Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-03-17

was abandoned until about eight
years ago, when Mr.. Smith, who
came here in the interests of Utah |
capitalists, saw the property and
located it. Development consists
of about 800 feet of tunnel, show
ing ledge of from five to twelve
feet wide. The ore will assay at
least S25 per ton. This is an i'm
mense body of sulphuret ore, COW
cring the whole mountain side with
quartz boulders, every one of which
will prospect in the mortar and
pan.
WONDERFUL MINERAL WEALTH.
Here within space of one mile
square is grouped together three
immense fissure veins, two of them
exposed enough to demonstrate
their permanency and continuity
for at least 4 900 feet each, and the
other for distance of 1000 feet.
On the first the Pataha Belle, the
Myrtle, the Continental, the Min
eral Hill, and the April Fool. On
ly one-half mile from and the near
est to the town of Elk City. On
the second vein is the Buster, the
Log Cabin, the RedstOne. and the
Rowena. On the third is the Ari-
IONA Pocket, the Blue Dragon, the
Gentle Annie and the Sunset.
Inside of two miles from the Blue
Dragon there are located at least
twenty other claims, but not being
enough developed, / will not take
up too much valuable space de-
scribing them. l will pass them
by, giving the names of the most
prominent the Thomas Jefferson,
the Mammoth, the Mammoth No.
2, the Gold Dragon, the Yellow
Dragon, the East Dragon, the Mon
tie Cristo, the Climax, the indie
pendent, the Crystal, the Ameri-
can, and several others, all good
claims, but the owners are financi-
ally unable to develop them. Many
of these are undoubtedly on one of
the three fissure veins, as they are
in line with them.
QUARTZ MINES IN DIXIE.
fear l have already taken up
too much valuable space in my dis
cription of Elk City and her mines,
but / have not told one-fourth of
what should be made known to the
mining world. ] have only men
toned a few of the most prominent
claims. There are 800 or more
claims in this district that l have
not mentioned at all. In the
southern part of this district known
as Dixie, Sampson Dillinger, Well
Clarke. Chas. Williams, S. w
Smith, A. +. Parker and several
others own "A number of very valu.
able properties. On Big creek
near the Buffalo Hump, Messrs
Hall 4 Van Hook, of Spokane, and
the Rhoades Bros, of Cottonwood
Idaho, own several locations thai
deserve more than passing men
ton. The Hall < Van Hook proper,
ty consists of two claims on ledge
of rose or flesh colored quart.
eight feet wide, standing ten fee
above the ground in several places
: and highly charged with sulphur
cts of iron. The ore assays $3.50
and shows considerable free gold
The Rhoades Bros. property is un
der bond to James Reardon, o
Butte City, Montana. Y. S. Dress
Ter and several others own claim
on this ledge, which is known t,
exist and located a distance of min,
) miles.
A WAGON ROAD WANTED.
The great and most pressing Nee
of this section is a wagon road. w
have large bodies of refractory ore
, that will have to be treated by tn
most improved methods, and will
= necessitate the erection of larg
: plants of heavy machinery, whicl
= it would be a physical impossibilit,
to pack on the back of animals owe
5 any trail.
: There are also large tracts c
/. placer ground that is too fiat to b
/, worked by bedrock fume, but wi
4 pay handsomely when worked b
e dredges, hydraulic elevators @
1 some other improved machiner
C that will obviate the lack of grade
a With the construction of tn
: wagon road, now assured, capita
), will come and bring the larg
G plants of machinery that will b
: necessary to extract the gold an
/ silver that is well known to be cor
tanned in these ores, and will Civ
/ employment at good rate {
r wages to several hundred men an
n teams. 1t will make market fc
: all the produce of the farmers {
e Camas prairie the wheat Convert
ed into flour. oats, potatoes, OF
e ions, turnips, carrots, beets, cal
J. bage, beans, beef, pork, mutton
S chickens, ducks, geese and turkey
n eggs, butter and lard, and all of IL
t fruits that are raised on Salmo
d river and the prairie. In fact ev,
Q erything the farmers have to Sc
the miners HAVE to buy.
BENEFITS TO CANVAS PRAIRIE.
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