The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-03-23
Late Observations Made by a Visitor
to the Great Strike.
CHOICE PART OF GREAT BELT
Which Extends From Near Weiser to Mon
tana Line.


If all indications are not at fault
the great Buffalo Hump group of
lodges bids fair to mark an epoch in |
the annals of gold producing that
will rival the greatest districts of the
world Report after report of the
size of the ledges and the values car
ried comes to us 80 we'll substantiated
by authentic data and from men we
know that we cannot gainsay or doubt
the truthfulness of the reports. The
history of the Hnmp might be traced
back to the first Florence stampede
when people rushed pell nell to that
new Eldorado. 'Tis true at that time
placer gold was the persuasive power
that allured the miner and prospector
from all points of the compass to the
North Idaho gold fields. However,
there was considerable quartz pros
pecting done then and later the quartz
prospecting was continued in differ
ent parts of the old placer camps,
but it WAS not until August Of last
year that any great values or of any
magnitude of ledge values we're had.
1t remained for two prospectors liv
ing for years in the vicinity, Robbins
and Ringley by name, who had pros
pected in every gulch, to find the
lodges from whence came the placer
gold. The history of this camp will
read much like that of any other
mining camp. The Buffalo Ridge
was not suspected of any great val
ues, and it is said that the first tests
made from the ledges here did not
assay much "Chriss " Arnold, own.
er of the Old Bear Track claim at
Florence, and one of the first men
into the Florence rush, had assays
made from the Big Buffalo lead about
seven years ago and only got $8 re-
turns, and being disappointed in the
values, abandoned the property. For
years and years have prospeclors
and miners travelled over this now ia
nous Buffalo Ridge, the old indian
trail crossing and recrossing the
great ledge in several places, and the
wonder is that the values had not
been discovered sooner. w. ID. Nc.
Fadden, who has just returned from
the Hump country, in an interview
with "Stocks," had this to say of his
trip and observations:
Eyes, l just came out from thu
Hump country after 20 days spen
there. l arrived there the first day
of February, said to he by the ole
: iimers, the worst month in the yea
for snow. | landed at the Hump OF
the 4th of February and found II
feet of snow on the ground, and dur
ing my stay it showed fully six fee
J more Of course it was impossibl
/ to see anything or, the surface or ex
anime any claims that were not shelf
: cred in some way from the sno'
! drifts, some of the boys having pu
brush over their shafts and cuts an
t thus shut out the snow from film
2 in. visited good many prospect
: and found them much as had bee
: represented. The quartz ledges ar
/ large and in some of them l foun
r free gold and sulphides.
r There are many ledges runnin
Y parallel and the indications 80 far q
: | could see, are that the rocks can b
0 easily worked, the country rock be
n ing the older granite and schist. MI
: Brown, who has the contract on th
e Jumbo, is making good progress, hay
: ing run the tunnel 155 feet along I'll
Y ledge The ledge is from 6 to
# feet in width, the quartz is of exec
e lent quality and shows mineral.
!, did not sample the ledge, but it is {
n the same general character as Il
,r camp. l sampled some Is CLAIM
if and l find from general samples take
Y across the ledges from A to 20 feet
re width, average values Of from 81
N $28, while picked samples went
e high as 5000. This is remarkah
IL camp for big ledges, and it seer
ID that from every 500 to 1000 fe
width on the Buffalo Hump rid
ty they open up II ledge of this chs
I'd acter.