Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-09
new NEWS0ME STRIKES.
Fsneh Pete Fink ~ 0vld ant a
Thirty PooG Ledge.

AAll the town .Aktalking Il the
discoveries made by French Pete,
n. b. Pettibone and others in the
NewsOme Creek country. The
rock is not only rich, the gold in
the specimens brought to town
being plainly visible to the naked
eye, but there are from Is to 30
feet Of it in one case, and from 10
to ~ in another.
The exact locality of French
Pete's great podsn sas ID above the
old Clearwater StatbH, between
Summit fiat aud the oids Pioneer
diggings. Fteaocatisne Nave now
been made, the first being that of
French Pete and AL. Wiles in part
nership. Immediately on making
the find, Pete bought out his part
ner, WileS,d for $1,000 cash. The
other locations are held by Joe
Mitchell, w. Huston and j. Per.
kins. The ore prospects free gold
in large quantities on crushing in
the pan. - "
N. b. Pettibone, who is now in
town also, made an important dis
'covery east Of the old Pioneer Dig
gings. With John Shissler he
found a ledge from 10 to 12 feet
wide, the ore being free milling
and yielding free gold in large
quantities. They have four claims.
w. Huston, besides being on the
first-named mdiscovery, made a
strike further north of French
Pete's location, He claims that
the latter ledge crops out about 40
feet wide. The, character and value
OF the ore has not beeh, determined.
lie has some other locations be-
ttween Santa Ana andpTen Mile
creek. ,i'fsi IEIH ZIG
In the Newsome Creek region
Charley Heath is also reported to
have gotten on to good thing, and
Jack Harmon is said to have made
some good locations on Goat hill.
We hope IT'D be able to publish
the assays. on samples from some of
these locations before going to
press. a.a -. ,ass,, iifu ~
ITO sss.sts ---sS-T---1d, a.,
Fro m Saturdays Daily.
The village trustees meet to-
qEpt: ,a9jfI ,Eela9gi2
the Hump shortly if the roads get
in better oondihon.
The public schools closed for the
summer vacation last evening after
highly successful term.
The coming week will demon.
'trate to the river towns whether
We shall haverhigh water, Or MOTIFS
Samuel Alexander arrived in
irangeville from Genesee yestcr-
lay. II expects To fill alposijon
n a store here. ] ri 4
Messrs. Frederic Kempa, John
.. Larson, Ike Maxwell and C. /.
<emp, miners from ButteH Mon
ana,as town. NTH I II |
Ed Hfhett, wiz kfatprSm the
lamp reports thafawlJtlh,t Of
'henolhenally rich ore las been
truck in the Jumbo shaft
James Prout. formerly i. night
Jerk at the De France hotel, Lew
ston, is i'll Grangeville to stay.
lie says that Lewiston is a back'1s
lumberi' ,'.es' ~ la,e ti,guai I,
II. L. Mcintyre arrived out !,
rom the Hump yesterday and is a
TEST Of the Wil'tse house. He
caves for lewiston Monday. His
tnther, Charles, started into the
Lump today. alltsntatiaal fn' )
81 Holsclaw expects to start with {
ne OF his hrpthers for the H lump /
a few days. The three brothers J
ave two igtoupsfofu seven claimsI /
'ch, one group heaf Fish Lake, I
q the Iothsnin Ne Gracksrjack y
'g'on, liGAU III y .M : :
Travel has begun to pick up
gain with rush. Over $50 stran- g
RS have arrived III Grangesille
firing the last three days. This r
axes an average Of fifty day. Il
IT. is nothing to what tie coinine e CO
onth will show. aie ii i 514
Wheat has jumped to almost so q
nts in' Chicago whichi would
can about 60 at Portland, so or n y
at Walla Walla and probably AZ N
iLewistonJ 1T. is likely to go Il a
me higher, owing to the damage !, :
the wheat crops of the world last ii
ar. At the same time it wo,tid II
expecting too mpch to anticipate T.
8, phenomenal rise experienced l.
ring oe Letters cinch, r.,,. To
1t is reported that a party of To
stern capitalists are in Grange. hi,
lie negotiating the purchase of p,
Q Gold Blend, Gold Stone and ii,
ass Roots claims located in the II 4.
sarwater, district. An offer of T Ih
1000 has been made for the 10
'np. The claims are owned by d e.
ISIS. P, Nv. Mitchell and G. Ii. q
'in, of Mount Vernon ILL.,, and yh
a. Campbell, of Eugene, Ore. rs
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