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~ SAWTOOTH SCENES. The Wondera of Idaho Pic- turred in Print, Fathomless Lakes and the Fish Family Mining Claims and Minsrals. Correspandence of Tix Riie Sawroorn, Idaho, December 17, 1881 — Near here is a lake which pre- sontx sevoral features of special intor- A faith- ful guide accompanied me to the lake, The trail a low divide which separates gulel from Tehome, or Alturas guleh. Thia is ealled a low divide simply becanse it farther up the stream; yet the trail passes over the hill at a point which would be consid eat to lovers of the curious passes over Beaver ismuch lower than ered high in ther loealities, but herc the Sawtooth in the looms up g0 much higher as to greatly which the range distance dwarf the elevation ove: trail winds. brings us to the lake, whichis hemmed Three miles o and gots its sup- formed in batween the ply of water from the basin by thoe high ranges of the with its spurs running ontward at This lake right angles. presents o from the elevated position from which it is fivat scen, interest upon ap and it grows proaching ne: This lake is at latiude of 7,0 above the sen level, and when not disturbed by the wind, the surface of the water is ALMOST LIKE A MIRKOR, | The water is 80 clear that the sight can penetrats to objects quite deep in the water. Tehome creek is one of the tributaries of Salmon river, and the water entering and passing out of the lake makes quite astream. The lako is ome and three-quarter miles in width and three and a quarter miles long. At thu upper end the waves and wind have formed a levee some three or four fect high of the sands washed ashore, and the beach at this point presents that pleasing appearance of sandy beach on the sea shore. At the edgoof tho lake tho water is shallow, but soon the bottom begins to recede from thesur- faco and breaks off into an almost vn fathomable depth. As a matter of curiomty, J. K. Cox, who hus ranch at the uppsr end of the lake, tool boat out to the centro and with o w “ and a sinker of lead weighing fifteen | | © pounds, the bottom was hed at a depth of NeARLY 2,700 FEET. This is his stery as told me when 1 visited there one beautiful day in October. Certainly the water looks as if it reaches a great depth. Down decp in the water may be seen aheavy growth of ‘weods of pretty form and color--bright green—three or four varieties of which have been taken out and examined. They much re- semble eca weeds. But one of the most interesting features of this lake is found in lurge red fish which at times scom to literally fill the water* These fish are about twelve or fourteen inches in length, weigh about two pounds each and are fine eating when properly cooked. The female is very pretty in shape and color, having fins and head very simi- lar to that of the trout, while the male has an ugly head with a swinish, turnod-up snout and hideous teeth. Each year these fish make their ap- pearance in the lake about the 8th to 12th of August, and crowd up the creek in such numbers that {hey can be thrown out with pitchforks. Tn this manner several wagon loads could be secured in a short time. Laterin the season they begin spawning, and then the shores of the lake are soon fined with dead fish, Theso fish are easily caught with a hook used as o b, but they will not take bait, and, in fact it is not known that thoy eut as other fish do. This season these fish were caught and marketed to the amount of about 8,000 pounds, al- though they were not so numerous as in former years, Whon I visited the Inke a fow dozen were moving around, the males fighting each other, and they were covered with bruises. and bites as tho resul: of this warfare. Just below this lako is & similar one, similur in appearance, and sixtoen miles farther north, down the Salmol is still another similar lake, alsc habited by red fish. This larger is known as Red Fish Lake; it is five miles wide and sixteen miles long. 1T 15 VERY SINGULAR that this species of fish is found no- wherc except in somoe four or fivesuch lakes and streams in Idaho, and that their habits and character have never been fully found out by any of the scientists. Some claim that these fish come up the Columbia, the Snake and Salmon rivers from the Pacific, the same as does the salmon, but if such wero the case, it would secm that oth- or lakes and strcams would be inhab- ited by them. Salmon uscend these rivers in great numbers at certain sea- sons, and very large fish go as far up as possible for them, MINERAL CLAIMS, In the Sawtooth district th have been about 160 locations of ineral claims and of theso many promise well. Tospeak of all would tate months of time for visiting and great labor, The water which supplies the lake we have visited, comes from the ba- sin enclosed by the Bawtooth range, and the spurs running out from the in range. These spurs are great dividing ridges which separate the var- ious gulches which run into the Sal- mon nwver and furnish the water which composes the stream. These gulches seem to radiate from one common center, like the various points of a star reaching out from its center. Up Lake gulch we find var- ious mines, but fow have been worked 10 any great extent. Far up towards ihe summit of the range is the Lucky Boy, which is the best known from the fact thatit was one of the first uunes located in this locality, and has boen worked the longest. Just on the vast of the Lucky Boy, is the valuable roperty known as the Scotin mine. ftin on the east side of Lake gulch, and upon it has been sunk an incline Sawtooth, | | shafe on the vein to the depth of one hundred and tifty feet. The mine | has been opened at various points !ul me the entire length of the claim l'of ore thousand five hundred feet, and rich ore found everywhero. A | shaft is now being sunk on the Scotia [,‘. tap the ore chimney on the Lucky Vag, which is presumed to pitch into | Beotia ground. The ora of this mine ranges from one hundred to six hun dred ounces of silver per ton, and the { vein of paying ore is from eighteen linches to four feetin width, With | & full supply of provisions, good and comfoetable quarters for the men, and | all needed supplies on hands, a force | | of men is working on the property | this winter | Tn a former lotter the promise was {made to tell more about Nmiley's suleh, being the sceond gulch east of Laike. Farabove the town of Vienna, wd near the upper end of the basin | | is the Lion mine i between the N [ lhe group and the Vieuna wmine. The | Lion has a tunnel run in one hundred | land twelve , tapping the | firet vein on the claim, | {and it will require fifty feet more to | | tap the main vein, which lias immensc [eroppings of rich ore. Col. W, H Broadhead has control of this property | ud is having it developed. | The Vienva mine is at the head of tie guleh, high up on the range, yot Jocated where work can progress at all | scasons, since the company have pre vided such sceuro quartors for the | e, Oue tunnel is in 190 feet, tap- | | ping the vein 150 fect Iwm‘\!'llilu-‘ sur on the apex of the hill. Num ber two tunnel taps the vein at 105 feot below and is in 210 fect. No. 3 tunnel is 87 feot lower down and is in 270 feet,nnd all the tunnels and drifts | on this property aggregate 930 foet This work is at an_clevation of 0 feet above sea level. The grade milling, the vein being six to | eight foet and the mine is owned by a Winona (Minnesota) company, of which C. J. Johnston is superinten- dent. Some distance from this property and lower down is the Mountain King, owned by the same company and man- aged by Mr. Johnston. An open cut has been made in the hll and a tun- vol run in to a distance of 140 feet. The last twenty feot of this tunncl disclosed the vein from twelve to fif- teen feet in width, from which ore, taken out and shipped to Salt Lake, yielded 181 ounces of silver. This ore is freo milling and averages about 100 ounces per ton. Lower down the hill firmly built house, 20560 _teet, has been erected in the hill and fas- tened so firmly that there will be no danger from snow slides, One end is | appropriated for use a8 a shop, while the other end is for uarters for tho men, whilo the tunnal open- ing is between. It is proposed to continue work all winter on this property. An oro house is being orected in which to store ore. This proverty and the Vienna will be oper- ated together and the company is hav- ing the plans perfected for the erce- tion of & mll next season. 'This com- pany own the Vienna, Alvuras, Jus- , Webfoot, Oregs id Mountain King, and have o working capital of 60,000 shares. C. J. and Frank Johnson and some Winona and La Crosse men own the stock. Professor W. F. PPholps, of Winona, is the sec- rotury of the company. The Hidden Treasure is an exten- sion of the Mountain King vein. This ledge runs through the hill. showing well for a distance of about 6,000 foet, and tunnels are heing run in frem the opposite side of the hill from the King. IN SMILEY BASIN there are fifty locations, thirty of which are known to have good ~ore. The Lucre, owned by C. C. Clawson and Mr. Hyndman, had a nine-foot vein when first uncovered and bids fair to be good, It has been stripped fifty feot and the ore assays at the sur- face eighty ounces per ton. This Erupx-rly promises to be one of the est in this part of the country. The Lucre, lymng near this and owned by the same persons, has been stripped at places a distance of (00 feet and proves to bo one of the largest mines here, The Czarine is another good claim owned by the samo persons, Cal. C. Clawson will bo remembered in Omaha as having been a typo in Tue Bre oflice, and if any one deserves success it 18 certainly Cal, who should be rewarded by a vich strike, The Bessie, Fortuno and Veteran are claims held by Major Hyndman, How miners tind solace otinmes is illustrated by an incident m Smicy gulch. Levi Smiley had prospected much and long in’ this locality, and had not “‘struck it rich,” as ho lad longsd for. Roach, another man, had apent his days in prospecting, and us he had passed that poeriod where life takes a downward course, he was feeling gloomy and almost disheart- ened. He and Smiley sympathized together, and in their ‘wanderings over the hill they came across some rich float. Where to find the lodge beoame the important question with them, and pooling their scanty sub- stance, they procured a grub-stake nd went to work., Digging o trench along up tho mountain side, they came square against a bold ledge of rich milling silvor ore. They were delightod, for they had found solace in striking the lead, and no more appropriute nmme presented itself, for the mine, so it was called Solaco, Tt was examined by an ex- pert, who made an ofler, and that offer was accepted and the monvy was paid for the mine, which was supposed at the time to be o ico, but the sequel preves that it was no compen sation for the rich mine thus pur. chased. Smiloy and Roach were re- lioved of the pressure of erty, and are now pushing a tunnel in on the Emua, supposed to be an extension of the Solace, and they may tind even a greater mino than the one sold. T'he Bolace will probably have a wmill soon to work the ores, A tunnel is being run to tap the yein below. In imagination we see these two pretty gulches, Smiley and Beaver, teeming with indust.ious wminers, great ore teaws, numerous stanp mills, and devse * populations, who will get thoir living and become wealthy through the product of these mines. The great silver intercsts aro growing daily throughout the great west, and this Sawtooth country gives to-day as bright promise as any of the newly discovered mineral districte, Nature Las thrown her deep mantle swords were useless; many against him, and wo had to rely | 9ood our thick cowhudes. take advantage of an oppertunity ann closed the other parts of the hatch- there and force this part also nec on, When we finally had them below there came up a_ yell of d sounds which of snow ever the country, and now THE OMAHA DAILY RER. MDA v I'MTE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY DECEMBER 23, 1581 it is quiet like that of any place where deep snows abound, but in the spring there will be such life and activity liere as will astonish the world, M The Battle With Slaves. 11, D, Teld, U, 8. N., in the Philsdelptia Times. When everything seemed ready the large hatch, in four parts, was thrown wide open. In an 1nstant the whole hntchway was full of frenzied ravages, who sprang upon us with their ut- most hideons yells, eyes glaring like maniacs, striking and tearing at every one and everytning. Having no idea of the canse of this sudden revolt, we were waturally startled beyond de- seription, but were able by putting all our strength into the first blows to knock or hurl those foremost in the | & wtack headlong into the seething | black mass below, though soon to be passed up the conflict or stepping amin to mude ways full. Maddened with blood streaming and wild with eacitement, they ght indiserim nately with the fivst that came in their | way, striking in every direction and clutching at our throats like wild beasts. The fighting was hand-to- | band and horrible—seven Jundred | ten—Dbut, fortunately, not thi at o time could the way not being large enongh to contain more, As| thosein advance fell crushed and fnjured wo were confronted by others fresh and anore desperate, and the flight went on wadnmen, by the blows, Knocking them senseless | f guarded againgt being dragged down i ) he 1 N g v 3. acket Robinson, proprictor of The Ca with them te be torn to picees 113 tho | 1, Cyytorian, Toronts. Ont., writes: *For infuriated —crowd beneath, — There [ | sfferod greatly from oft-ricurring hewl was no time for orders men stood side by side, hel ather when possible or w was overpowered, all knowing that with any break in our line or giving | i way at any point meant death in its |re most horrid form, for if the slaves could would soon be o glo was the deck, and at one time it looked re hopelcss, a9 thowe bolow early puc- FOSTER, MILBURN, & Co., Props. soeded in SEHH ol strongest efforts, Our crowding those in front each ene had too stones for others to | il L elimb upon, so that the hatch was al with all the fury of | without merey, us thoy fell wo had to [ 34 blo that I was astonishad, ‘1 cn used Burdock Blood Bitt gain a footing on the deck it | *For several years I have suffered Tho hard strug- | Fing billious headaches, yspapsia, an Buidoc Mre. J. 6. Robortson, Pitt<hrirg, Pa., writes: “1 peral dehility, want of ap < wifforing fron , constipation, ote., » that life r using Burlock Blood Bitte o mueh,” { | tor than for years, 1 cannot praise your Bitters | | liver . o with sue best results, o o trivad 15 Asenith Ifall, Binghampton, N wuffercd with s dul! 14l Il Attor wing two hot od Bitters the improv e, officers and | used your Burdock Blood Bitters with hap sulis, and I now ol st in be than for years past.” Mra. Wallaco, Buffalo, N. ¥, wri rvon ous headaches, and ean re aquiring & cure for billiousness.” Mrs. Ira Mullholland, Allany, N. aints peenliar to o er pl n X, § where the ladder came up to Trirdock Blood Bitters 1 am entirely elio BUFFALO, N. Bold at wholesale by Ish & McMahon and C. F. nian, Jo 27 cod-me nend it to anyone k was b rs | fult bot. tes ont W your tter health “1 have 15 and bil- usin principally upon the heavy ends of After some time we managed to way from the ladders. and then the whole small force combining at the ladder we were able to crush them d to shake thip. Thr ve had heard all night s their sereams and struggle for lom and food. Instead of 900 aves subject Lo control with proper eare now found onrselves with H00 y ues frantic from thirst and hunger, to b controlled only by being overpovered. Great as the dahgers before appeared they were nothing to what now surrounded us. Wo dotermined to try agun by opening a small part of the hatch suf- ficiently to allow one or two only to pass up at a time, keeping enough of our number to tight back the othors that would struggle to force through, | I which see we Thus, one by one they came up, and | réson of this Is that finding themselves surrounded and |Proved it o bo perioct overpowered were forced down on " A e deck without resistance and guarded | d with cowhipes untii a circle of twelve | ©'greome b formed, when water and food placed in the center. Another circle | - was then begun and this method con- tined until we had succeeded by af- ternoon in seating and placing water Gon“lcfi and food before the whole nine hun- drod. A Renovating Remedy is tobe found in Burnock’s Broop Bir- TERs, Asan antidote k he dache, female weakuess, bilious mdigestion, sation, and other discases of a kin: nre, the-o Litte's are invaluable, 102, trial size 10 conts eodlw “Bill Ary's" View of Preachers. Tlike the preachers. example. They are the balance wheels of society, the scotch to the wagon, the air “brakes to the train, | Dormer Windows, Finials, TIN, IRON % SLATE ROOFING. Tlove | Specht's Patent Metalic Sky- thes pendulum to the clock. They are like the Sabbath that gives us rest and peace, Thoy are o society what the judge is to the law, ‘om all, aud when they are blotted out, which God forbid, T want to go too. In sickness, in trouble, in af- fliction, in the * last agonies they are world ags on. (iod bless the preach- ers of this laud--the proachers of every | creed that teaches love to our Creator and love and kindness to one another, Novertheless, | somotimos foel sorry tor the »ood man is 50 afraid he will do wrong he leans the other way. 1t did me good tho other day whon I saw one of ‘em take his children to seo the circus procession, Tt was so kind and_considerate, If they can't tako the littlo chaps to tho circus, do bo trusted within the canvas and seo pretty horses in the ring and men ride around, hear the clown crack his jokes, and laugh ac him because he is such a fool. 1 don't admire these folks who are always lau;hing wheth- or a thing is funny or not, and 1 never did like to see a protty girl giggling at everythivg that happened; but stitl it is better to lungh than bo er The world is not draped in mour 5 The birds sing and the buttertlics float around in the happy sunlight, At night the cricket chirrups on the hearth and the katydid sings his even- ing song, sweet flowers are blooming ovorywhero, and Solomen, in all his glory was not arrayed like these, All nature is happy except u few snakes and hyneas, the. —_— FARMERS ANDMECHANICS, If you wish to avoid great danger and trouble, besides a no small bill of expense, at this season of the year, you should take prompt steps to keep disease from your househdld. The system should o cleansed, blood puritied, stomach ted, and prov arising from spring malaria, We know of nothing that will so perfectiy and surely do this as Eleetric Bitters, and | - at the tritling cost of fifty cent a bot tle, [Exchang Sold by Ish & McMahon, (1) WESTERN WORKS ! C. SPECHT, Proprietor, 1213 Harney Street, OMAHA, - - - nd 1 don’t want to belike | Fiyute STOMACH BIFTERS In Hosts of Familios ostetter's Stomach Bitters is as mucl S sugar or o rs of experd iable in th dy is de Vapepsia, 1, liver For xale by all Drag@lsts and Dealen ~—MANUFACTURERS They hold | ry' Thoy are the consorvatives. Thoy are goon citizens and set us a good Cornices light. Patent Adjustable Ratchet Bar and with us aud comfort us while the busy | BRACKET SHELVING. Tam tl e of goods. 1RON FENCING. Crestings, Balustrades, Verandas,0ffice and Bank Railings, Window and Cellar uards; also GEN AL AGENT Peerson and Hill Patent Inside Blind. ch to1 1 ts or finest sil 21t doos all Kinds and sty le- of plaiti 0 lady that docs her own dress ) rd 10 do without ono—as nice CONGAR 113 Adamn St., € GO, W, KENDALL, Sloana: SIBBEIT & FULLER, W DWels rogula- ot and eure. discases | ATTORNEYS AT LAW, DA VID CITY, NEB Special attention klacu to collections in Butl ther troubles ar o woneral Stato Agent for the sbove | ] - THE KENDALL _ b i, e o b ond| PLATTING MACHINE ! AND DRESS-MAKERS' COMPANION. s perfoctly one yard per out of fashion, if secn it selis itse h T 1o fonec have ose cases of eient rem- complaint, w, to whom NEB. oF— novadet -4 Inches in K . g in use, naking can plaiting is elf, For BEST —~AND - Handsomest| | “-IN THE=~ MARKET!' For Sale by WM. F. STOETZEL |3 621 South Tenth St. s z ISBAPPHYIRE RINGS. 1 = = ([47] (©) Z a U l. (3] PRARL RINGS, IN GREAT VARIETY RUBY RINGS, BIRTHDAY AND COMPLIMENTARY PRESENTS. WHIPPLE, McMILLEN & CO., IN GOLD AND WEDDING, Articles of Ivcorporation of the Millard Farmers® Club. Articles of incory adopted this 29th d 1881, by and betwe corporators, as foll tion- made and v of October, 1 the undersigned in- to-wit: Article T, The nume of this club shall be the Millard Farmers’ club. PLACE OF BUSINESS, cle 11, ‘The principal place of busi- news of this elub shall be_at Millard sta- tion, county of Douglas, Nel NATURE OF BUS Y Article ITL The general nature of husi- ness to be transacted by this club is to conduct o general literary and social busi CAPITOL STOCK. Avticle TV, The amonnt of cupital stock o this clun shall be two thousund dollurs, divided into shares of one dollar each, whiclshall bo- paid in the wmanner pre: seribed by the directors, COMMENCESENT AND TE Aitio e V. This club shall act business and exerci MINATION, ymmence to pow its puwers s October, 1051, AMOUNTS OF LIABILITY. Articlo VI, The highest amonnt of a- Lility or indebtedness, which this club shall at any one time subject itslef, shall be three hundred d lars OFFICER: Article VII, The officers of this club shali be conducted by o board of three directors, who shall be ted from among the stockholders, and ¢ shall appoint & p nt and such other ofticens as by law is required, JULIUS SOHRARDER, BraTe 0¥ NEn \nx.\,} Covnty or Dou On this 20th day of October, A, D, sersonally appeared before e, Charles o notary public for said county, Julins Schroeder, J, Blum, Claus Schu- wann, W, Gerndorf, to me known to be the signers of the Iurmuinq.unlvlvn of in- corporation, and acknowledged the same to be their voluntary act and decd, [8EALL] CHARLES BEANDES N\l_urv public in and for Douglas county, NEBRASKA State Gazetteer and Busi- ness Directoy, eseription aned a list of .dll business wen in the state, will he issued carly in 1882, Price 1,00, J. M. WOLFE, Publisher. 120 Bouth Fourteenth Strcot, Omaha, Neb BOGCS & HILL REAL ESTATE BROKERS Dexter L. Thon:nas; 4 ATTORNEY - AT - LAW No. 1508 Faruham Street, OMAEA, - -~ NEE. erics—Nor b side opy. Grand Central Hotel TN e e - DEWEY FURN RE, CARPETSI EDHOLM & ERICKSON (ive the Bargains —IN ALL KINDS OF— JEWELRY WATCHES,CLOCKS, SILVERWARE,SOLID AND PLATED WARE AND DIAMONDS. & STONE, TURE! = X wE At Prices that Suit Any Customer Who Really Wishes a First. Class Article. STAR TINTED SPECTACLES Are also Sold Exclusively by us. ALSO WESTERN AGENTS SMITH AMERICAN ORGAN C0.’S ORGANS. EDHOLM & ERICKSON, THE JEWELERS, Opposite the Post Office. CARPETS HAVE DECLINED SLIGHLTY -———AND- J. B. Detwiler Is the first to make the announce- ment to his customers and the general public. MATTINGS, OIL GLOTH AND WINDOW SHADES, Always sold at the lowest Market Prices. i We carry the largest stock and make the Lowest Prices. Orders promptly filled and every attention given to patrons. J. B. DETWILER, 1813 Farnham Street. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. \ Al e, T .. g