Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-05-07
FROM GOLDEN FLORENCE.
The Advance Agent of Prosper
ity en- route to the Camp.

Florence, April ~, 1897.
EDITOR FREE PPEss.-Please step
outside your sanctum and listen to !
the reechoeing sounds that is watt
ed on the wings of the wind to pro-
gressive Florence, the ideal gold
field of the nineteenth century.
Activity reigns supreme where one
year ago the hills were unexplored.
No camp in the west displays the
energy that is observable on every
hand. Each part of camp endeav-
ors to excel the other; in conse-
quence new strikes are daily occur
rences; to chronicle them all would
be tiresome to the writer, and
amaze the reader by unerring facts
as they exist. The record of '62
will be duplicated in '97. The
signs are not misleading. The
vanguard of the hosts that are en-
route to the famous old placer
camp are mingling with us in the
elevated city "amid the pines"
The eventful year of '97 will mark
an epoch in Florence progression
that cannot be effaced by time, and
her output of bullion will be eulo-
gized by all. The miners pick and
shovel has unlocked the hidden
vault, and now will set the golden
treasure free. Faultless and
matchless will be the flowing yell
low stream upon the wheels of
financial prosperity that is knock
ing for admission at our rude cabin
door. Florence, not unlike other
camps, by steps of evolution at
tracts the attention of mining men;
by one stride we span the time
from infancy to manhood and stand
today on the top rung of popular
ity. Men from the much doomed
fields of the north to the exalted
cline of the south are foremost in
; line and bidding others to follow
to the new Eel Dorado in Central
Idaho. They clearly forsee camp
that has hardly been scratched,
yielding thousands from her vast
storehouse of free milling ore, must
be eventually the point around
which all other camps revolve.
Bar newness, our ore deposits, our
nearness to markets, places us in
position without a rival. The
mill wheels in other camps re-
main motionless. The constant
:. echo from dropping stamps may
be heard in our young giant of the
, west. We recognize what quartz
experts explained to us one year
; ago; their sophistry will not stand
!, the test of pick and shovel. They
: predicted dire results in develop
! ment. The miners of Florence
predict development of our gold re-
sources will place us in the front
, rank as a producer of the yellow
. metal, without a peer in tn,
: northwest. A large per cent. o
: the promising claims in camp arr
! held by the discoveries, who arr
! unable for want of funds to devel
). ope speedily. The chances for in
q vestment where margins are sur
h and certain are unequaled. Claim
that can be bought today for few
hundred will command thousand
ninety days hence. The possibili
J. ties in store for us the present yea
v is manifest everywhere. Our sta
9 will outstrip and leave others ia
@ behind in the race for greatness
i Peerless Florence is destined t.
g become the nations paymaster 70
!. all obligations, as soon as the drift
O now under way penetrate tn
a goldribbed hills. / dare not POI
q tray the absolute facts, unles
e some may say the estimate is to
Il low, but defy any camp in tn
d union with the same amount of DE-
e velopment to show greater bodie
l. of free milling ore than is our prid
e to point out to mining investors i
% marvellous Florence, the pride {
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