Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-10-08
THE FREE PRESS.
0RANGEVILLE. IDAHO.
FRIDAY. :: OCTOBER s. 1897
PROSPECTUS.
OF the Crooks COrra Mines,
Limited.

Limited.
The property of the company
consists Of 14O acres of compact
placer ground located and held
under the laws of the United
States. 1t is situated on the ele-
waited plateau between the Snake
and Salmon rivers in Idaho
county. The ground has been suf-
ficiently prospected to demonstrate
the fact that at least 40 acres of
the company property is covered
to an average depth of "a feet by
the gold-bearing gravel. Should
the bedrock continue to dip in the
direction as exposed in the present
workings the gold-bearing gravel
will surely average much deeper.
The work done on the claims at
the present time is as follows: On
the extreme eastern edge of the
gravel a cut 800 feet long and "a
feet wide; four hundred feet west
Of this another cut 300 feet long;
both of these cuts were sluiced out
this year. From the first men,
toned cut the gravel produced 233
cents per cubic yard, and the last
mentioned cut produced 24A cents
per cubic yard by actual measure
ments. 1t is practically certain
that owing to the manner in which
the ground was worked, large
percentage Of the fine gold was
lost, as no quicksilver was used.
A part of the product of these
claims was handled by the Bank
of Camas Prairie, of which fully 25
per cent. consisted of nuggets
of washed and shot gold, weighing
from few cents up to 1915 in
value. The assay value of the
product handled by the bank &C
cording to U. s. mint returns, is
.955 fine, or 1920 per ounce.
The entire gold-bearing gravel
deposit is a small quartz wash, all
of which can be put through the
flume. The pitch of the bedrock,
the dump, and other facilities for
working the property on a large
scale are all that could be desired.
The original owners have taken
100000 shares Of the capital stock
and decided the claims to the COM
pany. The remaining 300, 900
shares is placed in the treasury,
and 100, 200 shares are now offered
to the public at II cents per share,
for the purpose of increasing the
water supply and equipping the
property Immediately with facili-
ties for hydraulic mining, under
the direction of the best placer
miner to be had.
There are two good cabins on
the property, and sawmill, with
unlimited timber adjacent to the
claims; also good blacksmith shop
outfit, two sets of carpenter tools
and picks and shovels. The esti-
mated cost of bitches, fumes, pipe
and giant equipment is $4,000.
The property is very accessible and
can be easily reached in a days
ride from Grangeville.
The expert opinion in regard to
the gravel deposit is that it is an
old river wash, and the nature and
quality of the gold confirms this
theory. The dip of the bedrock
as shown in the cuts mentioned
and the increasing depth of gravel
toward the westward, indicates
possibilities that we have here not
only an ancient gold-bearing river
wash, but an ancient alluvial bed
itself. Should this prove to be
the case, the property of the
Crooks Corral Mines, Limited,
could reasonably be expected to
produce an immense quantity of
gold. Consequently the stock of
the company offers exceptional
inducements to the investor. The
officers of the company are as fol-
lows: President, Frank McGrane;
vice-president, Geo. X. Reed;
treasurer, w. w. Brown; secretary,
A. F. Parker.
Applications for stock may be
addressed to either of the foregoing.