The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-04-19

country the cost of fuel, coal for the
most part being used, is 49, SO per
ton; timber costs from 6 to s cents
per running foot; cost of transport
ing product from Wood River points
to Denver or Omaha is SIP per ton
cost of treatment per ton, Sc to $12."
BoIsE-P roduction-$42 493. A
very rich county, having consider
able development. The placers
have always been profitable, but it is
the quartz belt, extending 40 miles
through the county, which gives its
mining stable future.
CANYoN-Production, $2,0S2. Ag
riculture mainly.
CAssIA-Production, 81, 554. A
county of considerable mineraliza-
ton, but little development.
Production, $163, 578.
One of the oldest and largest pro-
ducers of the State, the mineraliza-
ton extending over large area. In
the county are many famous dis
tricts, including Bayhorse, Clayton,
Garden Greek, Squaw Greek, Slate
Creek, Salmon River, Yankee Fork,
Bonanza, Custer, Loon Creek, Stan
ley Basin, Seafoam, Sheep Mountain,
Big Lost River, etc. Since 1876 the
output of the county has been uni
formly large.
Production, $50, 076. A
county of great merit.> See article
headed, "The Mineral Wealth of
fillmore County.
characterization. $780, 72. Is
the largest county in the State, and
has great merit. Included in this
county are many famous districts,
Warrens, Florence, Orc Elmo, Elk
City, Buffalo Hump, etc. "The But
falo Hump district has attracted no
little attention and caused no small
stir in the mining world. The for
nation in this district is granite,
schist, seyenite, and porphyry, the
principal lodges occurring at the
contacts. The general character OF
the ore is an arsenical sulphide, car
rying beside gold and silver small
percentage of lead and traces Of
copper. In places the ore is oxidiz
ed and pans some free gold Recon
tests of the ore establishes the fac
that concentration is the prope
method of it's treatment here. Th'
Hump is 800 feet high, in the cen
ter of the county," Throughout thu
county mining is being vigorousl.
and proftably pushed.
LEMHI-Production, $22, 592. Bot
placer and quartz mining is genera
through the county On anothe
page of this issue of the JOURNAL
an article giving some data on cop
per prospects.
Observation-Disclosures, 1913, 284. l
stock raising and agricultural sec
ton, with undeveloped mines.
DISQUALIFICATION, SO, 626. Nc
a mining county.
OwYHEE-Production, 81 278, 687
Contains some of the richest gol
and silver mines on the continent
among them being the Delamal
Trade Dollar, Cumberland, Paupel
: Poorman, ETC. The country rock
rhyolitic and porphyry; the veins al
fissure veins and many branches
: while the ore is decomposed quartz
) porphyry oxidized; no sulphureti
The ore runs / g to Ito silver, 2
to $40 gold, value $40 to $12 Pr
ton, about one third of this value b.
ing free milling. The ore occurren'
is in large chutes The Trade Dc
j, lar mine has six miles of tunne
e and drifts. This is a rich sectiol
|, with constant improvement.
/ SHosHoNE = Production, 81, 491
TIA. "This is the largest and me
> important mining county in the Sta
,; of IDAHO" where is the world-f
i nous Occur dAlene district. T
. Hunter mine, Mullan, is one of t
: important mines of the district. T
e dip of the vein is straight; altitu
= of main workings, $500 feet; vein
6 assure; country rock, quartzite, t
= walls the same; ore, galena, In t
" Bunker Hill and Sullivan, near WI
= ner, the dip is 38 degrees southwe
~ country rock and wall is quartzi
e e the vein fault assure, the ore is
. gentiferous galena, the gangue bel
quartzite carrying iron carbons
and pyrite. The ore averages
" per cent lead, 5 ounces silver. I
lie Last Chance is operating 150-t
r concentrator. Among the other go
, mines of the county are the Gust
Granite, Morning, Evening, Y
Like, Standard, Gem, Formo