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

continuous valley from TWO 10
five miles wide, floorlike in its
smoothness and hemmed in by
great belts of timber.
Beyond Beaver creek are the
famous Seafoam and Sheep
Mountain mines with their vast
quantities of silver-lead ores, the
former able to ship five cars a
week and the Bull Dog mine in
Sheep Mountain district car a
day. The veins here run from
90 to 40 ounces silver, As per
cent lead and the face of the
ledge is 40 feet wide and carries
large values in gold and there
are many other similar claims
adjacent. The necessary mach
merry and supplies for these
mines would insure railroad
several million pounds of traffic
per annum. A great copper find
has recently been made IN this
section which, when developed,
will make it the largest copper
mine in southern Idaho.
We now come to the renowned
Slate creek mines of silver-lea d
ores and with 10 working claims
in the district. Two hundred
tons of this ore shipped to the
smelter averaged $3.50 net per
ton. These claims will produce
100, 900 tons for shipment as
soon as it can be hauled to Black.
foot, 200 miles, nearest railroad
station.
Three claims producing silver,
copper and galena ore on Thomp-
son creek, and 300 tons shipped
paid 5000 per ton. Some 5000
tons are out for shipment and
five carloads could be furnished
per week.
Robinson creek has envible
placer diggings and hot springs.
Squaw creek has supplied 1000
tons of ore, but it's patented min
es are abandoned because remote
from rail. The Redbird group
of seven developed mines are
here, one with daily output of
30 tons of assorted ores. 1t is
lead, silver, iron; $50 ounces sill
yer, AZ per cent lead and large
per cent iron. These claims
could put out daily 200 tons.
The Cinabar gronp here have
shipped 500 tons profitably and
are capable of five cars output
weekly; 500 tons of good ore are
on the dumps, and 100000 tons
in sight of average value of $50
per ton. There are so locations
of high grade silver-lead ore.
Fine ranches are now found.
The Paymaster, Poor Man and
Elk Horn mines have produced
ore averaging $50 per ton and
running as high as $4,000 per ton,
yet idle due to freight rates. AT
Clayton is a so ton shelter, which
has produced 1,426, 551 pounds OF
bullion and 81, $50 pounds of
matte and pays an annual divi.
dend of 10 per cent. 1t averag-
es carload of shipment every
two days and freight hauled in
equals that hauled out, some
5000, 900 pounds annually, and
Blackfoot, the nearest railroad
point, is 1857 miles away. With
a railroad the ore would warrant
a 2OO-ton per day run of the
smelter the entire year. This
camp will produce 1000 cars an
nually in addition to the bullion
and merchandise shipped out.
Great lime deposits are on the
East Fork of the Salmon, whose
product is delivered at $1.75 pei
ton. This is a fine stock country
also; is great undeveloped min
eral section; it's mountains limb.
cred, valleys Astounding in grass
es and with 1000 head finding 9
range in summer.
We have now arrived at Bay
horse creek. 1t has an abandon
ed smelter and the richest mines
in Idaho. The Ramshorn group
has IL miles of development
work; has 10000 tons of high
grade silver, copper ore untold
and has produced hundreds Of
thousands of dollars, and ore ir
sight runs from $50 ounces tc
1000 ouuces in silver per ton,
averages 40 per cent lead, some
iron, and 20 per cent copper
The ores are being stored to wait
for railroad.
On the smelter ground of Bay
horse are 500, 900 worth of mat
to. The mine could produce
100, 900 tons of ore already.
The Skylark group of sever
mines has II miles of develop
ment work; has high grade silv.
err, lead, iron and copper, anc
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