The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-25
W. F. Kettenbaoh, of Lewiston,
Idaho, Enjoys That Honor.
INTEREST IN BUFFALO HUMP.
4 Compile hensise Review OF the
Discovery and Dex~iopme in
the New District-rrontxi ing
Prospects Are I~gion-said to Pc
the Greatest Mining Find of the
Age-Na~ Uuce Rich in Gold.

TIE youngest bank president In the
United Stats = said 10 be ". r hetten-
tssch, age: q years. Of me lewiston Ma
t.oaal bank. tie ELlASt extensive oanAs5s <
institution n the state 81 Idaho He
proudly says THAI oQ TIE roll OF honcg
containing the ua.ues 81 80 % the 81 90
hanks II the Ufotei States, which ara
selected as having a Surplus equal 20 tae
caqiI&i stock, is the u4sus Of TIE frw -
10n National bank, and Also mat OF the
FIRST National hank % Lewiston. TAe only
other hank IN the town Mr.. ksttenbacal
was in Seattle yesterday for the FIRST time.
and tie impression made 10y the visible
hustle az the clty on his active young
business mind Mas extremely favorable.
4 have always heard thas Seattle was
d City whose business enterprises acre
dominated by young men," he said yesteF-
day. and have therefore felt a keen - III
patty Nth me vigorous spirit which
seems TO peFvaae lis business circles
SIR. heGteabach has travelled but lille
from lewiston. his father was w. r ket-
tenoach. the Lewiston pioneer who started
the bank of waica TIE son i nov pTesi-
dent. Young ke,tenbach entered the IN
sti.ution as 5ookkeeper. then acted - as
sssgant cashier ami wen; from that 10
president. The success Of has Hanagern0 u :
- shown ia the position occupied by The
bank today in the financial word II -
capitalized a. SA.1a and has 500 on
deposit
The object Of Mr.. Kettenoaeh's visit 10
'h.s city Is To further nesotlacoua now
under way for the Fairview and Wedge
mines, which lie next 10 tie famous But
faio HUMP in the HaGa.o Hump district
The last named mir IL Will be reme.gs-
bered. was recently sold by the prospec-
tors for S51.@o and later 10 i New YORK
combination for S3gopca Mr. kettenhach
has hopes Of dong equally a. We'll NTH
the Fairv!ew ana the Wedge. His long
residence in Lewiston has made him Ia
nailiar with incidents Of the discovery and
development OF mines ON the Bufa.o
Hump no; commonly known.
Lewiston Is Booming
Lewiston is Just now enjoying a boom
which promises greatly g advance the
permanent prosperity" ne said yesterday
1T Is the head or navigation or the Snake
river ard The terminus u all railroad IA
ciii,ies IN Northern Idaho Il = the door
- the Buffalo Hump and furnishes all the
supplies 70 that district The town IS am
ply able 10 outfit all prospeciorss and oaly
lacks hotel facilities for the handling %
the large number az strangers now throng-
ing there. ! know Of no place IL she
United States where large hotel could
change of profit than III Lewiston There
IS but one hotel there one II about Afty
rooms. and Il Is fuu - overlooking Why
every nlght nen with tnei5 packets fun Of
money are compelled 10 sleep on the f.sor
IL saloons. II - very lively. Real estate
values have advanced 20 and = per cent
and everything is going up in proportion
The Buffalo Hump Is high mountain
peak. having an elevation og $50 feet
above sea level II is between the head
waters Of the South fork 81 the Clear
water and Salmon rivers in idaho coun-
~. The Buffalo ana Mcrrimac claims. re
first discovered. lie on the southern slope
% this mountain peak At az Iteration If
~ feet above sea- level: the drainage be-
ing on the salmon river slope Thesa. were
property located on the lcueth Of the
vein having $500 feet In length by $50
faet Ia width. The ledge or vein - READ
ily traceahle BY the outcrop. IS MI AS
surface exposure through the entire
length ~ these two claims
The formation 81 the country rock is
gnelss. species K granite ona II Ire
oldest and hest-known formations for
mineral bvarirg veins THE voln Is a
assure running IN q uorthcrly and south
erly CourNe' having "a with ~ from TWEEN
- - FORTY feet The vein fiNrs consists
~ Il hard white brittle quartz. having =
handed ur rihboDed structure The uuar1x
carries on the base metals. about az per
cent ~ Dyrites ~ iron. ! per cent ~
had Z. per cent anthony. = per cent
manganese aud 81 trace OF copper. IN al
eouf , per c,at. of tnA haser metals
which are evenly disseminated through
TIE miueFalizei strata ~ fee ledge az
the precious metals the values are pl.u-
Cip1liy Eo,8. having a6out ounce Of gold
70 punce o. silver.
What Has Been Done.