Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-10-12
MANY GOOD MINES,


.S1no ialAS Of Idaho County
Properties.
Wayland H. Young. nres;aa,.
o. :s the Boston Buffalo Idaho Min.
Ing company, in talking to !.
reporter the other day said: "
mining men of the nor4hn.
have had their eyes on the m;ns rs1
district of central Idaho for ths
Sas1 ten years. Newsome. Eli
Clty' Dixie and Warrens were well
known and the value Of their min.
eral deposits appreciated, but thei,
comparative inaccessibiIity re.
tarded development. With tho
discovery of Buffalo HUMP two
years ago with its immense ont.
crops OF gold bearing quart.
impetus was given to the develon'
ment OF all the other camps. and
TINS work has been carried forward
with such activity that TODAY II
can be said, and truthfully said.
'idaho county is destined to be the
banner gold producer OF the north
west. In the Buffalo Hump dis.
'rict, within the las, year, four
claims upon which work has been
actively pushed have developed
into mines. The Big Buffalo and
Vesuvlus, owned by Charles
Sweeney and associates, known as
the Buffalo Hump Mining Com.
pany, have the distinction Of being
the first producing properties in
the camp. These claims have been
systematically developed by shafts
and drifts to depth of 200 feet.
Suitable hoisting machinery has
been installed, q lO-stamp mill
erected and in operation, and
everything incidental to a first
class mining plant has been con-
structed. The work is \ credit to
Mr.. Sweeney's judgment and man.
agement, but the Big Bnffalo mine
is not the whole of the Big Buffalo
district. There are others.
"The Jumbo, owned by Frank
Brown 4 Co.. is developed by tun-
nels to a depth of 225 feet and
shows one of the large mineralized
veins OF the camp with an average
value Of about $40 a ton. The
Jumbo is about four miles south Of
the Vesuvius, and the whole inter-
mediate territory is covered with
locations made upon outcrops un.
excelled in any gold camp in this
country. Every foot Of work done
in this country has increased the
value of the property upvu which
it has been done. Why only the
other day the Boston aud Buffalo
Idaho, company, prosecuting on
the surface of the Mother Lode No.
2, exposed a vein of solid ore %
feet wide of value of $3.50 in
gold. Can't blame a man fol-
being enthusiastic over a country
where such strikes are SO common.
With the Cracker Jack, Broadway
and Broadwater, Monte Cristo,
Fortune, St. Paul, San Francisco,
st. Louis, Hobson's Choice and
dozens of other claims, gradually
passing from prospects to produc'
ing mines, it is safe to say the
output Of Buffalo Hump will have
made the name household WORD
in mining circles in the next two
years. And this is not all. Al
the Big Buffalo is not the only
mine in the Buffalo Hump district
neither is the Buffalo Hump dis
trict the only mining camp ir
central Idaho.
"Look at Dixie, Elk City ant
Newsome. Each of these camp
has within the last year DEVELOPS
mines from prospects. And ther
are hundreds of other claims with
in this area of as equally goo.
surface showing as those whicl
work has proven to be valuable
Run your eye along the western
foothills Of the Bitter Root range.
c+ratoh IF mOuntainOu
country 100 miles square pract1
cally unexplored and unknown
It is a great field for mining ope'
atoms.
"Twelve months ago this coun
try was I25 miles from railroa
transportation. Today the Nortl
ern Pacific has pushed it's Clea'
water branch almost in the heal
of this vast mineral region. kee
vonr eve on central Idaho"