Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13
THUNDER MOUNTAIN RICHES
As Told by the Nan Who Made the Or
i6inal Discoveries.

As Told by the Nan Who Made the Or
i6inal Discoveries.
j. A. Pearson and Daniel Fitz
gerald arrived from the Thunder
mountain country yesterday. The
names of both gentlemen are famil.
lar to readers of the Press through
their Identification with properties
in the Smith, Monumental and Lo.
gan creek sections in the Thunder
mountain country. Mr.. Fitzger-
aid is probably the first to locate
properties in this vastly rich coun-
try this summer, and in speaking
of his properties he incidentally
mentioned that when he first
brought out specimens from that
section, he was accustomed to have
people laugh at him and say:
There is fool bringing out rock
which we used to pass over ten
years ago."
And yet now it is proved that
this is one of the richest sections
in the entire state. To q PRESS re-
porter Mr.. Fitzgerald said: ~.
A. Parsons properties are on
Thunder mountain, Smith creek
and Copper mountain; the last
named mountain is situate ON the
divide between Big creek and the
east fork Of the south fork of the
Salmon. He has three properties
on Thunder mountain, which are
essentially gold propositions and
are combinations Of the Caswell
properties, which are now celebrat-
ed for their richness. These prop
critics are all ON one ledge, which
is more of a gigantic dyke than
what might properly he called
ledge. Roughly and conservative
ly estimating, l would say that the
dyke will contiue through its en-
tire length, 60 feet wide and it
can be distinctly traced through
four properties. 1t shows free
gold and pans freely. 1t would
be unnecessary to assay such prop
erty rock. He also has two prop
critics on Smith creek known as
the Jacket group, which are gold
and silver properties and although
the lodges are very largo and we'll
defined, they are low grade, the
returns being about ST. per ton
net. No work has been done on
these properties other than assess
ment work.
"On the Copper mountain prop
critics do not believe that we care
to say anything at present other
than what has been printed in
your paper heretofore to the effect
that it is one mammoth mountain
of copper.
''My own properties together
with my partners and individual.
ly, consist of 10 different and dis
tinct claims, all of them situated
on Monumental creek, what has
heretofore always been known as
the Monumental copper camp, on
Copper creek, which is u tributary
OF Monumental creek. We have,
as Mr.. Grostein stated in his in
terview in the PRESS some time
ago, done the major portion of our
work on the Boliver claim, which
is SO far our principal claim, but
as they say, there are others and
we have the Monarchs No. l, q
and 3, the Gold Bug, which we be-
lieve will be eventually as rich on
development. We have, also, the
Boliver No. 2 and the Phenix,
which adjoins the Boliver and as
these two latter named properties
are on the same ledge there is little
to choose between them. In the
properties mentioned we have free
gold in all, and as 1 have stated
heretofore they all pan easily, and
it is self evident that they are free
milling propositions. On the Boil
liver we have 50-foot cut and tun-
mel at about SO feet Of depth,
which has shown increased values
as we 60 in. We have seven COP
per claims in all, which give us as
says that net 5 per cent copper
right through. The ledge is fully
32 feet wide, but really, I cannot
give the full widths as we have, in
our hurry to get assessment work
completed, been unable to cross
cut the lodges. We have only two
properties on any one ledge but
they are all parallel lodges"
Soldier Boy in Demand.