Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-29

IDAHO CRY, Dec. 2S.--Tt i With
much anxiety that The minors and
business men Of this county ars
watching The progress Of tho compa.
~ organized in your city for ~ pur-
poss Of erscsing naehins wosks ssd
: stsmp mill and smsltsr. Of ceuss,
= vii = n great advantags u South
srn Idaho p b abls % ~ stamp
mills snd ssnsltsrs made Is home, but
that y not By any means the greatest
bsns6t ~ sxPsct from the enter
prise. Il i tn Immediate erection
Of smelling vorks in Boise City that
viii NOT only give renewed impetus
e the beautiful and rapidly growing
city Of Boise, but will infuss new en-
ergy into the mining interests of this
county. There are some aslsna
mines in this county that will be
worked ~ soon - the ores can be
treated without the heavy expense Of
shipment to Denver or Omaha. There
are also many gold and silver mines
that are too base 70 bs successfully
treated By the stsmp mill process,
containing iron, antimony, suIphurets,
and other minerals that prevent ANAL.
CATION. Of course these can be easi-
y and successfully reduced with the
lead ores BY the smelling process.
On the mountain south of town there
are thousands of tons of ore carving
copper, telluride, tin, gold and silver.
A sample OF ore taken from less than
. foot in depth from one of those large
lodges was assayed by James Baxter
4 Son, of your city, . few days ago.
which showed $1.S1 silver, 1926 gold
and 4 per cent. tin. A FIRE assay wss
made, yet Mr.. Baxter says be found
: heavy trace OF tellurium in the re-
action. Should smeltsrs that could
treat such ores DO erected in Boise,
in the spring development will be
done on three or four of the locations
and few tons as test would be sent
down for treatment. With a little
depth the ore would pay. But until
smelters are started at Boise, these
promising prospects, as we'll as the
galena mines, will lie comparatively
idle-only assessment work done each
year. Smelters in Boise will certain
ly do more to hasten the develop
ments IN this county than all other
things combined. 1t should be re.
membered, also, that there are many
rich galena mines at Sheep Mountain
and Seafoam, and copper mines or
South Salmon that would ship thou
sands of tons of ore to Boise when
there is \ wagon road. The propos
ed state road, bill providing for the
immediate construction of which wa.
defeated in the legislature last win
ter, will tap these districts and ena.
BILE the miners of those large and rich
sections to get in supplies at mucl
less cost than heretofore, as we'll a
affording an easy and short outlet TO
the ores. Had the assistance tha
was expected from the Ada county
J delegation been received in the Stat'
Senate the bill would have become
Law and ere this the road would hav
reached Sheep Mountain and Seafoau
districts, as there is natural rout
from Banner to Deadwood-oaeo owe
which two or three experienced roa'
builders would be glad to accept
contract for constructing at the pric
of $4,000 to Deadwood and from ther
to Bear valley for less amount. 1
fact, the road as far north as tn
South Fork of Salmon river woul
not cost as much as the road fror
Kempner's to Graham, which Nj
Kempner put through for few do
lars less than $1,000. When we re
' member that the fate of the bill, a
! ter passing the House by vote
t 90 to q, was sealed in the Senate b
the persistent opposition of the Ser
ators from Ada county, Boise Cit
r cannot afford to wait in hopes of th
d next session adopting a similar bil
:, 1t will take work-persistent and Ii
borious-for any two or three enc
: estic men to accomplish such an III
n dsrtaking. People who belong
d counties not directly interested ma
IL not be so willing to lend their tin
. and work to secure the passage
o such = bill as they were last wints
The undertaking is q grand one, n
ouly for the counties through whi'
tho road would pass, but for the Sta
a at large, and should the next leg