The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-25
SALMON RIVER COUNTRY
Mining Operations In That Section Ate
Quite Active Just Now
THE NEW STATE ROAOo
rhav Are All Right But Would BE
of More Benefit II silver was
Worth Living
Price.

snec,a, correspondence OF the standard.
In.uo Cry. Idaho, March 25.-Last
wear the greater portion oil the sSs'' r.,
state wagon roads we're comple'eu'
sac,ion leading from Banner nortn
,hrough Rear valley and into custer anu
Temhi counties is "A splendid ROAD anu
would. with silver ut a fair price, prov "a
great benefit to the state. however, '"e
are many mines ut Sheep Mouhta'" nuu
Seafoam that yield Immensely ricu o''
much of which we're reduced III '"e
soI,or NJ Ketchum several years ago.
,ioldinc from 200 to 40J ounces in SILVER
nor ton John Lemp and John EarieS'
18th amonp the wealthiest men oil Doise
C;,v own mines that they will work .his
cor As the distance to Elmira MN AZ
panrer il considerable less than 10
K,tchum, with a splendid wagon roau'
Mr. Farley saws that his ores VIII DO
brought 10 the mill for reduction.
Heretofore no locations were made on
any hut the richest of the lodges as any
thing that would not pay TO NINE, ram
mort 100 miles on the backs OF muieS "n'
smelt was considered burden on ,uo
hands of n poor prospector' No"' ,''"'
RECOMMENDATION facilities are improved
- p,onv nrospectors will go in there
as soon as the snow is oil, ana an VINO
bova visited that great section look LOT
r,any valuable discoveries OF gold, as wen
as silver mines. .
On the bars of Salmon river, ana IN
every creek that emptIes into II, 'ne,e .
cold. showing that without doupt tuero
are many rich gold mines only awaiun4
development. At the head oil Clear GREEN
two or three miles east OF where tue
vagon road crosses the divide into Bear
valley, two or three gold bearing ieuge'
have been located. The owners eia'n
they have good mines and Will do some
development work on them TINS year :,
At the mouth of Clear creek, when Is y
miles southwest of Banner, James lr"ii
and n man named Carpenter have opehe'
n placer claim that prospects We'll
the placer miners here have not yet 60
20 work. but il now looks like rain, ant
they hone that water Will start soon.
Ed Beck and Henry Johnson, VINO ar
running a tunnel on the Lucky Boy min
m Gambrinus district, for two-thlrds IL
terest in the properly, are IN lOo ieet an
will reach the ore chute IN 10 more Tue
will cut the chute at the depth of 4)J fec
from tho surface. This mine has pr
duced many crushings of very rich oil
during the past 20 years. and wheh u
opened up 10y the tunnel it is intended
keep it working right along.
West of the LUCKY boy on 'hS sou
vein is the Illinois, which was worked uu
ing the early days of the country Tor "
or three years and then abandoned r
many years il remained IDLE Now IL
owned by 4. O. Duquette and julius ii
steadt who have done considerable wo
ON n duriur the past two or three year
The lowest grade of ore worked yield
500 ner ton and the highest SOS. Duri
the mast few months long tunnel u
been run on the vain, adding much TO I
value of the mine. 4 crew will soon
nut TO work extracting ore, which will
crushed in tho Blaine mill, half mile
low.
As Mr.. Gund, principal owner OF
Boulder mine and 90-stamp mill on
crock. has not arrived from Seattle only
or1i men are at work in the mine.
The Wells Bros. have tho shaft do
100 feet in the Summit mine, at the h'
of Deer creek, and are now drifting W
ON the vein. The ledge is from three
Ave feet wide and the ore good. II
will resume Stopping in week or two
commence crushing in the South AIT
mill at this place as soon as the roads
good
Workmen are engaged at putting
tho Cannon Ball mill at the Charl
mine near Pioneerville and il will bS
crushing in about two weeks.
Dave Coughanour is still engaged at
welcoming the Iowa mine at Quar'zburg
cxpects TO keep his l0-stamp mill rum
steady after the middle OF April.
Charles Small and Henry Miller !
been nj work all winter in a mine on
low creek, four miles west OF TINS pl