Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-25
LITTLE QUEEN 5 RIVER.
An Old Mining pistrl ct Coming to
the Front Again.

OF a mining district that has for
years been under p cloud, but
which in the near fut ure bids fair
to be a veritable dorado. The
mines in question a te located on
Little Queens river. about ten miles
northwest from Allan la, and are in
a section that il SO well supplied
with timber and " atcr-Queen's
river supplying at lea II 800 inches
Of water the year rou hd--.that any
sort Of mining or milling machinery
could lie run at very light expense.
There are at present FIRST; The
"Alvina" lode, easily traced upon
the surface distance Of 700 feet,
showing a width Of from seven TO
ten feet, the groupings at any
place giving assay ret hrns Of from
So to $50 per ton; and in tunnel,
go feet to where ii taps the lode
and about $50 feet fro IN the surface,
the quartz returns SAL; at another
point on the ledge, in open cut.
where the ledge is eight feet from
wall to wall, there is d 20-inch pay
streak that runs fro n $500 to $l66
per ton-the balance Of the eight
feet going on an aver ge Of about
1884, The pay is in the sulphurets
principally, and the ore Of this
ledge, as well as all the others Of
this district will concentrate easily
and up to high per cent.
Next in size is the "Craigmoor"
lode, which is very uniform in
width, being on an a Eerage about
six feet, and traceable upon the
surface for q distance of 500 feet.
On this property the ire has been
something like 700 feet of tunnel
ing done, the ore giving assays of
~, $3.50, Sl6, S3l, and in one place,
a pay streak from hree to four
inc hes wide on the foot wall, going
$3.50, while the ledge { rom said pay
streak To the hanging wall--a dis
lance Of about three and half feet
Averages $35 per ton
On the opposite side Of the Hill
from the ''Craigmoor" il the Craig
location, and beyond doubt this is
nothing less than the lPwer margin
Of the "Craigmoor,n a. the incline
of the Craig" is in exact line with
the dip Of the Craigmoor," the
groupings Of the two being Mt least
POO feet apart and showing about
the. same width from " all to wall
The assays from the g Craig" how
ever do not GO higher than from
$3.50 to $50, but as the ledge is
only opened at two p4iuts-one a
tunnel 260 feet to tho face, from
where there il rails that cuts
through the ledge, and the other an
open cut-there is every probability
that it will show up far more valu-
able in other places albng the de-
post.
These three locations are on the
west, while on the east side of the
river and within about 400 yards,
on an airline, there are two others,
viz: The Maynard" has a tunnel
run 300 feet to the face, from which
there is a raise GO feet. The ledge
has not been tapped as yet, although
a very few feet further would open
up the same, as there ID an incline
shaft sunk 40 odd feet Immediately
over the tunnel which shows plenty
Of quartz. This lode il about four
and a half feet in width from wall
to wall. and runs $50 to the ton,
there was a pdy streak of
some three or four inchd ) taken out
in sinking the shaft that MILLED
over $500 per ton.
Tho other location, the Gar
others is on the same vein. south,
having a tunnel 1870 feet in length,
but not yet far enough TO strike the
ledge.
South of these min es and adj
joining the "Carothers" claim is the
''Letitia" lode. having a tunnel
driven near 150 feet, from which
there has been very ri ch ore ex-
going as high a s400 per
ton.
Immediately south d { the lie
titia" il the "Finisn ode claim.
This ledge is rather difficult to de
cipher, from the fact that there are
seven tunnels driven in to the hill
within its boundary lii les, embrae
ing an altitude, as one seconds the
hill from No. | to No. tunnel of
perhaps 40 feet, and in six of the
seven tunnels there are well defined
quartz lodges carrying phy ore from
$40 80 to Sl00 per ton, chiefly in
gold and free milling mostly, al
though there is some Of 1his quartz
that yields very rich sulphurets.
That two Of the tunne Is tap one
ledge with about 20 feet altitude be-
tween them, is a fact that two
others have each seper hte ledge of
its own to show for the work done
il also a fact; but as to v neither the
other two that show lodges are ON
one and the same or d IN separate
lodes, is guess. Nhe Re exposed
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