The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-09


wealth produced In Silver Bow county
Montana, some figures prepared BY En
gene b. BFaden, In charge VI ths United
States assay Office In Helena, are Of the
greatest mOMsnt. AF. BFadsn has placed
the entire output Of Silver Bow county
from lSS2 10 lS9T, inclusive, at the enoE,
nous figure for gold, silver and copper al
SSs3,Os6.777.0 The total Of SIS, 2sS. l1i
tine ounces Of gold vas valued At eli, les,
0T5.74. The product Of silver, lis COS y00l
ounces. would Le worth at coinage rate,
$it0ss3.25i. Mir. BTsden has estimated
the value Of the copper output by com
putting copper at II cents . pound. As q
matter OF iaet the estimate u probably an
exceedingly conservative one, the aVeragx
price Of that commodity having been
during the years lss2 until 1897. inelu-
save, l5A75 cents. making II probable that
Mr.. bnden's figures are duly low. But
even At u cents the product, lys75. t02 ,2t2
pounds, Is shown 10 BE- worth the enoF,
NOUS sum Of s225 J0S5. tST %. The most
remarkable thing shout IL all, as IL will
strike the average student, Is that all that
has besn taken from within practically q
radius Of three miles-the city Of Butte
and Ii immediate vicinity.
stanp~as TO sWeae Greek.
The latest stampede from Dawson vas
ths one that Occurred February 10 10
SSele eIes-k, % hsilss above Dawson In
the rush four men whose names could not
be learned p~rishsd from the cold WLile
en- route iTum TananA river To h~~on.
Ell Mayor Mod II s~attle, Who lately ~,
turned from Alaska. paid particular ST
tsntioH 10 the mineral district on the
American side of the line. and his obses
saIi0as have made him enthusiasts over
lie ProspeetA Tksfp has, basn q great
deal u prospecting along all tho creeks
fTum ths TanaAA TO Forty Mile creek lhis
AtHtsg. and the Issalis obtained arc en-.
couFuging ThsN seems 10 BE- . general
tn0rrmDsn, 81 pruafs@esors 60 this srssion
The lower Rampant aud the koy okuk are
especially promising. There IL a revival
In interest," around Circle Gay,
hs~euS oFsasa Discovery.
The resent discovery q rich guld bar
ing quartz on a limestone and puFphyry
contact near ApPlsgais. In Jackson coun
~AN ~ ~ NAHA&E " htANN AA&H pas
Ing n1tIrr- Il us~d 10 h. the prevailing
sPiniua amous comp-isnt mining author
itiss that thts formation vas not favor
able 10 AnEtisFUua naturalization untI the
discovery Ia F~c~nl years al the extensive
and alrhoss insAhausIibls gold acids al
MsTu'iF. Utah. In . similar formation.
THIS lmr.snns dyke. In uhieh the disoUr.
cry uas made. u II = mstAmoEphir char.
ae,sF. os uhat h. called IN common par
lahrs blue black marble. and !. minssal,
ifsd 70 . greater OF ir-a d~gr~r through
cut the sn,iFv mas. but ~ rule the gold
- fOund in black. cherry. inpuIr quarts
extending kTuuEh oHidiISd lime o. mar
bile ovsT on jackson errrk. sbunt tao
miles hum JasksnaSillc. ~hIch has pFu,ei
20 b. highly minsnliIrd 10 both Ruid and
silVrT. ~ IN the h.pkman and Ilulfrf
mine. Brlou this calcits dyke the earl,
piacrT miners In the Sos u-cd 10 pick ~
soms vundsTfully T,ch odd Aad silver orr
In tho ground aiuirs. AID u was n mys
terry from ~A~ncr u eams until the ai.
corsry In rrcrRt Year,, a. abgvs stated. In
the hickman and HuficT mine
Tssaa IIsssTtrs.
One Of the oldest mining camps Texas
distTtctl encountered In this nuTthu est
region h situated 81 the hsaduatsra oi
tho Istnhi river. Idaho. In the So IL at.
tEaCtcd considerable notice, and attained
very Ptnmin~nt posi,ion a. an ore pro.
duccr. The camp Was one 81 the bC~t va.
tered and timbcrcd Of any locality in Ida
no. and its accessibility and natural ad
TAptagCs wsre unsuTTa sArd. It's natural
outlet is through the fertile valley lead.
Ing past Spring mountain, Nieholia. and
down along birch creek. thence e. Dubois.
Idaho. Upwards Of SSo.OO0 were taken
fVum one Of its mincs alone, aud altogrth
or Il has produced in the neiRhborhocd Of
$4,000 worth II bullion. Something like
300 mining claims were located within
the district, No great dcpth was ever
attained on any Of its properties and the
shipments we're confined 10 surface dcpua-
i,a II covers = stretch Of country from
Is 10 IS miles In length, comparable in
all respects 10 the Sawtooth range In the
Wood River country. Want Of capital
and the high charges for transportation
that At that period governed, held the
tce"Hy f" NuNNN NHtu " NAs uNtEtAAet
by the warfare on silver, since which time
IL has lain dormant A. a mining section
Its ores have ranged all the way from go
to $500 In silver 10 the ton. principally
chloridca. which, It IL urged, IL against Il
- concentrating product Galcna and
earbonates are much In evidence. But
one or two properties are now being &C.
lively worked there and these are piling
their ores 70 one aide In wait for an i'm.
proved market.
Little slate Creek PIaeeru.
PppamtiOns for developing the placer
diRRings on Little Slate creek about IL
miles west Of Florence, Idaho, are being
made on an elaborate scale by Florence
parties who control 900 acres Of virgin
ground. Some idea Of the magnitude Of
their hydraulic operations may be gain
ed from the statement that when The
works start up this season they win b
able 10 handle almost an aero Of ground
Per day.
Little Slate creek gold deposits wer,
discovered by Robert Royal In 1873, buI
he did not develop the claims and they
attracted no attention until two yar
later when Captain J. Wilson discovered
gulch that yielded 70 cents 10 $3.50 pei
pan. Fockler gulch was discovered IN,
same fall by Joseph Fockler, Q. p. Con,
and the late Andy McQuNde. Il yIsldeI