The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-06-12


600. A free milling process mill
is operated, working on the re-
Gently opened Last Chance ore;
Welding handsomely. Many OF
the mines here are idle, but the
district could furnish one car per
day now. c4.
Not far is the town Of Custer
and the Lucky Boy nine, tne
product of whose mill aggregat,
es millions of dollars. The MIL
is now in full operation and Will
soon increase its capacity about
so stamps. The annual tonnage
hauled in and out to Blacktoot'
200 miles, approximates 3,OOo,-
900. Over so mines are idle, put
all would pay to work had the
camp a railroad. The McFadden
mine could singly produce hve
cars per week of high grade ore
for shipment, and the camp oo
cars a month.
Timber for all purposes is
plentiful, and boiling springs are
here. The average charges for
wagoning freight to and from
Blackfoot is SIG per ton. Min
ing work is largely suspended IN
consequence.
Nearly midway between Boise
and Butte is Custer county with
it's 90, 500 acres of patented farm
lands, 1000 acres of patented
mineral lands and 5000 acres sub
iect to cultivation. More than
1000 mining locations have been
filed and there are over 100 oper-
ating mines, all profitable ship
pers. Two smelters and two free
milling stamp mills are in opera
ton and will make a showing OF
81, 900, ZOO this year.
The county has 10000 sheep,
$4,000 cattle, 5000 horses, all
sustained in a county over 100
miles from railroad. Fruits,
vegetables, grains and grasses
thrive.
This is a great mineral region,
too; its mountains opulent in
timber; water power furnished
by every stream and with a mod
ell road to Gibbonsville. In fine,
Custer county is admittedly the
richest mineral domain of the
Rocky mountain range, and is
unsurpassed in timber, fuel,
water powers and fertility.
The chief resources of Lemhi
county are mineral, timber, stock
raising and farming. Gold, silver,
copper, lead, iron, nickel, cobalt,
lime, plumbago, mica and tin are
found. Its free gold quartz
mines and placers have produced
over 800, 100000 since 1866 and
are still operated on a large scale
by numerous stamp mills and
dredges. Base ores are not ship.
ped; AN 85-mile haul precludes it,
A recent development of a
large area of copper from five to
ten miles wide and twenty miles
long, is attracting capital from
afar. When the section is more
accessible millions of pounds Of
bullion, matte and concentrates
will be marketed. 1t has 35, 46(
acres patented and above 140,00
acres located and farmed. The
grazing grounds support 10000
cattle, 10000 sheep, 10000 hors
es. Has two great tracts of vel
low and black pine.
Big creek is in the great cop
per region. 1t has over 50C
claims for mining purposes ant
millsites.
A railroad would increase thu
agricultural product of the coun
try tivefold. The live stool
output this year will be 800, 900
A railroad would vouchsafe 30C
cars of cattle yearly. With
railroad the county would require
1000 cars of lumber the very frs
year and 1000 agricultural pro
ducts would be exported and tn,
product of it's Touring mills anc
its dairy products would neec
100 cars more.
Salmon has 1900 population
has good water power, and con
sumes 300 cars of freight annual
ly, besides using some 30 cars O
machinery meanwhile for mimi,
and the opening of the Blackbir,
copper mines and others will re
quire 100 cars of machinery thi
year.
Gibbonsville has 1000 souls
flour mills, two sawmills, quart
mills, planning mill, brewery, etc.
consumes 300 cars of freight pc
year and so cars of agriculture
products annually. Shoup, Hunt
Leesburg, Yellow Jacket, Sing
iser, Bohannon, Forney, an