Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-03-05

copper, being very heavy. The
owners of the group are Albert
Kleinschmidt of Helena, Abraham
Driscoll of Butte, and Governor
Houser.
At the Discovery shaft of the
Copper Queen lode, there is mass
of peacock and copper glance ore,
cropping out about 8 feet across,
that could scarcely average less
than 45 per cent in metallic cop
per.
Following along the vein the
next showing is that made by the
Blue Jacket. At the place where
the principal work has been done,
the surface over an area of 30 by
Is feet is one mass Of copper ore
of high grade. A shaft has been
sunk near the center Of this mass
of mineral to depth of 30 feet,
and for the entire distance it is in
good ore, and streak at least 4
feet wide, extending from collar to
bottom of shaft in mineral that
will run As per cent copper, and
10 ITO ounces silver per ton and a
trace in gold. The showing for
the amount of work done at that
time was most remarkable, and the
accumulation of ore on the dump
attests the very general mineraliza-
ton of the ground pierced by the
shaft. That the ore will be found
continuing in this vein with depth
and extending along it laterally for
great distances admits of no doubt.
The Helena mine does not show
as heavy or large ore bodies as the
other two mines, but it discloses
two very fair streaks, about two
feet wide each, and about 80 feet
apart, and opened for considerable
distances along the vein.
Beyond the above group is the
DEBORAH. 1t showed 4 to 5 feet of
, fair copper ore.
On the east of Indian creek
slope of the mountain, some five
or six miles distant, are the Copper
r King, Mountain Chief and other
3 locations, showing some ore, evil
: IDENTIFY belonging to the same gen.
e eral formation, although the vein
/ cannot be traced around to them.
s Still this may be due largely due
# to the accumulation of soil and the
: heavy growth of the pine trees
J.. | ovar tho mountain side
t On the north or Copper creek
slope of Monument mountain
j, small copper and quartz lodges are
# again disclosed. These occupy q
nearly horizontal position in strait
n fed granite. They can readily b.
If traced for very long distance.
q THE SUMMERS DISTRICT.
% Situated about fifteen miles
i northeast of the copper district, OF
= a ridge between the headwaters 0
- Bear creek and the Weiser river
~ ~ are the mines of the Summers dis
- trict. Approaching from the soutl
- after leaving the overflow of ba
saltic rock, an overflow of dolorit
- is met with in which several fin
~ quartz veins have been opened
& The eruptive rock is badly broker
~ and faulted, and the country quit
If rugged. A short distance beyond
" mountains of granite rock or
=, again encountered.
~ The principal lode in this dis
=. trict is the Twin Lakes, Showing
re about 2 feet of quartz. The veil
IT. when opened, is at an altitude c
i 1850 feet. The strike of the vel
2 is east of north, with dip Yves
10 400 from the. horizon. A Iortio
w. of the quartz will millrun fror
= 500 to $500 per ton in gold an
~ silver. An insp. ction showed tn
~ ore to carry free gold, sulphide
ID silver and telluride of both gol
- and silver. In the same vicinit
e are also located the Pinto, MAJ
ha nolia and Bostonia lodes.
he THE SEVEN DEVILS NoRTHwARD.
h. To the northward of this distri,
p- as we'll as to the northward of til
lft copper country, the Seven Devil
of mountains stretch out as far as til
,e. eye can reach. The country
al rough and broken, and, judgir
y from a distance, the mountains al
he composed of eruptive granite, dol
lie rite, porphyry and upheaval ma
he ses of limestone and states, a mo-
OIL favorable combination for lars
ak and profitable ore deposits. Mo
of it then was virgin territory ar
les has been little travelled over e
Of cept by hunters in search of gam
of and nothing could be learned +
er, garding its mineral resources. Ju
yer north of the copper mine are lar
> mountains of pyritiferous quar-
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