Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
THE BUFFALO TOWNSHIP
Is Situated on Sheep Greek, 1900 Feet
East Of the Big Buffalo
Group.

Idol vi lHU UI6 DuHoV
Group.
w. r. Hireen, manager OF the
Buffalo townsite, a man whose eX-
perience has been gained through
actual supervision of the greatest !
of Montana, Idaho,
Washington and British Columbia,
arrived in Grangeville Sunday. He
said in conversation with a PRESS
reporter: II do not want finer
trail than | Travelled over yester-
dav. | left Buffalo Hump at noon
Saturday and arrived here at 10
o clock this morning. The trails
and roads are in excellent condi-
ton. / tell you the Buffalo Hump
is u great camp and no mistake.
Every time a pick is stuck into the
ground for development it shows an
Improvement of the property. l
have made it a point to personally
90 over the camp periodically and
examine the different properties
which are being developed, and
each time / find that they show i'm
provement in values as they attain
depth.
The day before l left they UNI
covered on the St. Louis,
the finest body. Of ore l
have ever seen in the camp, the
Big Buffalo not excepted. This
property is under bond to Messrs
Young and Turner, and the sur
face showings are certainly wonder
ful. Why, the ore pans free gold.
To illustrate the fact that the
stories which you hear in Grange
Vile are not fairy tales would say
that the other day two men who
have been employed as miners in
the Jumbo came down to our camp
after quitting work and drawing
their time, consequently they were
at liberty to speak freely and had
no interest in telling anything
which was not true, and they told
me that in the lower tunnel of that
property at depth of 24O feet the
face of the drift was all in ore, but
they could not state the actual
width Of the ledge as neither wall
had been stuck and prosecuting
had not been commenced as yet,
the object of the management being
evidently to obtain depth. OF
course they could not state the
value of the rock as they had not
seen any assays, but from sample
of the rock which they showed me
it will run way up.
"They said that they had worked
in other properties in the camp ant
that this was the best looking orr
they had come in contact with
This effectually answers the mucl
mooted question of depth in tn
. Buffalo camp.
, Con the Fortune, n propert,
owned by Norman and Cameron
during the past week they brok
| into a ledge four and one-half fee
vide, of high grade ore, some 0
: which shows free gold. The own
ers are to be congratulated, as the
. have illustrated their faith in per
r manenee of the camp by expendin
great amounts of money both i
experimenting and development
They have erected some substar
. tial buildings on their propertie
and are now prepared to prosecut
operations on a large scale.
: "On the Monte Cristo a contra(
: has been let to run a crosscu
. which will tap the ledge at dept
= of 200 feet.
= "Now, as regards our townsit
of Buffalo, | would say that it
going on in great shape. 1t is sitl
ated in the cove on the east side I
e Sheep creek, about | 200 feet frol
=. the Orc Elmo, one of the Big Blu
d falo group. Surveyor Shame
" has just completed the final su
4, !, vey, and the papers are on tt
lie way for patent.
d "We have eight substanti
r. buildings in course Of construction
,,e including the postoflice and feder
& Offices, both of which will be
Z feet front by 40 feet deep. TIL,
8 will be two stories high. Now,
! far as the mercantile part of Il
! town is concerned, l would sta
N that DR.. Sifton, the well know
10 merchant III Florence, has erect.
lie, IA commodious building in which
will place a large and compile
we stock of merchandise in genera
: hardware and drugs. A. A. Coopt
y representing mercantile compan
Si is erecting large building, al
he also will carry general mercha
= disc, and in conjunction therewi
81 will operate livery stable, salo
u and restaurant. Chitwood Bro
=, are having plans drawn for a hot,
he McGrane & Co. have let contra
n n for two-story building. John
81 Atchison will embark in the Gig
and tobacco business. In co
i. clusion | want to say one thin
and that is that l have heard We
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