Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-04-28
THE IRON CROWN MINE,
4 Hill-Run Of ITO Hours Produces
$2,110 In Gold.
The Property Is q Gold-BsarinS Porphyry
Dyke 1900 Feet Wide.

DyAs wv feol ulde.
w. II. Walp, superintendent O
the Iron Crown mine on Newsom,
creek, arrived out from the min,
last night with a button of golt
weighing 81, 10, proceeds of mill
run Of 10 hours. The run wal
made under great disadvantages
The mill on the property is Kin
caid, eminently adapted to worl
the softer ores from the vein, but
thus far it has had to be operated
without the aid of a rock crusher
thereby cutting down its capacity
about 25 per cent. A rock crushel
was ordered from Denver last fall
and took nearly three months to gel
to Lewiston. This important part Of
the mill equipment is now en- route
to the mine and will be installed
Immediately upon it's arrival, and
by July Mr.. Walp hopes to put
the Iron Crown mine on the list OF
dividend payers.
The Iron Crown mine is an i'm
mense porphyry dyke 1900 feet
wide, running the full width OF
the two claims owned by the COM
pany. Since Mr.. Walp took charge
last fall he has run 600 feet OF
tunnel on the vein, being in ore all
the time and having absolutely no
waste to handle. From this long
tunnel four cross-cuts have been
run east and west as follows: first
cross-cut 80 feet east and 80 feet
west; thirty feet south of these an
other crOss-cut was run 60 feet east
and 30 feet west, all being in ore
with no signs of the enclosing walls
in sight.
The mine is located on the sum-
NIT of the low divide between
Newson.e and Beaver creeks, at the
head of what was known in early
days as the Allison gulch diggings,
which were very rich in placer
gold. These diggings were worked
out 20 years ago, and the original
discovery of the gold-bearing source
of these placers was made by A. d.
Dorm, Harry Irwin and Nate Petit
bone in 1895. It is a blanket ledge
on top Of the hill, having evidently
fallen down on top of the gravel
and by decomposure had released
the gold from it's matrix and thus
supplied the Allison gulch diggings
with it's gold.
In 1896 DIR. Lanterman bought
a controlling interest in the Iron
Crown and placed Mr.. Walp in
charge, bringing him from Mexico
for the purpose. 1t did not take
Mr.. Walp long to ascertain that it
was an immense proposition, and
he has ever since devoted his en-
tire energy to putting ore in sight.
The untimely death OF DR.. Lanter-
man at Pueblo last winter has
somewhat unsettled matters, pend
ing the administration of his estate,
and consequently Mr.. Walp has
been correspondingly handicapped
in operating the property. The
and relatives of DR..
Lanterman are expected here
shortly to inspect the property, at
which time it is hoped to complete
for the erection of a
6O-stamp mill equipment.
Another ledge, four feet wide,
has been found on the company's
property, and it is opened up to
some extent by a cross-cut running
40 feet northeast and 3S feet south
west. This, however, is side
issue, as the Iron Grown alone can
keep the 6O-stamp battery running
indefinitely.
Mr.. Walp is very enthusiastic
over the outlook for the Iron Crown
nine. He has had Is years. ex-
oerience in mining in Colorado.
and elswhere, and declares
n the most positive terms that in
his judgment the Iron Crown has
he best showing for making a
,reat mining property he has ever
zen. He is large stakeholder in
he corporation, and from what we
know of the claims and
he topography of the surrounding
country he has his plans well ma
ured for economical handling and
heap reduction of the vast quanti-
y of ore now blocked out in the
nine. His plans include an ore
i'm of sufficient capacity to hold
800 tons.
Adjoining the Iron Crown is the
Independence, which Mr.. Walp
lso values very highly as having =
he making Of another great gold :
inning proposition. This claim
Ias located by Peter Troeh and by
i'm bonded in January last to !
tuart Armour, Of Spokane, who :,
Immediately interested Montreal : !,
lpitalists in its exploitation. The z
Independence makes an equally
BOD showing with the Iron Crown. :,
nd plans for its exploitation are !.
ow under way. . ,,
We have always had firm faith !, !,
the NewsOme creek country as a !
I'D for prospectors, and in our y, "
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