Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-10-29

into a splendid we'll timbered adj,
tunnel, that is driven on the vein ali
the way through an ore shoot sas feet
long proven by crosscuts eyery 20
leet' TO maintain an average width Of
eleven feet, the ore shows a little more
copper and little more lead, than
anything we have yet seen, but we are
toio that 1t also carries a little more
golo' gao a ton by careful average
samples all through, every five feet
along through the vein. We feel
Mlssourish about this statement HIT
are afforded ample opportunity to
check the assertion. we have taken
advantage Of grab, and found to that
extent It held out, we have quizzed a
responsible assayer Of the camp, who
is inclined to uphold Mr.. Parisot's
statement and even improve on it,
ana we just stop and marvel. What
such body of ore will mean in gold
bullion if it goes down 1000 feet: lust
hgure 1t for yourself, at - cubic feet
70 the ton, it will stagger you. And
then take a glimpse at the surface, for
the outcrop Of this bonanza possibility,
you would not give roc a square mile
for it, its nothing but morass of grass
and brush and log and spruce trees,
bounded on one side by nearly YER
teal granite wall about 50 feet high,
this with other comparative contrasts,
is what induces my enthusiasm about
the future of the Hump. The ore in
TINS instance is unquestionably base,
but pshawl it is ducks meat, compared
to some | have seen and l think you
Will look in vein over the word for a
$5,ooo,ooo body Of $40 gold ore
that is wanting "process."
The remarkable continuity and
strength Of the Hump assures, was de-
monstrated in the discovery Of the
Ajax, adjoining the Atlas, and belong
ing to the Concord Mining company.
The apex line of the Atlas vein,
was obtained between the mouth of
the tunnel and the top of a raise
put through the surface at point 500
feet in. An instrument was set at the
top of the raise by manager Davidson
Of the Concord company, and line
run over 1900 feet on the same strike.
Just south Of the end of the Atlas
ground, it terminated in little swamp
near small pond. A test pit was
put down, and at 10 feet deep was
crescent and was found to be in the
center of vein of gold bearing quartz
IA feet wide, with clean cut walls, and
carrying an average value of $I2 per
on. The company have established
| substantial hoist near this point and
ire now working three shifts of men
sinking on this property in the wall
.ock, to avoid excessive pumping.
The shaft is already down 70 feet and
rapid Roadway.
The Concord company have a
'plendid and extensive tract of territory
n the main mineral center of the belt.
Their Mother Lode No. 2 vein, next
parallel to the Ajax on the east, is 90
Get wide at one outcrop, well sprink-
ed with sulphide, and said to carry an
lverage value Of SIS per ton in gold.
The same company owns the ST. Louis
,ein to 8 feet wide, with consider
lble development, that carries average
,alues OF from Sis to $40 per ton.
For the basis of a gold mining syn
licate of trust proportions, combin-
.tion of the interests covering the
trike of monster issure, that ira
,erses the north east rim of Sheep
.reek basin, would afford the proper
This great vein traverses 10 con-
iguous claims for 5000 feet in length
t which the San Francisco group is
bout the center, $1,000 feet OF almost
continuous outcrops of gold bearing
luartz in shoots from 100 to 400 feet
onp and from to 20 feet wide carry