Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-10-05
W1RRENS NOTES.

Mr.. Sumner, OF Welser, has located
two very rich gold-bearing quartz claims
near the summit which he calls the
Golden Fleece and King Solomon. The
g. f. is foot wide, and *. S. float in
dicates a two foot vein when it is dis
covered.
Messrs. M. L. Burston and NJ. Haynie
have made locations on several promis-
ing leads on Martinez hill. Among
others the Don Juan easily leads as
strictly collaborating ledge, specimen
of which realized at the rate of $4,000
per ton in gold according to the returns
made from the U. S. assay Office at
Boise City. The trump, another of their
locations, is gold and silver ledge, 20
feet wide, and an extension of the Mar
tineZ. The lone, Josephine and Man
tic are on the south fork side of Summit
Flat, and are of the same general char
acter of ores that prevails in the camp,
vary in width from one to four feet.
The Chimpmunk, owned by Dyer and
Smead is in the same vicinity and may
be classed as one of that group of mines.
There are quite group of mines in
the vicinage of the Mayflower, some of
which are old prospects and others are
of recent discovery. The Blue Bird,
owned by Peter Mitchell and Ben
White, is very promising prospect
with fine rich float ore and n one foot
ledge carrying both gold and silver. The
Orphan Girl, another of Johnson's loca-
tons, 400 yards above the Mayflower, is
another ledge, the surface rock from
which averages $lG0 per ton. The Ex-
celsor is ten-foot vein in the same
belt, in which Luther johnson and the
editor are jointly interested, but pend
ing essay returns nothing definite can
be known of its value, but earnestly do
we pray that it may prove bonanza as
great as the Mayhower itself.
James Edwards has promised to write
for the FREE Press an account of the
killing of Jim Rains on the south fork
by the Sheep-eaters in 1879, which will
prove interesting to old-timers and new
corners alike, reminding them of scenes
which formerly were of frequent occur
renee, but are now almost as much an
cient history as the revolutionary war.
M. l.. Hovt, of Weiser has purchased
the Spring Hill mine of Luther johnson
and Pegley Smith for $1,000 and will open
it up next season. This ledge is one To-
Gated by Geo. Brown and the editor two
years ago, and would have been pros
pected but for Mr.. Browns being called
to Tai-holt to relieve sick partner in
his claim at that place. But both of us
hope TO strike it yet.
Oh. Clifford has prospect called the
School-marm, on Steamboat, on which
he banks heavily, and from which he
has taken good ore in the past and hopes
10 take more in the future. Sim Wiley
and Jas. Reardon are also prospecting a
quartz claim higher up the creek.
All over the camp there are thousands
of tons of rich float which would pay
good big daily wages fit were gathered
up, hauled to the mill and crushed. In
much of this float gold is plainly visible
to the naked eye, and when there are
better road and milling facilities this oc-
cupation will become quite an industry.
Mr.. Clifford tells me that he realized
at one time Sl60 from three tons of
float which he packed to the mill, and
that it made him $40 per day, easily.
James Sudwick, we'll known mining
expert and minerologist, has bonded
the "Patchem" mine on the summit be- !
tween the Rescue aud Charity mines,
praying $1,000 down and another $1,000 |
in Is months. Meanwhile he will 90 |
ahead and develope the property this |
fall. He is also negotiating with John |
Cary for the purchase ofthe wire bridge. |
George Brown has located the old
Rescue mine and will this fall drift west
from the breast of the old tunnel in the
hope of developing bonanza. George
knows his business and we hope that he
will speedily place this old standby in
the position it formerly occupied as the
leading mine of the camp.