The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-26
MINES Of BUFFALO HUMP.
A MINERAL BELT WHICH - FULLY
TWENTY MILES LONG.
ana the Mere Prominent Proper
ties Bonded 1t High Figures-
Great Showing for the work Done
enecla, r,orre~,on.senc.


GRANGEvILI1E Idaho. June A-There
being but few mining excttemenfs in tbs
United States AT this time. all eyes have
0een turned for the past SIX months on the
From the trend Of these veins. it would
seem to be the southern exters;on Of the
Occur d Alene belt in Northern Idaho.
Of dollars WINE rearS sle aa
veiopment work has been done. the belt so
Tar a. traced seems TO be aD9ut twenty
miles long ana of great width, and in this
leads have been suficientiy exploited to
prove at Ieast a wonderful surface show
ing. From 81 10 so In not an unusual re-
The Big Buffalo group has ob.ained mtre
notoriesy than any other claim In The dis
tricf, on account ct the immense sum fer
which 1t wa: bonded, and the great OUT
surface. A seventy-foot shaft was sunk ON
this lead. and drifts run north and south
rom the bottom about eighty feet each
sas ana rom the face OF these drift: tn, the
lead seems 10 be about SIC or SIS, but about
twelve or fifteen feet Of q pay shoot will
average $67 in gold per ton. the lead be-
tween walls being thirty whine and one-haif
feet.
The Jumbo has drift in go feet, which
follows the lead all the way. and in the
oae mcS ten so q :Te e
face OF this drift 10 about lS feet below the
surface, and Is the deepest workings in the
camp by about fifty feet, This property
IL now under bond for $4,000.
The San Francisco shows an immense
outcrop. and was recently bonded for $50
oo. and the third payment Of nearly so. Zoo
has been made within week.
The Winslow shows twelve feet OF solid
ore IN the face of the drift. and carries an
average OF us In gold per ton. This proper
~ Is under bond for 10000. and the money
the second payment. which VIM be due
about the 18th Of this month.
the Crackerjack is under bond or $780,
made. Just what the average Of the lead
running from Sl2 or SIS to several thousand
dollars~per ton In gold.
foot shaft. which has just been completed.
and the whole bottom Of the shaft L. in
ore, which Will average from $50 to $50 in
gold per ton.
There are number of other properties
which make a most excellent showing for
the amount OF development work. among
them the Fortune. Gem City. 81. Paul,
sons Choice. Portland. Fasrview. Clipper
Bullion. Captain. Gocdenough. Cliff. Daisy.
Concord. Colonel, Silent Friend and many
% r. Ana within the next day: there
ual development. There are at least
thousand prospectors now camped In that
section. and while the result OF their work
eonable to suppose that there will be a few
good reports from them. Representative
mining men from Nevada, California. Utah.
Colorado, Washington and British Column
bia are now on the ground, with q view to
investment. and daily stages from the rail-
road are coming in with from Is to "a pas
sengers every day.
Yesterday a pack train Of thirty animals
loaded with supplies left for the Hump.
and to6ay another train Of th.rty-hve AMI
mails started for the same destination. In
fact, hardly a day passes that a pack train
does not go out loaded down.
AS far back as 1850 Idaho county was
celebrated for the immense output OF plac-
er gold taken principally from the mines
around Florence, Elk City Warrens, Pierce
City and Orc Emo One single man. in the
fall of 1860, Three Fingered Smith by name.
took out solid mule load Of gold from
his placer claim at Florence. And within
two or three years millions OF dollars in
gold was taken from the placers OF the
district named, and. strange TO say, the
placer districts, OF Idaho county are not
more than half explored. for there Is a
vast region which could almost be termed
a terra incognita in the northeastern part
Of this county where greater placer de-
posits will be found than any heretofore
discovered. Mark the prediction. And yet
today this UNEMPLOYED and unknown region
cannot boast OF a single prospector.