The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
THE FRIDAY GOLD MINE.
Great Chimney of Ore Disclosed II
This Propertv.

LA1S 4IOp6lIN.
The Boise Statesman gives the fol-
lowing details of an important strike
in the Friday mine in Willow Creek
district in Idaho:
One of the most important strikes
made in this section for some time is
the recent discovery in the Friday mine
at Willow creek. 1t is not only inn
portant, but it is remarkable and Just
now it is a topic of gossip in mining
circles that oUtshines all else. The
owners OF the Friday, Messrs. Sorenson
and Parrish, nave maintained a strict
reticence with reference to the dis
covery, but they have not been able
to sack ore for shipment without soma
of the facts leaking out.
The Friday owners literally stubbed
their toe one day on one of the biggest
ore chimnevs, as it is called, in the
state. In passing to and fro over the
hill from the main workings of the
Friday mine they kicked the dirt from
a ledge of ore that all but poked it's
nose into the air. With plows and
scrapers they stripped the ledge for a
distance and dug down beside the
chimney a distance of ten feet. scrap
ing the dirt up for a dump. This left
a face Of ore almost as smooth as a
plastered wall and as pretty as a pic
ture.
IF it belonged to me-" said a mining
man yesterday to a Statesman re-
porter, I would sandpaper it until it
shone like marble and let it stand for
people to look at Then l would go
down below and get my money. I
have seen this chimney and 1 want to
tell YOU IL is one of the best things
that has ever been discovered in Idaho.
It would create sensational stampede
in some states I know Of"
Men are engaged now sacking ore
from this chimney. One can stand on
the hill and look down on them, and
Il looks not unlike sacking apples from
a Toofless cellar. so easily are the
sacks filed with the rich stuff The
ore is being brought to Boise for ship
Inent. and it is understood 800 sacks
have already been stored here.
The lowest assay secured is $50 a ton
and other assays run away up, bat the
owners are 10th to give out any state
ments. In fact, they depend more on
panning to ascertain the value of the
ore than anything else, and a man is
kept busy breaking up ore in mortar
and washing it out.
The ledge has been uncovered a dis
tapce of so feet and the chimney has
been found to be % feet long. The
owners have scraped the dirt from the
side of the chimney to q depth Of ten
feet and have cut into it eight feet
without having gone through it. so
they have in sight at least a chimney
20 feet long, ten feet deep and eight
feet wide. This represents at least 100
tons of ore, and the lowest estimate
of its value is $1,000
But the owners are going to see how
much more they have and for that
purpose have started a cross-cut tunnel
TO tap the chute at a depth of 80 feet
from the surface If they find the ore
as rich below, and there is nothing to
indicate they VIII not. they will have
one of the best things in the state and
will have enough to pay for their prop
erty several times over. It is under
stood the purchase price OF the Friday
was $1,000. If the chute holds ont
Messrs. Sorenson and Parrish will have
in sight anywhere from $4,000 to $780,
The new strike is about 800 feet up