| Show SNAKE RIVER DIAMOND FIELDS the idaho daily statesman of wednesday publishes the following inter eating article in regard to the snake river kiver diamond fields 1 the rho statement that diamonds had been actually found in diamond basin coming from suca a high authority a as a mr kunz caused several parties to surreptitiously leave the city during the day la in search march of the precious gems gemp charles van dorn who is one of the original discoverers of the diamond holds located somewhere in the viol vicinity n of diamond basin yesterday sid said that it was the intention of the parties interested to survey a section of land wh ore ere the diamond fields have boon been fou nd and have it platted as a townsite he anticipates a real estate boom in that direction right away A surveyor will leave the city some time today to survey the ground john E stearns Bt earns of nampa announced that the people of that enterprising town had gone wild over the reported reper ted discovery of diamonds several parties had left nampa in search of the fields but it is not known with what success they met mr stearns steams said eald that john W gilmore of sinker creek and frank L given and himself had located three diamond claims in diamond basin which mr gilmore who was in that section during the diamond excitement of 1866 1865 says once belonged to caleb lyons of lonsdale Lyon sdale who was at that time governor of idaho territory mr stearns steams did not know whether the three claims were near those located by meagre van dorn waltern and stevenson last sunday three montana diamond exper experts tb headed beaded by a man named passed through nampa on their way to the diamond fields the men recently consummated a sale bale of sapphire claims near helena and missoula Ml asoula for the name of this district shall be known as diamond district and shall be bounded on the north by snake river south by french district or where the wagon road leaves sinker canyon four miles from sinker mill out cat by catherine creeks creek and west by Reynold Bey nolda ss creek all free born white citizens only shall be entitled to hold bold or work min teg claims in this thin district each person shall hall be entitled to hold one mining claim of each kind bind by location all discoverers shall be entitled to one additional claim by discovery creek claims ishall ahall be feet in length and extend from the base line of one hill to the base baie of the hill opposite hill shall be feet front extending back feet gulch claims claim shall be feet equale the center of the gulch to be the center of the claim all claims shall be recorded within five days after location or they will be consi considered dired forfeited no person locate a for another portions person unless be to Is a resident of this country and if not a resident he must have a 8 power ol of attorney to do no BO all claims prop properly erly loo i ted and recorded shall be laid over until the first arat of May 1866 all claims or set of c claims ainis shall hall be worked four days each month it if not they shall be considered forfeited fel tet charles hilton was elected recorder of the district he was to receive a fee of 5 for each claim recorded and for each additional claim in 1865 there were claims located governor caleb lyon was given four claims which were selected by a committee composed of D H pogue fogue J mccourt and wm win musgrave it is three of these claims that stearns Bt earns givens and gilmore have located bested among those who attended the meeting at AD andersons dersons ranch who are now living were mat joyce ot of bruneau coil COB ibea of silver city J W gilmore of sinker week creek and D H fogus of san ban francisco |
