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

will be finished before the "rObins
nest again" When he found he
had good property he showed his
faith in it by going right to work.
Being financially unable to hire
men and unwilling to part with
any interest in the claim, he went
at it single handed and alone, and
sunk two shafts thirty feet each,
one shaft twenty-four feet, and
drove tunnel 105 feet, also a ten
foot cross-cut. This, with caring
for thirty head of cattle and twelve
horses, putting up hay to keep
them through the long winters
common to this section, is a good
showing in two years. Who will
beat it?
SAM BREssLER's CLAIMS.
About one-fourth mile east of
Ryan's claims, V. S. Bressler owns
a group of six claims that promise
with development to become a very
valuable piece of property. The
"Folly Lode" crops ovt of a gentle
sloping hill, overlooking the great
Red river meadows, and entends
back into the mountain distance
of $500 feet ION three claims).
This ledge has been uncovered in
several places and shows a strong,
well defined and continuous vein
almost the entire length of all three
claims. The ore in this ledge as
says from S65 to $500 in silver and
s16 per ton in gold, with a strong
trace of copper. The vein averages
four feet in width, with a streak OF
tale on either wall from one to six
inches in thickness. The gangue
is composed of six inches of spar
next the hanging wall, that carries
iron sulphurets, brittle silver and
small cubes of silver; then two feet
of very good looking quartz that
carries sulphurets and copper py.
rites; then about eighteen inches o
ribbon rock that carries IA good per
ccntage of sulphurets, On the
whole the ledge will average sl0(
per ton in gold and silver. Thi.
ledge is crossed by another tina
shows free gold and assays 500 pc
ton.
THE BLANCO LODE.
East of Elk City about nine miles
and one mile from Red river, ther,
is located IL group of five claims
most noted of which is the Blanco
and extensions of same. The veil
is ten to fifteen feet between walls
and is a contact vein, the foot wal
being granite and the hanging wal
porphyry. Development work con
sists of a cross-cut tunnel sixty-fv,
feet and a shaft forty-three fee
deep. Further down the noun
tain tunnel has been run to Gu,
the vein at depth of 300 feet
This tunnel is in 567 feet and will
have to be extended at least -;
feet further before the ledge is cut
The ore is sulphurets, carrying golt
and silver, with trace of copper
Essays from this ore run from S1t
in gold and $3.50 in silver to 500
in gold and Sl5 in silver per ton
Now taking these assays and tn,
general appearance of the ore, on,
could safely count on $40 to 50!
per ton as fair average. This il
Without doubt the largest body o
fairly good ore in sight in the camp
Thousands of tons can be quarrie,
or blasted out of the ledge at ;
slight expense. A tremendous wa
ter power can be obtained by har
Messing Red river at this point
enough in fact to crush 500 tons O
quartz every twenty-four hours
George Blain and John Ginchmal
are the lucky owners.
RHoADEs BROS. PROSPECTS.
In this immediate vicinity tn
Rhoades Bros. have four claims
the principal one of which is tn
"Aerea Lode which is "A stron
vein of sulphuret ore with well de
fined walls four to five and a-hal
feet apart. Considerable develop
ment has been done ON this prop
erty in the shape of shafts, tunnel
and cross cuts, and in every in
stance shows the vein to be stron
and continuous. Average assay
of this ore is $3.50 in gold and So
in silver per ton. The boys inten,
doing considerable work this yeal
so we may look for some big strike
as all the indications point tina
way. Right around in this imme
date neighborhood there are sever
al very promising locations. Moth
ing more than assessment havin
been done, nothing can be sal
more than the surface indication
are very fair and give promise G
making good paying propertie
when developed. This, the mos
easterly part of the camp, is DIES
tined at no distant day to becom
the banner section of this promis
ing mining distisct. In these fou
groups are about twenty-five claim
that show veins of very fair quartz
and that if owned by one compan
and under one management coul
be made to Weld a large nrnfit O