The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-05-18

does not know the stream
where the reefs of rocks are
located and the location of the
different rapids. Harry Gulkie
was in the lead of the boats,
and he had made the trip so Of
ten never meeting with an acct
dent, it seemed very probable
those following would get
through without any difficulty.
However one of the lead boats
in the first detachment went to
pieces on the rocks with the loss
of machinery valued up in the
thousands of dollars, the three
men in charge barely escaping
with their lives. Mr.. Clark, one
of the party, who was visitor
in Grangeville, gave very thrill
Ling account of the voyage and
accident.
Outside of those who have
made the trip innumerable
times it will be more in the nat
ure of an outing than a trip
of hardship.
Among this latter number is
Miss Caroline Lockhart, dis
tinguished young authoress, who
is making the journey of the Sal
mon river canyon for the sake
of the story. Miss Lockhart will
photograph the points of inter-
est and thus illustrate her liter
airy production. She is the auth
or of "Me-Smith," a very re-
cent western novel, published by
Lippincott's and though the book
has been before the public only
two months, it's popularity is SO
remarkable that it is already on
its seventh edition, and booksel-
lers everywhere are quite unable
to supply the demand for it.
The bar on which the Salmon
River company's claims are To-
Gated is on the north side OF the
Salmon river, about Is miles
from the camp of Dixie, and a
mile and a quarter from the FAX
in ranch, which is the company Is
base of operations. 1t slopes
, rapidly toward the river and ris-
|, es Is to 125 feet above high wat
: CT. Mr.. Painter prospected the
! ground very thoroughly all last
year, and his determinations are
!, sufficient to convince himself ant
his associates that the gravel is
rich enough to pay handsomely
9 if worked by proper methods
! The gold is fine, mostly flour
! gold, but the pay is there, and
all that is necessary is to equip
!, the ground with suitable machin
cry. The gravel is to be shovel
ed dry, and dumped into sluice
!. ways, where water is applied fol-
, washing in the usual way, the
: water being furnished from the
! Salmon river, by means of pumps
electrically driven.
q Mr.. Painter, speaking to the
Salmon Herald regarding this
j enterprise, said that he had foun'
that the flour gold in such situa-
items is not easily handled by the
q dr edging method. That much of
the values, when the shovel3 are
, working in water, keep contin-
rally settling to the D,ttom, and
ale necessarily lost. By work
, ing the gravel dry, he proposes
, to avert this loss, and only apply
the stream of water after the
gravel is in the sluiceway.
The method of washing will be
ny means of Devereille gold
, machine, especially adapted to
! the saving of fine gold. 1t is
} really long rocker, 20 feet long,
worked by power. 1t contains
10 sets of rifles, and after the
| gravel has passed through the
} rocker, it is screened by grizz-
, lies, and caught by a set of
| round tables, 10 in the nest,
: which are operated by a jogging
motion. With this combination
/ of machines, and by the use of
| burlap and mercury, Mr.. Paint
} er says he can save SO per cent