The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-07


boilers for the dredge. The total
strength of all the boilers will be
about 160-horse power. A great
many changes have been made
about the dredge-a revolving
grizzly has been displaced; the
old fume has been torn out and
a new double compartment fume
has been in. One side of the
fiume will be used for waste dirt
or stripping, the other side for
pay dirt only.
Geo. Smith and Sid. Roberts
have finished cleaning up. They
have taken out over SO, 900. Had
the water lasted for another
month the output would have
been nearly double that amount.
Much valuable ground sluice dirt
has to be laid over until another
year on account of not having g
water to cleanup. If some cap
italists would buy up all the plac-
er claims on Stanley creek, from
the dredge to the mouth of the
creek, and open the ground with
a big fume they would make big
money. Conservative estimates
place the placer gold in Stanley
creek at eight million dollars. A
ditch about Is miles long would
have to be brought in from Val
ley creek.
Another great gold producer
will soon be added to the list of
paying mines in Stanley Basin
country, viz: Basin creek. Basin
creek is about II miles long. and
in low water has about 1900 inch
es of water at the mouth. About
two years ago It. A. Perkins and
H. H. Marshall believed that
gold could be found in paying
quantities there. They at once
began prospecting, and soon
found gold enough to justify
making locations, and they locat-
ed ten claims all told, but not in
company. Mr.. Perkins then
opened a drain 100 feet long
and found bedrock. The gold is
of round nature, about like
mustard seed. There is gold
from grass-roots down until
within about four feet of the
bedrock, when a rich pay streak
is encountered. From the sur
face to bedrock is about IA feet.
The whole creek. The claims
are one-half mile in length at
the mouth of the creek and up.
f. j. Clyde has four claims next
above is T. A. Perkins with five
claims, then H. H. Marshall takes
everything up to the head of the
creek. The whole creek is a
splendid flume proposition, but
is suitable for dredging on ac-
count of timber. Before long
Basin creek will pour her prec-
ious treasure into the Golfers Of
the world.
Manager L. E. Moses of the
Stanley Dredge Co., came in yes
terday. Mr.. Moses has been
East ordering new boilers and
other needed repairs for the
dredge.
Sid. Roberts came in last Sat
urday from Haley where he had
been for medical treatment.
Knox Taylor came in from
Ketchum on Monday, and owing
to some misunderstanding has
discontinued work on the Lucky
Strike group. 1t is to be hoped
the matter will be fixed up and
that work will be resumed.
The quartz strike made a few
days ago by VIM. Tremper is OF
greater magnitude than at first
supposed. Quite a number Of
other locations have been made.
| G. j. Mack and Henry Duffy have
made two locations on the north
of the Tremper find, and w. A.
Crawford and Frank Caldwell Of
Blackfoot. have the two exteu
sions south, while Tony DeMar-
tine has made three locations or
a parallel vetn to the west. Free
gold is found in all the veins
Prospectors call the camp new
Cripple Creek. In fact it looks
as if Stanley will be a rival for
Cripple Creek.
There are no "Claim Hogs" in
camp, but the claim crank is
here. Last Tuesday Knox Taylor
and Supt. Duffy called on a pros
pector and wanted to take samp
les from his prospect. Mr.
Taylor had put few pieces OF
rock in his sack, when the pros
pector objected and asked Mr..
Taylor to disgorge. Taylor die
disgorge, and remarked that i
was the first place he had ever
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