Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

c'"is' III CioISiCe no quartz miueS are
now in active operation. A number Of
small veins have been explored to a lit
tie depth and abandoned. In some Of
them the ore was very rich. The whole
surface of the country which was rich
in placer deposits, is intersected also by |
minute veins of quartz and iron pyrites, |
and in time will all be worked over. |
Five miles southeast of Florence on the |
slope of Salmon river lies the Bullion |
mine, large deposit of silver ore.
Shafts have been sunk and tunnels run
and numerous shipments of ore made to
San Francisco, sill of which averaged
over hundred ounces per ton. The
Warren district lies fifteen miles south
OF the Salmon river and here quartz
mining is carried on on somewhat lar
ger scale. There are two stamp mills
and several arestras in operation during
the summer, The veins of that district
are usually small, seldom exceeding two
feet in width but are numerous, more
than hundred have at one time or an.
other been located and more or less
work done on them. Active operations
are now confined to about fifteen.
The Little Giant, owned by G. RE
bold, Is the largest producer, the devel-
opment consists Of two tunnels follow
ing the vein, the lower tunnel is more
than thousand feet in length. The
vein is much distorted and broken but
the ore is of great richness. 1t is be-
lieved that no mill run of ore has ever
been IN ade averaging less than 500 per
ton and selected lots have paid from
$1,000 TO $1745 per ton. Considerable
silver ore is saved in the form Of cor
centrates, which yield from 800 10 500
ounces per ton. The reducing plant
consists of five stamp mill with self
feeder and concentrator. A reverberat-
ing furnace with pans and settlers. BEN
eficiates the silver of from this mine, as
also various lots from neighboring
mines. A well appointed assay Office is
conducted for these minee. There are
still considerable reserve of ore above
the water level but the time is not dis
tant when pumping apparatus will be
needed to develop the mines in depth.
The Silver King is silver bearing
ledge of considerable extent. The ore
now being extracted yields from $50 to
Sl2o per ton, and is worked in custom
mills. The Mayhower is three miles
south of the town of Warrens and
carries both gold and silver, many lots of
ore having yielded $50 to $40 per ton it
has an arastra run by water power; con.
centrases assaying about $1,000 per ton
are shipped to Omaha.
In the immediate vicinity are about a
dozen other mines more or less develop.
ed. The Keystone lies FIVE miles south
east of town, the ore from which Yields
$50 10 500 per ton, and 10 beieg actively
worked. The Knott mine is a gold
bearing vein from two to five feet in
width. 1t Is favorably situated for de-
veiopment and is opened by three
tunnels; two of which are 400 feet in
t length the lowest pierces the ledge at d
depth OF 220 feet. The ore is low grade
: yielding Sl2 TO S26 per ton. The re-
ducing plant consists of FIVE stamp mill
| with two arastras. The water power is
Wolverine is a small vein of great
richness; mill run has lately paid Up.
, wards of $500 per ton.
= TIE Alton district lately discoyered
I and opened up is thirty miles southeast
4 of Warrens in very rough section o.
t country between two branches,t the South
! fork and middle fork of Salmon river
: Many silver bearing veins some of then
= very large have been located. The only
, one upon which much work is beinl
4 done is the Cleveland, owned ant
D operated by st. Louis company; til,
+. vein is quite large, from four to ten fee
a in width. A ten-stamp mill is expected
= to be placed upon this mine the cominl
= summer.
9 Owing to the remoteness and difficult,
= of access considerable sections of thos,
f mountains await the advent of the pros
. pectors. a railroad coming in from tn,
I southeast through the Lemhi countr,
, down through the Salmon river wate
= ways would open up mineral bel
= equalling Nevada or the Ceur d'Alenes
: The Elk City and Pierce City minera
belts soon to be more extensively de-
a veloped would be tapped by a railroae
f over the great Clearwater route, anC
: would furnish paying traffic from til,
e very first.
I In addition to the value of these
: mountains fer minerals, the timber sup
r ply is of vast account. The most mag.
nficent too-tall, straight, of giganti,
: size, and free from defects. White pine
a and cedar abound, five feet in diameter
}. also tsmmarack and firs-just what i.
i needed for the treeless prairies to tn,
i east and west Of us, but which cannot be-
n utilized until the soltudes are broker
< up by the shrill scream of the ircr
h giants.
s To speak of the agricultural resource
a of this undiscovered country is TO oper
= up subject upon which volumes might
4 be written. The fertility of the soil, the
sufficiency and purity of the water. the