Show I hayik Wa yiK j BONANZA Us mines and a of them corr to tho to tell of all the lich mine and of the prospective wealth to flow from this immediate mining ilis would require volume but a few points cn be condensed into such pace as to give the of the forue idea of what this lo 10 cikity li and imagination can picture the wealth to flow from these vast hills in of cold ard silver BONANZA lias in location all that can bo de tired in a pretty spot for a small city The Yankee fork lias a narrow valley to run through abl the most the way is without any valley whatever but here tho hills on ll 11 e west side recede so as to fukumi a plateau where it wa only necessary to cut out the fine growth of fir trees to get a pot upon which to place a louse while the limber went far towards erecting he li ue other trees have been left and ornament hence the town of two hundred houses presents a pic appearance all the houses are good and substantial buildings composed lumber ouster city is tome whal similar in location and construction conat ruction and if two mites further up tho yankee fork but is near nd not noir to large the great attraction to bring people here is found in the hills for many around anil these are being peeled for of the miny locations a large percentage will no doubt become in the near future paying mine bui the country has its erious some which tiroui will oyer com but just now development is necessarily slow 01 the adverse a few may very appropriately be now aleo being rapidly overcome by good wagon roads to take the place of the toilsome trails former days between blackfoot and challis theio is BUT troad with heavy grade and the dust of he desert aarom tho lava tack of water are lio most serious obstructions over thai road wells will be tank this winter to supply water through the doity miles that are now supplied by and then better stations can be provided along the route from challis Oh allis the road as now built n A gool goo l one for afia ground over which it travels yet husli gralfs it requires six days to make the distance of forty miles and loaded teams twenty days from here the distance being two hundred milea the present rate of freight ii four cents which makes everything aed here rule at high prices the fiad that the winters last fully ona halt the year the now fall being heavy and drifts bad makes winter life here nid outdoor llor im pons blo during of the time when mines uro epco well opened and ear to tiem thia feature will botne so as now but one of the grealis gre alit lacks of the country seems to be TUB tt AXT OP Cr iTAL all the mines aie in the hands of men who ra unable to hold aal work and yet they have been schooled up to aco big paire for their ro perly that capitalist are not to invest some mines have been at good prices and others have went at figures considered at the lime a remunerative yet since leave as indeed a mere trifle of bleir worth owner others hold for large figure determined on the one hand to pet value of worth or else not bo ft looser in telling t what may in the ful a low price until sellers and purchasers can come nearer together in biti realen of value but bev properties will change hands here A visit to ISTE eight miles from here proved to be ft plea surprise thia land mark iseo nam d in honor of the first discovery of goll and quartz there the summit reaches at altitude of feet above the sea level and mines reach wv up to that which were found by the great quantities of float in alie great masses of broken rock lying on the steep sides below the moat noted mine on the hill i the montana which liaa well paid the owner already and ha been once bonded for in digging for r location for their cabin OSE THOUSAND I tAB wag out and th owners had only in their work of developing to pound out borne selected ore in a liall to place them in fund 01 ore from their eight foot vein often run up i to the the company have made kiich money by to hilt lake anil other places when it had to be carried out by pack trains many other good mines will yet be developed upon thia hill among he many claims partially worked and developed now but taft great attraction to every one coming here is found in the property owned by the gen custer mining and milling company riem nearly throe feet liivet ho waters of yankee fork and i wonderfully rah in mineral app arance of bating been shoved up from below n n sn li of thi ty degrees from a ami then having top wl over on 10 the foot wall thus 10 an angle of forty five grew and in allt action the B lf fell oft and ltd down the hw cirri ing ico of the ra eft citing in allt ir a body of rich ore aix hun red feet long and one or two hun frfd fett tiie vein below is over e hundred fat wide and the full length hai never at been led bui evidently pamm through averal locations locutions locut ions running the of ahe mountain it eti tn tej nt ali re I exposed in this body of cre three aia one half million dollars in value ami that there i olo ol o already on alie dump and lying around looe to kerp tt twenty null now being mated giuy for the next I wo yarb the mill u ang erected at tho tae oi the hill and t ware train ivay ill kb the oro from upper ore lious to th lower one al the th grinway trinway trin way will be feat long and na 1400 feel in that di tanco ll 11 will b piled above and below the machinay mac hinTy of toe mill is of the improved pat te fand made trong in all iti tho caalim carlim engine applied up plied three lirot cl boil err bno every of vaal ana chinery wa placed in position nt the factory in chicado Chica ao ca tant no delay blight occur herc by bad it ien dint part the hlll u co hauled llma ala armherr dereb er eB tta caps ciak burnaw lur naw md all will bo fed automatically thus requiring but few men to operate it water will be conveyed all through the mill in four inch pipes to bo used for and in case of fire and abo elevation of lie tank that receive i water from a litch connecting with a stream kill be such ast give about OSE FEET at the highest point it will be wanted and bus provided the mill can boon bo flooded incase ol 01 firt arv B designed the plans and machinery and has added several very important features of improvement air T R butler is associated with mr alyd in conducting the erection of the mill the opening up of the mines and in the general manage of tho altaic of the company here and to them I am much ed for numerous favors and courtesies the early history of the custer mine is full of interest and will bear repeating upon another occasion the number of people in and about bonanza ouster and ada dicent minet will probably reach A total of eight hundred supplies for whom come mostly from the railway at blackfoot adding about four cents per pound for transportation from that point the number of animals used as beasts of burden is quite large and liay commands four cents per pound making per ton for such feed labor ranges from three to seven dollars per day and yet board can be had at from to ten dollars per week one of the best hotels I have yet seen in the west is that of THE DODGE HOTEL at this aluce which is very complete in all that goes to the comforts of a birst blass bouse nearly all the ores here require milling and when custom mills are once in operation we may look for much more rapid developments and for rich returns in bullion wood and water arc in extraordinary tra abundance and ot the beat quality placer mining has had its day in years past when the jor dan creek excitement was up but now only one claim is being worked jordan creek empties into the yan kee fork just above bonanza and a claibo at hat point is now being worked by tunneling to the bed of the creek and thus fine nuggets are being taken out U BONANZA Idaho sept |