The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-10
E0OKS BRIGHT
|DR OUR MINES
,,;o;ns Engineer Hill Speaks
Highly Of Mines, Crops
and Border Days.

,.,ustry Of Idaho county and central
..sso has few bright spots on the
'-,,on /" said Walter Hovey Hill, a
.,r,t,ng engineer of Grangeville,
sso arrived in this city Monday night
into In company with State Engi-
80 r P. King. Mr.. Hill Joined Mr..
I'M at Lucille on the Salmon river,
...y miles from Grangeville.
aI,st now the center of attraction
"a Mr. Hill, "is the Moscow group
: claims, commonly known as the
~oore property located ON Profile +
.,set in Big creek district formerly in
,hs boundaries of the Thunder noun
..,r mining district in Idaho county.
ma group of claims discloses large
NV of free milling gold ore, said
). he one of the most prominent
awnings of low grade ore in the
,Aole state. State Mine Inspector R.
Bell has practically passed on this
Duuerty as being a prospect of great
,,or,t and has all the earmarks of de-
,e,oping into a mine. For over two
,aars this property has attracted the
.neution Of prominent mining engi-
peers, and over a year ago was ex-
.miped by such men as F. l.. Morris,
oscar H. Hershey and A. Burch, of
Gan Francisco, and since that time
h.a been under option to Mr.. Morris,
Tho understand has made an initial
.ayment on a working bond that Is
Ar $4,000 purchase price and car
!, with 4 the expenditure of con-
dderable amount Of money for an
extensive and comprehensive system
Of permanent development.
ut has been said that the principal
behind Mr.. Morris Is the Hearst es-
tte who with the Hagin and Tevis
interests control the famous Home
stake mine in the Black Hills, South
Dakota. This property has paid mil
Hons in dividends and still has mil
lions In sight of gold ore going
n per ton.
1T Is to be hoped that the Moore
property will equal if not exceed the
results of the Homestake The Moore
mine is in a rough, rugged, higf
country near Profile Peak, on thu
head Of Profile creek a tributary O.
the east fork of the south fork o
Salmon river. 1t is about forty miles
southeast of Warren, and about 10
miles from New Meadows, in Adam
country, the terminus of the p. &
N. railway.
Expert to Ten Mile.
The Smith brothers, of Ten Mil
country, were at Grangeville when
came out, to met, | understand, a
expert who is to examine their hole
ings, the New York and Anacond
group of claims in the Ten Mile di
trict A. F. Parker, of Grangevill
has an option on this property an
has interested Butte people, who al
Interested In the Barnes-K King al
ether producing mines at Kendall
Mont, in whose interest the expert
to make his examination.
Deal Pending on United Placers.
1T. ]. Bernard, of Portland, who
Is said represents English capital,
Gently made visit to the holdings
the United Placer Mines Co., on Il
Salmon river near Lucille and de
Is pending for these holdings of .
acres, which If contaminated W
mean the working on scale neN
before exceeded in Idaho, the en'
nous and rich bench 'diggin's' in b
vicinity.
THE construction of the Pittsbu
4 Gilmore Railway on down the >
mon river from Salmon City to lie
ston, would develop a great req
OF mineral bearing country and wo
furnish an enormous tonnage of !
grade smelling ores that requ
transportation for economic ope
ton.
1T may be interesting to note t
the late Senator George Hearst mi
many millions out of a gold mine
central Idaho long years ago WI
me state was young and pioneer II
ing was fraught with hardships.
property in question was the Vel
Jacket mine on a tributary OF
middle fork of the Salmon river. =
The Prairie Prosperous.
"Camas Prairie has every prosI
Vi enjoying most bountiful crop
season, and Grangeville is already
ginning preparations for the Boz
lays event that occurs Septen
H-2l, when the attractions will
more elaborate and entertaining
me first Border Days of last year
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