Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1891-12-12
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Telluride ore has been found near
Boise. and the Democrat SAYS il il
the first ore Of that kind discovered
in Idaho outside Of the Bonaparte
inine. near Rocky Bar. That paper
is in error. Very rieh telluride has
been discovered in Warrens. also
near the Seven Devils. and ore Of
this character (tesied by the heat
expert OH this metal in the United
Observation-Disclosures, Of Deaver),
has been discovered within three
miles Of Idaho City. on the noun
tain south of town. There is big
belt carrying this metal. which,
however. is too much scattered at
the surface to pay. but with devcl-
op,nent il is expected regular veins
will be discovered. This same sec
tion carries copper, and one mine,
the Keystone, carries tin. This
mine was worked in early DAYS. a
mill put up, and one or two short
uns made, but the bullion proved
not TO be silver. and when the own
ers discovered that the metal was
not what they were looking for,
work stopped. On finding that the
bullion was not silver no further
tests were made to ascertain what
1t was until few years ago. A test
was made of one of the bars, now in
Boise, and it was pronounced tin.
A specimen of the ore was also sent
oil to competent assayer last
spring. and he said the metal it con-
tanned was tin. There are other
lodges in that district that carry
considerable metal, the nature OF
which has not yet been determined,
but some Of il will soon be sent to a
competent assayer. The ore sent TO
Burlingame for a telluride assay he
said contained small per cent of
tellurium. What the other metal
running with it is, has not vet been
determined. The veins Of the dis
trics have not yet been sufficiently
developed to form any idea of their
value. The veins run northeast and
southwest, through by the Halfway
House and on back Of Boise. This
belt has been given the go-by until
recently. Prospectors failing to find
free gold pronounced that side OF
the creek no good" and named the
hill south Of town yellow Dog
Mountain" hut it may come to the
front yet, Notwithstanding the pref
udices of the free gold hunter. The
thorough prospector prospects for
and studies the characteristics and
nature of all metals, and will hop
onto ANYTHING likely to prove OF
value. New Eldorado. or Beaver
district, as it is now called. was
well prospectcd for years and years
by free gold hunters, and they EN-
phatically rendered their verdict
finally that there was nothing there;
but two years ago A. W. Dunn, a
scientific prospectOr, went in there
and right away struck rich chlorides
and horn silver ore assaying hun
dreds per ton, and the very first day
located the champion silver mine of
the county-the Horn Silver-and
kept right ahead until he now has
group Of twelve or thirteen claims
that can not be surpassed by any
group in Idaho, The free gold pros
pectors had pounded up any amount
of this rich silver ore, got none of
the waller stuff and with a great
show of neurological knowledge
and in n loud voice pronounced the
section non-mineral bearing. That
is the difference between thor
ough' practical minerologist and ex-
perieaced prospector and the man
who knows only free gold, and it
requires no experience TO tell that
metal in its native state. But free
gold mines are not always the most
valuable. Now. the district south
Of town carries copper, telluride and
tin. and although in small quaint
ties at the surface, so far as known,
the fact of those metals existing
there is sufficient to encourage pros
pecting. The ores also carry gold
and silver, but not in paying guam
titles on top. There ia no telling
what development will prove them
to be. The Democrat says that
back of Boise CITY, on this same
belt. tin was discovered the other
day. Who knows but what this
belt, all the way from here TO Boise.
may yet prove 10 be one of the best
IN ldaho?-Idaho World.