Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-08-31
FLORENCE CAMP OPTIMISTIC
Would Welcome ANY Scheme For
Bettering Roads.


His attention was attracted to an item
which appeared in the issue of the Free
Press for August II, and wherein it
was mentioned that there was some talk
of putting in an auto road to Adams .
Camp. Adams Camp is the junction
station between Buffalo Hump and
Florence.
Although no direct encouragement
can be given that road as far as
Adams Camp may be assured in the
near future, yet there are matters which
hold encouragement and promise that
move will be made in that direction.
An auto road to Adams Camp would
practically insure the continuation of
roads to both Buffalo Hump and to
Florence. The things that would seem
to indicate that efforts would be made
for better roads to these places is first
that good roads movement is gaining
support these days. Again there is a
big boom and revival of the mining
industry in the mining districts Of
Idaho county at the present time that
is growing from day to day. Third,
the road will go through the forest re-
serve and in the recent appropriation
for roads by congress- 100000 was
appropriated for good roads in forest
reserves, of which Idaho's share will be
about $1OS,0O0 the first year, should
give some encouragement in itself, and
should insure money tor those roads if
the proper steps are taken to get a
share.
Although the average citizen of
Idaho county does not know that there
is vast mineral wealth awaiting the
development and winning at both
Florence and Buffalo Hump, yet there
are many who appreciate the fact. The
citizens of Grangeville have not for,
gotten the people of those districts and
hope in the future that something may
be done to insure a revival of mining
there, and to stimulate a great inter.
est in that section. The Free Press is
glad to receive the news of interest from
that section and to reproduce the letter
of Mr.. Smith in this issue as follows:
Florence, Idaho.
August 25, 1916.
Idaho County Free Press:
| see in the issue of the Free Press
for August 18th that there is some tall
Oh building an auto road from Grange
vile to Adams Camp. That is al
right, but tell me how are we going t.
manage it as there is strong talk Of
fixing up fine resort at Rub SCOTS
place for you know there is those fin,
mineral springs right at his door ano
this sure would make q fine healtl
resort if we could only jump from
Adams Camp to Scots. But how ar,
you going to do it without hitting his
toric old Florence. You can It do it al
though our roads are neglected shame
fully, we as voters are citizens in her,
are not considered. Although we ar
human beings just the same as any O
you and that s why we are pleading TO
roads from Grangeville to Florence.
Why need you knock old Florence
1t would be one of Grangeville IS great
est stand bys if her people out ther
would give Florence her dues, fix he
roads, help us who are in here buildin
up the old camp for the gold is her
and what we need is mining men wit
the back bone to stay with it-not min
ing sharks like the ones that hav
been here for the past ten years. If tn
returns of the old camp were so grea
in the old days there is sure some of
left.
How can we doubt such men as tn
late Mr.. M. M. Cawley, pioneer o
Florence, now of Spokane and in hi
, statement he has said that Florenc
was the richest camp and liveliest i
, the u. s. in 1862 One miner took on
$500 in three hours with a rocker
..Three Fingered Smith kept thre
rockers working through the winter an
each rocker averaged $1,000 a day
| - Mr. fat xyln
see in those days on visiting miner
cabin gold pan measuring elgf
quarts, full to the brim with gold dus
washed out in one or two weeks. An
. such is the history we have of oil
Florence. Living was very high-$7
for so pounds of flour; $50 for gul
7 boots; So pound for bacon but wit
, claims yielding $50 to $50 to the pa
, they could we'll afford to pay thes
I prices.
!. Now we still have some fine payin
: ground that would pay mining me
(not sharks) to come in here wit
r means to get hold and do something
t We have some fine quartz that ruI
: WELL also placer.
? T. E. Smith and SON are ready
make q run ON their placer and are e:
pecting good clean up. Claude Fill
and Bob Neil will make big clean
this fall ON their Gold Lake ground.
q Smith and DeFlong are doing some fiji
!, work on the Taft mine. John Seabei
l is doing some development work ON b
quartz this summer. Neil Pierce is all
: at work on his quartz.
Billy Pairsot will soon have h
wagon road finished to the lower wor
: ings of the Old Bullion where he
, putting up his quartz mill as is all
saw mill. In the early days this mil
5 was worked in crude way, the o
being packed on mules and sent to So
Francisco and paid so Billy is dete
3 mined to start up the works and NAL
it pay again and he will for he h
good ore right in sight
; Hoping to see at least part of tn
in print in your next issue:
An old timer of Florence,
T. E. Smith.