Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-09-18
IN THUNDER
MOUNTAIN
Walter HoYey Hill Returns With En-
courasinS Reports Of That
Camps Outlook.
ALL PROPERTIES ARE BEING WORKED
flake q Permanent, Productive and
Profitable Camp for Many
Years to Come.
ALL PROPERTIES ARE BEING WORKED

w oiuei 1OVty I'LL 10 UdCk iTOu
u sojourn Of several months in thu
Thunder Mountain country, during
which time he surveyed $50 quartz
claims and mill sites for patent
He says the district is all right.
and that the Dewey people arr
milling As tons Of ore day witt
their 10-stamp mill, giving all thu
ore q thorough sampling, with re-
suits showing that the yield pei
ton is 81. 80 in gold. They are now
installing concentrators to save tn.
concentrates. Contrary to general
belief the tree milling ores are yer.
limited, and they are running
through the mill everything tina,
is taken cut OF the mine, country
rock and all, as the values are 81
generally disseminated that it j
impossible to sort it. The gold il
highly crystallized and is found IL
the numberless small tale seam
which radiate all through the coun
try rock. Everything taken 81,
from these. properties is h,ghl.
charged with iron, which also con-
tains gold, and Mr.. Hill thinks
that the cyanide process will b.
generally used in the mines IT thai
camp.
The Dewey people have shippe'
in 10000 pounds of provisions I,
supply their force during the win
ter, and they are now employin.
As men. There are about 100 mel
on the payroll in the various prop
critics now undergoing development
in the camp, and MIR. Hill is of tn
opinion that it will make. large
permanent, productive and profits
BILE camp for many years to come
giving employment to vast mum
bers Of skilled miners. The Sun
nysid-, Fairview, Longfellow aud
other properties are working al
the men they can get. and az til,
eastern tockholders have insist,.
that the ores shall BIZ thorough,
tested before they put up the fund,
for large milling equipments, am
rs the results of ali the tests thu.
lar have demonstrated the exis
ence Of very large deposits Of low
grade ores which will pay hand
somely with large plants, he think
there is no reasonable doubt tina
the camp will come out all right
| There are four different stamt
mills now steadily at work testin,
everything which comes out of til.
tunnels aud shafts from as many
properties, and three other mil
equipments, are on the way in, to
geiher with sawmills and other ap
purtenances, SO tina, by the comm,
spring the value Of the Camp will
be amply demonstrated.
During his stay in the new cam
Mr.. Hill travelled extensively, ane
he is very enthusiastic over tn.
discoveries Of antimonial silver
lodges near yellow Pine basin, al
of which have been purchased out
right by A. d Pdrdee, the Phila
delphia capitalist VINO was here
last week, and upon which he viii
inaugurate extensive exploitation
work at once
The big copper camp is alst
showing up some wonderful prop
ositions, and much money will b.
spent there in opening them W
this winter.
Speaking of the conditions there
at present, Mr.. Hill thinks tina,
100 votes will he car, in Roosevelt
precinct this, fall, but in Thunde,
Mountain precinct there is onl,
one man who is stationed there :,
take care IF the Thunder Mountain
city townsite, and in all probability
ahere will be nobody else there thi,
year