Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-10-22
PROSPECTUS.
or the Crooks Corral Mines.
Limited.

Limited.
The property of the company
consists Of $40 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 800 feet long;
both of these cuts were sluiced out
this year. From the first men,
toned cut the gravel produced 23344
cents per cubic yard, and the last
mentioned cut produced 241 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 %
per cent. consisted of nuggets
of washed and shot gold, weighing
from a few cents up to 1915 in
value. The assay value of the
product handled by the bank ac.
cording to U. S. mint returns, is
.955 fine, or $40 20 per ounce.
The entire gold-bearing gravel
deposit is a small quartz wash, all
of which can be put through the
fumc. The pitch of the bedrock
the dump, and other facilities fol
working the property on a larg'
scale are all that could be desired
The original owners have taker
700, 900 shares of the capital stool
and decided the claims to the com
pany. The remaining 300, OO'
shares is placed in the treasury
and 100, 900 shares are now Offered
to the public at J cents per share
for the purpose of increasing tin
water supply and equipping tn
property Immediately with facili
ties for hydraulic mining, unde
the direction of the best place
miner to be had.
There are two good cabins Of
the property, and sawmill, witt
, unlimited timber adjacent to tn
} claims; also good blacksmith sho
J outfit, two sets of carpenter tool
and picks and shovels. The est
mated cost of bitches. fumes, pip
} and giant equipment is $4,000
The property is very accessible an
can be easily reached in a day
ride from Grangeville.
The expert opinion in regard t
. the gravel deposit is that it is a
old river wash, and the nature an
quality of the gold confirms thi
theory. The dip of the bedroc
as shown in the cuts mentione
e and the increasing depth Of gray,
toward the westward. indicate
l possibilities that we have here nc
only an ancient gold-bearing rive
wash, but an ancient alluvial be
itself. Should this prove to b
the case, the property of tn
Crooks Corrall Mines, Limited
could reasonably be expected t
I produce an immense quantity {
gold. Consequently the stock {
the company offers exceptions
4 inducements to the investor. TIL
, officers of the company are as 70
] lows: President, Frank McGran,
4 vice-president, Geo. K. Reet
. treasurer, w. w. Brown; secretar,
e A. +. Parker.
Applications for stock may
addressed to either of the foregoing