Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-05-04
The Far West.

Nr. Editor-Since my last writing
there has been a great revolution oi
events First that / shall mention is
the great rush of people 10 Idaho
county from all parts of the world:
home-seekGrs, mining men. men look
ing for investments. One would ask
'.What is 1t that attracts the attention
of almost the whole world?n i shall
answer in this way: The farming
lands are the best that l have ever
seen. Stock-raising Is good industry
here. Wheat, oats, barley and hay
are the principal crops grown.
At this writing the principal atten-
ton is given to mines and mining.
The Big Buffalo Hump mining excite
ment is attracting much attention. The
Big Buffalo mines are situated sixty
miles south of Bridgeport, about same
distance from Grangeville, the princi-
pal town of Comas Prairie. The Big
Buffalo sold in January for $3.50, 900.
The Jumbo mine sold for 5000, 900
about the same time. There are
many other claims sold from $4,000
to 800, 900, each, since the big sale of
the Buffalo. Here are the results of
the big discovery since January 1st:
There has been several million dollars
Of money brought into the country;
many thousand spent for for develop
ing property: hundreds of men given
employment at wages ranging from
81 to s. per day for labor; four-horse
teams, IS to SO per day; created an
unlimited demand for the products of
the farming country.
The Big Buffalo mine is a quartz
mine and a base proposition; assays
run from SO to $500 in gold, some
silver, some copper. The 10 stamp
Badger quartz mill has been moved
and put in running order on the big
mine. The snow at present is from
II to 100 feet deep; the average is
said to be IS feet. Teams are going
over the snow where they can not see
the top of the trees under them. To
the average Missourian this would
make him feel shakey in his boots.
Here they think nothing Of it.
There are other new discoveries
which are attracting much attention.
These new discoveries are situated
near Bridgeport, two to six miles south.
1t appears to be continuation of the
Big Buffalo mines. These mining dis
coveries are on the south fork of the
Clearwater river. The claim which is
attracting most attention is the Dewey.
1t has been discovered about twenty
days. 1t was bonded at once for SILL,
900; afterward it was raised to $16,-
900; yesterday the owners were offer
ed $50, 900 cash for the claim. This
ledge of quartz is 100 feet wide and
carries gold, iron and copper.
The Green Creek Mining Company
is working several men on the Green
Creek group of claims. l am inform
ed their assays are good. This prop
erty is situated p miles from Bridge
port and miles from the Dewey
claim. The placer mining claims are
attracting much attention also.
The Grubstake hydraulic mine, own
ed by G. F.>Mackey, is running with
good results. This mine is situated at
the base of this range of mountains of
quartz already referred to.
The following is clipping from
Spokane paper referring to the high
bar placers owned by O'Bannon q
Clark: '.W. c. Stayt writes from
GrangeYille to w. A. Stuart & Co. of
Spokane. whom he will represent at
Buffalo Hump. that he will leave at
once for the Hump via Elk City. While
the snow is still deep in the hills he
intends following up the snow with his
outfit so as to be on the ground when
the snow is gone. While at Grange
Vile he examined a well known placer
property y miles from Grangeville
and one mile below Bridgeport on the
Clearwater. Regarding it, be says,
i have visited and examined the High
Bar property on the Clearwater. 1t is
a group of six claims and a fraction.
located on the sloping hill side be-
tween 400 and 600 feet above the river.
1t is unquestionably an old river bed.
The pay dirt lays 10 feet on bed rock
and is uniform in values. The bed
rock is granite and very soft. The
owners have built two miles Of ditch
and one mile of fume, and have OBJ
tained sufficient water to operate three
giants. At termination of fume are
500 feet of pipe, a inch at penstock
and tapers to inch, where it connects
with the one giant now in use. The
pipe has total drop of l37 feet. The
property is easily worked The out
look for this property and neighboring
placer claims is very favorable.
| have given the readers of the good
old REGISTER, partial description of
the industries of this country. l will
now give partial IDEA of the late pro-