Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-08-18
THE COMING CITY.
Short History Of the New Camp on
South Boisc.-~-Pinc Grove.

All Dld-AlNlst SStiNs uS tiiC ASAtt"
ing "reminiscences Of the South
Boise:
About twenty years ego several
oid-time placer miners prospected
for gold in various parts Of this sec
ton Of country, but with little en-
couragement. Several claims were
located but afterwards abandoned.
In the spring Of 1880, Oliver Sloan
came to this country prospecting
for placers. Fortunately he dis
covered some very good diggings
which he has been working every
spring since, as long as water flows
plentifuly out of the gulch where
the diggings are located. While
securing the hills he found
float rock that assayed $225.25 per
ton in gold. Since that time he has
been prospecting for quartz at odd
times. On the 9th day Of May.
1885. Sloan and Mr.. Kimbal were
rewarded by discovery and made
the first location on that day. Since
then Sloan has made several dis
coveries Of good strong veins that
assays from $50 to $500 in gold per
ton. The rock is free milling.
Some Of these claims are now in the
hands of St. Louis Capitalists hich
report has already been given. Later
in the same season. in July, Arthur
Neal, a prospector formerly of Ari-
IONA, made a discovery which is
known as the Victory mine, good
strong vein about five feet in width
out Of which picked rock assayed
1926 in gold per ton. This prop
erty has been sold to Colorado
Capitalists and men are at
work continually proving it better
than its purchasers ever dreamed
Of. The same year, in Septem-
Der. Frank Andreas, an old-time
prospector through various parts of
Colorado and Montana, while pas
sing through this country, learning
of the new discoveries here, and
setting to work securing the hills,
also made discovery Of a three
foot vein, rock that assayed 1915
per ton in gold. Being late in the
season not much development work
was done. After spending the win
ter in Mountain Home, as early as
the season would permit prospect
ing in this couatry, Andreas started
for the mountains and on the 10th
I day of May 1887, he made another
discovery of the largest vein yet
opened now known as the Franklin
mine, being 10 feet between walls.
No time was spared in going to
work extracting ore for mill test
which was done and proving SO en-
couraging to its owner that eight
men were employed at once and
development work begun. Over
two hundred tons Of ore were ez.
tracted before winter set in which
is now on the dump. Thirty-six
tons Of this ore was milled last
summer at ]. R eser's mill at Rocky
Bar, that yielded altogether nearly
. $4,000 gold only was saved. A
depth Of 50 feet has been reached
exposing large body Of high grade
/ ore, picked pieces assaying as high
) as $4,000 in gold and $500 in silver
A tunnel Of 80 feet has lecn run in
on the vein 800 feet away from the
,, shaft about $50 feet lower down the
mountain, and showing a body Of
six feet Of good pay ore. Numer-
Gus minor lodges have been discov-
cred, all high grade ore. The South
Boise District offers as good in
ducements as any section to Capt.
talists and prospeetors and is sure
to make good camp. It is the
opinion Of many practical mining
men, that this section, as we'll as
Rocky Bar. Pine Grove and various
other districts, including Resurrec-
ton district on the East, are all on
the Camas Gold Belt, and that this
belt extends about 1870 miles, and
is from 20 to 81 miles in width.