Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-07-14
POINTS TO THE HUMP,
Seattle P.-I. Sends a Man to Tell Of
Its Wonders.
Correspondence Post-Intelligencer.

Correspondence Post Intelligencer.
"When the Buffalo HUM
district, in Central Idaho, was
discovered last fall, the eye of
the prospector, as well as the
investor, Immediately turned
in that direction, and every bit
of news of this camp has been
eagerly read ever since; and
that is not remarkable when
the immense surface showing
is considered and compared
with other districts, which have
heretofore been developed at
the cost of a few thousand dol
lars. with millions of dollars in
return. AS an illustration of
this we might mention the
Portland, independence and
other mines of Cripple Creek,
Col, which have produced,
and now have blocked out. mil
lions upon millions of dollars
at a cost of not to exceed 10
per cent, and all this within a
very few years. The War
Eagle and the LIE Roi mines
and other propositions in Brit.
ish Columbia have many mil.
lions in sight at a nominal cost.
The Republic and Mountain
Lion, in Republic district,
WASH, can be placed among
the large mines, and have been
made so by the investment of
a very few thousand dollars
in comparison with the present
value. The Utica, Gwin, Raw
hide, Jumper, Kennedy and
Argonaut of California stand
out prominently, and the great
Anaconda, Boston & Montana
and other mines in the vicinity
of Butte are enduring monu.
ments of energy, good judg-
ment and judicious investment.
Arizona can show quite a mum.
Der of big mines, but probably
the best known is the United
Verde. So far as Idaho is con.
cerned, the Wood river in the
southern part of Idaho and the
immense yield of gold and sill.
yer from the CGur d'Alene
district in Northern Idaho
stand pre.eminently in the first
rank. But even long before
the discovery of quartz in Ida.
no, immense placer fields were
opened up and properly ex
plotted, and yielded millions
upon millions of dollars at a
nominal outlay. Right here
in Idaho county, and immedi
ately around the Buffalo Hump
immense placer deposits have
been worked continuously
since 1860, and in most in.
stances in rather a crude way,
because of the lack of transpor.
tation facilities, and yet at least
$40, ooo,o 900 is known to have
been produced, and still there
is left a vast field for the ven.
turesome prospector, who will
ere many years have passed
have secured many more mil.
lions from that virgin field
which cannot today recognize
the footsteps of the prospector.
When one compares the
great values which can be
secured from the outcrop of
the big leads in the Buffalo
Hump district with the com.
paratively low average to be
met with in other very highly
regarded districts of the Pacific
West, it is not surprising that
conservative mining men look
upon this district as the com.
ing mining region of the con.
tinent.
Not only is this particular
section of Idaho rich in quartz
leads, but for number of years
real good prospects have been
secured from placer deposits.
The biggest scheme now
contemplated in the Buffalo
Hump districts a tunnel prop.
osition, which will crosscut all
of the best leads in the camp.
This tunnel will cut the belt
about 1000 feet below the
apex of the lode, and will be
1000 feet long. The company
has already secured a number