Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-12-08
WORK ON THE IKoQUors.

The owners Of the Iroquois mine,
three miles south of town, are now
working both day and night shift
in their tunnel, whicl, is in 1O8 feet.
Tho four hoys at work there are
Fred Garrecht, John Riordan. Bert
Orchard and Charles Branstetter.
they expect to tap the ledge bv
running about thirty feet further.
The country rock is heavily stained
with black oxide Of copper, with oc-
casIonslly fine specimens OF green
and blue carbonates Of copper. The
vein carries copper, gold and silver,
although not in paying quantities,
but as veins carrying copper almost
invariably improve with depth, the
chances for opening up a valuable
mine there are exceedingly good.
After tapping the vein they will sink
shaft on it. II the Iroquois proves
good with development the mountain
south Of town will prove to be the
most valuable district in the county.
It has a perfect network of lodges
carrying copper. Those who have
visited Butte say the ore on this
mountain, at the surface, as we'll az
the character of the rock, il exactly
like that of the great copper district
but that the ore hero is of higher
grade on the surface than were the
groupings of the mines of Butte
These, the greatest mines in the
world, did not show pay ore short Of
two and three hundred feet in depth
and on some even a greater deptl
bad to be sunk. In the building ur
of a country one copper mine run
ming at full blast is worth dozer
free gold mines, and besides copper
mines are more permanent. The
business men of the town ought Il
be able to organize a company t.
sink 800 feet or more on some veir
over there. The cost would not b,
great, and if one is proven good witt
development there will be d. z ms o
Others just as good. OF course ther'
are some chances to take, as minin.
and prospecting is chance at best
hut the indications being good, n
lone can tell what is deeper down
Some wiseacres, however. who hav
never been on the mountain, and
they had, would not know black OK
idle Of copper from what the "A'
kansawyer" calls "piyutes Of iron,
nor a pay streak from streak q
dawn, nor manganese from chun
of Limburger cheese, will expatiat
wisely on the impossibilities of stril
ing anything over there but har
rock. Many men form an opinio
of district they know nothing wha
! ever about, simply by gazing at
through the blue distance, or by il
s,inct. We speak from what W
know in regard to surface shown.
hut do not pretend to see into tt
earth. "Yellow Dog Mountain" I
some term it, may prove to be a se'
oDd Butte, or may prove to be II.
Development will have to determir
that question, and deep development
perhaps, as was the case in Butt
The capitalists who took hold
those mines and began developme
we're pronounced unbalanced in min
but they we're not. They knew wh
the rule was with such surface sho'
I
ings, and that nine times out OF t.
such surface showings developed in
mines. The best indication for
paying and permanent mine, as exp
rienced mining men we'll know,
copper, if only stain. If the copp
8 does not increase, with depth, sui
cien,ly to make copper mine, AS
rule u silver, or gold and silv
mine, is opened up. If good mi
~ ing district could be opened up
. near town, the benefits would
u great. If money was put into sol
i claim there, it woul! remain he
: and no one would be greatly injur
'e if the undertaking should prove
J. failure. If success should crown
70 effort, those putting their money
H. would be rewarded both directly a
;. indirectly.