Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

vein with good values.
The Mother Lode and Louise.
show the largest vein in the camp
1t is owned by a company, con-
trolled by Hon. Louis Smith, of
Grangeville, Cyrus Happy and w. |
T. Norman, Of Spokane, Wash.
Mr.. Smith was one Of the first to |
go into the district and has pinned
his faith in the camp by develop
ing his interests. The Mother
Lode Is developed by open cuts at
intervals of 20 feet and drift
started on vein. Vein shows 40
feet wide and carries values of
S34 per ton. A 4OO-foot tunnel is
to be run on the vein, giving
depth of 800 feet.
Judge l.. N. Taylor has a big
tunnel proposition located and laid
out to cut the vein on the Hobson's
Choice, Last Chance and st. Louis,
at depth Of 1000 feet. 1t will
run from Ruby Lake on the east
ern side of the camp.
| The Monte Cristo is owned by
Monte Cristo-Eldorado Gold
Mining Co., and shows vein to
6 feet wide. There is a shaft 25
feet deep on the property and some
surface cuts. A cross cut has been
started to cut the vein 100 feet
deep.
The Boston Buffalo Idaho Com
pany own claims. Prominent
among them are the St. Louis,
Mother Lode No. 2, and Concord.
The Company have erected sub
stantial buildings and done a great
deal of good work on their town
site of Concord.
The Mother Lode No. 2, shows
% feet Of vein carrying high val
ues for IL feet.
), st. Louis has o crosscut so feet
long cutting the vein, and Wine
sunk So feet below this level, with
two levels run at bottom of winze.
The Last Chance owned by Nor
man 4 Cameron, of Spokane, has
about the same vein and values al
the St Louis.
The Spokane & Buffalo Cole
Mining Co., of Spokane, have done
considerable work on the Spokane
Kodak and Pansy.
The Colonel adjoins the town
site of Concord, and shows ore per
fectly free milling. 1t is owned
nv, Tou;s Zenith Gao Il D.oT
and Ezra Baird.
The Dewey in same locality
owned by Geo. Gabbert, Rus
Dawson and Geo. Yarrow shows a
t-fo.t vein. Values as high a,
s70O-in gold have been had.
The properties OF the Buffal,
Hump Syndicate are the Big Buf
lalO group, Vesuvius group, town
site of Calender, and about 81
other quartz and placer locations
water rights, etc. The compan,
nave n -awmill on Lake creek an,
have erected a large nuinner .
good buildings Mt Calender and 81
the Big Buffalo. A iive-,,am
mill is at Calender and =. fv
stamp at the Big Buffalo " III
Vesuvius has Ii hoist am. pun
equipment, as also the Big Butf.,t
A tramway connects the V+suviu
hoist with the mill at Calender
The Big Buffalo has a shaft 81
feet deep, crosscut at IS and 20
- feet, shows vein 30 to 40 feet wild.
p drifts ON 65-foot level 145 feet
5; Average value of vein about 81
"a Some of the richest ore eve
,r found in the camp, showing FIRE
% gold, was taken out Of the 200 foe
20 level. The value of the ore mile
} is not known, as the company d
N not allow the public to learn tn
= clean mp. From the charact,
"a of the ore it is estimated the mil
re- ing is averaging $50 per ton, q
Is only the better ore is being millet
The Wise Boy, owned by A. W
Moore, of Grangeville, w. f. Ke
= ley, of Buffalo Hump and Juds
:" Mcdonald, of Minneapolis.
a lies in the Northern part of IL
III ItdttWdUClS vi Z
p Mile creek. II Is one of the mo
NJ promising properties in the enti1
~ camp. A cross cut tunnel h;
' been run 100 feet, cutting a led,
~ IA feet wide. About 6 feet of IL
~ vein is exceedingly high grade or
~ running up in the hundreds of do
80 lars per ton. Three surface GRO.
- cuts have, also, been made at il
~ tervals 100 feet apart.
!, A 1O-stamp mill has been O
~ dered for, this mine and will |
taken in over the snow and set |
I'' as soon as spring opens.
N Numerous other properties tia
~ have merit have had to be omitte
n from detailed description on a
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