Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-07-14

is now claiming division of hon
ors. James McCaffery, well Know
in Idaho as a good, all-round m;n
ing man, came in last evening from
the Crooked creek district ama
brings news of a most enconrar;n
nature. Mr.. McCaffery is one of :
large number who have been 60,
lowing up the snow line on tho
Salmon slope, their ultimate dest;
nation being Buffalo HUMP. II !;
a granite formation out there tho
granite being traversed here and
there with large porphyry and
quartzite dykes. The quartz veins
lately discovered are not very larno
as a rule but have gained the nrond
distinction of being exceedinolv
rich. The leads all have a nortI
and south strike and seem to no
continuous in all cases where tbo
prospector settles down to the work
of trenching through the wash
which covers the veins quite deem
as a rule. Mr.. McCafferv bas
pinned his faith to a claim tho
name of which would denote if to
be leader in the district. If; il
known as the 'eTyee", is situated
about B. miles southeast of tho
Jumbo, and it's lead is a parallal
one with that of the Belmont
Drumlummon and Richmond a
trio of claims that are highly spok.
en- of. The Tyee ledge is 81 feet
wide and carries an lS-inch nav
streak which, after being carefnlly
sampled, gave an average ASSAY Of
$166 in gold at depth of ten feet.
The assay certificates were shown
to your correspondent, and as Mr..
McCaffrey is known to be a con-
sentative and reliable man, it goes
without saying that the vein was
carefully sampled. The Belmont
belongs to Mr.. Smith, of British
Columbia, and Mr.. ROUGH, of War
rem. The Belmont has a 31-foot
quartz lead with a pay streak about
two-thirds its width. Recently
two assays were made from the
Belmont. One gave 81 per cent
copper and $45 in gold, and the
other IL per cent in copper and a
gold and silver value of
B97.
At the DrumlummOn lode there
Ire two lOcations-NO. l and No.
2-owned by the Warner Bros.
Charles Sanderson and Arthur Hill
Ter. The Drumlummon lode is
about five feet wide, and assay re-
turns have run as high as 1916 in
all values. These claims have an
elevation of about 5000 feet. As
here is very little float and consid-
'fable wash, prospecting is not as
,asy over there as it is in some
'ther places. There has been a
great race in the search for a south
extension Of the Belmont, as
many as so prospectors participant
ng, and it was finally discovered
" the3 man who searched the least.
like Grover Cleveland, l.. N.
Taylor, of Florence, is fond Of fish
ng. A few days ago he essayed
orth to Crooked creek on a pisca-
orial mission. According to Az
rs almanac the signs could not
AVE been right that day, for the
ish didn't bite well. Mr.. TAYLOR
luit the pastime early in the day
nd started up the hillside to
hange his luck. And sure enough
did change, for he had only gone
short distance when, 10 and be-
old, glistening under his very
Get was the long looked-for extern
ion OF the Belmont ledge cropping
ut like a pyramid.
Tom Gallaher and Henry Gro
tein, of Warren, have also been
respecting on Crooked creek and
ow have promising group COM
rising three claims, the ore being
I the same character as those men
toned above. S. r. REID.
Buffalo Hump, July 7, 1899.
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