Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-09-01
FACTs ABOUT aRANGEvIaEE.

0rapgevilIe is centrally 10 ated in the great
Camas Prairie of Idaho county, ldaho-a
vast region OF country with the natural re-
sources to make a rich and prosperous COM
munity and support popuious and wealthy
city. The farming lands OF Camas frsirie
comprise nearly a million acres OF the most
productive wheat, hay and orchard lands In
the Northwest. The opening OF the adjoin-
ing Me- Perez Indian reser vatiol lands to
settlement during 1894 will adj $4,000 acres
of add ,onal arabic lands to the resources
sur-ou nding Grangeville, thus encouraging
he speedy construction Of railroads, toe ap-
sence Of which has hitherto retarded tne
growth and development of the rich and
fruitful country of which Grangeville Is the
commercial metropolis.
Grangeville Is the prettiest town In Idaho.
Il is situated In the most productive part OF
Camas Prairie and surrounded by wheat
fields, hay fields, garders and orchards. Two
miles south is the timber line, OF vast forests
of the very best tim Der for building purposes;
while great deposits of magnesia rock, mar
BILE, granite, lime, onyx. opal and other
building material exist within ten miles OF
the towa. Water Is obtained Mt depth
of twelve to twenty feet. Three-mile cree
runs through the town, affording, when
utilized, unlimited water supply for large
population. and power for manufacturing
enterprises.
The mineral resources OF the country sur
rounding Grangeville are very great The
old rlacer mining camps OF Orc Elmo, Elk
City, Florence, WarTens, and the itch bars OF
the Clearwater and Salmon rivers, are all d.
roctly tributary TO and dependent upon
tirsngeville for every pound Of their supplies.
Great hydraulic and dredging plants are be :
ing esta blished in these camps to extract the
gold from the Nat placer fields which hav.
Il retofOre lain idle for lack OF means to de-
veiOp them.
Quartz mining in all these camps Ii rapid
ly assuming the proportions of great In
dustry. and with increased transportation
facilities a popula' ion OF 100000 souls VIII
find subsistence In Idaho county. The gold
quartz mines OF Elk City, in number ex ent
and richness, promise TO make that the
greatest gold camp in the Pacific Northwest.
The low price of silver Is turning the atten-
ton OF mining men 10 gOld-prodrcing prop
critics, and as the mineral zones tributary to
Grangeville are rich in gold their great de-
lOpment in the near future is assured.
The appropria ion of s135 900 by the Idaho
Legislature to build a system OF state wagon
roads to these mines, giving them an outlet
to Grangevllle, will greatly increase the
prospe ity OF the mines and OF the point
from which they receive their supplies. The
opening OF the idle indian reservation lands
and he consequent cons truction OF Northern
Pacific ard Union Pacific railroad extern
sions, will also be very important factor in
promoting the growth of Grangeville, since
this Is the nearest trading and Quitting
point IN the largest and most fruitful part Of
the lands thus thrown open to white settle.
ment. The entire region il a fruitful one. 1t
Ia a paradise for farmers. stockmen, miners.
hunters and prospectors, and offers homes