Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-06-08
lDAHo's MINES
Lowls and Clark Exhibit of
sr. Idaho Minerals.


rs Idaho Minerals.
Special Correspondence. t.tsif
Every day as the Lewis and
Clark Fair progresses the magnifi-
cent Idaho mining exhibit is at-
tracing more attention. Oregon
10 IT, only rival in the display OF
ores, either in quantity or values,
and many Of the mining mon who
hourly examine the metals pro-
|nouuOe the Idaho showing superior
to that Of the home state,
or Idaho's twenty-one counties
eighteen are mineral bearing, and
. majority Of these have ores ip
tho Idaho building. In the mum.
Der OF mines represented Blaine,
Lemhi, Idaho and 6hoshone coun-
ties run close race. The metals
represented are gold quarts, from
Lemhi, Owyhee, Boise, Ada,
Blaine, Elmore. Idaho, Nez Perce
and Custer counties; copper from
Blaine, 6hoshone, Lemhi, Wash.
ingtou, Ada and Bsnnock; silver
lead from Shoshone, Blaine and
Idaho; asbestos from Idaho and
Blaine; cobalt from Lemhi; nickel
from Lemhi; galena from Blaine;
silver from practically all; zinc
from Blaine; jasper rock and
marble from one or two c0unt ties.
A reeume Of most Of the mines 10
the exhibit with their respective
counties follows:
Idaho-Dewey, Del Rio, Sue.
cess, Jumbo, American Eagle, Big
Buffalo, Union Jack, Lucky Lad,
Buffalo Chief, Old Bill, Laurel
Leaf, Daisy Blossom, Wise Boy,
Oxford, Kohinoor, Travelies,
Great Eastern and Fourth Of July.
Shoshone Mammoth, Standard,
Morning, Hercules, Hecla, Bunker
Hill and Sullivan, 18 TO I, Bea,
Top, Hobson, May e. Alice, EN-
pire State, Gold Hunter, Ora and
Morning Star.
Lemhi-Queen Of the Hills, Con.
6dence, Buck, Bloodhound, Nc.
Kinley, Granite, Winnie, Kitsie
Burton, Starlight, Chemical Min.
ing Company, Royal, Bohsnan,
Coxie, New 'Eldorado and Sure
Dog. ass s9N't' sf. hG
Blaine -Tiptop, Mountain Belle.
Croesus, Snowslide, Bullion, Trade
Dollar, Rasetto, Idahoan, Red Ele
phant, Red Cloud, Gold Star, Porto
Rico, War Dance and Minnie
Moore. 'os5 ~
Boise-Dangler, Nettie, Elkton,
Efsy, Lucky Boy, Copper Queen,
Golconda.
Custer er-Skylsrk, Good Friend,
Bachelor, Forest Rose, Pacific.
Washington-Wild Goose, Blue
Jacket, Lockwood, Helena.
Owyhee Trade Dollar, Poor
man. ess'ssss
Bsnnock-Moonlight. a
Probably few Idahosns, save the
limited number which has 90 fay
visited the exposition from that
state, realize that 200, 900 pound.
Of ore are spread out for the world
70 see in the Idaho state building
Additional ores to come from the
General Petit and other Elmore
county properties, with q few new
southern Idaho conslgnnents, will
bring the total weight up TO abou,
LOS tons. The Marshall Lake dis
trict also has an excsllent display
in . separate cabinet, the mines
contributing being the Kimberley,
Mt. Marshall, Buck group, Inde.
pendence, Montezuma, America.
netts, Jewel, Brunton and BLACK
Boy. '9
Fasteners familiar with minina
stand sgape at some Of the authen.
ticated values shown them BY Min
ing Commissioner Bradley Of Blaine
county, who carries records from
county assessors' documents K
prove the reliability Of the display
tickets. Copper specimens from
the Lockwood and Helena, OF thu
Seven Devils district, run 40. ani
40 per cent. Of copper, respectively
Specimens from the Idaho Demo
crat, Morning, Mammoth snd Min
ME Moore, oil silver-lead proper
ties, run, respectively, 10, %, AZ
and 20 per cent. Of lead, with 130
l8, 70 and 23O ounces of silver
One big chunk from the Mammoth
mine weighs 10000 pounds. Orr
is shown from the Trade Dollar
gold quartz Of Silver City, thaI
runs 5000 . ton, with the state
ment that 30 tons q day, averaging
$40. > ton, is put through. 4
specimen which came in from th,
Blue jacket mine, Of Seven Devili
district, after the Fair started,
runs 60 per cent. in copper.