Show i I iI I OX BOW PLACERS RICH Management Expects to Clean Up a Day for Each Man ManA A few frow da days ago The Tb Herdd told of the completion of tb the Ox Bow tunnel through k which the waters oaten If f the Fayette rin river were diverted to permit of Ut the working of two miles of oC rich deh placer ground alonlO that stream in the Boj Bole e hain While w work rk has not been fully inaugurated led as yet the following from the BoIse Statesman shows that the gravel vel is fabulously rich rih and that it is going to be easy to work L A Coats Coate mana manager t r q of the Golden Treasure Plater company ever oner ati sting the Oxbo Dro t on the Pay lay Payette ette has baa returned from the works Operations have been temporarily In interrupted b hr slight damage to the dam caused by a SOdden rise riM In toe tile list Mr Ir Coats Coat r reports rt the ther had bad pro proceeded far to demonstrate that t the gravel is j very rich richA A tIer fter t the stream had bad Moo been turned t they went to work at a point about 1400 feet D tow below th the dam The stream of hot Water romin from amounting t o 11 inches was u around the work k Boxes were set and shovel r I i ing had begun when n the accident or oc occurred The d bed rock had bad just wen been reached showing the lY IHlY gr gravel vel to be three feet deep At that point There Ute the bed rock was Wat Mr r CoRt Coate CoRtI said in tAlking of t the matter the thc I being packed ked upon It i The carried carded about Scents 25 cents I to the shovel the zold oId all bein coarse Mr Ir Coats sold said hi he estimated the ground would return about a day for each V man He exhibited a vial of the gold oId found aU all n shot gold No o valuable nuggets had b found tin on that bar Mr Coats saW said bUt bet he ex cx a pouch of fine oneS taken from the sure of oC the stream so some twenty feet above the bottom of the river bed Fart Farther up tip there ther was a soft bed rock where It w a as anticipated more nuggets would be met with lh Mr Ir was funy pleased with ith what had been demonstrated and he had bad no doubt othEr portions of the river bed bd would bt be fully as rich richand and some of them much richer The method of mining adopted Is to set It boxes and dump lito holes already I rea d mined over mer After getting a start this plan can n be followed successfully There is abundance of water att r with pl plenty nty of faIt this being taken from the th fI If put Jut In to carr carry the water from the springs and that which steps seeps through the dam The to the dam occurred last Tuesday night After a very warm there came amea a threefoot rise ris in the stream at night A small sectiOn n or of the darn dam bad not BOt been lined with hoards and water getting through there forced off some m of the boards below helow Mr Coate said seid It would require five or six days to repair the damage and make provision a against future sOdden udden rises The dam was No not otherwise damaged V Mr lr Coats Coate was more than ever with the bower ower f feature of the project He said It would grove the most power ower site In aU alt that section Nr as t the water at could o be c con ii with T rf ease and 1 bit it has I sufficient fall faU to generate a 1 large arg amount of power Tile The he be continued had V J V n II equipped 1 with first class and andev ev everything was liS now In good shaDe |