Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-02-16
Dixie Mining District.

"
ch Stuart Armour is presi-
t. This property has been de-
5ped by 100 feet of shaft.
ms average from two to four
in width, and assays give an
rage gold value of Sl6.S7 per
Ialf a mile north of the Great
stern group is the Flying
lehman group of three claims,
. ned by 4. +. Sillgee, and the
elopment work consists of 60
I of shaft, showing veins from
inches to five feet in width,
,ing an assay value of from Sl5
$40 per ton.
AT the meadows on Crooked
elk, four miles southwest of
Sie, is the Badger group of four
inns, viz The Badger, Nep-
ie, Riverside and Snowdrift.
the Badger is a 22O-foot tunnel
'tich cuts three-foot vein that
res an average value of S3S. 40
! ton. On the Neptune is 90
, It tunnel. From this tunnel
,nples of ore have been taken
1T assay 5000 in free gold to
Ivs ton. The Riverside has vein
ar feet wide that assays $40 per
|l. The owners have at this
lsiting 80 feet of development
,rk, which has all been done
thout any noise other than that
Idle by dynamite.
\ South Of Dixie, opposite the
eat Eastern, is the Dixie King
med by p. II. McEntec & Co.
\. this property is IA 60-foot tun-
| that shows three feet of ore.
lis is one of the most promising
inns in the district, but l was
able to get data as to it's values.
On Hundred-Dollar gulch,
ree-quaiters of a mile southwest
Dixie, is the Starlight group Of
lr claims owned by the Starlight
Did Mining Company of Spokane,
d OF which company George o.
sader is president. The princi-
~ development work has been
ne on the Starlight and consists
a shaft 20 feet in depth. II
ows up a vein five feet in width
tween walls. Assays run from
o to $111.50 fire test. Every
ing between walls will pay to
i'll. On the Legal Light, one of
g claims in this group is a shaft
feet in depth, from which a
osscut has been run that cuts the
sin and a porphyry dyke. The
sin at that depth is 20 inches
ide, with average assays of s13
Nj ton. The porphyry dyke is
feet wide and gives an assay
.lue Of 81 so per ton.
N Adjoining the Starlight group
" the south is the Dixie Queen,
le Of the most promising pros
cts in the district assays running
ON $40 70 $40 per ton.
Adjoining the Dixie Queen is
te Ontario, owned by George
llaine & Co of Grangeville. This
aim is developed by 125 feet OF
lnnel and 40 feet of shaft. On
te CAIN are two parallel veins
18th a distance of about rs feet
etween them. Ore bodies are
70 and a half to three feet wide
salues unknown to me.
II One and a half miles west oil
like, on the east slope of the Big
reek divide is the Dutch Boy
coup of six claims, owned b,
hos. Bollman & Co., who have
;one GO feet of development work
he ore bodies average five feet il
.idth and values run from S12 tt
no per ton.
Ii On the west slope of the divide
me mile east of Big creek, OF
Aslackfoot gulch is the Moonlight
roup of two claims, owned b,
n. s, Rice & Co. On the moon
''ght a shaft SO feet deep has beer
Ink on the hanging wall side
md at that depth a cross Gu
through 16 feet of solid pyritic or
.as been driven to the foot wall
fr. Rice, one of the owners, in
)rms me that it shows an averag
lalue of 50 per ton.
Down Big creek, one mile soutl
II the Moonlight, is the Uniol
roup of four claims, owned b,
'lson x Dahl Bros, who have de
eloped this property by 600 fee
tunnels. These claims are al
i one vein, which has an averag
igidth OF two and a half feet wild
'ad assay value of sl2 per ton.
On the west side of Big creek
pposite the Union group, are tn
little Boy and Big Boy claims
wned by Fisher, Olson & Dab
Bros. The owners claim the
ave the best values out of thes
ocations of anything that ha
e,n fou Il in that section. A
ample from the Little Bug CAV
N assay of Sl100. APPARENT
he Little Bug is great big bug
s the vein is seven feet wide-a
re at that. About two mile
,orSh of the Little Bug is the Cole
Bug Trinity group of six claims
owned by +. p. Sherwood, ,
Spokane, Wash On the Gold Blu
proper is IL shaft 40 feet in deptl
With a 6l-fnot drift Mt Tint louol L.