Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-09
FISH LAKE Lodges,
A New Quartz District With BIZ Lodges
Below Buffalo Hump. q

"A New Quartz District VITA BIZ LedSes
Below Buffalo Hump. 4
The discoveries of big quartz
lodges in the immediate vicinity o.
Fish Lake, about six miles south
east of Buffalo Hump, are of such
a character as to justify the belief
that good camp is hound to be
developed there in due time.
The first discoveries were made
if lhSt section last tall by S. A.
Noon, 4 wcll.known prospector
who hSs spentD years in these
mountSids. Thu leslges Average
3okeetfb width and stands from
tllres : i've feet soove the surface.
What little work has been done
shows, the ledge matter to DC
quartz and schist stratified and
gives by assay gold values to the
amount Of $3.50 per ton, while as
high as $50 per ton in gold have
been obtained from assays Of the
best looking cropringS
N Qfrtff aslset cashier of thu
|Bs2k ii ld4snsevi11eyh associated
with Mr.. Moon in the ownership OF
four quartz, claims the Wanita,
WellingtdJ1 Bozo sand Winona,
also the Ke,,5 piaceNclaim. 1t is
from these quartz claims that the
foregoing .! assay. values were OBJ
NJ 44.Ht.etiS44 sse.. eth = .NAs 4
III. The Reno placer. is on the east
shore. aof the lake and forms a
spiendid1y located town site, being
situated in a basin well sheltered
from wind and. 1000 feet lower
than the Hump. During the win
ter, when the Hump was covered
with. 98i feet Of snow there were
but five feet at Fish Lake. There
is also a magnificent water power
derived from the waters of Fish
4 he's also been located
sh Nts Moon and Wagner,
n eeetN they are enabled to OBJ
I aSns M. feet fall IN Il distance of
nSS AID giNin them 1870 cubic
feet-0fsHaater.. A good deal of de-
velopment work will be done on
these properties this summer with
the intention of proving or disprov-
ing their value as legitimate min
ing propositions. 4.
John Sandy, another veteran
prospector, has also very recently
made some discoveries of great
promise adjoining the Moon and
Wagner group, and has made two
locations which he calls the Hecla
and Edison. These lodges are 80
feet wide with footwall of porph-
VIM The, Edison gives values of
81 Apet ton in gold by assay.
Fish Lake is another of the sec
dms which offer exceptional facil-
tiles and advantages for the pros
pector in search of a new district.
u is 01 ! direct line between Elk
City, Mlief creek and Buffalo
Hump and is on the same great
mineral zone which is known to
trgatNerses that section. Fish Lake,
has lohg been known as an ideal
sporting locality, the woods being
full of big game and the lakeiitaeif
teehins with trout In fact, il il
handy q f4seE Of speech to say
that sheA tfodt LIE a plentiful ia
that lovely body Of water that yo,rl
can kill them by throwing a stick
in the water. The crew, working
on our Cleveland mine on Relief
creek last INNER spent the Fourth
81 July at Fish Lake and returned |
with enough trout to feed them for
, week.
-, The lake is 20 miles distant from
Elk City and IL miles from the
cleveland. From the lake TO the
Hump is only six nales.s There |
IRE already number Of hokpects
,rs in that neighbofhood and TIA
shores of the lake are lined with
'nelr camps and much of the coun-
ny rs already staked. Near by il
ne weil, i, Badger mine. and
lev. lew miles north is the Big Creek
district, another section Of big
edges from which great things are are
1pefted when they are fairly
:, Inc entire district between Elk
ity and the Hump is a nart;c,iam
1ftviting one for prosrcctors NAL
akes IN the best of the greatest
mineral zone in these
= lnlt e States. Knowing that see
! Fa \: I'VE 90 we have no hesit,,.1
'2ahla pfedjcting that hall aIdo,ea
AlsseqS afatz41ca qIis will eventhalIv
e established there when fhe
oontry is once fairly opened I'M
rs, of course, long range pre- re-.
lctlon, but the development Of
a y a MINES is necessarily a slow |
n. expensive undertaking, but the :
ext decade is bound to bring with ,
railroad transportation which. nv
, Happening supplies and affording !
reap shipment of the best oras I