Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-08-28
GREAT MINING BELT
l. ?. Parker Talks Of The Conditions In
Idaho County.
At FLORENCE AND ELK CITY MINES


At FLORENCE AND ELK CITY MINES
Outlook Promising for Both
Cnmps-WOrk Being Done
ON Some Of the Claims.
p Use Statesman. Aug. IL. 1885.
A.. +. Parker, editor Of the
Grangeville FREE PRESS, and a
candidate from Idaho county for
governor on the democratic ticket,
was seen by q reporter yesterday
and asked for his views on the
political situation. He declined
to discuss politics or his candidacy
beyond that his county had given
him q splendid endorsement and
the delegation of nine votes was
instructed for him. They are al
60 instructed to use all honorable
means to fuse with the pOpulists.
But Mr.. Parker, as usual, talked
freely and eloquently of the re-
sources of Idaho county and pre-
dicted for it IN immense growth
in the next few years. This he
based upon the opening of the Nez
Perez reservation to white settle
ment. About 30 new school dis
tricts, he says, have been organic
ed since the opening of the reserve
last November, and the surround
ing towns have been largely bene-
fitted by the trade which has
sprung up. The large disburse-
ments of money to the Indians has
also helped to make times in that
county much more lively than
formerly as the Indians spend
their money freely. Mr.. Parker
says they are great people to buy
matched teams, buggies, silver
mounted harness, robes, trunks,
valises and other articles of luxury,
and they have temporarily, at
least, abandoned the manufacture
of bnckskin gloves, moccasins, the
catching Of fish and the picking OF
huckleberries, industries of which
they formerly had the monopoly.
FLORENCE QUARTZ MINES.
1.-THE development Of quartz
mines in the old placer camp Of
Florence has taken on n very
promising outlook" said Mr.. Par,
ker reverting to q subject in which
he is deeply interested and or
which he is thoroughly informed
1 am firmly of the opinion that
good quartz camp will be estab
lished there. The discoveries ART
too recent to permit Of much dc
velopment up to date, but work il
now being pushed day and nigh
on several of the claims and Their
should be depth enough attaine,
before snowfall to determine tn
perman ency and value of the or
bodies.
"a custom mill of three stamp
has been running steadily ther
all summer on ore from numbe
Of claims, giving returns from 8
to $500 per ton in gold. The or
is strictly free milling. Glidde
& Culbertson, owners of the Poor
man-Tiger mines in the CGu
d'Alenes, have invested heavily i
Florence and are pushing develop
ment with their accustomed energy
Their principal claim, the Banner
is a very valuable property an
when exploited will be equippe
with a ten stamp mill. Discover
les of q new mineral zone on tn
western slope of old Buffalo HUM
southeast of Florence, have ais
been made this season, but the ca
rock is base and not enough wor
has been done to demonstrate i
value. The lodges are large an
the valves good, and with clos'
prospecting good country will |
found there"
Mr.. Parker remarked that,
the last election, Florence pole
six votes. This year there wou
probably be 400 votes cast ther
He says there are about 1900 pc
pie in the district at present.
ELK CITY COUNTRY.
Mr.. Parker also said the e
City country was also coming
the front in placer and quar-
mines. The old channel of Il
American river, he says, has be-
uncovered and equipped with h
draulic elevator plant which
said to be producing $1,000 a da
This is the American Hill proper
and was two years since acquir
by a Chicago company, A But
company has been organized
operate the Buffalo Hill place
with a similar equipment. n
Parker says there are large trae
OF meadows in that secti
which prospect we'll, but owing
the lack of dumping facilities ha
never been worked. Dredg
elevators or bedrock fumes will
necessary to properly exploit the
"In quartz the Elk City count
makes as good . showing as a
section on EARTH" continued \
Parker enthusiastically. 81
lodges are large with uniform v
ues of sulphuret ores runni
n