Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-03-10

is the Blue Dragon. The Blue
Dragon is without doubt a true fis-
sure vein, the country rock on both
sides for half mile being gneiss,
on stratified granite. The outcrop
is very small and the ledge never
would have been found if it had
not been for the gold that was dis
placed through decomposition and
decay and deposited in the gulch
that cut the ledge. The placer
miners in '62 found and worked
this gulch, which by the way, paid
over $50 per day to the man, work
ed by the most primitive methods,
viz: stripping by pick and shovel
and then rocking the richest of the
dirt. The ledge was found and To-
Gated then, but being found base
with depth was abandoned, and
was relocated about six years ago,
and since then sold to the present
company. Development work on
this claim consists of a shaft seven
ty-five feet deep, sunk on the ledge,
and shows body of very fine sui
phuret ore all the way down of
from three and a-half to five feet.
There are about one hundred and
fifty tons of ore on the dump, of a
very uniform grade and quality,
assaying from $40 to $50 to the
ton. This vein has been found and
located a distance of 5000 feet,
and wherever work has been done
shows well defined and solid vein
of quartz, in every instance highly
charged with sulphuret of iron,
sometimes red (oxidizedD and some
times dark blue, according to depth.
The course of the vein is nearly
east and west and pitches south
about go from the horizon. The
East Dragon is the name of the
east extension of the Blue Dragon.
This claim shows much the same
character of rock as the other
claims on the ledge, there being
but one difference, that is it carries
more free gold near the surface, but
on gaining depth the sulphuret
comes in and the free gold gives
out. The first locators worked
several tons of this free rock by
arastra and saved from $40 to 500
to the ton, but on finding they
were losing two dollars for every
one they saved they gave it up and
sold to the present owners. 1,50C
feet west of the Blue Dragon this
company owns another claim called
the Sunset, which shows the same
character of rock and general APP
pearance, though much more oxi-
died, and consequently more fra.
bic. The country rock is harder
and more stratified, showing streaks
of syenite porphyry and quartzose
granite. In the tunnel these stratas
appear plainly on each wall of the
ledge opposite each other and show
very little displacement. The av-
erage value of this ore is about $50,
although several assays have run
as high as $1,000.
On the same vein and between
the Sunset and the Blue Dragon, is
located the "Gentle Annie Lode -
The ore on this claim is the same
in every particular as the ore on
the other claims. A twenty pound
sample of this ore sent by the own
er, NJ. l.. Murray, to Denver, Col
orado, for treatment by the cyan
ide process, gave the following re-
turns.
Gold. assay value per ton. 49,. .......... $32 Al
silver. assay value per ton .......,.z-..... Il
Gold, extraction value ....-............ E. 80 4C
silver, extraction value ..... .... ........ 162
being "a per cent. of the gold and
+ ~ per cent. of the silver in the ore.
The amount of cyanide consumed
per ton is six and one-half pounds
and strength of solution used is
one-half of one per cent, worked
by agitation for eighteen hours OF
by percolation twenty and one-hali
hours. Cost of cyanide, Coo per ID
$3.50; cost zinc shavings 1Oc, total
$500 per ton.
The "Wayside" lode and two ex,
tensions also belong to the Idaho
Gold and Silver Mining Co. These
claims are located on Red Horse
creek. The discovery point Of the
Wayside is right close to the trail
between Elk City and Red river
and about two and one-half miles
fran the former place. The Way.
side is an immense body of sulphur.
ct ore of from four and a-half to
twenty-five feet wide. The course
of the vein is northeast by south
west and is a contact vein with
well defined walls, the country
rock on the foot wall being gneiss
and the hanging wall a feldspathit
granite, strongly inclining to por-
E phyry. The company has don,
considerable development work OF
this ledge in the shape of tunnels
shafts and open cuts. Assays from
average ore on this group run from
SO the lowest to 500 the highest
The company have water rights
and millsites located and contem
plate the erection of ten STAN,
I, mill on the Blue Dragon the com
ing spring, and probably one OF
, the Wayside, as they are rather to-