Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-07-21

MtRR|MAc'S GOOD SHOWING
Our Special Correspondent Rstails the
Doinss Of the Big Camp.
Whatever doubts Buffalo Hump
ers may have had rs to the Big
Buffalo group remaining at the top
in the list Of rich properties in this
world famous district are now fully
removed. The shaft on the Merri-
mac is 81 feet deep. The platform
for the stump was raised seven feet
and the ledge crosscut 40 feet from
wall to wall at depth of go feet.
Drifts were then started north and
south ON the lead-north, So feet,
and south in the soft part Of the
ledge along the hard quartz, in the
low grade ore. When the Clark
4 Sweeney people gave up posses
sion and the owners came in they
drifted five feet farther on the south
drift and started a crOsscut in the
hard quartz. The first two shots
brought down. about two tons Of
better ore than had ever been en-
countered in the shaft. From a
fair average sample a local assayel
secured returns of $191 per ton.
Then the boys went down to the
Orc Elmo and discovered l6 feet o
ore outcropping on the surface
ore that assays 1925. So the mex
; engineers who visit the Big Buffa
10 are sure to be agreeably sur
prised.
F. s. Rice and Rory Burke ar
in good spirits now, just the sam
as any other prospectors would b
when after years of patient strug
, Cling, they find what promises t
! be a great mine. On the 9th Q
last November Rice and Burke dis
covered and located the Telluriur
: claim on the west side of Big creek
4 a tributary of Crooked creek, abou
Q eight miles northeast Of Buffal
y Hump by trail and about five mile
. by air line. July Sd Of this yes
they located the ledge and stake
all Observation-Disclosures, No.
/ To your correspondent Mr.. Rio
Is gave the following description I
e the claims, "On the Tellurit
vs. proper we have contact lead {
,. granite and quartzite and we ha,
' crosscut it from one wall to Il
II other, 40 feet. Next to the foe
~ wall of quartzite we have l6 fe
of honeycombed quartz. From fl
assays taken across this quartz Il
lowest gave returns of $4,000, gol
p Alongside of this quartz lies 10 fe
. of porphyry and then comes 70
ce feet Of quartz that gave us an a
We erage assay of s24 per ton. Fro
lie this quartz to the granite hangi
at wall the filling is porphyry.
W. Tellurium No. 2 the men employ
have uncovered and crosscut
at feet that shows free gold in guam
ee ties and will doubtless assay high
o. A representative Of the operate
he of the Calumet g. Hecla Copl
ed mines wanted to bond the Tellu
IN UNI claim for $40, 900, but Rice a
Us. Burke declined to consider
zee proposition. Three different op
ng ators are now after the proper
We but the owners say they will ]
re- make any deal whatever until Il
to have done sufficient work to sh
up the real merits of their clai
EN- to good advantage.
ee, A lively interest is being tai
8 now in several properties on Gro
20, ed creek. Columbia No. an
ore adjoin the Telluriums on the e
side and are owned by Daniel II
re- linger. 1t is said that the old
lies Roi company, of Spokane, took
ub- option for a bond on these ella
last winter for 100000 and Ia
= offered to take the bond on a b
CE of $50, 200, but were refused
Re- opportunity.
The Gold Bug, about one
mile from the Tellurium, is ow
es- by William Wiley and Johr
irie Dahl. The Gold Bug has u 16-
his lead that gives an average Of a
,er- tie over SIC. Seven feet of
no ledge carries the chief value.
/, in The Rockford near by Nc
Tins Stewart has a six-foot ledge Of
on, ore. ll-z#--
On The Union Group, owned
nth Wiley & Dahl, consists of
Sec claims located on the north sid
to- Big creek. There has already |
let's 55 feet of tunneling done ON Il
,gu- claims and it is understood
ind that the group is under bond
s of Frank Sherwood and that he
lent just let q contract for 800 feet n
Y it of tunnel work. The veins
the these claims vary from three
men eight feet in width and are sal
rue assay we'll from the surface.
Wiley is in Boston, Mass, al