The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-11-27

terms, wher he was told OF the b ~
find, and also had tn pleasure OF
visiting the old mine. The ledms ant
six or more feet in width, JARS ar
fabulously rich streak varies,bia Grap
four to six inches, and the gold !.
same is so abundant that 1t is visible I
to the eye without glasses of any |
kind. 1t was from this streak that
Hughes and his partner must have
pounded out the precious metal with {
q pestal in an iron mortar
"A man by the name of Swarm was
the partner Of Hughes, who some
twenty years ago was robbed and
murdered on his way out from his
summers work, between Elk City and
Dixie, and ever since that time there
is hardly mining man in northern
Idaho who has not at some time OF
the other visited that part Of Idaho
searching for that fabulously rich
lost mine G. FL. Rolf Of Spokane
the man spoken of as having for
twenty years visited that section Of
Idaho In an endeavor to find this
great secret Of wealth, following the
objections given him by the aged
Hughes, failed we presume, because
the old gentleman erred In not max
ing the directions specific enough.
The directions, We are told, stated that
on leaving the government trail, go
north Hughes had become so old
and feeble that 1t is possible that his
memory was not quite clear ON the
matter, for instead of simply saying
go north ON leaving the government
trail, he should have said go north
until reaching the first draw and then
go southeast, distance of about one
and one-half miles Anyway, o
matter what the directions given by
the old man Hughes, his directions
were alright as far as they went but
they fell short about one and one-half
miles.
"The old mine had never been pat.
ented, SO it is said, and the Jenson
Brothers have now filed on the claim
rhey have been mining in that section
for years, possessing a small mill
each year grinding out sum that
they We're apparently satisfied with ;
but this new claim will doubtless in
crease their earnings many times
over each year that they continue to
prosecute work on the lost mine"
James Hand, accompanied by his
brother, John, arrived in the city last
Sunday from their properties in the
Big Greek section OF Idaho county,
coming out via Whitebird, and hav.
ing walked the entire distance of 15C
miles, 80 miles of which was made on
. snowshoes. During the winter months
/ these gentlement are in the habit OF
spending their time at points remote
= from their claims, having gone into
the district last May. Since the yeai
o 1898 James Hand has been vel
q known character in that section of the
r country, the topography of which ht
n knows like book. The brothers were
n enroute to Spokane, where they viii
i spend the winter. In discussing the
h "lost mine" story while in the city Mr.
4 Hand stated that a person had t,
;. come out to civilization to learn thu
, news of his own section.
k 1--WE left our property on the 16tl
day of November" said Mr.. Hand, "ant
! being located only 10 miles from th-
i Jenson Bros, see them quite frequent
n ly, the last time being on the 10 of tn,
n present month. Or that visit no men
q tion of any new discovery of los
A. mine was made by the Jenson's, al
.s though the conditions of the distric
r. and the success of the seasons opera
= tions were gone into at some length.
A. "The Jenson boys have one-staml
mill or one of their properties OIL
n Crooked river and have been workin:
10 this claim for the> past eight years
% The vein Is two feet wide, and /,
10 streak Approximately six inches II
y width is fabulously rich In free mill
IN ing gold. In fact there are specimen
RI that are nearly all gold with jus
70 a trace of rock attached. Most o
a their attention is devoted to this pror
- erty. State Mine Examiner Robert \
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