Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-10-20
UPPER SALMON RIVER
An Interesting Batch of News
From About Dixie.

us "nu Deseiopihg Co., on upper
Salmon river, was visi tor in
Grangeville a few days ago. Mr..
Bailey is ont to buy winter sup
plies and will return to the noun.
tains shortly. He informs us that
he brought out 300 pound sampl.
OF ore from the company's big
dyke, which will be taken to Spo.
kane and tested by the new Hen
dryx cyanide process. He is YER,
enthusiastic over t he showing
made on the claims of the company
Work has been going forward
steadily for the past year and the
showing is all that could be desired,
He says the character of the ore
has not materially changed; but
all development shows the perman.
ency of the dyke and seems to in
dicate that there is many million
tons of ore that can be easily
handled.
Twenty eight assays from the
dyke, representative of the whole,
give an average value eqceeding 81
to the ton. The company is conf
dent that, even at 50, the noun
tain of ore embraced within it's
fourteen claims can be mined at a
handsome profit.
80 far the promoters-five print
ers of Washington, d. c., have
put up most of the funds for
development, but arrangements
have been made whereby outside
parties will put up $3.50, 1000 to
erect plant for reducing the ore.
Cyanide will probably be the pro-
cess used.
Tests have demonstrated that
about 80 per cent of the value in
the ore can be saved by this treat
ment, and hopes are entertained
that the Hendryx process will be
even better. The money for the
mill will be available in the early
spring; and the work done this
winter will be in the nature Of
opening up the ground SO as to
have everything in readiness to
install the plant when the break of
winter comes.
The secretary Of the company,
Mr.. r. w. Buckhart, of Washing
ton, D. G., visited the property
last month. He has returned east.
filled with enthusiasm regarding
the possibilities Of Central Idaho as
mining proposition. He visited
number Of leading properties
while in Idaho; but spends all his
spare time in telling his friends
that there is nothing to compare
with the future of the N. M. & d.
Co.
According to Mr.. Bailey, game
is very plentiful in the section in
which he is located. Deer, elk,
bear, and mountain sheep are to
be had in abundance. The game
in there is but little hunted and
has no fear Of man.
No rain has fallen in the upper
Salmon river for about four months
and the ranges are all burned up.
Parties in that section, owning
horses and cattle, will have hard
time of it this fall unless there is
an abundance of rainfall from now
on and the weather continues
warm for couple of months.
Several men have small ranches
between Campbell's ferry and the
mouth Of Little Salmon. All of
them have raised good crops this
year; that of G. E. Churchill being
especially good. Thunder Noun
tain furnishes the principal market.
All produce packed from the river
to that camp commands ready sale
and brings from 10 to Is cents per
pound.
Lewiston, Dixie and interme-
diate towns have put up literally to
open the trail to Thunder Noun
tain, the work having been COM
pleted couple of weeks ago. The
trail has been widened, all the
fallen timber cut out, several
cabins built, aud the route short
ened up about IA miles. Mr..
Bailey says he has been in Roose-
velt over four different routes, but
none of them in any way compare
with the one by the way of Dixie.
1t is shorter, and can be used at
least two months longer than any
other. The new trail is by way of
Campbell's ferry, Sheepeater noun
tain, Chamberlain basin, and
Ramey ridge. Fe d in plenty
abounds along the route of the
trail, and the cabins are conven-
iently located for the accomoda-
ton of travellers wishing to use
them.
Mining interests around Dixie.
after lying dormant for several
years, are again looking up. A
Mr.. Titler is the backbone of the
new activity. He has bonded
some claims from Messrs Larson,
Kinds, and Burke, and has several
men doing development work. The
veins on these claims are rather
small, but very rich. Mr.. Bailey
is informed that cyanide plant
for reducing the ore-which is but
no rkioll, fraa ,y;lI ba araotoJ m,