Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-09-13
ELK CITJ QUARTZ MINES.
'Go0d Prospects That the CdD,D
mn Take n Great FORWARD
Stride TOWaYHs DerefoD-
nemt Nert Year.

A good many people who
are interested in quartz have
visited Elk city this summer
for the purpose of inspecting
the quartz lodges ofthe famous
old camp, and in every in
stance they have expressed
astonishment that a country
so rich in mineral wealth has
remained undiscovered and
undevelopcd for so long a time.
AS a matter of fact the Elk
city basin has never figured as
a quartz camp until the last
two or three years. OF course,
the existence Of the Buster
mine, in the immediate vicin-
age of Elk city, as we'll as of
the Cleveland mine, on Relief
creek, has been known for
years, because these are fully
developed and valuable prop
critics, which only want to be
equipped with mills to demon
strate their value as bullion
producers.
And so it happens that while
there has been general know
ledge of the existence of vari-
Gus quartz belts in and near
the Elk city basin, and while
we have all predicted for the
camp q revival of more than it's
old-tlmc prosperity through
the development of it's quartz
mines, yet it has all been said
and done and thought in a
Thanatopsis sort of way, and
without any actual realisation
that we should ever live to see
our glittering generalities of
prophecies fulfilled.
But while we have been
dreaming of remote future con-
tingencies, others have gone
ahead and by an expenditure
of much money, time and hard
labor have made q showing
that is already attracting the
attention of capital from the
outside, and, as we are inform
ed, the preliminaries have been
arranged for the transfer of
several valuable propertiesinto
the hands of parties who have
the means to develope and
equip them with the milling
appliances necessary to extract
their hidden wealth.
We learn also that DR.. Poy-
neer has arranged to leave a
force of men to work all win
ter in driving a tunnel on the
''Gen'l Harrison" ledge, which
is situated on the south fork
Of Clearwater, and that he will
employ others to prospect the
Redstone and other lodges in
which he is interested. 1t is
his intention, if the mines show
up satisfactorily after this de-
7elopment work, to take in
The necessary machinery to re-
luce the ores on the spot, for
which every natural facility
Exists. The ores of the camp
must, with a few exceptions,
'e subjected to concentrating
'rocess, and the mill plant will
therefore, be quite elaborate
nd costly. DR.. Poyneer is an
Id Colorado quartz operator,
nd was associated with the {
A.B Wright outfit who erected
he first stamp mill in Gregory
ulch during the Black Hawk
excitement, and he has the I
leans and the energy to de- |
elope a much more isolated t
amp than Elk city if he once !
ecides to go ahead. a
Mr.. Hartford, a Pataha bank !
r, is also interested in Elk c
Ity, and owns jointly with a
'ugene Spedden a ledge OF |
'ee-milling gold ore which +
SO we'll that he has t
Iade a large shipment for a o
nal test, and if the returns ii
re satisfactory he will send in a
mill plant as soon as the trail b
open in the spring. Mr.. II. G
'ent some time in Elk this n
INNER and is highly pleased 1
it'll what he saw, and is quite t.
'nfdent that it has the quartz II