Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-08-20
Florence Items.


gress is slow.
A within is being built for the
Hiu which will greatly facilitate
work on. the property.
Day and night shift are being
worked on the Elkhorn aud good
progress is being made.
The Yakima claim now being
worked by Messrs. LETTER, Herold
and Scott is showing about
four feet of good ore.
John Bringolf was up from the
brakes Wednesday and was ex-
hibiting samples of rich ore from
claim he is developing.
jeff Turpin and Henry Kolb
have gone to Warren to develop
a quartz property near the
old Knott mine which Mr.. Turpin
located last spring.
The cross-cut drift from the
Cleopatra shaft is about 80 feet
long, dry and working first-class.
The tunnel in the Mikado Is now
in something over 100 feet.about
half the distance necessary to tap
the ledge.
Judge Carney is showing rich
ore which he is extracting from a
ledge recently discovered on Sal
mon river brakes.
Frank A. Plenker has purchas-
ed of Frank Honsel and Jas. Hen
ley one-half interest in the Min
ME More claim, west extension
of the Elkhorn.
The Ozark mill having crushed
all the ore extracted was shut down
forepart of week. The cleanup we
are informed was entirely satisfac-
tory. Mr.. Shields. the general
manager will leave for Moscow in
a few days.
The owners of the Mammoth,
the big ledge east of Wind river,
received returns from samples of
ore sent out for assay this week
which it is reported ran higher
than they anticipated. The boys
are consequently elated and are go
ing back to work with renewed
vigor.
Frank Culbertson of the Banner
/ Co. arrived in camp forepart OF
, week accompanied by "a Mr.. Bishop
q an expert mill man, who has
been employed to put up and run
the new mill which will be here in
a few days. The mill which will
haye a capacity of 20 or % tons
a per day, will, it is expected, be in
: operation by the 1st of September
! Mr.. Culbertson remained but two
y or three days, then retured t.
' Burke, where he he has charge O
I the Tiger-Poorman.
w. B. Webb called at the Miner
= office this week with II sample o
: ore from the Jupiter claim, show
: ing the familiar chloride stain,
:, specks of iron, and general texture
= of the pay ore Of this camp. Mr.
j, Webb informs us that the ledge il
= by actual measurement % fee
! wide, and shows Il uniform grad.
\ Of ore the full width. The CLAIM
= is located near the junction o
J Meadow and Grouse creeks, within
. .! miles of town. Considering
:. :. that every piece of ore tested ha
!. shown gold and the EXCEPTIONAL,
:. great width of the lead, this is on,
: of the most important finds mad,
y in the camp and the Miner con
> graduates Mr.. Webb on his goot
y fortune.
n From a party just returned iron
,f Warren we learn that a crew o
"a men are at work surveying tn
ground between Warren meadow.
and the falls some distance below
It is understood that the compan,
will construct a double compart
"a ment flume which will have on,
- inch fall 10 each 100 feet. This il
10 very little grade for carrying OF
Il sand and gravel, but the engines
h in charge of the work is conliden
!. that with the supply of water il
70 spring and early summer there vii
be no difficulty in handling tn,
II tailings. After the dry season set
10 in the water will be confined t,
J. one compartment, thereby retain
N ing the same velocity, with mucl
=. less water. The company is hand
ling the proposition in a bushes
~ like way and there is every indi
!. cation of the scheme meeting witt
:, success.
g. The editor of the Miner visite,
N the Poorman forepart Of week an,
was agreeably surprised at the ac
e. tivity displayed under the new
he regime, both underground and Oh
es surface. Besides the development
h. work being done by sinking til
shaft and driving the main tunnel
the ore body is being blocked on
ready for stopping, new track bein.
. laid, a good drain dug. etc, AM
- soon the mine will be In first-clas
- shape, thereby greatly reducin,
o. .. cost of working. On surface
% lave house is being constructe'
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