Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-22
SILVER DISTRICT.
Atlanta News.

one great mass OF mineral bearing
quartz. Portions of it have been run
over, and occasionally location
made; in many cases abandoned for
lack of energy to develop them; but
by no means has it been prospected.
Late last fall some prospecting was
done, altogether by our people, but
owing to the latenoss of the season
and the inclemency of the weather,
discoveries were merely made andre
corded and now lay inactive awaiting
the return of bare ground. The num-
Der of locations made viii at least ex-
coed forty, with good, substantial jim
dications of permanent bodies of ore.
the lodges in Silver District are SIM
ply enormous. They vary in width
from ten to three hundred feet, crop
ping out like gigantic walls to pro-
tect their wealth. and can be traced
for miles. This, we do not doubt,
will seem incredible to our readers,
but nevertheless it is true. The
lodges there are actually immense.
Among few of the locations that
have been made in Silver district, we
will say that the Julia, owned by Matt
Graham and Matt J. Graham, is stu
ated on Silver Mountain about thirty
miles by trail from Atlanta. 1t is
hard to tell the exact width of this
ledge, as the hanging wall has not
yet been found, but in places it can
be seen from twenty-five to fifty feet
in width. The face of the FIRST in.
cline is sunk in solid quartz, on the
foot wall, and shows a solid mass OIL
silver ore that is perfectly free, car.
rying black sulphurets and horn sill
yer, that will assay from so ozs. uE
into the hundreds. This property i,
now being developed by u TUNE
which will tap the ledge three hun
dred feet from the surface. They
are working night and day, and hav,
completed one hundred feet of tn,
tunnel. Next to this comes the Vel
low Jacket, which lies sixty feet soutl
from the julia, and locks fine. As
says have been made that run as higl
as $50 ozs. Immediately northeas
comes the Sampson, owned by Georg
Alexander and Others This ledg
crops out eight feet high, is over z
feet wide, and shows it's owners some
thing to feel proud of. Then mex
comes the Crown Point and Gran
Prize mines, located by Nelse Davi.
John Roberts and w. G. Austir
These lodges are north from the Jul
ia and can be seen cropping out fror
one stake TO the other, a distance c
5000 feet and fifty feet wide. Tn
average assays run from IS ozs. t
87.75 ozs. The next comes the Clevt
land, owned by Matt Graham an
Matt j. Graham. This ledge Gro.
out from two to six feet in height,
fifty feet wide and assays as high 8
42O ozs. have been made from it. Th
average ore will mill so ozs. all tn
way through-50 feet. Northea
from this is the America, owned b
w. II. Irving, Green White, Pat Ma
ley and w. @. Austin. This is tt
extension to the Cleveland, and Il
rock is similar. Then comes doze
or so other locations made by Ale
ander, Mike Gould and others, whit
to describe would only be repet
tion of the above. Leaving Silv
Mountain we strike north couple
miles or so and find the claim locate
by Bart Clinton, Doc. Southwor
and Green White. This lodge is fro
100 to 800 feet in width and GRO
out in places so feet high, assayir
from IS ozs. to 100 ozs. in silver al
gold. This ledge you can walk {
FOR q distance of six miles, and tt
boys have some eight locations MAJ
on this one vein. On this same be
huf IN tho Raar river divida com