Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-06-13
Mines and Mills

The following news from Roose-
oit and the Thunder Mountain
m;s.r;ct will be read with in
.erest by the mining men OF the
Ioseph Venable Of Boise, who
.scently came in to look after his
lining interests, has let . contract
sor a lOO.foot extension in the
c ~. tunnel on the Fairview group.
This property was recently pur-
chased by MI. Venable and associ-
s.es and this contract is the be-
Ginning of extensive development
Sork. BY the time it 10 compile
I'd it is expected that the roads
viii be open and the owners will
he able to get in supplies and ma
tarial for continuous work. The
Fairyiew adjoins the TOWNSHIP of
ROOSEVELT on the southwest and
las located in the boom days. 1t
Vas once under bond to Pittsburg
CAPITALISTS for $50, 900. They paid
s75. 600 on the purchase price and
did large amount Of development
work. When the bond fell due on
the first of January, 1904, they
asked the owners for q three
months extension in order to more
fully determine the value Of the
property, the extension was refus-
ed and work was abandoned. The
property has since been idle. Mr.
Venable has always had great
faith in the Fairview and has long
been on the lookout for an oppor-
tunity to get hold of it, believing
it would develop into a great mine.
Patents is Claims.
Fred Holcomb, who is q pioneer
Of the Thunder Mountain district,
recently arrived from Boise and is
busily engaged in preliminary pre-
parations for, securing s-patent on
the Holcomb property, consisting
of 16 claims lying near the Dewey
mine. The survey will be COM
menced as soon as Surveyor Burr
arrives from Rabbit Foot and the
necessary work will be done at
once to procure patent this sea-
con. The necessary equipment has
been purchased by the owners Of
this property and the ground will
be thoroughly prospected with a
diamond drill to determine the ex-
act location and extent of the ore
bodies.
To Erect Stamp Mill.
Work has been resumed on the
Adams property with q small force
which will be incresed as soon as
supplies can be brought in. Gen.
eral Manager Adams will arrive
from the east as soon as tie road is
opened. He expects to have a two
stamp mill completed and in oper-
alton before winter.
Busy at the Dewey.
The Dewey camp is lively with
40 men on the payroll. Stamps
are dropping day and night and
gold bricks are shipped from
this property with old time regul-
arity.
The Liberty.
Development work is progressing
steadily on the Liberty property.
A years supplies have already
been ordered for this camp to be
shipped in at the earliest possible
date,
Prospectors.
AS the snow melts and the grass
grows green the annual prospect.
ing fever attacks the camp. An
exodus to the hills is the only
panacea and the prospector has
gone forth with the "faith that re-
moves mountains'' undimmed by
the memory Of any fruitless labor
in the past
Z. No Powder.
Mining work has been greatly
reterded. by the scarcity of ammu-
milton and supplies. There hasn't
been q pound Of powder or coil
Of fuse for sale in Roosevelt since
Christmas. The merchants failed
TO Say in sufficient supplies Of any
Kind, to last the camp through the
winter, and had it not been for the
food stuff placed on sale by the
supnyside company there would
have been actual distress.
William Queeny returned from
Middle Fork last week with bunch
OF 6eef cattle. tits several weeks
since the supply Of beef hung uI