The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-14


The above half photographed last May during
placer mining and is good illustration Of Chas stur
keys placer mines situated in Kelley Guch Stanley Ban Custer
county, Idaho and taken while the mines operation
Stanley Basin has for been good steady placer
but the subject great although has
been prosecuted moderate scale general
products have been good considering the of perform
capital camp great
when properly developed and will admit of both placer and
ing and already the large ddge boat has been put operation
this Spring which owned by Chicago capitalists and is ncor
oated as the Stanley Dredging company and under the
sona supervision of VIM Burroughs experienced redge
led last Fall but completed in time do any work last
but we may look for good gold output from ron the dredge
have early to enable them to make long campaign
Stanley has within confines other promising
mineboth gold quartz and which is the Valley
Creek gold quartz group of claims upon which last pac
ed 20tamp mill and cyanide plant These improvements
completed until late in consequently the mill
put into operation But informed the plant will go
Valley Greek mines and mill owned by Judge Price of Haley
state state angneer h Darlington M and FOB has Hastings 9f Bose CITY line
ments showing WELL and of has been block
ed ready to take out the mill started The is
free milling and an enormous ledge has been opened up all of
Stanley grazing as well as mining district and many
thousand head cattle and sheep feed its uxuan
during the Summer months which in its native in
abundance and to nearly the height of two feet.
There other mines that worked Some extent in this
gold producers when properly developed viz The Lucky Strike
Rapp placer claims the Mountain Girl group of gold quartz mines
owned by McAdar Lut and large number of placer claims
owned by Boise City syndicate besides the Chais Surey
group of placer mines.
The ground now operated by Messs Cha Sprkey was first
located 1864 by Sam Boone and his and has been
ad by its for Is during the placer
For during that time the devoted their time
opening up the ground and getting shape operate and dur
ing all those they worked faithfully and did take
enough confident that they
had good ground when opened and it proved that they
not mistaken for undoubtedly the richest ground that
thus discovered basin There eight
the comprising 1876 They have large reservoirs
in which the is held from the melting the Spring
and by this enabled of three
weeks each with day and night shift of five From
these reservoirs they have two bitches the water to the
claims and each ditch miles in length and they also have
other ditch mile length The mining done by hydraulic
will be observed the foregoing On bed
rock reached in feet and their bedrock fume mile
length and three feet wide In this moderate operation the claims
for the last few have paid $50 day the
of between and a 90 each year the short period
that they work before the gives The gold
S13 and most of of rfepowder although
nuggets are found that as high as 81. 90 EACH
This group mines would good proposition capitalists
for at distance of miles sufficient living be had from
Basin creek operate the mines during the Summer months con
nuay Basin creek flows 800 inches of water its lowest
od and ume could be made with their ditch
es by expending moderate of money.