Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-26

a number of parties got lost in the
first rush and were several days
getting through.
EXPERT OPINIONS.
e. A. Parisot and Stewart
Woodside were the first parties to
return from Buffalo Hump and
they say that Rigley and Bobins
did not exagerate in the least
when they said they had Sc feet of
solid quartz, that the ledge is even
wider, and sufficient ore is in sight
to last a lifetime.
Mr.. Woodside is an old miner
and millman with % years exper-
fence. He was one of the first to
60 in 1876 from Virginia City,
Nevada, to the Black Hills, and
from there to the Occur d'Alenes.
When asked what he thought of
it he said:
ut is simply wonderful! The
biggest thing in the shape of
quartz / have ever seen. The
story has not been half told. l
went out there to find out and
will go back right away"
Frank Brown, an old Colorado
miner says:
II have seen all the big mines
of Colorado, but / never expected
to see anything like it. l have
located a claim and am going back
as soon as l can get pack animals
and supplies together.
l have been through that coun-
try several times and find that the
best way to go in is to start from
Florence and go out past the Bear
Track mine, the way they r cut
ting out the trail.
ut should not cost over $4,000
to put a good road from Florence
to Buffalo Hump. 1t would be
much easier than the state wagon
road was to build. The grades
will be not nearly SO heavy"
j. C. Moore, a very conservative
mining man of wide experience
has examined the new discovery
and he gives us permission to
!, quote him as follows:
at is a wonderful surface show
ing, and will make one of the big
gest mines in the world i
the right man gets hold o
it, but it will take capital to de
velop it.
"While the surface shows fre,
gold indications are that it will b,
! base with depth.
~ think it will require IA con
c%entrator to treat the ore salts
factorily.
, "The vein is a contact assure
!. and while ] think the values ar
!. being overestimated, the characte
of the ore indicates that it vii
, carry its values in depth.
"a good wagon road can b
put in to Buffalo Hump 70
$4,000"
We submitted a long list G
questions to G. H. Scott, a minin
: expert of recognized ability, an
: he answered them as follows:
What is your opinion of thi
new discovery?
"My friend Robins, one of III
original discovers, and an earl
Occur d'Alene partner of Arthu
McKenna, had predicted in on
t. various conversations the fndin
of the big lode known to exist i
the Buffalo Hump section. NJ
Kenna, Butterworth and Greer
who have tramped over the Cleal
water slope with disappointment
/. frankly admitted to me the ext.
tence of an enormous mother Tod,
and when Robins returned wit
10 his samples and told me to fly.
recalled his reputation as a col
sentative prospector, and viii
his samples we're enough to caus
d over enthusiasm, / cut sizes an
rs values in two and started.
found it fully as good and bett.
Is than reported. Frank Brow
Manages Olson and myself, WI
IT were a little behind the first, toe
a time to prospect and estimate, an
ar every test, both by pan and iii
te assay, place this discovery ahea
= of any surface showing Idaho ev,
produced, and that may mean Il
reefs i'm Transyaai and quarries
Treadwell will have to take seoou
place. In the hurry to acquil
something, / was unable in N
three days stay, to make an est
mate, but will predict in face
returns on their samples runnir
from 50 to 800 in gold and SON
silver, it will average $40 per tol
This is Free
Do you think it will hold i