Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-03-10
ELK CITY MINES.
By NJ. L. Murray.
CONTINUED from last week.
A MAMMOTH GOLD VEIN.

Continued from last week.
A MAMMOTH GOLD VEIN.
On the southwest of these claims
is located the Butte City, the Ma
rion, the Russian Finn, the Mer-
chant, Gold King, Spokane, Idaho,
Montana and several others, all
great, strong, well defined veins.
The ledge on the Merchant shows
a width of from four to six feet be-
tween walls, with a streak of tale
on either wall of from one to four
inches. The ore on this claim runs
from S14.OO to $4,000 per ton. The
owner cOntemplates the erection of
mill in the early spring. The
Spokane is six feet between walls
and assays $1,000 per ton. There
are sixteen full claims on this vein,
or a total of "a 900 feet, showing
width of from two to six feet. This
ledge is a contact between granite
and porphyry, and crops boldly
from the divide (of which it is the
summit) for over two miles, in
places standing up majestically in
defiance of wind, weather and time,
and in others tumbled down and
spread over the hillside like the
battered walls of some old castle or
fertilization. This immense body
of quartz is undoubtedly the source
of most of the gold that the miners
have taken from French creek and
Seigle creek, as this ledge forms the
divide between the two for four
miles and crosses into Red Horse
creek.
CAPT. KEMPF's PROPERTIES.
East of this group about $50 feet
l.. w. Kempf and V. S. Bressler
own group of seven claims on two
parallel veins. The Red Cloud and
Grand Junction and one extension
on the west of Seigle creek, and the
Standby and extension on the east.
A tuanel run on the Red Cloud
about fifty feet shows "a three foot
vein of very nice sulphuret ore,
which will run about $1,000 per
ton, Of which about $1,000 is free
gold. The 35 foot shaft on the
Grand Junction is sunk on the
ledge and shows three feet of sui
phuret ore, something similar to
the Red Cloud. The vein on these
claims is well defined and shows
two good clean walls with one inch
of tale on each wall. The Standby
is the best defined contact vein in
the camp, being about four feet
wide, with granite foot wall and
porphyry hanging wall. TIL e
gangue matter is composed of three
feet of rose quartz with streaks of
oxide and large cubes of iron, and
one foot of sulphuret ore, fifteen
per cent. of which il iron. The
course of these veins is northeast
and southwest. The owners of
this group refused to bond for So
600 for one year, although the buy
ers offered to pay $4,000 down.
There is good water right and
millsite and twenty acres of placer
ground goes with the claim, which
makes it very compact piece OF
property.
THE UPPER MEADOW MINES.
Nine miles from Elk City in a
southeasterly direction Will i a m
Ryan owns one of the best group
of claims in this section. This
group consists of four claims, the
principal one of which is the Swan,
and is contact vein. Develop
ment work on this claim consists
of a shaft thirty feet deep and a
tunnel l05 feet long. The ledge
runs northeast and southwest. The
walls are four to five feet apart and
are nearly vertical. Yellow quartz
with blue ribbon streaks are the
chief characteristics of the ledge.
On the hanging wall a streak six
inches wide of superior quality OF
dark brown or black gangue matter
is found filled with sulphurets
The foot wall is just as well defin-
ed as the hanging wall, carrying a
talcose streak very rich in sulphur
cts. The foot wall is gneiss and
the hanging wall porphyritic gran
lite. Assays from the main ledge
runs from SIG the lowest, to 1892
the highest, per ton. About the
middle of this claim another ledge
crosses at an angle of about As de-
grees. This is a fissure vein and
crops out very strong from the bot
tom of the gulch up a small divide
for over 100 feet This vein shows
well defined foot wall and uni,
form grade of quartz clear across
The gangue is composed of a white
quartz Of a soft maternal appear.
ance and is highly charged with
cube iron and occasionally specks
of galena. Average assays run
about SIG in gold and $50 in silver
with strong trace of copper. This
is also the case in the contact vein
which frequently shows a heavy
copper stain. BY pushing the tun
mel about l25 feet further, the ifs
sure vein will be cut at its inter
section with the contact vein 14t
feet below the surface, thus making
three supply points at one opening