The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-01
NEwSOF THE MINING WORLD.
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR A REVIVAL or
PLACER MINING IN IDAHO.

NO w ~ Va ALL S1tLDs
BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR A REVIVAL OF
PLACER MINING IN IDAHO.
Rish FsrAs He-esth the False Bea Rock IN
Many Placer Csnps-An Experts Opin-
ioa About the Mines OF Arizona.
IDAHO CrTY. July 31.-The production Of the
placers OF Idaho has been enormous since
1882. but has been gradually waning for many
years. Now. however. It looks very much as II
placer mining will soon surpass the record Of
this golden industry in 1dahos palmiest days.
1t Is truo that the surface diegings are nearly
worked out. but most OF the placer camps
OF the State have false bed rock.
formed by the action OF water. What
Is between this and the primitive gran
ite bed rock hae long been question
that has puzzled prospectore. Now company
has been organized here to mako explorations
below this bed rock. Work will begin in few
days. The pacers OF Salmon City. discovered
early In the sixties. are now worked out. with
tho exception OF q few hill claims. No one
there seemed to have any faith in tho exist
snce OF gold between the false and true bed
rocks. but Denver capitalists. knowing the
history OF deep mining in Australia. where the
richest ground was discovered beneath q false
bed rock. got possession Of the entire area Of
this worked-out placer camp last fall. be-
gan the work OF exploration. and were richly
rewarded by striking bed OF gravel sixteen
feet thick and much richer than the ground
worked above the false bed rock
They have sunk between rs and 100 shafts.
and the gravel has been found to be Of uni
form depth and richness. The gold Is coarser
than that obtained from the gravel above. be-
ing about the size Of wheat grains. Tho COM
pany has forty or fifty men employed sinking
shafts. 1t Is expected that pay will be struck
here that will far surpass the deep diggings Of
Salmon. This was one Of the richest. II not
the very best. placer camps ever discovered.
considering the area.
Other camps In the State have a false bod
rock OF the same nature as that hore and at
Salmon City. and It is probable that all will
soon DO explored for deep digRings.
The Milwaukee and Idaho Mining Company.
through their expert. J. ]. Smith. have recently
secured bonds on a number Of quartz claims
near Centreville. eight or ten miles west OF
this place. One 10 q mammoth ledge. being
sixty feet wide and carrying free gold ore ga
Iona. and sand carbonates. the latter assaying
over 500 In gold and silver. to say nothing OF
the lead. This company has q working bond
on two other mines carrying free gold-the
Golden Star and Golden Fleece. both near
Centreville. The company will soon pay over
the money for these two claims. and will then
proceed to develop them.
During the past six months over 900 mining
locations have been filed for record In Salmon
City. Lemhi county. for placer and lode claims.
A number Of sales Of quartz claims have been
made. among them the Haides sold by George
l. Shoup l. Co. to purchasers from Utah for
$4,000: the Yellow Jacket group. owned by
Steen Bros. for 100000. The C. J. Barclay
group at Gibbonsvile has been sold to an
English syndicate. The price is not known
The Helena Gold Mining Company have sold
their extensive properties at Giboonsville to a
ing Tor several other mines IN Lemhi county.
The Trade Dollar mine; Tunnel 3. shows 2
about Il inches Of shipping ore assayine 500
rapidly on the Trade Dollar mill:
The Buffalo mine: at Atlanta m, Emore county;
hod 81
fsT weeks ng9 the NIL III S1f at
says work viii be pushed. The Buffalo was
for several years the chief silver producer Of
JSy sP 81 mss r Sssn s1
: rs %sss 3, ys:h E. $:
task. Last t. month he spent Tires weets in a
sudla 9c %snb nS nSs cs@p. AL
vaca. Orc Blanco. and the adjoining country.
:is = IL s III: sss
-" have been greatly surprised. not only at
done il that area. but also at the character and
quantity OF available ore now showing in the
the East that the Veins IL this are
rich surface ores My inysstigati et s have
dications in the geology d which justify this
THE history Of the Mowry mine and its pres:
ehs ToPSston one s M %ens companS
the good Showing Of int the Tomb
and continued Yield Of the Copper Queen mines
oiBisbeo. and tho present appearance Of the ore
% Sass n Camp. Duaaesne. Orc Bianco
and the neighboring country do not indicate
anything akin to exhaustion Of resources or
careful review Of tho conditions in connection
with the history Of the, properties now
IDLE affords a1undant proof that the present
camps is tho direct result Of CAUSES out
side OF the mines themselves; In some cases
lack Of means for DEVELOPMENT has crippled
low price OF silver and the failure to retain
dead work have left operators In no condition
to test the properties. especially below water
Il do not hesitate to say that the indications
are very favorable. in most cases. for q contin-
uation in depth of much OF the wealth which
levels. Unfortunately the policy pursued in
pocket dividends, without the reservation Of
ohloriders have worked the same deposits by
gonging and burrowinG for the best ore is an
indication OF the profits Viii, which would haye &c
opment under economic management.