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Show 52 IMMIGRANTS' AND SETTLERS' GUIDE by ~r. Allan, who introduced the first quartz-mill put up In E~s~rn Idaho, is inserted for the benefit of all concerned In the prosecution of this important branch of labor: f" My first o:peration was to put up a very rude structure in the shape 0 . a quar~2·m1ll, formed in this way: An over-shot wheel 20 feet in tla~;ter, IS placed or:~ shaft 18 feet long, with large pins 'in the shaft or e. purpose of ra1smg the stamps. These stam s are 14 feet lon andk8 .nltches square, a~d .strapped with tire-iron on ;he bottom whic~ v.:or In o a box that IS hned on tlle sides with co . ' ~~z;~:S~~d q~~k~~v~~ so .~s to cfathch the gold as th~p:~a;tl:~:~r~~~e~ · e 81 es 0 t e box. Then we have an openin ~~a~~::~~ ~!:~~~~o~;'itl]. ~fine screen in it through which tlie fin~ The quartz-lodes here as~e a~e rull: over a table covered with copper. $50,000 and $60 000 from onrye rllc~. Wl e have taken out between W h e ave p1. 0ked u' p pieces that c .m hm da t o ne · We h ave fiv e c1 a 1· ms. tiful gold. weig e wo and three ounces of beau- J. F. ALLAN." effTechteiv aeb movilel. is a brief d escri· pt •I on of a very simple and ROUTES TO IDAHO. Emigrants going to West Ban no k fi or Atchison from both of h. .c rom St. Joseph communicat'ion with the E Itch poSnts ther~ is railroad stage road the nearest and as ern tates,. will find the tion that they can save 74 be~t route, WI~h the excep-road at Galesburg, on the Pl:~:s J.Y leavmg .the stage cross the river at Julesbur d tal:'er, that IS to say, as the Poll Creek ro d g, a~ e the road known south and coming int~· 't~eav:ug Denver City to the Fort Laramie to the north e a~ age r?ad '?Y the 'vay of ro.ad again at Fort Halleck ~ com~ng m~o the stage will avoid the Black Hills ~nd li~a~mg t_h1s route you Laramie road so fatal t t k ahe plains on the old you follow the sta e ro 0 s oc · Fron; Fort Halleck place the road forJ! th ad to Fort Bndger; at which Oregon, by way of Forte~~~ to the north-west going to road, and the other to th ' ~nd known as the Oregon California road by we so~t 8 -west, and known as the ' ay 0 alt Lake. From Fort TO THE NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES. 53 Bridger, to West Bannock, by the way of Fort Hall or b~ the way of Salt Lake, there is but little choice. Either of. the .two a:e good for limited emigration. A ' large emigration will exhaust the grass on either of them. The best route is by the way of· Salt Lake. From Salt Lake follows the old California road to Bear River ; from Bear River to Raft River · from Raft River to the City of Rocks ;· from the City of Rocks five miles to Birch Creek. At this creek you leave the California road, taking the old Oregon road to Cass's Ferry, at Salmon Falls on the Snake River. From Snake River it is 150 miles to Boise City, on Boise River, 40 miles f~m the mines of West Bannock. THE NORTHERN ROUTE. If you choose the northern route, you will leave the stage road at Fort Bridger, taking the Oregon road to Fort Conner, situated at the Soda Springs, on Bear River; from Fort Conner to Fort Hall, on Snake River. At Fort Hall you cross Snake River and follow down the river on the north side to Boise City, when you are within forty miles of West Bannock. A. NEW ROUTE. There is one other route from Bear River to the City of Rocks. When at Fort Conner, if you do not wish to proceed any further on the Fort Hall road, take the road leading due west, and known as the Hudgefeth Cut-Off, which will bring you in the Salt Lake and California road at the City of Rocks. The pass in the mountains is between Fort Hall and Salt Lake. There is a very good wagon road, with plenty of grass and water, and it is nearer than to go by the way of Salt Lake; but from Fort Bridger out to Fort Conner, on Bear River, you will find a scarcity of grass and water. As all trustworthy information in regard to the best route to be taken and the precautions necessary to be |