Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-03-31
The Gold Greek Country.


That the northern part of Elko
county contains rich mines of gold
and silver has long been known to
our people, lack of capital and facili-
ties for working the same has Their
to prevented the immense wealth of
that section from being made known
to the outside world, says the
Elko Independent. The work in
augurated by the Gold Creek Placer
Mining Company opened the way
to a thorough prospecting of that
country by miners from Colorado,
who are backed up by syndicates
controlling large capital, and an
era Of unrivalled prosperity is dawn
ing upon that section Of the country.
The Cripple Creek Citizen of re-
cent date publishes a letter from a
gentleman ma med Frank NJ Ish,
written from Gold Creek, and from
which we make the following ex-
tracts.
l have taken plenty Of time to
look over the situation here before
writing you. Now am prepared to
give an opinion and that is that
have struck a country of bonanzas.
Don't know as it will be Cripple
Creek or Leadville, as | think the
mineral is not concentrated as in
those places, but from personal OBJ
servations | know there is gold in
every little gulch, creek and ravine
for a distance Of forty miles north
west and southeast by probably
twenty wide. | have discovered and
located three leads which show at
grass roots values running from 80
to 1000 ounces silver and from S12
to Sl75 gold. | have a pay streak
at the depth of four feet which is
eight inches wide which runs IT'S
ounces silver and $45 gold. l know
Of placer properties now working
! (by drifting during cold weather)
which are producing from $40 to
$50 per running foot Is feet wide).
There are two claims opened here
which show veins 20 inches to 40
in width which yield big showings
by panning in gold at all points,
and from some samples saw taken
one assayed $101 the other sos. 60
gold per ton,
This district produced thousands
of dollars twenty to twenty-five
years ago, but in every instance the
veins faulted at depths from 20 to
20 feet deep, aud it appeared more
unable to determine which way the
ground had shifted. After lying
idle all these years a very bright
miner began a year or so ago to try
to work out the problem and has in
my judgment solved it and the
faults can now be not only traced
but accurately measured and it is
only a question of drifting short dis
tances to find these lost chutes.
Another feature which shows the
country to be very rich is the old
dumps. Nothing under 800 per
ton would at that time pay as a
mill here charged $50 per ton for
treatment. There are a dozen old
dumps | know of which will run
from 80 to 60 ounces silver and
from $40 to $25 gold. In every in
stance the ore cut square off gener-
ally at short distances from the
surface. In no instance did the ore
pinch out. | advise you or any
other prospector who has a little
backing to come out when the snow
goes off, about April 18th, and look
it over. We have some drawbacks,
being 100 miles from the railroad,
considerable snow in the winter, not
much timber, ETC., but against these
great apparent riches of a vast
territory will in time bring all
things necessary to the reduction OF