Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-05-16
TEE MINING PROSPECTS.

from Lewiston IN INC Gays WIZ" r"0 was
booming it is safe to say there was not
enc who didn't believe that her glory
was departed forever when her placer
mines failed To have told one OF these
old timers that there would come day
when Lewiston would rank higher as a
mining center Than she did then would
have undoubtedly subjected the prophet
to his scorn and r;aicu'c. Yet to the
man to day who is at all posted in min
ing matters and who has kept up with
the different Developments madethrough
cut Idaho, such an assertion will not
seem at all unreasonable. Lewiston to.
day is a supply point for scope of
mineral country Of as great extent and
as good promise ms any section in the
world. Take a huge pair Of compasas,
place one point on Lewiston and ST. etch
the other one out one hundred miles,
beginning at the Occur d'Alene country
on the north, and describe half circle
to tho south and you will include the
Orc Fine district. near Pierce City, the
Elk City country, the old Florence mines
the famous Warrens district, the Salmon
river and the Seven Devi! country, all of
them developed and money making prop
critics. The Orc Elmo district, which is
located ninety miles north Of east, was,
in 1862 and 1863, among the richest
placer digging in the country, and several
hundred men are still making good
money there. There is row one quartz
mine developed sufficiently TO show that
the Gro possesses metal 10 good paying
quantities. The Elk City district con.
tains both placer and quartz mines which
are worked with good results. The
placer mines 10 the old Florence district,
one hundred miles southeast, are being
worked largely by Cinnamon. Mr.. s. $
Fem, cx -congressmanfrom Idaho, has a
gold quartz mine on the breaks Of the
Salmon river, the ore obtained from
which is so rich that he clears $50 pc,
ton from it after shipping to San Fran
cisco to be smelted. An idea Of thu
expense epailed in shipping to tina
point may be obtained when it is ex
planned that the first fifty miles from thu
mine the ore has to be transported b,
pack train, the next City to Lewiston By
VS.. on, from whence it is conveyed b,
boat and rail. Fifty miles beyond tn
Salmon river mines is the famous War
rens camp, which has been worked 70
years and always at big profit. tn
Seven Devils copper mines are locate,
from fifty to sixty miles south.
1t is reported that ex governc
! Hauscr, of Montana, recently purchased
a controlling interest in these mines
aud before doing so and after thorough
inspection Of them, he expressed himsel
as OF the opinion that they were tn
. richest copper mines in the world. Al
Of the above properties have been devol
oped to a sufficient extent to prove tina
!, there is money in them.
Within thirty miles Of Lewiston, i
Asotin county, W. T., company q
Lewiston gentlemen, composed OF Messr'
Hale, Madgvick, Monkey, Baker an
Baughman, have, within the past yca,
developed the Butcher Boy mine in VIA
is an altogether new distri.t. Work O
tho Butcher Boy has been pushed viz
orously, the shaft now being down owe
: one hundred feet. The prospects ar
most pleasing. The veins will run a
much as three feet thick and the quart
is very rich. An average of the ASA
at the present depth showing sixty fv
per cent. copper, $40 silver and S. gold
The company propose to ship their pre-
duct to Denver to be smeited for tn
present. bit say that if the prospect cor
: iinues SO favorable they will erect
. slnel.er of their OVID.
Something more than Hfty niles I
the northward, in the direction of th
Occur dAlene country, is the Rub
creek district. Within this district du,
; ing the past year galena ledge whic
shows exceedingly rich prospects hav
been discovered. Mr.. john =. Volume,
president OF the FIRST National Bank c
Lewiston. is president and princip,
stakeholder Of the company which
developing the mine. Assays ofthc or
thus far taken cut show from $50 I
81, 800 10 silver, frcm 50 so to 800 i
gold, and an average o: eighty. Ave pc
cent. lead. Abon. fifty miles northcas
on Bear creek, is mica mine which hl
been worked. pruf,sbly for many year.