Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-07-21
HUSTl|NGS or THE HUMP
Cow Juice In Camp Would Yield More
DOUGH- than a Mine.

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Dough than a Miue.
Signs are not lacking that Buffa
10 Hump will be lively camp be
fore long. Mike Sweeney, Mr.
Doyle, the well-knOwn expert, H
S. Kirkendall, Spokane mimi,
man, G. A. Founder, of Seattle
and T.. Lee Allen, of Randsburg
CAL, president and manager of tn,
Little Butte, are only a few of tn,
mining lights now known to be OF
their way here. From now ou1
packing outfits can reach the Humr
without difficulty, and there will
be plenty of grass for the stock.
Several horses were brought
through today, and tonight
Browns pack train is camped four
miles out along with a small army
of prospectors who have been work
ing this way leisurely awaiting the
departure of the snow. james
Turner is expected tomorrow with
a big outfit to commence work on
the Concord and other properties.
He will employ ~ to Is men at
the start. d. Stussi and Mrs.
Stussi arrived today. They came
by Browns trail and were two and
half days making the trip. Mr..
Stussi will start work at once on
the Spokane claim, the property of
the Spokane & Buffalo Humn Min
ing company.
A fine discovery has been recent
ly made on the property of the
Buffalo Legal Tender company, of
Spokane, and active development
work will begin in a few days.
M. Gilbert, a Florence mining
man who owns large interest around
the Hump, is in tonight from Deer
creek, south of the Jumbo. where
he has been spending several days.
Deer creek flows through deep can
yons, and Mr.. Gilbert thinks there
will be some big strikes made as
soon as the snow disappears from
the submits along the creek, as he
has found very rich float in several
places. In one place below the
snow line l.. II. Blake, of Warren.
has made two Whistler
Nos. | and 2. Mr.. Gilbert saws
the quartz is very rich and resem-
bles in appearance the product of
the Horseshoe mine, in Florence. {
The Whistler is about two and a ,
half miles south of the Jumbo. He !
also reports that Tom Gallagher, s
whose claims are south of this 9
camp on branch of Crooked '
creek, isgetting assay returns vary !
ing from $50 to 800 in gold. S
Pete Whine was in the camp YES |
terday. He is one of the owners
in group of seven claims located S
northeast of here on Burnt creek. }
near Summit Flats, in the Crooked a
river district. On one of these h
claims, the Big Bison, they have s
ledge eight and half feet wide "
that averages well, and which con- il
tains q paystreak from which sew
eral assays have been taken run Il
ming in the neighborhood of $500. il
William Brown, who acted as o
foreman under Rigley & McKenna, Q
is convalescing after severe i'll v
ness. n
The creeks are rising fast and b
will reach high water mark soon. Il
Now that the snow has gone, II
looks like village on a
stills. n
A couple of good milch COWS b
would yield more revenue here than t,
IN ordinary gold mine. There is e
no canned milk for sale and pre- g
,ious few other Injuries, and if t,
Frank Brown breaks the blockade a
~ getting his pack train in tomor- o
'ow there will be nothing too good v
or him in camp. ii
There is good opening here for /
! physician. The climate is all el
light but some people have to use II
pills no matter where they go. Be- ft
tides there will be hundreds of a
men in the vicinity this Il
and in case of accidents,
ETC., it will be very awkward to O
nave to send to Grangeville for c,
assistance. r,
S. r. REID. r;
Buffalo Hump, July II, 1899. p
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