The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1899-08-22
Thunder Mountain.s

The Thunder Mountain district
is attracting considerable atten-
ton this summer. A number of
prospectors from this section are
operating there, and all seem to
be of one opinion that it will
make an exceedingly rich gold
camp when properly developed.
The Grangeville Free Press in
speaking Of this district says :
Among recent arrivals from
the Thunder Mountain country is
w. F. Emerson, who has spent
the summer in that section pros
pecting for Vic Bierbower and
Maj. Geo. A. Williams. Mr..
Emerson is awaiting Mr.. Bier
bowers return from south Ida
no, and meanwhile he has on
display at Nugent's law Office
samples of ore from that section,
which show the country to be a
veritable treasure vault of un-
developed mineral wealth.
Mr.. Emerson speaks of one
ledge he saw on Smith, Logan
Government creeks which is ov-
er 200 feet in width, and in the
same vicinity are two other
lodges each of which is over 10C
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 bust
ness since childhood, the Thun-
der Mountain section is the
greatest mineral region ever dis
covered. The ledges are al
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 grades of ore.
Some of Mr.. Emerson's samples
run as high as 20 ounces in sill
yer.
He gives the altitude of tn
pass between Elk and Smitl
creeks as s, 1923 feet, and the gen
eral elevation of the mineral re
gion as from $500 to 5000 feet.
II. J. McFadden, of White Bird
also has number of specimen
on exhibition iE the Winter
building which go far to confirm
all the reports we have heard O
the mineral values in the sam
section. Mac was there min
years ago and at that time he re
turned with a big sack of samI
les which he displayed for som
time here and which assayed 50
in gold and 50 silver per ton.
He has made five locations o
a mammoth ledge 200 feet wild
situated near the mouth of Loga
creek, which empties into Bi
, creek, tributary of the middl
fork of the Salmon river. He
especially enthusiastic over som
of his properties, which are a
most pure carbonates and Civ
4 very high values in silver.
i The mineral zone so far
: traced extends on both sides {
Big creek. The western tribl
taries of Big creek, on which til
most locations have been mad
are Smith creek at the head
Government creek next below
Logan creek, Trail creek an
: Beaver creek.
On the east side the principi
tributary of Big creek is Mon
mental creek, the future gre
copper camp of central Idah
: Putting into Monumental cree
: from the west are Marble al
Snowshoe creeks, and the eas
ern branch of Monumental
called Mule creek.
Thunder Mountain is situate
in the forks of Monumental ar
Mule creeks. Manganese mou
tain lies between the forks
d Smith creek.
! The distance from Logan cre'
to Big creek is 15 miles; fro
Beaver to Monumental is
miles.
7 The gold belt seems to r.
y northwest to southeast frc
1T Thunder Mountain to Beav
It creek. North of the gold 20
is copper is the predominating mi
t. eral, while to the south and we
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