Show The Mines Near Atlanta Idaho The recent cold weather accompanied with flurries of snow has had the effect of hurrying the people of Atlanta Idaho says a correspondent with their preparations for the coming winter and hauling of wood reparing buildings and rustling in supplies has been the order of the day ever since election All of the available teams are employed haulingwood to the various residents stores salloons etc while Alexander Scholt and Frank Turners pack trains have all they can attend to in packing in supplies from the other side of the range Turners train is at present employed in packing from the Rocky Bar and South Boise countries while Alexan ded Scholts train have all the freight they can handle from Ketchum Yesterday Yester-day they brought in about 8000 pounds principally for Gardner Adams OUt most prominent and goahead merchant and I understand there Is in the vicinity of 100000 pounds still to be brought out for various parties here but mostly for the above mentioned gentleman When both pack trains are unloading in the grand plaza and the ore teams from the Buffalo mine and a few of the wood haulers and two or three other miscellaneous teams happen along at the same time the sight to Atlantatites is truly inspiring and we go out somewhere alone and hug ourselves and think that Atlanta isnt half as dead as some people imagine The Buffalo mine and mill is employing about twenty men which force will probable prob-able be slightly increased when the new vanner is in place and the ten stamps commence com-mence to drop which will be a matter now of only a few days Mr Williams of the Atlanta property is expected to arrive this week when ouora tions will be resumed on the Yuba and continued all winter Count do Ferreol has again left us for the winter intending to travel rather extensively ex-tensively throughout the west with probably prob-ably a visit to relatives ii Paris before returning C R Shaw of Mount Home and Bob Chattin of the Bur paid our camp a visit on Saturday and departed again for the her side of the range on Sunday after indulging in a plunge in our famous hot springs and admiring he beauties of the camp generally Fred Payne who has been employed at the Buffalo and Charley Bowden left this place on Saturday on a prospecting trip through southern Nevada intending to winter there Doc Southworth an oldtimer here is paying us a pleasant visit from the Banner country That section he says like all the other mining portions of the country experiencing a boom since the favorable legislation on silver and lead and the admitting ad-mitting of the Mountain Gem to the sovereignty statehood |