Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-29
INTERESTING MINING LErrE..
QuAnrzBunc. july 81. 1902

VuAHTzBURG, July ~, 1892.
| EDITOR WORLD: IL wish you would al.
low me space in your most valuable ma.
per for few items from our burg and the
famous Gold Hill belt Of quartz mines
which has been the feeder OF ali the rich
placer mines in this section of the rich
Boise Basin. This rich belt Of quartz ex-
tends from Canyon creek. southwest Of
Boise Basin, to Grimes Pass, on Grimes
Creek, ON the northeast Of The Basin. The
creeks and gulches of this section, which
have produced hundreds of thousands Of
dollars. have Gu. through tlIis rich belt Of
quartz. have travelled over this gold
belt Tor twenty-five miles in length and
found It from three quarters to one mile in
Width l VAS surprised to find such 4
large number OF mines located on this
belt will give the names Of those 1
saw on my travels On Granite creek and
It's tributaries arc located the following:
Gold Hill company's mines, including the
d,id Hill, fiUneer, Confederate Dunlap
and Lone Star. This compauy's mill has
been running successfully for twenty
five years. 1t is a comm ON remark IN
Quartzburg that the God Hill mill and
county lax Collector are always ON the
move. The Eisler. Iowa aud Yellow Jack
ct lodes, owned by ID. +. Cougnanuur, aud
Iincher lode, owned by John Dickinson,
are near the Gold Hill. On tile West
Fork Of Granite creek are located the
Newburg and Alice, owned by Mr.. Sher-
idan; May Flower, Homewaid oound aud
Iomestake, owned by Crossin, williams
u Go. The last mentioned five mine, are
under bond for very large sum to VIM
sweet. who is employ ed BY u Boston com
pany. On Canyon aud Fall creeks and
tributaries are located the nUmesiakc.
owned b. JOHN Hanlen; benezer, owDed
u5 Gorman, Coughanuur " 20; BelsllaZ-
Ear, Centennial anu Bcliflower, owned b,
Geo. lew q Go; Mountain Chief,
owned by Knight & Co.; Idaho ulne,
owned by MuiIen, Carroll u Co. A
-NA Va W = hdo OCCu CAtt dCt-
ed from several of these mlues OH
Canyon and Fall creeks and has paid
very well. On California gulch is To-
Gated the Carroll Br, ,thers group OF
Iniues-lvanhoe, New Iipperary,
Monarch and Clifton-waich a Colo-
RADIO company lately purchased; Yel-
low Jacket, Extension, Capital and
kennebec, owned by Driscoli, Bell
q Go. Sume of these mines have
paid very well. Another is the Cold
Crown, owned by Carroll Bros, and
a location owned by Chas. Myer, the
name OF which did not learn. On
Wolf creek. Alder creek aud tribu-
taries are located the Black Bear,
owned hy Drscoll & Bell; Mt. Elna,
owned by K. p. PIowman; Mountain
Lion, by Lamberton & Newly; the
Blue blri, by Carroll Bros; the Jer-
sey Blue, by Mullen g. Carroll. The
Smith, Barber and Gardner Iodes are
located on this belt, aud several 9th
ers which will mention some other
time.
All the mines mentioned carry large
percentage of iron sulphurets. When
the Macarthur Forest cyanide process
is put IN operation for the working of
the sulphurets of this belt times will
oe good in this section. Que cyan
ide mill has been built on Granite
creek and another is in course OF con-
struetion below Placer.ille, at the
junction OF Granite aud Wolf creeks.
The Gold Hill mill continus to run
regularly day and night on good ore
from the Pioneer mine.
d. K. Coughanour, the enterpris-
log mining man of our town, has a
crew of men at work in tunnel to
tap the Iowa and Eisler lodges ABOUT
500 feet deep. Quartzburg is the
only town located on this great Gold
Hill belt, and every man is working
except few old drones like myself,
who think themselves smart, but are
too lazy to work.
AN OLD TIMER.