Before fall, Bannock will be second to no city north of Salt Lake. Over four hundred houses are built.... Several of the richest quartz lodes in the world have been opened, among which the "Dacotah" is averaging $20,000 to the ton, and in one day's crushing from the claim of Plumer and Ridgely I saw $3,800 in neat amalgam in the retort. The richest claim in Idaho Territory was discovered a few weeks since by a young man named E. Richardson.... In one day's crushing, with three sluices and four men there were $2,360 taken out, and on last Saturday they cleaned up in one afternoon's washing, $1,850. The proprietors have refused $25,000 for one half (25 feet) of the claim. The partners are E. Richardson, Henry Plumer (well known in Nevada), J. Cross and Cyrus Skinner.... The population is at present about 1,800, among whom are counted 147 ladies and 64 children.... Society in a new gold country! Scarcely a day passes without a train arriving. It is estimated that over 8,000 are on the way and will arrive before the middle of June.... No man stands higher in the estimation of the community than Henry Plumer.