Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-06-13

|ested il wyhee mines, but your parl
per. which I am glad to say Is an III
|teresting one. has ! circulation else.
where, and among readers eager to |
learn oil they caa about ldaho's rel
sources, hence ! will, as | promised
ina previous communication, give
some items about our WagontownI
mines in addition to those then given,
and | viii say, By way, Of prelude,
that i gratifying V Zee ~ three
papers ofthe' Territory SO earnestly
laboring to make known to the world
our vast native hidden wealth. II in
dications arc worth anything, and
prospecting to the depth Of seventy
feet is Of any avail. we have in this
lWagontown district moro auriferous
quartz than it has ever been my fort.
une to see in scope Of country Of no
greater dimensions. Our discoveries
are embraced III scope OF country
not more than . mile in width BY two
miles in length. The number of loca-;
tons on lodges | will not attempt to
lgive, vt Aey ere freqsestly net; more
DIAN stu9dfedlke4 Apart. running in
kparallek INES nearly north ana sdath,
and are from two to six feet thick,
with occasionally larger ones. The
quartz carries both gold aud silver.
The most Of the rock that was hauled
, to and crushed at Silver City mills
last fall yielded upwards Of fifty dol.
| lars per ton. about one third Of which.
was gold.
Wallace & McDonalds teams are
now hauling ore from the Webfoot
mine. which is being crushed at Leon
, ards mill. The expense Of hauling
and crashing being twenty-five dol
lsrs fef TOP This ore is going 70 the
}. mill without asserting. just as it il
; taken out of afopr foot ledge. il il
yields thirty dollars per ton it vii
prove . valuable mine. The result
will be known in few days.
al Hauling is commenced on second
., class orc from the st. Clair Mine
!, This 10 about l20 tons from which 81
. tons were selected last fall that yield
led about seventy dollars per ton, ant
III is not expected to go above twenty
81 five or thirty dollars.
vi The Last Chance mino has ! consid
:, lerable quantity Of ore on the dunn
Il rich in silver, with gold intersperce'
that is easily seen without glass.
ii Tie Maggie Mine ia owned by q
!, incorporated company and is extreme
liz rich in silver. 1t 10 expected tina
:. they will erect l,oisting works and
. mill this season, which will require
rooster. a. the ores have to be roas
ed. The Henrietta Mine, situate
y near the Maggie. is also very rich !
% ore exactly like that Of the Maggie
ne Some interests in this mino have r
y:Icently changed hands ct twenty d.
y lars pr iccta so0p etfs'-'.a
There are . great many other mine
,e, here known 10 be rich enough to Pc
u. we'll will, mills conveniently locates
d. Our great want is mills. If we ha
er. one or two good ones located on 20
nd dan creek ! saving 81 four and hi
ut. dollars per ton on hauling and to
could be made, and wood could
's' lfurnjsl,ed for Two Or three dollars p
II Icord less than The price 1t Silver Clt
=. Besides mills might be run on Jords
.us creek seven or eight months IN 7
year By water power. It 10 hard
on probable that mill mcn will overlot
MT these advantages much longer. Or
III ..or he;no shippcd in small qua