Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-06-10
Science in Prospecting.

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perspiring prospector, covered with dust
and weary from travel, made his way up
the side of Canyon mountain, In Grant
county, and pitched his tent on the side
of the mountain close to the old town of
Marysville, says correspondent of the
Oregonian. He was seen upon the
mountain side that same afternoon dig
ging system of holes in the earth. For
several days he followed the same
tactics, occasionally digging and panning
until il became noised about among the
miners and prospectors of Marysville
and Canyon City that there was crazy
prospcct0r on the mountain. But let us
follow this so-called crazy prospector
and see what he has actually accomplish
ed. The first afternoon he struck a trace
followed it up and took out a pocket.
The next morning he unearthed two
more pockets of the yellow metal, the
amount in ounces being matter of
genuine surprise. The ground from
which he extracted these pockets he
located, and the records in the Office of
the clerk of Grant county show that it
was location of rock in place, which
shows beyond all doubt that he struck
the trace, followed it up to its original
home and took out those pockets. The
mine is now known as the Jack Chamber
claim.
Next we hear of him following up
trace on what until that time was con.
sidered a claim of very little value, and
known as the Zero, owned by Whitman
& Muldrick, of Canyon City. He got
their consent to prospect it, and followed
up his trace to decomposed ledge,
where he papned opt over 500 to the
pan. Frank Sells, Irwin Blunt, Fred
Perkins and others, of Canyon City, can
TESTIFY to the truth of this assertion.
This energetic and undoubtedly scien-
tifc prospector, whose efforts were
crowned with such phen omenal success,
who revolutionized the old theories re-
garding the source of Canyon creek gold,
and whose name was Joseph NJ. Clark
struck the first great pocket on the
Great Northern mine, on Canyon
mountain, Grant county, Oregon, on the
asth of September, 1897, from which he
panned out in five days the handsome
sum of $I747. This mine is now one OF
the famous gold producers of Grant
county, and Is owned by Isaac Guker.
Mr.. Clark did not eopane his search
for gold to Canyon mountain, hut carried
his science into the fabulously rich placer
camp of Susanville, Grant county, where
until then quartz mining was an industry
to be thought of only in the indefinite
future. Here again with accustomed en-
ergy he brought his knowledge of gold
tracing into play and discovered the
famous ore body Of the mine now known
as the Bull of the Woods. He made
this discovery for II. w. Sloan who
owned the placer ground on which /
was discovered. Mr.. Sloan sold thi
mine short time after for $4,000. No
only did he discover the ore body of thi.
wonderful property, but he went furthe
with his peculiar methods of surfac,
prospecting and discovered three distinc
pay chutes on the lode, giving tn
length and width of each and re
markably close estimate of the value pc
ton of the ore to be found In each chute
The vein at the mouth of Elk creek, il
the same camp, now known as the Sky
scraper mine, was discovered by follow
ing up trace of placer gold by the sam
prospector.
In May, 1898, Clark discovered am
transferred to his brother, I. n. Clark
and Tom Collins the Miller Butte mine
on Willow creek, eight miles from Ma
heur City, Or. He also discovered tn
great prophyry dyke now owned by +
T. G.. Clark and James II. Timmins, si
uated one mile northwest of Malheur City
In the fall of 1898, he arrived i
Quartzenburg, Dixie mining district, an
discovered the Companion lode, whic
gives great promise of being another gol
producer. mention only few Of til
marvellous discoveries made in Grant an
Malheur counties in remarkably sho
time by this one man, who is revolution
izing the the old luck and chano
methods of seeking treasures in the foot
hills and mountains and what remark
ably successful record it is! If I'll
methods pursued by Mr. Clark of strikin
trace and invariably following it to il
, source were adopted by the thousands {
prospectors and miners who roame
throughout the great mine raj belt Of Or
gon, trusting to luck for their discoveri'
the numberless treasure vaults hidden fc
ages in mother earth would soon give Il
their millions and this state would b.
come the first in the union in the pr
duction of gold. w. SEXTON.
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