The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-15

in this city yesterday. He has just
come in from there and brings reports
of startling gold assays-assays run
ming up to over $1,000 to the ton.
The rush to Buffalo Hump is a re-
| minder of the gold discoveries of early
days. The camp is in the Bitter Root
region in the Idaho panhandle. Grange
vile, near Mount Idaho. is the near
| est point of any consequence. 1t is
necessary to stage it from Lewiston
to Grangeville and thence into the new
camp.
EX-Mayor James Glendinning of this
! city, who has been superintendent of
! the Bitter Root forest reserve since he
F.! was the municipal executive here, was
one of the earliest ones on the ground.
J He had a fourth interest in several
claims and they have been bonded for
$25OOOO. In this deal the Alligator,
Bibby and Lucky Lad claims, which
are said to be an extension of the Big
| Buffalo ledge itself, were sold to Gus
w. Roche and j. w. Hayes on a, sixty
day option, the money to be all paid
in six months. Those associated with
Mr. Glendinning in the transaction
were John O'Neill, a GTangeville attor-
ney, and DR.. S. e. Bibby and John
Harlow of the same place. This town
is Mr. Gleniinning's present home
control of the Priest River forest re-
serve as well as the Bitter Root re-
serve.
FIRST DISCOVERY,
The first gold discovery was made by
E. r. Rigley and Sam Robbins. The
latter died just two weeks ago. They
sunk hole down only twenty-five feet
on their claim and Immediately it Was
bonded for $575,O00, they receiving
$4,000 in hard cash with the under
standing that the balance was to be
paid monthly within a year.
a most wonderful surface showing is
made, says Mr.. Travis. From Assayer
Stahl the owners of the Cracker Jack
claim, Hawley & Flint We're given a
certificate showing value of S2,2S0.31
in gold and S29.24 in silver. The Cracker
Jack is a fine ten-inch vein. Rufus
Hawley had another assay on free
milling quartz amounting to $2,45761
per ton. Hawley & Flint subsequently
sold the Cracker Jack to Sam I. Sill
verman of Spokane for 100000 spot
cash. They were California prospect
ors.
Buffalo Hump is a camp where pro-
positions running away up into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars are
common occurrences.
$1,000 PER TON.
Another big mine bought by Mr. Sill
yerman was the Merrimac In cross
cutting on this lode Charles Schmidt
found ore running $1,000 ton. Mr..
Silverman bonded the claim for $575, 600.
This was before he bought the Cracker
Jack.
Silverman is one of three men who
own the Big Buffalo, the principal
claim. E. r. Rigley, the original dis
coverer, and \. p. McKenna were the
first owners. Mr.. Silverman, with
Messrs. Collender and Sweeney, formed
a syndicate and the mine was bonded
for S675, 900.
The Morning Star group of claims
was secured by r.. NJ. Sherman for
Campbell & Frank of Spokane for $780,
Geo
Still another big deal is that in which
the De Lamar Mining company was an
important factor. A group of mines in
what is known as the Mallick district
has just been bonded for 100000 to the
De Lamar Gold & Silver Mining COM
pany, limited Captain De Lamar was
originally the promoter of this COM
pany. but his interests We're transferred
to Idaho parties among them j. j. Ben
nett a mining engineer of Grangeville.
Mr.. Bennett represented English cap
ital in the transaction.
THE FLORENCE CAMP
Not far away is the old Florence
camp. In 1865 gold was taken out of
there by the millions. 1t has been
roughly stated that S60000,000 worth
was produced. This figure may be an
over-estimate: however, the camp was
a famous one in its cav
The old-time. mining spirit pervades
Buffalo Hump. Its ytry name suggests