Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-05-14


will no doubt reopen the road be-
tween here and Camas prairie and
as hundreds are waiting to come
IN, the road will soon be lined
with travellers and freighters.
Another important strike was
made in the Mammoth this week.
1t will be remembered that a vein
OF rich ore was uncovered some
time ago by crosscut tunnel, but
the owners, knowing from surface
indications that parallel lead ex-
listed further up the mountain,
continued the tunnel with the re-
suit that over two feet of solid ore
was exposed in the latter vein.
Edward Lortscher has returned
from a winters visit to his home
in Iowa. He, with his partner
Morrell, will erect within on the
Little Jim mine and resume opera
tons by continuing the shaft,
which is now down AZ feet. This
claim, while little known as vet,
has a remarkably good showing
and the fortunate owners intend
placing the property on paying
basis this coming summer.
We are pleased to learn that the
Waverly mine will be worked to
its full capacity this summer. The
owners have decided to send in a
steam hoist and pump as soon as
heavy freighting can be resumed,
and will be erected and put in
operation as soon as possible. The
Waverly is one of the most prom
Using properties in the district and
its development will do much to-
ward establishing the permanency
of our mines.
A new and important feature of
placer mining is the attention paid
the high bars near Salmon river.
1t was commonly accepted theory
among old time miners that pay
dirt was confined to bars near the
present channel. Late prospect
ing, however, proves that the old
channels, hundreds of feet above,
carry gold in paying quantities,
and as a result, deposits of wash,
which were but recently thought
to be barren, will be made to Weld
their proportion precious metal.
A. A. Dale came up from Sal
mon river the first of the week af
ter supplies for himself and part
ners Swan and Lane. They are
working an old channel near the
mouth of Cow creek, and there be-
ing about II feet of pay dirt, with
ample supply of water, their work
is well rewarded. These gentle
men will put in hydraulic plant
as soon as it can be brought in,
which effective way of working
will no doubt make this ground
one of the best paying properties
on Salmon river.
Messrs. Minert,' Jameson, ct al,
contemplate running a 3OO-foot |
tunnel at a horseshoe bend in
Little Slate creek, some distance
below the crossing of Slate creek
trail, which will give them ample
dump room for working the pla-
GER ground contained in the "mead-
ows." This ground has long been
known to be valuable, as Van Bu-
zen, Caps, Jackass and several
other gulches emptying into Little
Slate were very rich, but owing to
want of room for tailings, it has
never been worked. The running
If this tunnel will remove this
obstacle, therefore it is safe to saw
hat the scheme will pay well, and
IS several claims are owned by
hese gentlemen, they will un-
loubtedly realize fat income from
his property for several years.
We are pleased to learn that the
leland mine will be opened up by
is present owner, J. p. Fitzgerald.
his property is another old-timer
1hich was worked a year or two,
hen shut down and allowed to re-
lain idle many years. This mine
7as owned originally by three or
our placer miners, and the ore be-
,g very rich, an arasta was erected
n the property by the late Alonzo
'eland in 1868 or a, and operated
18th profit, but, unfortunately, 6
arose between the par
es interested, and one night the
line was flooded, this being easily 9
ccomplished as the shaft was sit