Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-29
RICH THUNDER MOUNTAIN
4 Man Who is interested Tells Graph
iCally Of the Entire Golden Section.

lCdlly Vi lut Eutlr6 U0lutn N6Cll0l.
Henry X. Grostein who has been
for years identified with the gener-
al merchandise business in this
section, both at Lewiston and War
ren, is in the city, having just ar
rived from the Thunder mountain
country. On Saturday night at
the Jersey House when the gentle
man unpacked his grip and pro-
duced specimens of rock, which
was spattered all over with gold,
he was the cynosure of all eyes,
and inquiries were shot at him ly
those standing around, which
would have taken him a long time
to answer fully, so the Press re-
porter asked Mr.. Grostcin to give
the paper an interview .::in or'l'r
that everybody in tie county
might learn of the riches Of this
golden section. Mr.. Grostein said:
1.-The section is subdivided into
what are known as Smith, Logan,
Beaver ahd Monumental creeks.
| am convinced that the first man
who really spoke Of the vast riches
OF this country from personal ob-
servation was Dan Fitzgerald,
who located the great Boliver,
from which have some ore. do
not think that it is necessary to
tell you of the assays which he has
had made, for any one looking at
the rock will see how it will run
up into five and six figures per ton.
The Boliver claim is on Monument
al creek, which is about 40 miles
from Warrens, over splendid
trail. When | examined the prop
erty l found that the main ledge
was about nine feet in width.
while this rich portion was "a str.al,
abou, seven inches in width rum
ming through the main ledge; this
latter vein can be traced for fully
two miles and the rich streak spol-
en- of continues with the main
ledge for the entire distance, either
diminishing in width or
proportionally increasing. / have
heard old-timers say that it is the
most wonderful vein that they
have ever seen.
"Fitzgerald, Ira McGary and
myself have now II claims, placer
and quartz combined, in this Sec
tion, the major portion of the de-
velopment work being done on the
Boliver, the other work being that
i'll the nature of representative
merely. Our properties are all To-
Gated along this rich lead, which
trends north and south in direct
ion. The formation is in the shape
OF an extended porphry dyke, with
the vein running right through the
center of it for the entire distance.
we have now tunnel which has
been driven for 20 feet and will
this fall drive it for so feet more,
which will give us depth of fully
1000 feet and possibly more, and
we are running the tunnel right in
with the ledge. We have refused
SO many offers for interests that
it would be foolish for me to at
tempt to tell of them, but we pro-
pose to hold on and ascertain what
we have first, prior to entertaining
any offers for sale.
"These properties, as l have
stated, are all on Monuments
creek. On Smith creek where Gov.
Bierbower and Major Williams
have several properties, the forma-
ton entirely changes and becomes
. copper-stained sulphide quartz,
carrying considerable iron. Here
the veins run i'll width all the way
from 30 to 600 feet, with valu,
81 in gold and 10 per
cent copper. Emerson and Moffat
are the locators of these properties
and they have four properties
which they call the Syndicate
group. This mammoth ledge is
clearly traceable for four or five
miles, running as does ours, north
and south.
"They are also operating their
properties in the shape of tunnel,
which they have driven about %
feet, giving them depth of about
loco feet, and they are also run
ming directly on the ledge. These
properties are about 25 miles from
Warren and easily accessible, be-
ing only one days ride.
logan creek, which is just below
Smith creek, only on the opposite
side, is practically the same ledge.
being similar in all its characteris-
tics and nature as to formation and
composition. Fred Maiden and l
have the properties there, being
i've in all all continuing on the
ledge. We have not had the op-
portunity to do any work here,
other than representative work,
but what we have done has been
attended with most fattering re-
suits, having got assays of from
S4OO to $1O24. We will in the
near future commence to develop
here on large scale.
"The last but by no means the
least OF these creeks is Beaver
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