Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
WONDERFUL QUARTZ cAnr.
beaver Dlsfrict Promises to be the
Leading silver Producing
Se~tion OF Idaho.


ary being ten miles southeast Of Ban.
ner and about twenty miles from this
place, Is without doubt the richest
section Of Idaho, as the veins all carry
good ore, the chutss are long and
continuous as far as the veins have
been uncovered, distance OF three
or four miles, and in this small area
about thirty very promising locations
have been made and every one of|
these claims show good ore ON the sur
face. As the course Of the veins IS
known, they will continue to be un.
covered and locations made both
ways, but some prospecting will have
to be done, as the ledges do not crop
in either direction beyond the loca-
tions that have been made. A. w,
Dunn made the first discovery in
June, 1889, and on the 9th Of July,
that year, located the Horn Silver
group. That year few tons of ore
from the Horn Silver claim were
crushed in the Banner mill and Weld
ed s400 per ton, silver. This ore was
taken from an open cut. The Horn
Silver claim has been developed by a
tunnel run IN 65 feet, and raise ex-
tended to the surface cut-15 feet.
A shaft was sunk 80 feet deep from
this tunnel. After this cross cut
tunnel was run in 100 feet, cutting
the ledge 20 feet below the shaft,
and the two were connected by
raise. On this level drift was run
east 90 feet, and another west 13O
feet, both drifts in high grade ore the
entire distance. From this level
shaft was sunk 50 feet, making the
depth from surface l24 feet. From
the bottom of the shaft a drift was
| run n feet east, and another % feet
west. From the surface down the
vein runs 4 feet wide, with pay vein
from 16 inches to 3 feet in width
The character of ore is horn and anti
monial silver, chlorides and black
sulphurets. Quite pile of ore is
/ now On the dump of the Horn Silver,
aud the amount of ore now blocked
out in the mine, ready for stoping, is
figured at 900 tons. There are two
belts of silver veins in the district,
the Horn Silver group being on the
south belt. There ore three veins
within the lines of the Horn Silver
location. Two adjoining claims have
been taken east, each taking in the
three veins, the first recorded as the
Rochester and the second the Henri
eta. Another claim, the Protection,
adioins the Horn Silver on the south
These four claims are what are known
as the Horn Silver group. All carry
the same kind of ore. The develop
ment work has been done on the
south vein of this system. The other
, veins have been uncovered along the
surface. This group is owned by a
w. Dunn, the discoverer. A tunne
will run next year to cut all four veins
=. OF this group. The tunnel will Gu
the first vein 100 feet IN depth ane
the upper one 800 feet deep, ant
about 800 feet east OF the presen
: works. The HON Silver Hill is tillet
with network of cross-veins arc
feeders, and is veritable mlnera
hill. In the north silver belt ar
three veins, which show we'll whereve
e uncovered. West on the Horn Silve
a belt are the Silver Queen, and Mos
:. COW, south of the Queen, owned D
p Kempner; adjoining these claims o
I. the west, the Fraction, owned b
Kempner and Chas. Curtis; next tn
San Juan, owned by Dunn, then tn
Tip Top, owned by Southworth an
. Kempner. A cross-cut tunnel hs
d been run on the Silver Queen IL
% feet, cutting the ledge, which is fe'
!! wide, with 2 feet Of rich antlmon''
i silver and black sulphurets. Cros
cut tunnels ard shafts, about l III fe'
~ in all, have been run on the San Jua
n which shows immense groupings. >
ve feet of quartz on south wall Nor
N wall not reached. Ore same chara
an ter as Horn Silver. West
rv the San Juan are the Tip Top and MI
Mt Flower, owned by Southworth al
xy Kempner. These are developed
he open cuts and shafts, but no develo
he ment to any depth has yet been dor
ut Veins are large and all show We
er the ore carrying antimonlal SILVER a
,u- sulphurets. On the north silver b
nv are the Hurdy group-the Poorm'
y IL.