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

Parker, Wallace Scott, w. N.
Knox, Jr.. of this county, and John
p. Nollmer, of Lewiston. The
contemplate the erection
of a mill this season.
Within mile of this group there
are several other claims, the prin-
cipal ones being the Murray Lode"
and one extension and a millsite,
owned by NJ. l.. Murray; the cal
ma" owned by r. w. Brownell
and M. l.. Murray; the ''Crea,"
owned by J. B. Crea and M. l..
Murray. These claims are similar
in character to the other claims of
this section, viz: sulphuret ore.
LILLE MAY GROUP,
Five miles southerly from Elk
City is located the Lille May group,
consisting of five claims, two of
them being extensions of the Lille
May, and two claims on a parallel
vein. Messrs. Hall, Van Hook and
Coverly, of Spokane, are the own
ers. They are driving tunnel on
the Lille May and are in about
135ft' The ledge at this point is six
and one-half feet wide, with both
walls well defined and as straight
and smooth as the walls of house.
On each wall there is a streak of
tale from six inches to a foot wide.
This is contact vein with lep-
tynite foot wall and mica schist
hanging wall, and stands almost
perpendicular. The ledge is expos
ed at several points for a distance
of over 1900 feet and shows about
the same class of ore, the same well
defined walls and contact that is
found in the tunnel. Sample as
says from this ledge at different
points run from $1,000 to $4,000
per ton. Red river runs $50 feet
from and 100 feet below the mouth
of the tunnel, which insures cheap
and unlimited water power. A
mill will be erected this spring or
summer or as soon as the snow
goes off the mountains enough to
permit the transportation Of ma
chinery into the camp. Mr.. Hall
is now in Spokane for the purpose
of buying suitable machinery
There arc about $500 tons of ore
between the tunnel and the surface,
which, if Judged by the $50 tons on
the dump, would be worth at least
$50, 100000 or 100000, and this
amount can be got by stopping out
the ore and milling it, while the
next 1875 feet of tunnel will put
three times that amount in sight.
The mountain at this point being
very steep, every foot of tunnel
gains at least foot in depth, and
the ledge being uncovered at so
many points and at such great
depth, it can be easily seen that
there is at least a half million dol
lars worth of ore in sight on this
one claim, all of which can be min
cd and dumped into the ore bins at
very little expense, without hoist
ing one pound of the ore or hand
ling one gallon of water. On the
other side of the river the same
state of affairs seems to exist; at
least what work has been done
shows the ledge just the same.
THE ROGERS GROUP.
South aud east of the Lille May
group, Mr.. Rogers, of Asotin, Wash,
owns group of eight claims, the
principal one of which is the Gold
Point. This group has had consid-
cradle work done on them and
shows up very well. The lodges
average from two and a-half to
four and a-half feet in width, car
rying sulphuret ore valued at from
$500 to $4,000 per ton in gold.
Mr.. Rogers is contemplating the
erection of mill this season and
working his ore by the Forrest-Mc-
Arthur process. The property can
be worked very cheap, as there is
r an unlimited supply of wood and
water close at hand.
LAUREL HILL CLAIMS.
, On the north of the Lille May
group and higher up the mountain
/ George Blaine and Jake Prichard
own three locations-The Laurel
Hill No. l, 2 and 3. Development
work on the former consists of q
, cross-cut tunnel which cuts the
, ledge at 175 feet and then runs on
: the vein 80 feet. In the face OF
the tunnel the ledge is about foul
f and a-half feet, with well defined
/ walls, and gangue rich in sulphur.
f cts and free gold. The assays made
t from time to time, or whenever the
appearance of ore changed, shows q
constant improvement, RAINING
from $500, the lowest, to $500
, the highest, per ton in gold. These
claims are on contact vein paral.
lei with the Lille May and can be
, worked by tunnel from the river.
CLAIMS ON RED HORSE CREEK.
At the head of Red Horse creek
and on the divide between that and
Seigle creeks, the McCready Bros
own a group of four claims, known
as the Red Horse and Black Bear
group. Considerable development
work has been done on this group