The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-11-24
Station, One Of the Oldest Camps
Is Very Busy.
DISCOVERED IN SIXTIES
Newsome Also Shows Life and
Great Activity.

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Newsome, Ida, Nov. 1o. "A trip
through the Station mining district
this week found all the claim holders
actively at work developing their re-
spcctive properties. The Station dis
trict is often confused with the Four
Mile, Newsome and Orogrande dis
tricts. Ii lies north of Elk City be-
tween Newsome and the South Fork
and gets its name from the Old Sta
ton on the River. IS miles above
Sites, which was lively trading
point in early days,
In the early '60's, Geo. X. Reed,
was the proprietor of a hotel at
Station during the time of activity of
Pioneer Hill placer work. A ditch
2o miles long was made to bring the
water from Crooked River near The
Hump and was paid for by the placer
men operating in the vicinity of
Pioneer Hill, each one taking the
amount of water necessary for his
work. AT that time there were 49,
600 people in the Elk City and adj
joining districr. s
The old trail down from Noun
tain Home to the river is worn to a
depth of over two feet from the
heavy travel that has gone over it.
There is new trail now branching
off from the Elk City road at Noun
tain House that runs through this dis
trict and on to Orogrande, Ten Mile
and Four Mile districts. Another
trail is being built down the river to
Sites, Mr.. A. S. Johnson, who has
property in Four Mile9 taking sub
scriptions for it. 1t is said thai
Montgomery Ward & CO., has do
mated $50 and Sears, Roebuck, S2s
to the fund.
Thousands of dollars in coarse
gold was taken from these digging.
and it is only within the last few
years that prospcctors have begun te
look for the quartz lodges from which
the rich placer gold must have come
The Legeett and Moose Creel
placers which have been successful,
operated for years are in this district
as is also that of Bullion s. Curtis
one of the richest small placers work,
ing in the county. They have spen
this year. in ditch building, etc., bu
are now in good shape for mining
the coming season,
John Ashpaugh, one of the ols
pioneers, has another rich piece o
placer ground. He is now workin,
through the false bed rock and ha
taken out number of large nugget
this year. He also has a good quart
property which he is developing as h,
has the time from placer work. On.
of the best properties in this district i
the Georgia group of six claim
owned by Smith Bros. Conras
Smith is now developing the claim
and will be joined by his brother
Fred, January LIST. They have il
AiCH WiiitCI SuppiiNS duu VIII COH
tinuc on the tunnel which is now il
400 feet. Their, ledge runs from
to 8 feet on the surface and is trace,
for several hundred feet. The OF,
is telluride and sulrhidc, PARTIAL
free, characteristic Of the, Station dis
.trict. They have; plenty Of water from
FAN creek and ideal tunnel sites.
Ore from the Georgia and Ana
conda was in the exhibit which too
the prize cup at the Spokane fair thi
year. The new strike of Conra
Smith on Little Leggett creek is sur
prisinely rich on the surface with
ledge Ave feet wide and is traced 70
q long distance. Il he Anaconda ST
claims joining the Georgia, has 2, 90
feet Of underground work, with on
tunnel 1850 feet. In the shaft at IS
feet the ore is eight feet wide averae
ing S13. 19 per ton wirh some yer
rich pockets. There is a S-stam