The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-02-26
UPLIFT
IN OUR MINES
Richest Strikes in History of
the District; Great Activ-
ity Now On.

| That the greatest activity known in
the Central Idaho mining section since
the days of the Buffalo Hump ex-
element, Is now on the eve OF burst
Ing forth seems to be the general
impression in all sections of this
country, and this impression Is based
upon what is almost indisputable evi-
dence-the rich strikes that are be-
ing manifested on all sides; the work
that is starting up and the spir-
it of life and activity being man
ifested on all sides. These
reports come not from one camp
alone, but from every one of them in
this section, Elk City, Ten Mile. Orc
grande, Newsome, Dixie, Buffalo
Hump, all sending in reports of re-
generation and renewal OF camp life
and mining development.
Black Pine the King Bee.
The marvellous reports sent out to
the papers from Elk City by J. L.
G. McCaffery and Mining Engineer
w. c. McNutt, regarding the strike
on the Black Pine property, former
ly known as the Imperial Corona"
which is located two miles due east
from Elk City, have been fully con-
firmed by number of other reliable
men who speak from a thoroughly
disinterested standpoint A. G.. Car
ont
Thompson, who have just come out
from Elk are all carried away with
what they saw and heard while in
that camp, and affirm that the old
camp has begun to assume the aspect
of boom days, when things were
really doing there. A. G. Carpenter
had given to the Globe reporter his
conflrmatory statement regarding
the Black Pine strike in which he
SAID the lead which was but two feet
wide when struck, had widened out
to five feet when the tunnel had
been driven in twenty five feet, and
at that point there were % inches
of ore that assayed $4,000 per ton
and the balance went from $29S to
S457 per ton; that Mining Engineer
McGregor had informed him that on
careful estimates which he had made
that if the quantity and quality of
the ore continued for 100 feet there
would be a cold million of the best
ore ever struck in the state of Idaho
in sight. He said you could set a
candle at the ore and see the gold
shining many feet away. Then along
comes Charlie Thompson from a trip
into Dixie and produces the same
figures given him by H. G. Supplee,
manager of the Black Pine. Charlie
examined the ore which is hematite
literally filled with free gold, and
says it Is the best ever. Mark Perry
whose home is in Elk City, is the
latest arrival and corroborative wit
ness as to the truthfulness of this
remarkable strike. Today he receiv-
ed phone message from Elk City
saying the vein had widened out
under the force of men now at work,
to seven feet. Ore sacks are now
on their way in to Elk and large
quantities of the ore will be shipped
out in the immediate future. prepar-
ations are being made for putting in
mill on the property at the earli-
est possible date.
Col. SeIIars Cleaning up $1,000 per
Week.
. The Col Sellers, owned by Mrs. NJ.
A. Parr, Is working crew of fifteen
men night and day, and the custom
mill is kept busy every hour of the
twenty-four. 1t Is said the Colonel
Sellers is grinding out clean $1,000
per week and Is improving right
along.
Doings in Ten Mile.
Frank Peck has recently cut sew
en- foot vein of rich tellurium sylvia
mite ore in the Knob Hill property
and will at once begin the construc
ton of wagon road from the Twin
Buttes Mill, located ON the property
to Orogrande for transporting the
ore to outside points.
The Harmon Morrow property, now
known as the Yellow Pine, which was
under bond to w. F. Bradley at one
time, has just been bonded to some
Occur d'Alene operators, who have
cross-cut five feet of good milling
ore.
The we'll kown Center Star proper
ty, owned by Herman Brown and Jim
Murphy, has just cut four foot vein
of rich hemetite ore, which is max
ing the owners feel enthused. This