The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1891-06-30
MINING NUGGETS.
THE COW CREEK MINES.

northwest abont four miles, has been
much talked Of since reports of big dis
coveries were made last fall. AS soon as
the snow was gone in the spring the
country was filed with prospectors and
a great many claims have been located.
Some years ago number of claims were
located and considerable work done on
Cow creek, but the country then pros
pected is some three miles east of the
new section which is now attracting
attention. Among the most prom
Using of the claims in the new sec
ton, is one owned by w. A. Seaton.
open cut, in which the ledge has been
erosscut at depth of fifteen feet. The
walls at this depth are apparently de-
fined and the pitch of the ledge shown
to be about thirty degrees from perpen-
dicular. A seam of very hard quartz, a
foot thick, next to the foot wall shows
high grade silver ore. The balance of
the ledge is of softer decomposed
quartz which is all good milling. Ave
RACES of a number of samples taken
across the entire ledge show the ore to
run upwards of 500 per ton. Exten-
sions of this claim have been located
both north and south, on groupings
which can be traced on the surface, and
some work has been done on them, but
not sufficient to define the ledge. Three
or four claims have been located east of
this which are said to make excellent
showings. Two miles or more south
west of this group Mr.. Thomason and
other parties have located claims which
are said to promise well. About one
mile northwest of the Seaton mine is
the much talked of Wellinegar claim.
At this point the float rock on the sur
face is very abundant and quite rich,
but no defined ledge has yet been de-
veloped. This float or surface rock is
on a little knoll, apparently an upheaval
or blowout. An open cut has been run
across this knoll for about eighty feet
mixture of porphyry and
but no ledge has been found, but it be-
ing all ledge matter, it may be that at a
greater depth it would prove to be de-
fined ledge of great width. The rock
and the decomposed matter in this cut
is much of it almost a vermilion red.
A bout 100 feet west of this cut shaft
forty feet deep has been sunk in for
nation similar to that in the cut, though
not so red, and from the bottom of this
shaft drift is being run east and west
to cut or define the ledge. Quartz taken
out of both the cut and shaft is rich in
and, if a well defined ledge is
developed, this promises to be very
valuable property. 1t is the opinion of
the prospectors working on this belt
that the lodges run northeast and south
west, and Dave Farmer, by tracing float
nearly mile northwest, has prospected
and located claim, upon which he has
made cut on an unpromising looking
flat country, and encountered the same,
or even better character of quartz.
From the appearances of all the claims
from south of Seaton's to Farmers, it is
almost safe to predict that prospectors
have made discoveries here which will
eventually make very rich mining
camp. The quartz is certainly very high
grade aud the lode will probably show
up a great width. This is the opinion of
the NUGGET expert, made upon bis first
visit TO the district. He certainly can
20 justify the Investment of more capital
u development work. The locations
mentioned were all that were visited by
)ur expert, but they do not include |
nearly all that properly belong to that
district. The Homestake mine, and 9TH
RS lying between DeLamar and the |
,laims visited, although not on the Cow
,reek side, are generally classed as a
)art of the district. They are all on a |
,elt, or line, connecting with the Della
mar mines, and form conclusively the
of great mineral zone
rom DeLamar northeast for at least five
niles. If the end of the belt reaching
n this direction should develop as good
IS it now promises, it will certainly es-
arish DeLamAr as the center of the
reatest mining district in Idaho, if no
nore.
The statutory stockholders meeting
{ the DcLamar Mining Company, Lin
ted, was held in 8,ondon on the 23d in
tant. Only meager reports of the pro-