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

and concentrates per year.
Roundabout is a dense body of
yellow pine and fir, which would
yield 100000, 900 feet of merch-
antable lumber and timber and
10000 ties without any appreci-
able depletion of the standing
growth.
Noted hot springs at Pine
Grove and admirable agricultural
land surrounding.
Now comes Junction Bar, the
gateway to the timbers and mines
of Rocky Bar, a camp since 1860,
and whose large mines and mills
are to be reopened, and it's ores
reduced will average carload of
concentrates q day, which must
be hauled now to Mountainhome,
65 miles away.
Big and Little Smoky rivers
are now approached with their
heavy lodges of silver-lead ores.
Here a few mines have been
worked and ores showing go per
cent. and from 40 to 80 ounces of
silver are idle and awaiting rail
road transportation. Moreover,
there is black pine and fir here
about galore, fine for fuel, char
coal and ranch purposes, enough
to load 3d. cars right in sight
of the survey and make no i'm
preston on the visible supply.
We are now 100 miles up the
river from Boise and the country
for 80 miles on either side of the
river, an area larger than one
half New England, is passing
rich in timber, in sheep, cattle
and horses and has over 500
located mines, capacitated to
produce thousands of tons of
shipping ores annually and give
employment to tens of thousands
workmen and miners and homes
for as many more. And the only
thing wanting to this end is q
railroad.
The pass at Sawtooth is now
reached and the Salmon valley
stretches out before us for so
miles to the north, seemingly one
prodigous pasture fanked by
forests.
Vienna district now first en-
cages our attention, which pro-
duced hundreds of thousands of
ounces of silver bullion, has a
40-stamp mill and another mill at
Silver King, both idle because
the values of ores cannot be saw
ed by roasting nor amalgamat-
ing, Notwithstanding they assay
from 1900 to 1900 ounces per ton
of silver. One hundred thous-
and tons are on the dumps and
in the slopes here awaiting con-
centrating and 10 carloads would
be shipped daily were railroad
were a railroad to come to the
camp.
Salmon valley has immense
tracts of bottom lands Astounding
in nutritious wild grasses which
could fatten 10000 beef cattle
annually for market. The seven
Red Fish lakes are Unframed
with heavy growths of pine and
fir.
East of this valley are meal
culable deposits of gold, silver
and copper ores. On the west,
oceans more of desirable timber.
Washington basin presents
vast bottom lands, black fir end
timber.
The Niger mines boast silver,
gold and anthony with average
values of $50 per ton and which
will concentrate 40 tons in one
and be profitable to ship by rail.
Below are the Fisher mines,
where a 20-stamp mill is to be
built; also sawmill, and every
thing is hauled in now a distance
of go miles. This mining region
would furnish 100 cars of ore pei
week and railroad would sc
enhance the live stock industry
that thousands of beef cattle
would be shipped yearly. The
tributary country to Stanley
basin is 100 miles east and west,
and abounds in minerals, timber,
fine grazing and water power
for mills. Stanley basin is the
first point reached in Custer
county by the Idaho Midland
survey. 1t is a favorite summer
resort for cattle men and some
5000 head are fattened here each
season. Pine and timber is
plentiful and a prodigal flow o.
hot water is in the section.
There are likewise roundabout
generous stores of gold, copper
ore and ample areas of placer
gravel. A large dredge is a
work here and three more are
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