Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-11-22
IDAHO COUNTY MINES


J. visitors Interviewed nv 81.
8 A t spokesman Review.
!: look for the Big Buffalo nine Sre out
the Buffalo Hump penar run an |.
expressed by Clarence Parker =
ms city, who has just retnrns y
s:ser a visit Of some length to tn
district. His statement :" :n
as it doee from one who bas n' ~
interest in the camp and who Is ~ j.
g OF interest. ''"''y' Ii
Mr.. Parker says that while III.
coming on OF winter has necessary,
stopped nearly all of the smalIc,
work, sending large number q
Prospectors and miners out Of the
a.s!rlct, operations at the big prop.
:. erties continue almost undated
The work Of the winter at the
properties Of the Buffalo Hmm ~
syndicate" said he, "cannot hp
much more than the thorouoh
: proving OF the Big Buffalo and
pes9vlas mines. While in the
Big Buffalo a large ore area has
oeen opened up, it is probable that
the syndicate will not be satisfied
win this amount of work, but will
want to know the extent and No.
lure OF the entire deposit. Thus
SINKING and drifting will probably
oe carried on until the MANAGE.
ment is satisfied Of condit;ons
underground and extensive tests Of
the ore taken from the WORKINGS
''ll be made in the 1O-stamp mill
four niles down the hill.
1.-The S, "adieate had great diff
culties to owe, lone in getting the
properties into w.. king shape in
80 short time and it a. said that
it would not be advisable :" com
mence stopping Of ore at present..
The tramway for half the distance |
from the mine to the mill is doing
good work, but to reach it's head
from the mine the ore has to be |
carried by team for considerable
distance and the small capacity Of
the mill and lack OF facilities for
shipping the concentrates would
make it probable that the company
will not attempt any production
on large scale during the winter.
1t is possible and probable, how
ever, that the examination and
testing of the property will take
till spring, and this may mean
constant operation Of both mine
and mill for many months. The
season is too we'll advanced for any
further outside work, but every
thing has been put in the best
shape possible and whatever is in
place is doing efficient work.
''While l have not seen the
mine and have no official statement
of it's condition, it is generally said
in the camp that some ore bodies
of much richness have been opened
up. The values seem to be some
what irregularly distributed, but
I believe there is little question of
there being high average value.
'The syndicate's other property,
the Vesuvius, is also under active
development and is reported to be
looking we'll. 1t has not been
developed to the same point that
the Big Buffalo has, but it gives
promise Of having large ore body
Of comparatively even grade. 1t
seems to be regarded with high
favor by the men in the camp who
know it.
"While the camp does not show
the activity that it did during con-
struction, there is a lot of work
being done, as is evidenced by the
number of men that are employed.
On the Big Buffalo mine there
must be 40 men, on the Vesuvius
about 20, and at the mill and
tramway about five. This does
not include the men carrying ore
by wagon, and number of others
in different capacities at both
ends. Besides the syndicate
operations there is quite a little
work going on in other parts Of the
camp, bringing the total we'll up.
At the Hump proper there are
about $50 men. At Calender,
the syndicate's town, a short dis
lance down the mountain, there
are probably 200 residents, and at
Concord, where the Boston y
Buffalo. Idaho company's properties
are. there are about25
III believe there is every pros.
pect for much activity and good
results in the spring. The district
seems to be rich one, and though
il has not been fully proved, the
outlook is considered good by the
majority Of those in the dis
trict."
FROM AROUND DIXIE.
"The developments in the Dixie
mining district, in central Idaho,
during the past season, have greatly
aided in proving that the district
Is one ri magnificent promise,
sa;d John T. Malone, a prospector
who has just returned after a sea-
SONS work in the camp, yester-