Show tite northern Nii aes the productiveness of tho the gold mines on tho the stinking water idaho territory continues to bo be proven by the large numbers of miners minera and traders who weekly arrive here on their way to winter in the eastern states or california we have convers conversed oid with mr creighton brother of tho the superintendent eastern telegraph line who haa bati just returned from a trading 7 expedition heavily laden with the precious stuff merchandising up at bannock must bo be pretty lively the sales of mr C s establishment h having a vin avel acol 1000 a day for upwards of a month th the length of his sojourn at virginia city moll on the stinking water the diggings at the last named place now in tho the it name of all the gods at once wont somebody christen the now new mines u with ith some ann specter coter if not more appropriate title are entirely placer along a gulch about twelve miles in length the whole extent of which pays richly some claims feet in length and running from bank to bank yielding as high as 1500 per day and one claim aar M r C knows averages per day during the summer or working season tho the miners use the sluice almost entirely five or six sic boxes to the sluice water was plenty up to the time ol of leaving other gulches in the vicinity were being prospected and were believed to be equally lich the population of virginia city and immediate neighborhood is estimated at about while that of bannock city seventy five miles southwest where mines were first discovered is now only about As aa winter draws near mining grows slack in consequence of the severity of the climate although some of tho the claims at bannock were successfully worked all last winter wa wages es for workmen range from 5 to 8 per day the latter sum being paid for experienced drifters and miners the former for more mere laborers blaid horn 14 to 20 per week the following are arc the retail prices of goods at virginia city and u will ill be of interest to those who think of migrating thither it should not be forgotten however that as the season advances provisions etc go up in aiice and worl work is difficult to bo be obtained flour per ibs 1500 coatee per ib to sugar 11 coc tea it 94 7 canollis Ca candles soap 11 whisky per gal sa 8 00 to 1200 drinks each bacon per lb ib lard 11 it cast steel per lb ib to 2 50 tobacco 11 and cooling cooking stoves and boots rubb rubber or boots 1500 shovels Shovel and sand picks GOO and 1000 each sluice forks and 1000 11 lumber per ft 41 A M A abea aes and 1200 no shingles to be had bad killing shooting robbery and drinking are the tha favorite pursuits of many up north and the state of society at the mines is represented is as being not of tho the highest tone of refined morality while the majority mijo rity are arc engaged in gold hunting a great many ale aio in the steal trade |