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Show KDA Hill III EUTIE SAID TO EE Bmm by ei;gi:;eer Haw aa axpsrt arising aagiaaar sawed Craighlaa af Bait Last City ra-patrtad ra-patrtad that Lookout kill, aaw Aaaeoa-ia Aaaeoa-ia kill, waa tka aaly barrsa mialaf aatiaa ia tka Bulla district waa told rastarday by Thomas K. Idoyd, Waiss ataa, wka kaard tka report live ia 1171. Lloyd waa oaa el tka first atiaanj at tka Alica nua aad wall rataaabara tha aiakiaa; af tka tkraa-oampartwaat tkraa-oampartwaat shaft from tka tOO laval aad tka ailvcr miaiag daye. Hia brotkar, Dave Lloyd, is credited wilk bolag oaa of tka three maa, who discovered discov-ered th Aaaeoa da ml a a. Llovd waa rlvea 1 1000 aa kls promise to raliaonisk ia claim ta tha rrouad. It ia twaetr-six twaetr-six years sisca Tdayd kaa ailnad ia batta. Ha left last pjgkt far Wale. "Bef waa rkoan ia thoaa early daya," ataaad tka aid tiaar yesterday. "Butckers would (el tka aniaara' orders or-ders for baaf aad dalivap it for from S to T centa a noaad. A rrawd af aia- ila maa lived ia a loaa rabla wkcra tka .CM. hardware stora bow Is located. lo-cated. A Mr Powell, who aow lives ea Aaaeoada road, baked bread for tea. I remember wall voting far Charlea Warms as justice af tha peace. The Kiag corral looked loaeeorae aa tka site of tka federal buildiag. At tka career of 1'exk, aad Maia atraeta tka Owslrr etablae had bnea .ull. Tka first letter 1 received ta ilutte was girra ma br "Dot" Ford at a bt eakia postcficc ea Maia street. Tbere wara t tea shout 1000 men in th camp. There waa only ana en flag ia tha 'nvj aad that was at tka Alice. Tknre ware no skips aad tke little buckets were hoisted when tho aagiaeer pulled dowa a lever if I her a wer steam enough ia tke eagine." Uoyd cams ta fiotta aa tka aame atag with fat Jack" Joaes. He tells of hew ha aad "rat Jack" tramped thlrteea miles to Pleasant valley to got aomathiag to aat wkea tka stag waa marooned ia tba saow oa tha Uaa between Franklia, Ida., aad Rotta. Ia corning weet ke bought a ticket ta Baa Fraaeiero, as tka rata waa ek caper tkaa ta Ogdaa, wkcra he took tke etage. The Wale maa Is brother af Joka R Lloyd, thric sheriff of the aaaaty. Tw term were aerrad la the tsrri-terisl tsrri-terisl daya. "If any a-iaa had told ma af the Butte today wkea I loft tha ramp twoa-tr-aiz years ago I would have called him a dreamer," aaid tka pioneer ye, terdav. '"Wa never anticipated a three-etory buildiag or a etroet ear. Kver-ything waa silver then, aad aa that wa thought th future of the ramp rested. I ess scarcely believe that this ia Btitta." Lloyd haa bees visiting witk relative rela-tive at tot Weet Copper street. |