Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-09-12
BUFFALO HUMP GOLD.
Second Shipment From Jumbo Nine;
First Prom the Cracker Jack.

First From the Cracker Jack.
On Monday morning last Grange
Vile was again made happy by the
receipt of gold bullion from Buff
falo Hump. Frank Brown ar
rived in town with bars aggrega-
ting $3.50 in value, being his Sec
ond run of 55 tons of ore taken
from the raise between the upper
and lower levels, and which was
run through the two-stamp mill
now on the property in IL days.
This ore was taken from a depth
from the surface of 10 feet, and
being run through 30-mesh
screen it does not represent the
actual mineral contents of the ore.
Mr.. Brown informs us that the
Jumbo ore concentrates 20 tons in
to one, showing a value Of concent-
trates of 1926 per ton. The Jumbo
veins runs from four to 16 feet in
width, of which seven feet is clean
and straight milling ore. They are
now impounding the tailings.
As the Jumbo is now one OF the
best known properties in Idaho
county's big camp, it may be inter-
esting, to refresh the memory Of
mining men who are keeping cases
on the development now going on
in that camp, to state that there
are two tunnels on the Jumbo, one
tapping the vein at depth from
the surface of 2lO feet; the second
tunnel has attained a depth from
the surface OF about $50 feet at it's
face, the work proving up, as afore-
said, a splendid vein running up to
Is feet wide.
1t was only last week that we
had the satisfaction of announcing
the first shipment of $1,000 gold
bars from the Jumbo mine, and
the result was SO gratifying to the
owners that they Immediately or
dered five-stamp mill, which
will be installed Immediately upon
it's arrival. None of the ore
milled was selected, being taken
Just as it came from the raise.
The energy and perseverance OF
these people in thus going ahead
under extremely disadvantageous
and discouraging circumstances
goes to show that practical mining
men know the value of the mines
in that camp, and that nothing bu,
capital is now lacking to put thu
camp in the place which was pre-
dicted for it from the start as being
the biggest and best gold camp il
the northwest. Let the good work
go on.
Accompanying Mr.. Brown were
Messrs. Rufus Hawley and Claude
Flint, well-known to our people al
the discoverers of the famou'
Cracker Jack mine. They alst
brought with them gold bullior
aggregating $815 in value, being
the proceeds of mill run of eigh
tons of Cracker Jack ore taken from
a hole only ten feet from the sur
face. This ore they packed to thu
Vesuvius mill at Calender, wher'
lit was crushed for them by th'
courtesy of w. A. Stevens, mana
ger for the Buffalo Hump Syndi
cate. The concentrates and tail
ings gave values of $16 per ton
thus demonstrating that tn
Cracker Jack ore is SS per cent
free. This was selected ore, as tn
boys left two feet of baser or
standing, which assays "a pc
ton The streak they milled wa
only Is inches, and the work of ex
tracing it represented 45 day
actual work.
Messrs. Hawley and Flint d.
sire us to express their utmos
thanks to Mr.. Stevens for hi
courtesy and accommodating treat
ment in permitting them the privi
ege of making a mill run throug
the Syndicate mill. They are pei
fectly satisfied in every respect
both with the value of their min
and the treatment accorded the,
by the syndicate representatives.