Show LONG PLACER SEASON elk city ida news the precipitation in the district has been heavy the past ten days and the placer miners have been benefited greatly thereby a number of the big operators estimating ti that the season run has been lengthened from ten to twenty days by the rain in the low lands and the water that will come from the new snow that has fallen in the hills A number of the mining men say that the present season will be longer than last season and last seasons run was the longest in a number of years the storm came the first of last week and was continuous up to wednesday of this week the rain and snow have come intermittently since wednesday and at present there are no assuring indications that the storm has spent its force the new snow in the hills reaches in some places a foot in depth there was equally as much moisture fell in the low lands and v valleys alleys though it came in the form of rain and that left after the ground became soaked quickly found way to the many rills and streams and that portion of course cannot be counted co anted of any use to the placer mining interests there was one 1 inch of snow fell in elk city saturday night but it remained only a few hours this truly is a great season for the placer miners all the properties are working full handed and twenty four hours to the day the gold output from idaho county for this year will be far ahead of any in recent years or since the golden days of thirty and forty years ago |