The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-10
High Opinion Of an Experienced
Spokane Mining Man.
THE FORMATION is GIGANTIC.
He Relieves That This spring VIII
Sec Tremendoas Rash To th~
New Dissrtet-Report OF MiainE
Engineer Says That the Lodges
Are Of = Remarkable Width-feo-
pie Anxiously Waiting TO Go In.

Another experienced mining mar who
has visited the Buffalo Hump district IN
Idaho has returned with nae-<s glowing
Account of the wealth of the camp and
belief that II will within a very shoTs
Time. Dc one o. the richest mineral dis
tr.cfs In the World. This is W H. No
Fadasn. Of Spokane, who Was sent down
there by Seshert Brothers of Spokane to
investigate the matter and 10 look after
some properties for them. Henry Seifert.
vino is mere from Spokane. told Of Ire o5-
seyvations of Mr. AcFadden.
Were 10 not fer the fac; that know
McFaddsn as a mining man of vast sx.
peTienee- one who has been in every big
camp OF the West for over twenty one
years" said Mr. SeiNert II should doubt
hts statements. But he Is as practical
and as competent a mining man Is there
ia III spokane
lie said that he had never before seen
such hedges With - uniformly high saiae
runaing through the rock. He predicts
thai the section VIII h. enc ~ the great
es; gold mining districts OF the world.
OF course. there was deep SNOW on the
ground when he was there. so tia; 1t vas
difficult TO view the properties Doubtless
his opinion would have been much higher
had he seen the properties when they
we're clear u SNOW.
When fhe snow has melted there will
sss little difficulty ia constructing wagon
roads or railroads. The grades are easy
Whether CIR not railroads are built the cost
OF living wiil not he high, for the well
known Camas prairie. a very rich agri
cultural district, is not far distant.
Rush by Way of Badger.
wi hen McFadaen Vas fhere the camp
contained but thirty persons though many
gr xs.se, ~. at-Ix
est rush viii be by way of Badger. where
many persons were awaiting the compile
ton Of the Big Buffalo road into the
camp. There were sixteen or seventeen
men al work ON The road and IL should
have been completed hy this time.
The real boom will start just a. soon
as tae SNOW has disappeared. Several
houses are promised at Hump townsite
and man named Brown has purchased
3.soe pounds OF provisions AT Badger with
which TO begin a general merchandise
business at Hump. or what will be Hump
city. AT this time nothing can be done,
for the entire country is covered with
SNOW. in rosne places fifteen fee. deep
While 4 remains on the ground no pros
pecfing can be done When MeFaatien
was there work was being done on only
two properties. the Jumbo and the Ell
beston. The tunnel on the former is be
Is crosscut each fifty feet The tunnel was
in about 10 feet and the crosscut showed
ihe ledge tn be about twelve feet wide
Tire T,iherton showed wen With "A tunnel
sixts feet in and a ledge twelve feet
wide with a FIVE foot pay streak Nh
work was being done oa the three Big
Buffalo claims for Il was stopped at the
time they were sold for ssSA. Geo Tire.
croSscsIts were run over the ledge at that
time showing a width OF Ala fee: at one
place.
ta Experts Report.
Here Is an extract from the report -
Il mining engineer sent from Spokane II
make an examination OF the Hunp cou,l-
try:
''on the Rix Buffalo the vein crops from
fifteen 80 forty feet aud Is traCeahie across
the whole al the group 90 threa claims
The mctaer lode has equally strong n
cropping. which extends distance Of 2 sEA
feet on swo claims OF the eroup. There
arr many thousands Of tons ~ ore plain
IS viSinls ON these three properties Il is
40 uncommon thing to see afher proper