Show I THE CEUil DALBXK I A Salt Lakoi on the Xcvv Camps Jj ot > pects The following letter was written to a merchant in this city by Hugh XcCok iudale It will be of interest to all who have friends in the CocurdAlenc mountains moun-tains and to all who are thinking of turning their faces itt that direction Mi irisvi Sho hone Co Idaho September 171884 f I have been in i the countrv since firing and though I have not by any jueans made all the money I require in my business still I think I will be able to catch on to my share in the outcome out-come This country JIS been sadly abused ever since the first of the excitement excite-ment There wa nothing to justify the great rush of people bore last winter who had to incur severe hardships in etting from the railroad to this camn I mean that there was no ground discovered dis-covered except in ctie or two places when that great rush h took place anti the whole country was covered several feet deep with snow and until tint t now disappeared nothing could be learned Very little or no work seas being done here and many of those who came in TufTcred sorely They with many other left declaring the country a fraud I do not thinko indeed I have daily the evidence of my I own eyes to convince me that there ts a great amount of geld here to be taken out All the chants now being worked I are taking out big money I saw a j one days clean xrp last evening on the I Henderson S Porter claim of tOOO A number of others close around here are paying from ell ounce and a half upwards to the man per day My be lief is that next year this will be a rattling good camp to make money in There are now two ditches in course of construction con-struction which jjac intended furnish water to work Hie ikill claims in what is called the old wash which has proved to be very rich nearly everywhere it has been found and prospected There ate splendiil opportunities to get hold oi i good ground hem from parties who I waut to go outside for the winter and are without money now fans of them I hold good hill clamts which will be very valuable in the spring when the water I canine taken on than through the big ditces al I |