happy over what
they had discovered, they gave the
stamping ground the name of Happy
Camp, which goes by that name to this
time. This place is about a mile and a
half below Ruby City, on Jordan creek.
AS the territory is indebted to this
company Of miners for the valuable
discovery of the Owyhee mines, We
will give the names of the Lucky
Twenty Miners, as they we're then
called, so that their names may be
handed down as the pioneers of Owy-
hee county. The company consisted
of Michael Jordan, James Carroll, Full
ton Haight, o. H. Purdy, DR.. Rudd,
Thomas Carson, James Boon, w. L.
Wade, L. H. Gohr, William Duncan, J.
Dorey, VIM. Churchill, 2. j Flint, Il
Pindall, John Moore, r. Cain, A. J..
Miner. Silas Iba, John Conner, VIM.
Phipps, d. z. Barnes, Jack Reynolds,
H. r. Wade, John Cannon, j. Gordin,
Chas. Ward, Stephen Rifle, John Chad
wick and Spanish boy.
These gentlemen have done much to
make this county what it is today, as
they we're all men of enterprise aud
great industry. Michael Jordan and
Joseph Carroll were killed by the In
dams while out on an Indian hunt
about a year ago. No two of that little
company we're more respected than
Jordan and Carroll. W. r. Wade, an
other member of this company, paid
the debt of nature last May, after en-
during lingering illness, which he
contracted while developing the re-
sources of this country.