Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-26

ing into this phase of the situation and
this report as to values is merely given
for what it may be worth.
Natures Own Sluice Box.
Nature has certainly conspired to
make this one of the most attractive
and economical sluicing projects ever
developed. The present hydraulic race
enters Boulder creek just above a box
canyon, 1900 feet long and as perfect
a sluice box as can be imagined Ribs
OF formation over which the stream
roars and tumbles set up above the
bottom in perfect rifles that should
catch much of the gold values. 1t
Will OF course take some time to fill
this channel with heavy gravel and
until that time it is not believed that
any appreciable values will reach the
bedrock flume below The manage
ment declares its intention of cleaning
up this canyon in low water season
through another temporary bedrock
flume that will be laid down in sec
tions beginning at the big flume and
through which the accumulation of
gravel will be forced by giants. At
the same time much cement work will
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insure passage of all gravel through
the main bedrock flume in future
years. This is an ambitious program
that will depend largely upon the re-
suits obtained under the present sys-
tenn of operation If the values should
prove as good as the management ex-
poets, the cleanup" of the canyon bed
might prove sensational
Everlasting, Self Cleaning Dump.
/ | am fully prepared to say that the
company will have no dump troubles
for some time to come even if it is
able to move the maximum yardage
expected over period of many years.
Just below the bedrock flume the
stream breaks into a narrow gorge.
where succession of sheer falls and
cascades creates difference in eleva-
ton of no less than 400 feet in 800
lineal feet trayersed by the stream
From that point down to the mouth,
there is a further drop of 200 feet
or total Of 900 feet in about one mile
| climbed down into the canyon and
was rewarded with a glimpse of some
of the finest and widest scenery in
the northwest. The water churns and
boils over an endless succession of
fails with such force that nothing
could Withstand 1t.
Long Outlet Tunnel Projected.
Some idea of the ambitious nature
of the program that has found lodg-
ment in the brains of the management
may be gathered from the fact that
tunnel has been projected from just
above the railroad tracks at Lenia in a
southeasterly direction to a point just
below the bedrock flume. If it is ever
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1000 feet long, with a grade of about
8 per cent. Through it the mine prod
uct would be conveyed by pipe and up
it would be brought supplies for the
camp. AS a matter of fact the tunnel
is already in over 600 feet, but no
work has been done upon it for some
time. 1t looks as If this work might
we'll be postponed until the property
has been given an opportunity to full
| fill the most optimistic claims of it's
management.
County's Second Precinct
Leonia precinct. which embraces the
camp alone. has the distinction of
being the second precinct in point of
lsize in the county of Boundary. boast
/ ing its own postffice and a population
varying from 100 to $50 people. of
which a very patriotic proportion is
represented by children. Buildings
in camp number over so. with So COM
Portable cottages for married men and
their families; blacksmith and machine
shops two bunkhouses, cook house
and a well-constructed school house
in charge of a competent teacher
There is also a sawmill with rated
capacity of 10000 feet daily and con-
struction equipment of all kinds.
Among the latter were noticed Cleve-
land tractors. Fitch tractor. SETON
Busyrus steam shovel complete log
ging outfit and several automobiles
OF divers makes
As to Management.
NV experience has taught me that it !
is the easiest thing in the world to
visit a project of this kind and find
grounds for criticism of the manage |
ment. After everything has been done
it is easy to point out mistakes and
methods by which they could have
been avoided But in order to "size up'
this project and its management fair
lv, one must visualize the country as
1t was when development was started |
always remembering that the company :
worked from hand to mouth never \
knowing from month to month where (
the money was coming from to meet
expenses that were invariably higher
than anticipated. With that visualize 4
ton before me. can truthfully say
that in nv opinion the management /
has worked miracles. In spite OF the (
lack of technical training. but with +
knowledge gained in the hard school
of practical experience. these men have 4
nearly completed an engineering feat 4
that cannot be duplicated or even ap-
preached by any project OF the kind
in the Northwest. Everything has
been done upon an expensive, perma-
nent scale and understand engineers
unanimously pronounce the whole I