The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-09
uust Activity in Idsho's Prom
ising District.
INSPECTORS ssTHE HUNDRED
soomeps HsAd1sng In the onow
WastinS for u 10 Melt - They
Uoa See the valae - TheiR II.
11sons-ssrthePn Paelne anA Q.
4 \. Rsshfnx Censtsuetloa -
- 60 the LaaA ~ Premise.

~ railroad and mining conditions o.
i6istAn and the Buffalo Hump country
- intsresfinsiy Get forth By Oicott Payne.
Z von-known mining man Of 0eaitse, wine
NrlteS frem Lewiston 10 the PostJ1ote
Gnces - follows:
tIeviston. the Oldest town IN Idaho, anA
eh3ed 81 the Junction Of the Snake and
sS1fsef 10 the Buffalo Hump mining dis
ira and the town, which WAS settled many
N1nm ago. has receatly assumed An acfsv-
~ ond growth that sTe astounding to the
1Seoush or QUILTED there during tie in1t
- months, and the arrivals now are neAs-
RI ~ . day. Every hotsi In the town is
~ @0n9 the emergency lod8tng houses
80 ssvs e. sprung rp are not r able g e:
taye Lewiston daily Tor the mining region,
With ID 10 miles distant, bat most o. the
ro1epoctors ard miners have their own
~ animals and conveyance:
LAe upper part ct the trail. especially
a 0Fanseviile and Mount Idaho, Il
ne anew to melt, which L sii.i, ny ..
- a average ct thirteen feet desD -
Unclically imposstbls. 10 do any real pre-
Socitng IN the dIstrtct. and the 0iscovefy
- 0ade 90 late last fall that but few
~ siaksd before snow fsil Tho in1icar
un01e tsrTifsry Was heavily minera1!xod for
~ niles around. ana the country has
"a staked on the snow many miles u
evay direction: Ihe prospectosv Are wait
he Big Buffalo mine. for which S1Go.6oe
- I'D on It, surface ehaWing. has about
ngty men ~ work on II. and the ore II
soo6natty proving richer - greater depth
ses. e h Az ssissmps ,s wa: ,s "scs tea ~,
WI1naa the contractors who are working
~ nine, to dtecre6it the richness and stop
- yueh OF iocatofs and prospectors into
r. nsasnborinx country By FALSE rspcrt.
ggeknsn. and the plan was soon exposed.
~! did. however. succeed In buying up =
ter Of claims for . mere song.
1ee Star group OF Claims IN the adjotn.
ct De i Mar. the .we;l-known mining
IN. Tor &00 900 In cash and bond.
1ae Big Buffalo mine II directly on tho
r. 01u between Florence and Elk City.
90 n placer gold il the early si1sies.
- thcusands Of men have passed over or
4oumA Il. II II now thought that the rich
0ce0 o. the former we're fed by tho
sds q ns n S sns sc hs%p q Ms
- ~ showing great activity The North
- 1Actdc 10 pushing the construction OF
Aonch Of the Clearwater TO tap the
t1Ulsten to the Oregon Railroad & Nav.gs
~ II II the plan Of the Northern Pa
Q4c 70 build west from Butte. via BeAll
-, and connect With the Clearwater ex-
tnol0n build down the Snake river valley
7 ~ TAP Its present main line at paeco
- win shorten the haul between the
- and the West by several hundred
-. give much easier grade. and will
eoubtedIy be the main line.
Ihe Oregon Railroad Z Navigation has
- oarties, under Chief Engineer Ken
Sey9nrvsying the route from Waliuia up
~ enAke valley TO Lewiston. and the road
Mpected to be In operation this sum-
~. Both roads viii build up the Clear
vq1er river.
1As irrigation and towns.te company.
yatca has been Operating for the last two
yoeW at Concord. WASH. across the Snake
usee nom Lewiston, and which In hacked
q hrEeiy controlled by chaJe7 Francis
AA11a. Of Boston. ex-president OF the
Wea Pacific. Is proving 4 great success.
y two years this plat Of l.0oo acres has
IN changed from sagebrush prairie into
- Of the garden spots Of the West. and
Xeody has population Of 90 or 1900
sfuita Of all kinds thrive promtsinaiy The
fe@pany has invested $4,000 in the enter
4 steel-truss cantiiever bridge Il being
N1sssucted over the Snake river to con i.
eect with Lewtston. at cost OF 3i3oOo0. Il
eompany crossing the Snake or Columbia
e,dge rests on nine masonry piers. with
= ceatrAl span OF ga feet and Including
- approaches. Il l. 700 feet long. The COM
~ 70 constructing q power plant to utti-
opme"