The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-11-29

uUTtu NH Slope ana became TOO SLID
perry for the traction bars TO yet q
hold with the advent of the first
moisture and frost OF the fall and the
ore now has to be hauled down to
the foot OF this bill with teams.
THE engine uses under present
conditions, about four tons OF coal a
day, which is distributed in bins
along the road at convenient inter-
vals on the back trip. II is work Ing
under the severest kind OF conditions,
as no bridges have yet been built,
and fording the several streams and
and by bitches 1t has TO cross on the
route muds up the gearing on the In
side OF the broad traction tires, and
puts a hard strain on 1t. These
bridges are being built, however, and
when completed 1t Is figured that the
ore can be laid down at the railroad
from Gilmore at good margin OF
profit for s5 per ton.
"1t Is unfortunate for Lemhi
county that the Gilmore mine fell
into the hands OF such unimag inative
and conservative operators. Ii that
other class OF Pittsburg operators we
know at this end Of the state had
gotten bold OF such ore showing,
they would have had half a dozen
shafts down In the district by this
time 500 To 10000 feet deep aud an
ore traffic developed that would prob
ably have justified sure enough
railroad, instead OF traction train,
for the surrounding district has doz.
ems OF handsome surface indications
OF other rich ore bodies contained In
a geological-borizon and under physi-
cal conditions of assuring, etc. that
Is practically duplication of the
bonanza horizons of Park City, Utah.
'At Scull canyon, four miles north
east Of Kaufman post0iflce, on Birch
creek, In Fremont county, the old
Paymaster or Towngreen group OF
copper claims is being operated with
a force OF 20 men by Mr.. Weimer, OF
Salt Lake.
"This property carries some Inter
esting deposits OF rich copper carbon
ate and oxide ore often sprinkied
With native wire copper and clean
kidneys OF pure bornite.
"Tbe ore Is found near n very pro-
Dounced contact or reddish quartzose
sandstone that trayerses the country
for miles and is overlaid with an I'm.
mense development Of blue carbonif-
erous limestone. The present source
OF the ore Is from the lime beds q
hundred feet or so above the contact
where u occurs as fats and sleeps
somewhat after the manner OF the
Wisconsin zine-lead deposits Vet
tical assures cut the blue lime beds
that are from an inch to foot or
more wide, filled with rich ore and |
connected with ist deposits lying he. |
tween the aat dipping bedding planes
OF the limestone that have been |
mined In areas equal 10 40 or 60 feet |
square and from one to four feet |
thick, filed with the rich altered /
copper ores.
These ores are OF u,ice ertain shape /
and size, and change very abruptly |
into bard blue lime, but the exten-
sive distribution OF copper mineral
along the line Of the underlying con-
tact may mean some extensive dep6s-
its OF rich mineral when IL has been
thoroughly explored.
"The Psymaster shipped over -
carloads OF high grade ore over -
years ago hut has since been Idle. |
Mr.. weiner has established a good /!
comfortable camp equipment, and |
has commenced shipping ore. lie
had forwarded tso 40-tOn cars, prior
To my visit, that averaged 20 per
cent copper and seven ounces silver
and expects 10 be able To average a
car a week after December /.
"a hundred new claims have been
located during the past season east |