Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-01-19
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DUST otilcSiilhN.
Captain j. r. DeLamar, the
wealthy mine owner. who has been
spending Il few days in this city, ex-
poets to return to New York the
last of this week.
Captain DeLamar said he had
lately been looking up gold proper
ties in Colorado and Arizona and
that he would not hesitate to in
vest in gold prospects in this
section if he could get anything
that suited him.
II am besieged," said the cap
tain, "by persons who claim to
have promising gold properties
which they desire to sell, but they
don't seem to have taken sufficient
interest in their properties to gain
any information whatever about
them. Men have come to me with
a handful of samples, making vari-
Gus propositions, who had not the
remotest idea of the size of their
ore bodies or the assay value of
their ores. How they expect to
interest capital in these enter
prises without knowing something
about them themselves is a mys-
terry to me.
Continuing, the the captain drew
comparison between the Colorado
and the Idaho miner and added ::
eff the miners of this state were
the rustlers the miners of Colorado
are they would soon interest out
siders in their gold properties, and
this section would experience Il
boom; for | am confident there are
dozens of Cripple Creeks right here
in southern Idaho. Capitalists
don't want to buy a hole in the
ground scarcely big enough to
bury a cat in. They want first to
see a little something in sight; get
an idea of the size of the vein and
of tho value of the ore. Your
Idaho prospector must do some
work himself and not depend
wholly upon Others"
Captain DeLamar said he was
ready and willing to invest in gold
properties. All he wanted to know
was that the ore bodies were large
and the ore worth anywhere be-
tween Sl2 and Sl5 per ton or
better. He would spend large
sums of money developing such
properties and put in extensive
plants to treat the ores.
Captain DeLamar told how he
came near being victimizcd in
Arizona. He had been in cores
pondcncc with a noted mining
expert concerning n gold mine.
The expert reported ON the prop
erty, saying it was one of the best
propositions he had ever seen.
According to his assays, which run
from S25 to $40 a ton, there was
Sl,40O,O00 of ore in sight and the
entire mine could be bought for
S2So,oOO. So completely carried
away was the expert with the
property that he offered to take an
interest in it. So glowing was the
experts report the captain wired
him to secure an option on the
mine and he at once came out
from New York to examine it. He
secured samples for assay and
great was his surprise when he
received returns of from 80 to So
a ton.
The expert was chagrined be-
You'd expression and begged the
captain to give the matter no pub
LEFTY as he would be ruined. 1t
was shown, however, beyond a
doubt that the expert had been du-
ped, chloride of gold having been
sprinkled over his samples at "a
moment when he was thrown off
his guard.
Had the same game been play
ed on Captain DeLemar and his
assays Tailed with those of the ex-
pert, he would have been robbed of
s2SO,0O0. The captain kept close
watch over his samples, however,
remaining night and day in the
tunnel while he was gathering
them.
Captain DeLamar said the ex-
pert in question passes ON mining
properties for the wealthiest com
panies in the world. having reeeiv-
ed as high as $4,000 for one
report,