Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-08

mous past product. Boise -.
about S5 miles above Ro;s. nasln
is believed to have Welded tlty,
her placers nearly s2OOOoo, 10
while . number Of Millions
been taken from her veins aass
universal superstition is that lhe
gold il the slide or washes p'scer
lodes, therefore much prosn. Ion
is being done for lodes in tSpecung
camps, and with success. NJ. cld
from the Boise Basin is the ~" ,af
Bar district, which is cred;tad ocky
an output Of $50, OOO, 900 with
The Silver City and De- Ia,
mines in Owyhee county pas snar
introduction to the reader TO- 90
has not heard of Captain Del an woo
who went into this district . -
years ago q poor man but ~ ie*
now worth, it is said, SO. Ooo "oo ~
Other mines around Silver ' ~.
have produced 20 to 30 m;l,; IVY
The Custer, in Custer county l h'
record of $50, ZOO, 900. and n las
mines in that county have paid h;'
dividends to the owners 0's
''The Cnur d. Alene mines a.. !.
most famous in northern Idas s"e
The Bunker Hill, sullivan D. sns
Gem are credited with prolus S,,u
from five to ten millions each
"The Warren and Florence !.
ton have together produced o w..
500, 600, 600 in placer gold, and !.
is believed they are now po;ns ~
make very productive lode ca~, "
"The belt covering eastern Cps'
gou, Seven Devils, Warrens, Flor.
ence, Buffalo Hump, thence eas,.
ward into Butte is one Of tho r;"h
est in the world, according to i.
size. In this belt are found cold
silver, copper, lead, iron, antimoUy
and zinc. There is only one renly
to questions concerning the yaIus
Of the Seven Devils copper fields
, and that is, cit is a great csmn
''It is true a number have com.
, out without finding anything bm
, that is no fault of the camp. Some
prospect on horseback and few 90
far from the beaten trail. TSe
/. character and value of the district
must be Judged from what has Al.
ready been found. These are the
. Peacock, Helena, White Moun.
ment, Copper Queen, Bodie, South
Peacock. Stan ard and Others
, some of which make the the most
remarkable copper showings ever
known. Butte and Baker GN
capitalists are getting large hold.
ings and railroad men are also be.
coming heavily interested. The
: road being constructed to the dis
trict from Weiser is being built as
fast as possible. The main line
. will 60 to Council and branch be
run to the Seven Devils. A great
deal of railroad construction is %.
ing on in different parts of the state,
by several companies, the Oregon
|, Short Line doing a large share oft,
"a new road will eventually
! cover the central part OF the state.
f This line will extend as a main
line from a point at or near the
mouth of Boise river, in Canyon
county, in a nOrtheasterly direc
ton to Butte, traversing a rich
mining and agricultural region n |
the central part of the state.
"Idaho is the least prospected d |
any state in the rocky mountain
region, there he ing miles Of miner. |
allied territory that has never
been seen by a living prospector,
much less heard the echo Of the
pick. Good float may be found in |
every county and the bed Of near
ly every stream glistens with yei
low dust.
/ .'There is only one word that
will alone express the future d
Idaho, PROSPERITY 1t is fell
and reflected by it's people, evl
denced by the construction Of neH
roads; by it's educational advances
and the expansion of its industna
1t is represented by a most corte
GUS and enterprising people and
FITS growth continues il will be toe
banner state of the northwest"
/ From Fridav'a daily. .H.t