The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-03-23
GOLD ON CLEARWATER
WALLACE MEN AFTER IT
HARD TRIP, BUT GROUND AP-
PEARS TO BE WolTH THE
EFFORT-WoRK.

]. H. Deidrich, John Tibbits and Will
liam Layton returned this week from
the upper Clearwater, having left here
last month for the purpose of locating
placer ground near the old camp of
Moose City. They accomplished. their
purpose, but to do so involved a hard
trip. John Tibbits, who has spent the
most of his life prospecting and min
ing in the west and who has been on
long hikes in Alaska which are sup
posed to test ones endurance to the
limit pronounces the Clearwater trip
the hardest he has ever experienced.
The party was 26 days on the trip, but
of this about 10 days was lost on ac-
count of a snoWstorm and blizzard
which made travel impossible. The
party went in by way of Fish creek,
leaving the railroad at Rivulet, about
16 miles below Iron Mountain, from
there starting out on snowshoes. Upon
reaching Fish lake, on the summit of
the Bitter Roots, a binding snoWstorm
set in, accompanied by a high wind,
which made it impossible to move un-
til it subsidized which was not until 10
days. They camped very comfortably
in a cabin on the shore of the lake
used by forest rangers and trappers.
Locate Good Ground.
AS soon as the snowstorm was over
they proceeded at once to Independ-
ence creek, a tributary of the Clear
water, about miles above Moose City,
where they located nine placer claims
and then three on Hoosier creek, a
short distance below. The deep snow
of course prevented examination of
the ground, but it had previously been
examined by John Tibbits and there is
no doubt that it contains much gold
Panning from the bed of the creek
showed many colors. 1t is proposed to
return to the ground just as soon as
the snow disappears sufficiently to
permit working to advantage. A dam
Will NO COllotl uStCu upOli LAlC oAhC Vi GIL
old one that was built back in the COS,
from which a flume two miles long will
convey an abundance of water for hy-
draulic mining. Lumber will be OBJ
tanned from the Alma Mining company,
on Hoosier creek, about five miles be-
low. This company is controlled by
Belgian syndicate and is thoroughly
equipped for operation, including a
sawmill. This company is said to
have expended $4,000 in preparing its
ground for mining. A bedrock flume
has been put in and it is said that the
ground paid enough last year to cover
all expenses of putting in the fume.
Henry Leib and T. T. Pohlman, two
brokers of this city, are associated
ship Of the ground, locations having
been made for them by power of at
torney.
Historic Ground.
Moose City was one Of the old-time
placer camps. 1t was on the line of
travel between Pierce City (Orofino),
where gold was first discovered in
Idaho and one of the famous early
day camps, and Cedar creek, Montana,
as we'll as other rich diggings in that
state Some very rich ground was
found in those days at Moose City and
much was left untouched owing to the
primitive facilities for mining at that
time. 1t is the deep ground or ground
which for other reasons could not be
worked by the pioneers that is now
attracting attention. Dick Cunning
ham, at one time sheriff of this coun-
ty, went to Moose City from here and
for several years and until his death
was engaged in mining there. Other
Wallace and Occur d'Alene people are
interested there and the probability is
that the next season will see consid-
cradle activity in and around the old
camp.