Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-08-15

county. Still more remarkable is
u piece of argentite or silver sulp
hide from the De la Mar Mine in
Owyhee county. From Owyhee
county also comes fine specimens oi
silver amalgam and wire silver
The Democrat mine sends some
specimens of ore which run l0c
ounces of silver to the ton and ARE
50 per cent lead. From the Nam.
moth mine come specimens OF
that carry 100 ounces of silver to
the ton and are 70 per cent lead
Particularly fine are some carbon
ates Of lead and silver from the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining
Company, Of Wardner, one of the
best.known properties Of the
Occur d'Alenes. The Bunker
Hill & Sullivan Mine boasts. of a
vein Of this ore Is TT. wide, and
yielded in the year 1900 about "a
600 tons of concentrates.
In separate case in the exhibit
are bottles containing samples OF
the product of various concentrat.
ing mill Of Idaho.
Another case is devoted to Ida.
hos gold and copper specimens.
One very small piece OF gold quartz
from the placer claims Of Murray
Is valued at 500. Other fine speci-
mems Of placer gold come from
Idaho county. Specimens OF
placer gold exhibited in small bot
ties from Snake river are interest
ing, because fine flour gold. which
has not so far been successfully
saved, is known TO, exist in the
great Snake river bars
Idaho's gold fields are being rap
idly developed. There has been
unusual activity of late in the
placer mines of Boise river and the
region which itdrains. Numerous
gold-bearing quartz veins are also
being exploited in this district
Some fine specimens of gold-silver
bearing ores have been pickedi up,
within the year, by people who
have prospected near the head
waters of the Middle Fork on the
Salmon river in central Idaho.
several new companies have been
formed to develop the work on the
res in the Camas gold belt near
HALEY. A large amount OF gold
has been taken from the placer de-
posits since 1860. when the first
mineral discoveries was made, and
the end is not yet.
The copper deposits of Idaho,
although but slightly developed as
vet, arc known to be extensive.
Particularly worthy Of mention are
specimens of copper from the Sew
en- Devels District in the western
part of the state. Copper ore from
the Brown Bearn mine in the
Blackbird district appeals to many
of those who visit the exhibit, as a
large part of the stock in the mine
is owned by Buffalo investors.
A prominent feature OF Idaho s
exhibit is in it's building stones, OF
which it exhibits II varieties. In
Boise City, the capital of the state,
many of the finest buildings are
constructed of stone quarried near
the city Among the samples ex.
hibited must be mentioned the
yellow and black sandstones,
which are very rare. The yellow
comes from q single deposit on the
Blackfoot reservation, and the
black is taken from the crater Of
an extinct volcano in the same
neighborhood. Specimens of lava
rock are also of interest as curios
Bear Lake and Cassia counties
hold marble among their assets
specimens OF it are in the exhibit
The marble of Cassia county is
found in considerable quantity
and the quality is excellent.
Kaolin of The finest quality il
one of the exhibits. Deposits of i
are found along the banks of Snak,
river, This kaolin is put up il
small pieces as "A polishing sub
stance, but is not otherwise util
zed.
The clay of Shoshone county j
sent to the potteries. A line o
lower pots and earthen jars is ex
hibited by the Shelley Potter
Works OF Shelley.
Mica from Latah county, yello,
ocher from Nez Perez county, obsi
dian from Fremont county, ashes
tos from Boise county, and alur
} are in the exhibit.
Opalized woods of great beant
are found throughout Idaho, an
, some of them have place in tn
exhibit. Most of them are yello
in color, but one piece on exhib
! contains IA different colors. Som
fine specimens Of red and yello
onyx are also exhibited from Ad
: county.
4 Owyhee county has some OF I'll
best opal fields in the United State
: Some of the best of these fields a,
b now being developed by an easter
: syndicate.
There are only 100, 900 people
: Idaho, and the state is twice ii
!, size of New York. The perst
!; who studies Idaho's mining exhil