Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-02-14
THE FREE PRESS
GRANGEVILLE. IDAHO.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY IA. 1896
FROM NEW FLORENCE.
Description of ore of the Nam
moth G0tl- SiLrer LedOes of
the Florence Mineral
Zone.

moth Gold STEER LedOes of
the Florence Mineral
Zone.
Florence, Idaho, Feb. l, 1896
FRIEND PARKER:-I desire to cal
the attention of mining men ant
investors through our "Old reliabl,
county newspaper" to the grea
undevelOped and little known golt
and silver zone of Wind river, this
county, hoping thereby to induce
the reader to inspect this field fol-
safe and sure investment. Wind
river is to Idaho what Cripple
Creek is to Colorado, or Trail
creek is to British Columbia. Lo.
Gated on the north side of Salmon
river, at the confluence of Wind
river and adjacent hills, are a
group of marvelously rich lodges
lying dormant for lack ofcapital to
develop and make this section a
prominent factor and wealth pro-
ducer of the gem of the noun
tains. These great lodes have
many points to attract the notice
of idle capital that is seeking a
field where safe margins are an
absolute and assured fact, and
know of no camp where by judi
ciOus management this can be OBJ
tanned more readily and safely than
on Wind river. In a land where
snow seldom falls, where the CHI
nook winds modify the atmosphere
making it veritable cline of
sunny Italy-in a land where the
choicest fruits are grown in album
dance, and green forage on the
hillside, where roam sleek and fat
beeves all the year round and OBJ
tain their own living from natural
pasturage; in land where the
finest timber for all mining pur-
poses is easily obtainable; where
the unchecked and unlimited water
power of Wind river, enough to
drive all the spindles of New Eng
land, awaiting to be utilized and
made subservient to the use of man,
to be checked and harnessed to the
dynamo's that will be erected
along its meandering shore to give
MS light and power in the gold
camp of New Florence 5000 feet
above; also to aid more expressly
the development of the great
lodges of which l write.
The formation, generally speak
ing, is gray granite cut by dolorite
and porphyry dykes. Trend of the
lodges is about points south of
due west. Dip of the lodes is
south, about 10 degrees from verti-
cal. The Harpster lode, the first
location made several years ago,
now known as the Bullion mine
and owned by Wax and Reynolds,
is developed to some extent by
shafts, tunnels, raises and cross
cuts, showing large ore bodies of
the very highest grade and quality.
This ledge varies in width from 2
to 5 feet; in the lower workings is
observed the greater width and
richness of ore; at a depth of $50
feet is found black mineral SINH
lar in character to the rich ore of
the Calico mines of California. The
owners of the Bullion mine made
one shipment to San Francisco
which netted above all expenses
one hundred dollars per ton-a
great showing when one considers
the cost of transportation, first 40
miles by pack train to Grangeville
at that time, thence by wagon 60
miles to Lewiston, thence by Snake
river boats via Columbia river to
Portland, thence by ocean steamer
to destination. After all expenses
incurred in such a lengthy journey
leaving the net returns per ton as
stated above, the mining investors
can CLEAN from practical milling
test of the ore from this region, the
margin to be derived by establish
ing a plant upon the ground suit
able to reduce the product. 1t will
require the construction of a
wagon road q miles to intersect
the state road of Idaho, and the
cost to build such a road will not
exceed one thousand dollars per
mile.
Six hundred feet north of the
Bullion and paralleling, is fine
of the same character of
ore, a 5-foot ledge, two claims
owned by Messrs. Miller, Huff and
McKenna, upon which but little
work has been done; enough, how
ever, to show that the property is
III ore producer. To the south
md parallcling is choice location
'wned by Wells and Cone of Gold
Bug fame; but little work is done
IN this claim; to the south of the
after claim and ono thousand faot |