The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-27
IDAHO'S BIG
GOLD STRIKE
Days of Buffalo Hump Excite
ment Being Repeated in the
Central Idaho Rush.

"a mining boom having all the
trimmings and variations that charac-
terized the first rushes TO Thunder
Mountain and Buffalo Hump, but
seemingly, with a stronger foundation
TO hold out, is on from Orogrande TO
the -Four Mile country near the Clear
water river, fourteen miles from Oro-
grande, where John Howard and John
Lackey have exposed a ledge fourteen
feet wide of ore that shows gold to the
naked eye. The ledge is exposed at
fifty feet depth, is firm the entire
width and neither of the walls had
been found at last report" says the
Elk City Mining News.
THE first news of the strike
reaching ELK City came by way OF
Newssome. Wednesday the news per-
colated into OrOgrande and surround
ing camps by way of the grapevine
route, but Thursday the highest state
of excitement was reached when En-
sineer p. II. Leach arrived in Orc
grande from the -Four Mile district
and gave the first reliable report on
the rich discovery.
Big Rush to New Strike.
Mining News forms were closed at
noon Thursday, SO far as the general
run OF news is concerned, but the al
most constant ringing of the tele-
phone and excited prospectors inform
ing us of the big strike got the news
instinct to working again and the
press is held for what is without
doubt the most important news item
this paper has published in the two
years the present publisher has had
charge.
by telephone the information Is
given that all of the men in Orogrande
who are foot loose are striking out
for the new discovery, and number
have quit the employ of companies TO
CO. The trail over the summit Is sun
blocked with snow, so that those who
are after fortune in the new Ell Do
RADIO are trudging along the fourteen
mile trail with packs on their backs
and bucking the snow. The days of
Buffalo Hump excitement are re-
called.
.'Excitemen. spread to Elk City
miners and prospectors Thursday
night, and from indications number
will obey the bunch to git up and GIT
but it is likely the Elk City contin-
gent Will go in by way of Newsome.
MIR. Leach Tells About 1t.
Mr.. Leach, who gave out the first
authentic report on the strike, IS a
mining man from Colorado, and he
has associated with him in all the To-
cations he makes in central Idaho MIR.
Burbridge of the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
van mine, in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict Mr. Leach has several good
properties of his own in the Four
Mile country, but as soon as the How
ard-Lackey strike was made MI.
Leach took an extensive location.
This is the biggest gold strike
ever found in any part of the Bitter
Root range" said Mr.. Leach. and
neither of the walls has been found
vet. They don't do any panning or
looking at the rock with a glass; they
break it and look at il with the naked
eve. They have no waste dump. /
don't believe there is anything but
the Buster that can beat ii. I Will
take off my hat to this property and
say YOU are the best l have ever seen.
l have seen a few in my time. am
going to locate all the claims l can.
I have been TO a few mining boom
camps, but l was never before the
boom. always after it. 1 think now
am on the ground floor. I will locate
anything and everything. When the
people realize the showing this prop
erty has. and this part of the district
has there will be a boom.