The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18

OF AZ IeeU Gno ore turned TO q
heavy sulphide of copper, but
still carried its gold value. There
have been about 900 claims locat-
ed. covering AN area about three
miles wide by ten miles long.
The belt, showing same forma-
ton and character of ore, ex-
tends twelve miles to the north
of Beaver creek and eight miles
south to Copper creek. AT both
points valuable prospects have
been located, showing fine ore
bodies. The formation is slate
or schist, three miles wide, be-
tween granite and porphyry run
ming north and south cut by
veins, some of great size. run
ming northwest and southeast.
Some of these veins can be trac-
ed six and eight miles. The
permanency of the camp is as
sured by the large size of veins,
the original sulphide character
of ore, and the veins standing
nearly vertical between perman-
ent dykes of true intrusive
gneiss formation. The owners,
until within the past few months,
being poor men, but little devel-
opment work has been done.
The Uncle Sam has some 1 200
feet of tunnels. The cropping of
this vein pans about S12 in free
gold. At a depth of 200 feet
tunnel has been driven 800 feet.
Between the tunnel and the apex
there is an immense body of ore
that will assay Is per cent cop
per and $40 in gold, the worth of
which, at conservative estimate
would not be placed below $3.50,
900. Two hundred feet below a
new tunnel is being driven to cut
this ore on the Hawkeye, a par
allel vein to the east. There has
been recently cut into by a cross
cut tunnel at vertical depth of
100 feet an 18-foot vein, a care
full average, sample across which
shows gross value Of $40 in
gold, silver, copper and nickel.
To the northwest we have the
Brown Bear. This property is
now equipped with good hoist,
pumps and machine drills. They
are down $50 feet and have some
900 feet of tunnels and drifts. An
average sample across $50 feet
at the 100 level gave 3 per cent
copper and $3.50 in gold. An
average sample across 100 feet
las far as has been driven) on the
200 level gave 81 per cent cop
per and 50 in gold. This vein or
zone appears to be 300 or 400 feet
wide and contains streaks of
clean ore worth from $50 to S100
per tou in gold and copper. On
the surface they have q 36-foot
open cut all in free milling gold
ore. The lowest average sample
gave So. 40 in gold; highest aver
age sample gave S13.
About one and a half miles to
the east we have the Copper
Queen group, with about 700
feet of tunnels. The Copper
Queen vein is the exception of
the camp, being very rich carb-
onate and oxide of copper from
grass roots. An average sample
of groupings 1.-TWO feet) gave 27
per cent copper and S8 in gold.
A shallow tunnel 140 feet driven
to tap this vein, encountered
from the grass roots a vein or
zone of porphyry stained with
carbonates and mixed with oxide
ores the whole distance. This
large body stands at an angle of
As degrees and has a vertical
face depth of 20 feet, some
streaks measuring from four
inches to two feet that will go so
per cent copper, and it looks as
if an average of 20 feet would go
4 or 5 per cent copper.
Last year DR.. F. S. Wright of
Salmon went east and interested
a company composed of capital
lists of Boston, Buffalo, Chicago
and De Boise, Pa. and within
the past sixty days they have
bought and paid cash for the fol
lowing properties Brown Bear
group, S45, 600; Uncle Sam group,
$50, 900; Noble group, $4,000;
Ella, SO, 600; Buckeye, $4,000;
Dandy. So, 900. This is a pretty
good showing for a camp 100
miles from a railroad.
The Swan group on Copper
creek, the south end of the dis
trict. last week sold for SIS, 900,
81. 500 cash down.
There are a number of fine
showings in this district that can
be bonded on very reasonable
terms, and in all this western
country there is not a district of