Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-02-08


others. discovered a well defined
and valuable mineral belt which we
traced through tho mountains f1r i
distance Of 10000 feet. The average
width of this lode Il about five feet.
Along the foot-wall for about fifteen
inches the ore assays S33.l5 gold
and Sl2.25 silver; the balance of
the lode is strongly impregnatcd
with chlorides assaying l0l ounces
of silver per ton. The surrounding
country Is heavily Ii nbered with
pine, fir and tamaraek, as vet UNI
touched by the woodman's AK,
water and grass with game Of all
kinds abound herein fact this
country is the hunters paradise and
prospcctor's realization.
Your correspondent while return
ing from the mountains again met
tho surveyor and his party with
theoaolite, chain and staff, survey
ing aud marking the boundaries Of
the rich placer honanzas, while
Major Comfort with force Of work
men had sunk about thirty shafts
to bedrock and was filling as many
different sacks with the golden
gravel for shipment to New York.
This gravel am informed yielded
| far greater results than was ex-
pected and demonstrated beyond Il
doubt the remarkable richness Of
this property When it is con-
siderea that this ground il midway
between two Of the richest placer
fields ever discovered in Idaho, viz:
Florence and Warrens ON the north
and Boise Basin on the south, the
results obtained from the gravel
tested are not at all surprising.
Referring again 10 the mines
near Rocky Bar, | will call atten-
ton to a mountain range, in which
many rich prospects have been dis
covered, and which contains within
its depths the famous Mountain
Goat, so successfully worked By
Major Frank T.. Cavanah.
As you ascend this mountain from
the south al point ahoht 1000 feet
north 81 the va ~ Rocky Bar. YOU
viii hnd th, .siIuic. q mine, which has
been worked quite extensively during
the last two years by Messrs. Van
Setback and Outflow, the owners
They have sunk an incline on this
lode to the depth OF seventy five feet,
and made connection with the same
by means OF tunnel. one hundred
and fifty feet long driven from the
east end. The quartz taken from this
incline and tunnel milled $500 per
ton. This lode is fully three feet in
width aud can be traced on the surface
for nearly the whole length Of the
claim.
/ West Of the above claim and adioin-
I ing it, is the Mountain Chief lode, the
groupings OF which are from one To
six feet in width, and prospects well in
free gold. Aside from the annual as
sessment work required by law,
little has been done On this claim.
There is no doubt but that with a
judicious outlay OF a moderate amount
OF capital mine could be opened
second in value to none in the camp.
/ This property is also owned by Quit
COW and Van Schaick.
Further up the mountain to the
northwest il the Duncan mine. This
lode has been cat through by tunnels
and drifted upon by cross cuts from
/ the same, showing a good lode but
very irregular aud uncertain, demon
strating the fact that this work has
been done too near the surface. Were
the owners nf the mine to sink upon
tine lode at some point where the same
is exposed in the tunnel, they would
be rewarded for their trouble and ex-
pense.
The Idaho Consolidated Gold and
Silver Mining Co., of New York City,
are the owners OF the North Pacific,
Alnaden, Golden Calf. Golconda aud
san Jose-tive patented claims lying
between the Duncan ON the south and
the 0phir ON the north. Quite an
amount of money has been expended
by this company to get this property
7 in condition to warrant the erection
of a mill, but unfortunately the tun-
mel which was so nicely aud thor
oughly constructed was driven in the
wrong direction for a distance OF be-
tween 700 and EGO feet, every foot of
which was carrying them away from the
ledge. Under these conditions il is
not surprising that encouragement,
and consequent stoppage of work FOL
I lowed. In conversation with Deputy
L. ;. Mineral Surveyor Towne, who is
thoroughly familiar with every lode
and claim in this section 81 the
country, he informed me that the mis-
take made by the Idaho Consolidated
arose from the fact that groupings OF
several lodges bad been considered by
I the person in charge as the outcrop at
different points oil one and the same
/ ledge, thus misleading him as TO thu
F proper course OF the lode aud the CON
sequent direction in winch 90 drive
( the tunnel | believe that the Col
conda. or san jose enn be made as
valuable as either the Ophir or Msun
tain Goat, and that few thuu.and
dollars properly expended would effect
I this result.
West Of and adjoining the property
OF the Comfort Consolidated il group
OF six quartz locations, (the Jim
Blhine9 owned 10y Cochran. Fitzgerald
\ & Co A continuous body uf ore can be