Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-05-10

THE CHARLES DICKENS.
The Greatest Mine Of the Northwest,
The Late strike Holding Its own.
what 1t will be In tho Future.

DoNANLA, Au0Dl, ApFH 70, 1901.
have visited the Charles Dickens
mine lately, aud an, enabled to give
your readers some idea Of the extent
and immense richness and Develop
Inents Ut the mine.
A large amount of ore has been Ia
ken out Of the upper works, which
will be reduced in the arastra this
summer. 1t is high grade. and the
o~ ners will realize good deal Of
money out Of it.
The lower tunnel is in 800 feet, fol
lowing the vein, and between $50 and
800 feet below the surface. In this
level the ore is too base to be worked
IN the arastra successfully, being
heavily loaded with iron and copper;
but the rock is exceedingly rich, and
improves with depth. TIE rich strike,
which the WORLD has heretofore men-
toned, is proving one Of the most i'm
porlant discoveries ever made In The
West. Ut a sudden the vein widened
froni eight to ten feet to about forty
.eet, and the rich vein, which was
from three to five feet, widentd to from
six to eight feet. The ore from this
vein goes up into the hundreds, aud
selected ore would go into the thou
sands by milling process.
There are streaks one and two inches
wide of pure black sulphurets, which are
nearly pure gold and silver. AS much as
200 feet has been run since the big strike,
and the mine continues in width and rich.
ness. 1t Is safe to say that the Charles
Dickens is not only the greatest mine in
the Yankee Fork country, but is the great
est on the Pacific coast. If it was IN the
hands OF some company able to spend
about 100000 in putting up large first
class mill, a sensation unparalleled in the
history of the Pacific coast, would be Gre
ased. The mine has been prospected for a
length of 900 feet, and 1t continues the
whole of this distance. In front of the
boarding house the vein has been uncov-
e ed, and ore worth $4,000 per ton been
discovered. A place is now icing leveled
for the purpose of sinking Shaft which
will undoubtedly reveal a large body of
fine ore east OF the old works. Norton
Hill, over which the ledge runs, is between
the Yankee Fork and Jordan creek, and
about half a mile above the junction OF
the streams. Where the vein runs on the
side the hill, at and east of the upper
works. it is 800 feet above Jordan, to which
creek the location almost extends, ana
everything is extremely handy for the sue
cesstul working of the NINE
Much has been said of the General Gus
ter, of the richness of the ore and vast
amount of it on the surface, but | do not
hesitate in saying that the Charles Dick
ems is worth five of it.; being OF greater
extent as developed, and the ore of a
much higher grade. l do not accept the
opinions of others, but being practical
miner, my own judgment goes for what ii
is worth, and know that my opinions
given here, and the statements made, are
conceded in BY both the Montana and
Nevada miners. Time will prove that
nothing in this has been exaggerated in
the least. Bonanza will, when the Chas.
Dickens raises the coming boom, be a city
of considerable importance, and the resi-
dents will not be compelled to use "Lemhi
currency" in procuring grub
More anon. YANKEE FORKER.