The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-06

developed by shafts and tunnels to the depth OF
down 10 feet, with six feet of 800 to $3.50 ore.
The CHARLES Wayne. Snowbird, Pioneer, and
high grade ore. These leads extend on down the
slope of the mountain to Eight-Mile Creek, a
distance of one mile or more, and extensions
are taken on all of them, showing them to be OF
great ~length-some having as high as three and
four continuous extensions. Among the most
mountain are the Tonic, Last chance, Frac.
tiOn, Miles, Snow Shoe, Lake, Colorado and
a aaabS; no ahs 1atee tbr loeata9 1itin nat ga'n It b ssn swo
veins, one believed to be an extension of the
Montana; the other of the Hidden Treasure.
ased an additional one-third in the original, or
Idaho location, of John Pahkey, of Butte.
of this section, but space will not permit any
extended notice of our mines. l believe there
have been about 25 locations recorded in the
Yankee Fork District, and some of these have
two and three veins OH them of gold quartz.
BAY HORSE AND EAST FORK.
On the north side of the Salmon, and a few
miles west of Ohallis, commences the great base
range, which extends from there on through by
East Fork and Wood River and on out TO the
head waters of the South Boise, a distance of
about 1870 miles. In the Bay Horse District,
(Which includes the mines on Bay Horse and
kinnickinick creek, and those of Poverty Flat)
are many lodges carrying ores of so high a grade
that it pays well to ship them to salt Lake.
There are over 200 locations made, and some of
the mines are we'll developed. Longmaid 4 Co.
have purchased several mines in Bay Horse and
are now making roads to the mines and prepar-
ing to erect smelling works at the mouth of
East Fork, where there is a town lad off called
Crystal City, which IS twenty-three miles up
pected to be in operation by April list. There is
every necessary facility in the vicinity of Crys-
tai City for reducing the ores. Some of the
Veins carry 80 to 60 per cent. lead, and there is
also lime and iron in the district. as we'll as a
coal vein, recently discovered. The winter eli
mate is more favorable, for mining there than
over on the Yankee Fork.
The mines on East Fork are in most part well
up that stream. They are even of higher grade
than many of the Bay Horse mines.
WOOD RIVER MINEs.
Passing over the head of East Fork, you come
TO the Wood River waters. On the tributaries
of thatstream have been found, the past season,
the richest and most extensive field of silver
lead ores thai l know of anywhere. Some very
valuable locations have been made over II sec
ton of country about 40 miles square 1t Is the
belt but the ores are more uniform in quality,
generally going from 100 to 200 ounces of silver,
the certificates o f.assays of most of the mines
discovered there, and they vary but little.
There are several districts, viz; Lower Wood
Upper Wood River. In all of these districts,
wonderfully rich argentiterous %sulphurets OF
galena are found, and the veins are large and
we'll defined, the groupings bold and often trace
able for thousands OF feet. The mines are easily
o J e al q l ,irg;s quantities qua, ( so of ore cs, ean p, be ,s ex,
City has been laid out at the Upper Wood River
mines, and some San Francisco capitalists ia We
1 the som Ereu snm ams w'l Pa RSe u" Z s Tsylor, Of a1 Mon!
tana, have ground there and have about 20 tons
of ore out on one of their mines: A town is also
River at the mouth of Warm Spring Creek, and
still further Town, and near the valley and adj
jacent to the old emigrant road, is another en-
bryo city. There are also gold as well as silver
ores on Lower Wood River. some OF which are
rich enough to ship to salt Lake City. The
nrapon Rrnncl Of the VTnjnn Pacific Railway
will pass along The base of the Wood Rivel
mountains and throw all the mines within easy
pleted that far west, which will not be Later
than next Fall. Taking everything into con
bright a future as any l know of in the west
In Utah. Nevada. and out on the coast, there il
a great deal of excitement about the Woo
River mines, add before July there will be sew
cral thousand men in there. 1t is a countr!
that is easy of access early in the season. ant
there Is a good natural wagon road up Woo'
River to near the mines.
A company mas been organized to build
wagon road from Wood River valley to the Sal
tance from here, via Salmon valley. to the Up
per Wood River is about 80 miles, and abcu
100 through to the pmigrant road.
THE SAW TOOTH MINES.
wish you could afford the space for a DIES
criptiOn OF the Saw Tooth country: its mines
its lakes, its craggy peaks. and the magniticen
valley, of the Salmon, but have already eN
tended my report beyond the limit of ordinar,
newspaper articles, and | think l hear you eX
claim, in the language of an Infatuated editor
For Heavens sake, let up!'' But | Shant d.
it. | cant do it just now"
When l came to Challis last spring. on m,
way to Yankee Fork, l was told there that ricl
float had been found in the Saw Tooth at tn
head of the Salmon. and that parties were in
tending to go after it in time. A few month
up there, and rock in abundance, and rich a
cream. was exposed on every hand. There hav'
been at least fifty mines discovered there tina
are already able TO stand alone on the stock
boards. The ores are native and ruby silver
the veins are of good width and become Stronge
and better defined with depth. The mines ar
located about sixty miles up the Salmon from
Bonanza, and in the low, broken hills at the ex
treIne head of the river. In one sense tn
mines might be considered poor mems diggings
for: some of the discoveries took out ore thal
when packed OIt to market, realized them hand
somely for their labor.
A town called Saw Tooth City has been lai
out and a number OF houses erected, and anOthe
season will see a busy population in the neN
country.
In short. to sum up the whole Salmon Rive
country. around and about and across, l veril,
believe it is the richest and most extensive min
eral field on the Coast. There is a good cOuntr
north ana northeast of US also. The Yellow
Jacket gold belt, sixty miles north of here, an
the newly discovered mines at Deep Creek. shON
beyond any doubts whatever, that our minera
field is continuous from Montana on through t
Oregon and Washington, and is rapidly develop
ing into a wealth the magnitude of which eve
4 the MOnteZumaS in their most prosperous day
of gold and silver treasures had not dreamed.
BONANZA, Idaho, Dec. n, 1879.