The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-08-10
Growing Greatness of the Wonderful
Mineral Zone.
WEISER THE GATEWAY
Country to be Tapped by the Pacific & Idaho
Northern Railway.


Grangcvile Free Press.
a mong recent arrivals from the
Thunder Mountain country Is w. Is.
Emerson, who has spent the summer
in that section prospecting for Vic
Bierbower and Maj Geo. A Williams
MIR. Emerson is awaiting Mr.. Bier
hower's return from south Idaho,
and meanwhile he has on display ut
Nugent's law office samples of ore
from that section, which show the
country to be veritaDle treasure
vault of undeveloped mineral wealth.
Mr. Emerson speaks of one ledge
he saw on Smith, Logan and Govern
menJ creeks which is over 200 feet
in width, and in the same vicinity
are two other ledges each of which is
over 100 feet wide. The ores carry
gold, silver and copper and among
his samples are specimens of ore
very rich in bromide of silver.
In Mr. Emerson's opinion, and he
has been in the mining business siuce
childhood, the Thunder Mountain
section is the greatest mineral region
ever discovered. The lodges are all
covered with an iron Gaping, but
nevertheless good values are obtained
from the groupings, and when the
cap rock is gone through the work
invariably shows higher gra'ies of ore.
Some of Mr.. Emorson's samples run
as high as 20 ounces in silver.
He gives the altitude of the pass
between Elk and Smith creeks as
1923 feet, and TIE general elevation
of the mineral region as from $500
to 5000 feet
: II j. WcFadden, Of White Bird,
4 also has number Of specimens or
exhibition in the Winters building
: which 90 far to confirm all the re-
8 ports we have heard Of the minera
a values in the same section. Mac was
. in there nine Years ago and ut tina
Il time he returned with big sack o
e samples which lie displayed for some
time here and which assayel $50 il
gold and SO silver per ton.
He has made five locations on
y mammoth ledge 200 feet wide situat
= ed near the mouth OF Logan creek
:, which emplies into Big creek, trib
~ utary of the middle fork of the Sal
- mon river He is especially enthus
: iastic over some of his properties
% % which ape almost pure carbonates an
{" give very high values in silver.
:" The mineral zone so far rs trace
Is extends on both sides of Big creel
The western tributaries OF B g creet
'e on which the most locations hay
x been made, arc Smith creek at Il
7N head; Government creek next below
Logan creek, Trail creek and Beav'
Sc creek
On the east side the princip
-, tributary of Big creek is Monument
- creek, the future great copper cam
Of central Idaho Putting into Mo-
umental creek from the west a
1T Marbl and Snowshoe creeks, and Il
an eastern branch of Monumental
'g- called Mule creek.
RS, Thunder Mountain is situated
de the forks of Monumental and Mu
for creeks. Manganese mountain Ii
ad between the forks of Smith creek.
yer The distance from Logan creek
m, Big creek is 15 miles; from Beay
icy to Monumental is Is miles.
IN The gold belt seems to run mort
ay, west to southeast from Thund
viii Mountain To Beaver creek. NoI
de- of the gold zone copper is the pl
ou- dominating mineral, while to I
ave south and west ores carrying SLY
VIII prevail
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