Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-20
A GIGANTIC BLANKET LEAD
lohn ShiSSler Tells About his Properties
and the General Formation
Of the Section.

John Shissler, who together
with his brothers George and Har-
ny are large owners Of valuable
property in Newsome creek, ar
rived in the city today. To a
Press reporter Mr.. Shissler said:
"On the Lookout, Franklin, Har-
ry, Sandy and Fritz, in which
Fritz Lehman, my brother George
and | are interested, we have on
the Lookout made what we deem a
wonderful discovery in the shape
of a gigantic blanket ledge show
ing free gold in quantities. Here
Mr.. Shissler showed the Press
man some remarkably rich ore,
which is identical with that,liscov-
cred on the Iron Crown and which
showed free gold all over it. Mr..
Shissler continued, "the Lookout
is the southwest extension of the
Iron Crown, and consequently we
have similar groupings. We have
driven tunnel in this property for
q distance of 107 feet and drifted
about twenty feet on the ledge,
and in the latter we were in ore all
the time, getting returns in assays
all the way from 81 to 1928 per
ton in gold. The ledge will aver
age all the way from 26 to 80
inches. We have a porphpry
dyke which is about five feet on
the lead and nets assays of about
eight dollars per ton in gold.
The general direction in which
our properties are situate is, the
Sandy adjoins the Lookout on the
east and is Joined by the Fritz
likewise on the east, while the
Franklin is the north extension of
, the Lookout, and it is joined on
the northwest by the Harry All
of these properties are essentially
the same in the character of the
formation and surface showings for
I the reason that the country is
, covered by one gigantic blanket
! lead which varies in depth accord
ing to location all the way from
seven to forty feet; but it is really
hard to determine the actual depth
t of the lead further on from the fact
that it dips from an angle of about
twenty-seven degrees directly into
the hill, and will probably increase
materially as it goes in. / would
say while speaking on the subject
| that Edward Conley has some val
liable properties in there which
will unquestionably at an early
date become known for their won
derful richness. He has many
properties, but about the best is
the Y. M. c. A., which is 1,5OO
feet east of our Sandy claim, and
contains the same or similar char
acter of formation which l have
spoken of previously. He has sunk
a ten-foot hole on it and opened up
a most promising lode and big
body of ore. He has four more
properties in the immediate vicin-
ity of the one l have mentioned,
but there is no use of speaking
further of them for they are all
alike.
We have had a great influx of
mining men in the Newsome camp
of late and properties are being
bonded every day; as far as we are
concerned we are decidedly not in
the market. We are at present
figuring on installing a mill up
on our properties. but have not as
yet decided ON anything def
nitely.
.sWhat we need in Newsome
more than anything else is some
reduction works which can hsndle
the ore by the cyanide process, to
which it lends itself readily, not
being refractory in any particular;
and | would say that the concen-
trates of Newsome creek run from
50 to IS, from which it can be seen
how profitable it would be there
for custom mill and smelter to
operate, with ore to be had in as
large quantities as we have; and. T
further, it would build up the camp
instantly, from the fact that e, cry
man could handle his own proper