Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-15
DOWN N THE COVE COUNTRY

Cattle, lhts, Fish ald Big Game il
Great Iblldance.
Hinkle's Ferry on the Clear
water, Sept. 5, 1893.
Passing from the busy wbir, ~
metropolitan life id Granpeyille -
the quiet seclusion Of country liz
on the Clearwater, one wonM
scarcely think Of casting about for
newspaper items, yet the dailv
events in the lives Of those sturdv
pioneers who have here carved
from a wilderness most beautiful
homes, may well challenge the at
tention of the reading public. Les.
than FIVE miles distant from tha
county seat, part ed widely bv
broken stock ranges upon which
fatten thousands of cattle and
horses. are dotted here and there
in sheltered cove Or river bottom
some perfectly ideal homes. both
from the standpoint of profit from
cattle herd or fruit and vegetable
garden as well as that of health
and comfort. Here, too, are plac.
ers and rich quartz leads which
even the Buffalo Humper or the
returning locator from distant and
fabulously famed Thunder Mount
ain may well look upon with favor.
Among those showing rich surface
values are the Dewey group. re-
Gently bonded to an English syn-
dictate; the Copper Stain, owned
by the irrepressible Chas. Downey
of Grangeville; the Oregon belong
ing to Messrs. Gillian and Others.
the Mountain Maid, located BY
Robt. Smith and Hinkle Bros. the
Duplicate, owned by County treas
urer and others; and the extension
Of the Copper Stain owned BY Chas.
Brown and Andy Gilbert. These
together with n lumber of others
in the vicinity are sufficiently de-
veloped to show values. The av-
erage Of assays obtained give from
twenty to thirty dollars per ton in
gold and a nice percentage of sill.
yer and copper. One of the most
important discover les in the vicin-
ity is the immense lime ledge own
ed by Brown, Hin kle and Hovey.
This claim shows up a bed of pure
lime rock 100 feet in width BY
about 1000 feet in length. Re-
peated tests of the rock give 80 per
cent of pure lime. This body of
lime is in a northeast direction for
10 miles and will doubtless afford
one of the great resources and
profitable industries of this section
of country. A n nmber of loca-
tons have been made along the ex-
tension and notably among these,
the claim of Ben Morris. Robt.
Smith and NJ. III. Truscott situate
about one mile east of the ferry.
Placer mining is a thing of the
past, generally speaking, on the
Clearwater bars in this section;
yet a number of miners find profit
able employment at it and make
from $3.50 to 50 per day with
sluice box or rookie r. Henry Krobe
an experienced miner from Helena,
Mont, is making a thorough test
Of the Crackerjack placer near the
ferry with a view to adopting i'm
proved methods a nd working the
claim on an extensive scale this
fall and winter.
Chas. Brown and Andy Gilbert
are out on an extended hunting,
fishing and prospecting trip TO
Meadow creek.
Mrs. Joe carp ha been quite i'll
for some time but is now happily
cOnyalescent.
Jas. Buckley is now marketing
his fine crop Of blac kberries.
Andy Gilbert an d Joe Baker will
start in few da vs. for Thunder
Mountain to do assessment work
on promising claim 3.
Henry Knorr of Denver, Idaho,
was on the river this week buying
cattle for winter feeding.
Jas. A. Smith and Attorney
Morgan of Mt. Idaho were grouse
hunting on the river this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Deering of
Dayton, WASH, are visiting their
parents at the ranch on behring's
cove.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Hinkle of
Pendleton, Or, W no are visiting
the parents Of Mr.. Hinkle at the
Clearwater ranch, had an exciting,
and to them, inten sely interesting
encounter with q bear on their re-
turn from Grangeville last evening.
Coming down the grade near Joe
Earps place through a rain storm
and intense darkness, flash OF
lightning disclosed the presence OF
a huge black bear standing pat in
the road q few feet in advance OF
their horses heads. Mr.. Hinkle' $
horse became frightened and
plunged madly over the steep bank
of the grade and down the bluff
Soma huudrod foot Eor<nnafaly