Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-08-12
DIXIE MINING DISTRICT.
many Strong Lcd0cs of Gold
Fearing quarts Seen on
the Editor.
Concluded from last week ,

Concluded from last week,)
Upon our return we were the opests
of A. i. Reynolds. who has a fine farm
and herd of choice cattle on the lower
Red river meadows. Here we found the
young ladies' enjoying the company OF
Mrs. Reynolds and awaiting our return.
Inc best In the land was placed on the
tabie, as well as choice portions of the
Elk raIf Killed ny the young ladies', and
which was indeed dainty eating. AT
night MIR. Smith and We editor went
down to the camp of the Chicapo COM
pany and accepted their hospitality nm.
W next morning. They have already
made notable improvements and will
have the machinery in use in Sep,em-
Der next. Superintendent Calvin
realizes that the scheme to work these
meadows by this dredging process looks
visionary undertaking, but he assured
us that the ground had been so
thoroughly prospected and the shallow
ana easily handled nature of the soil
was go favorable for handling, that
niniseif and colleagues are we'll satisfied
tnat the demonstration of an actual tes,
Will pay. them handsomely. Their camp
equipment is very complete and the
employees cannot complain of the table
~ "..o"io'"''oHS. me lumber to be
used IN the enterprise was cut at the
mead OF the canyon and RATED down
TINS spring. and there are some very
massive timbers among it.
We also visited that eveninv the
Grand junction lode owned by Can't. u
w. kempf and $. V. Bressler. The bovs
have shaft on the ledge 80 feet deep.
revealing solid ledge two feet wide
carrying sulphnrets and gray copper.
AT that depth they struck a vein of wa.
Ter winch necessitates their running
tunnel at a lower level. The ledge il
remarkably well defined, it's Groupings
are oold and the ore is rich in silver
with some gold. Capt. Kempf owns
otner locations OF equal promise and
WIN MS water power and mill site on
Selgle creek he has combination of
properties that only need DEVELOPMENT
to bring him a fortune. In any of the
boom camps of eastern Washington
the Grand Junction would set the nav.
seed miners and Spokane spectators
afire with excitement. In Elk CITY j,
ia only one of half a-dozen proper,ies
that can show up from $25 900 toSl loo 600
worth of good quartz.
Inc next day we started over n new
trail full of down timber to Crooked
river to inspect the Cleveland mine on
Relief creek. The Cleveland is the best
gold mine in the camp at present. There
may be other lodges equally good or far
peter, but the Cleveland has the devel-
opment work already done which shows
up two foot ledge of gold bearing quartz
which averages S24 per ton in free gold.
Ihis claim was located in 1888 In 1885
an arfastra was erected and several tons
4
yielded $40 per ton, There are about 40
tons of equally good ore now on the
dnmp, and the workings expose abou,
S25, 900 of ore in sight. In 1890 the
claim changed hands. The new pro.
prletors located extensions and adioin.
ing lodges and combined their ASSESS. |
ment work last year in driving a large
tunnel to cut the Cleveland vein at the
lowest practicable level. This tunnel is |
now in II feet. 1t is a fine piece of
WORK, 6x6x6 in the clear and timbered
IN the most substantial manner. A car
mas been built and during the present |
month track will be laid and work re-
sumed on the tunnel with the expecta
non OF cutting the vein in probably 35 |
feet more. If the ore at this depth is AS |
good as that obtained from the upper
workings the Cleveland will be- a
mine well worth having, as the eroup
embraced In the property includes
quartz claims, placer ground, a mill site.
unlimited water power and fine timber
tor mining and other purposes.
The party than returned to the Buster
mine and the following morning took
he back track and arrived home Sum
day evening. On Monday morning Mr.
Daggett and son took the stage for their
home in California
Mr.. Aliaiie, chief of the mechanical
department in the Red river meadow
enterprise arrived in Spokane last week
from chicago and was met there by Mr.
daivin. together they made the trim
from Spokane to their camp six miles
beyond Elk in one day and half. This
IS without exception much the uuickes, |
trip on record and is more remarkable
from the fact that Mr.. Ailaire was never
on horseback in his life before he
undertook this trip.
Lee Mann, the Chinese merchant of
Elk City, has been busily engaged all
spring In putting IN "a bedrock fiume on
Deadwood gulch near Elk, under con-
tract with James Witt. The flnme is
5,020 feet long, 2x2 feet in size and WAS
contracted for at the rate of one dollar
per foot. The work was finished last
Friday. 1t contains so 600 feet of lum-
per and will he used to carry off the
debris from large tract of good placer
ground at the head of Deadwood. Mr..
Witt will work the ground with white
labor exclusively.