Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-09-08
RAILROAD I'd BUFEAL0HUMP

Uorthern Pacific Surveyors Have Found
Remarkably Easy Grades.
Otto Abeling, mining engineer
returned last evening from Big
creek, and brings the news that
| Northern Pacific surveyors are at
work locating a line between
Badger and La ketown. Mr.. Abel.
ing met the su rveyors this side of
Big creek and cleaned considerable
information. The highest point
crossed on Badger mountain is
6. 900 feet, and the altitude at Fish
lake is $3.50 feet. The survey
works around the mountain after
Big creek is or ssed and south far
enough 30 as to make the Crooked
creek district very accessible, and
then passes up by the head of Fish
lake, and on TO lake town. The
engineers are much pleased with
the route; the grades being remark
ably easy.
The object Of Mr.. Abeling's trip
was to inspect the Union group,
and the Big Bug and Little Bug,
owned by Dahl Bros. and Olson,
situated on Big creek, about ten
miles northeast of the Hump. On
the Union claim two tunnels have
been driven, one 12O feet and the
other 100 feet. On the dump of
the upper tunn mel there is now fully
800 tons of ore that will mill to
some extent. The tunnel is driven
on the vein which will probably
average four feet in width. In the
lower tunnel the ore chute has not
been encOun tered yet although
there is ledge matter all the way
that will ave rage SO or 81. On
Union No. 4, the ledge was en-
countered by o cross cut tunnel
driven lat feet. 1t is eleven feet
wide. No d lifting has been done
on this lead yet. On the other
claims of the group only ordinary
assessment work has been done.
On the Big Bug there is a ten-foot
hole, and on the Little Bug IS
foot shaft has been sunk, and
is now being actively continued
The ledge on the Little Bug is OF
considerable width and shows some
nice free milling rock. The owners
are also engaged in bringing water
in three-qnarter mile ditch from
Big creek, and expect to operate
an arastra in the near future. Mr..
Abeling was pleased with what he
saw in general out on Big creek
and thinks that the camp has q
great future.
Marion Ford and Frank Hunt
have struck something that is, a,
least for the Robbins mining dis
trict, quite q novelty. 1t is a sill.
yer and lead proposition, located
over in the Crooked creek section
and strange to say, has been chris
tened the "Copperbottom." Or
the surface they found series Of
stringers Of ledge matter. From
the largest eight inches wide
they got surface assay of 1907 in
gold and $1.l3 in silver. They
then sunk . ten-foot shaft on this
and found that at the bottom il
had widened to five feet, and wal
practically silver-lead ore. From
an assay m de here for silver alone
they receive ed returns of 70 ounces,
and the assayer gave as his opinion
that the orr was about 60 per cent
lead. They will have the ore as.
sayed at once for gold, silver and
lead, and are likely to get good
returns. The property is about
three miles north of the Big Star,
and about nine miles from here.
They made two locations, and sew
eral other prospectors started out
to try their luck in the vicinity.
A petit ion is being circulated
and numerously signed, the text Of
which is an appeal to the county
commissioners to appoint a JUS
tice of the peace and deputy
sheriff for this district. The petit
ton asks for the appointment Of
81. D. Richardson as J. p, and
James Mccartney as deputy sheriff.
1t is needl ess to say that these APP
pointments would give universal
satisfaction to the electors of Buff
falo Hump and the surrounding
districts, each being fayorably
known. and well qualified for their
respective Offices. The necessity
of having these offices filled at
Buffalo lump is too well known to
be worthy Of further comment.
The funeral of the late Charles
Larabee, who was stabbed on the
22d instant, and died at 2 p. m. the
$50, Il hours later, occurred today
over at the Concord townsite under
the auspices Of the X. of P's. 1t
was large cortege that followed
the remains to the high knoll three
quarters OF a mile west of the
town where a grave had been blast
ed out o. solid rock. The servi-