The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-02
CENTRAL IDAHO MINES
Rich Gold Fields Will Attract
Thousands of Prospectors.
BUFFALO HUMP SECTION
This District Believed to Be the Richest
in the World-Rabbit Creek Is
Full of the Yellow
Stuff.

Central Idaho will, in ali prOha bility,
attract thousands of miners this year.
1t has long been known that the Seven
Devils and other districts in that state
contained good prospects. Now that
the truth is being demonstrated. there
is strong probability that the rail
roads will send out branches into the
interior. The Buffalo Hump VIII be the
main attraction, it is believed. An old
prospector who was thar says this to
the Chronicle man of Spokane:
The coming season viii demonstrate
to the mining world fact which |
have long believed, that central Idaho
contains the richest gold fields in 'aae
world. 1t should not be forgotten that
away back in the sixties men packed
placer gold out of central Idaho, just
as they packed in their blankets and
grub. There are rich placers there yet.
but the excitement is now turning to-
ward the immense bodies of gold from
Whitll this placer gold came. The
source of much of ii is undoubtedly
found in the Buffalo Hump section.
Il feel almost ashamed to speak the
truth about the Hump country. 1t is
so great that ] do not see how l can
be believed. / was one of The first men
in that camp, and / am confident that
ii is going to be a wOrd-beater. Grip
pie Creek will have to take a back seat.
Every claim there is big proposition.
THE Yankee Girl and Eureka are two
claims of which little has been said.
but which should prove big dividend
payers with development. They are To-
Gated near the Big Buffalo and nave
a similar formation of quartz. No work
to amount to anything has been done
upon either, but the surface showing
on the Yankee Girl is immense A 20
| foot ledge can be seen cropping out
on this claim for a distance Of fully coo
| feet. The surface assays already made
| have averaged over $50, | believe that
these values will increase with depth,
or, a least. that is the experience which
is generally being met with in develop
| ing Hump properties. This is best
| shown by the Jumbo upon which two
| tunnels have been run. one of these
| is in 40 feet with depth of lag fees.
| while the other, which has been run
| for about the same distance, tars tie
| ledge at a depth ofsoVer 300 feet. The
| showing in the lower workings is by
| far the best that has ever been secured
| upon the property.
The lodges are all big and true fis-
| sure veins, SO that, if the values keer
up with depth, millions Of dollars in
gold will be taken out of there"
| Mr.. Shorthill was one of the discover
| ers of the Rabbit Creek district. on the
| Salmon river about eight miles south
of the Buffalo Hump proper. He be-
| lieves that in this district will be found
| the richest mines of al central Idaho.
Rabbit Creek, ! believe, will prove
/ even a greater camp than the Hump
| he said. THE North Star group. the
| first located in thc district. has an so.
| foot ledge running the length of the
four claims. This ledge can he traced
up the hill so feet from the Salmon riv-
er. where it has been opened up by tho
washing of the waters. A short TUNE
| near the river found ore that Went
| $S7.13 to the ton, While the surface as
says along the face of the ledge brought
| high returns, the lowest being S5.55
| This country is practically unprospect
| ed, as the snow came shortly after
| the first location. which was made lat.
| in November. When the snow is gone
and the prospeCtors get a chance t
| work next summer. I expect some re.
| markable discoveries"