The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-08-10

reach US OF rich st7Yke1l =
Challis people were the first on the
ground, and consequently have done
the most locating up TO this time.
and several OF the prospectors have
returned TO town to have their ore
assayed and To take In supplies.
Among the Challisites who think
they have struck bonanzas In the
new Eldorado are Il. j. Kerr, Dun.
can and Clayton Williams VIM. W.
Adanson, \. u. Hunt, william j.
Lamme, Henry bradbury, wm. Peck.
Guy bradbury, Bert Williams. Merle
Shanaielt, Arch Howell and Arthur
Fox, OF this place thus lar heard
from. and others from the outside.
Very little development work has
been done In the camp as yet, the
only work to speak OF has been done
on the Parker mine, where an s-inch
ledge OF ore has been uncovered that
iuns over loo per ton In gold and
silver--no other mineral. Three dis
tinct ledaes running parallel OF this
high grade ore have been found In the
Parker and Togo group. although the
Togo claims three in number, owned
by ). +. Hunt and Others, has an
immense ledge OF low grade ore.
Parker Mountain. OF Warm Spring
creek, Is In Lemhi county. and y
miles northwest Of Challis, From
Challis there is good wagon road
nearly one.half the distance. Parker
Mountain Is a wild and romantic
spot la the mountains and ab0uads
In large aud small game and trout.
The district Is we'll timbeicd and
watcred for mining purposes.
The recent discovery OF such Itch
ore In the camp that averaged $3.50
per ton IN gold aud silver. has caused
quite a stampede from Challis, Loon
creek and Custer, aud some prospect.
ors from a distance have arrived
The news OF the rich strikes has not
reached the outside public. yet, 80 II
Is little known outside OF this I'm.
mediate vicinity. A few mining ex.
perts Of renown have visited the
camp and all speak IN high praise Of
the outlook, and say the rby0lite,
andesite, pbonolite aud porpbyry for.
nation OF the region is like that OF
the famous gold camps IN Nevada,
viz: liullfrog, Tonopah, Goldneld
and Rhyolite.
Last week prominent mining men
representing capitalists, and Others,
left here for Parker Mountain. viz
Judge James NJ. Stevens. OF Black.
foot: Wn. l.. Wilson and Attorney
Carl Cochran, Of Denver. Colorado
Thomas Il. wilde, OF Philadelphia,
Pa; A. $. Crandall, OF Tacoma,
Wash. Goss Bros. OF Salt Lake,
Utah, aud Attorney NJ. A. Brown. OF
Chaiis.
Parker Mountain IL situated In a
vast unexplored mineral region, and
is In the Loon creek, Custer and
Thunder Mountain mineral zone.
Twenty.four or more years ago, Com
missioner Knapp informs US. while a
party Of prospcctors who were passing
through that country In search OF
placer mines, found rich foat on
Warm Spring creek that went go, ,00C
ton In gold. The ore float was
found on what Is now known IA
Parker Mountain, by a Mr.. barber,
who shortly afterwards went TO Call,
fornia. In those early days OF min
ing the prospectors never gave quartz
any special attention, but stampeded,
as IL were from one placer camp tc
another when they heard OF new dig
gings being struck that "papned''
well.
The assay returns from the Parker
Mountain district that we published
last week were 80 rich In gold and
silver that II read more like a fair,
tale than true statement OF facts.
The general average of the ore went
s,J0 per ton In gold, other sample,
lower and some higher. while a
picked sample went over ss7 100 pei
ton. These look like big figures, anc
they are. To show how Itch In golc
the best was. we saw piece of II
puIyerizcd and panned. and could ses
In the pan with the naked eye 4
streak OF gold. Since the first ASA,
returns were iIade here. other assay
have been made Oh the outside, ant
they all conform and tell the tale O
the richness OF the Parker Mountaif
ores. OF course the veins OF this cx
tremely rich ore not wide. but a tor
or two Of this stun would put a per
son on Easy Street. hut there II
large ledge on the Togo group o
thee claims, uncovered but not de
seloped, that shows strong body o
ore that averages from four 10 Nv,
feet In thickness, and averages ftou
s24 In sio0 per ton In gold and silver
The ores Of that district have no
been tested for other than gold AM
silver values, bot upon tests may b
found TO contain other mineral val
ges
, From a geological standpoint, geol
ogists tell Us the general iormatiol
in and about Parker Mountain Is tn
right kind TO bear mineral-porphyTy