The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-07-05

queen and Crescent mine, was In the
city Saturday.
Manager and Mrs. Spaulding, OF
the Singiser mine, were In the city
for the Fourth.
Two Keystone drills are nov being
operated In the work OF prospecting
the placer grounds on the bars OF
kirtley and Geertson creeks.
The new mining camps OF Gold
field, Bullfrog and Tonopah, In
Nevada, yielded ~, 900, 900 last year.
Halt the work In the Salmon country
would have yielded twice that
amount.
f.. b. Randolph, of Arnett creek,
was in the city Saturday. He will
go TO Beaver creek during the sum
mer to help the Big creek mining
company handle their difficult shaft
and drift work.
Philip Rand. of the Big Greek
placer company, returned to the city
for the Fourth. His company is not
rushing development at present on
account of the excess of surface water
which they are not prepared TO
handle economically.
The prospector should hunt for his
old vaules before he wastes any labor,
even as much as ten-foot hole.
The superstition that values should
| increase with depth should not he
entertained for day There are
cases where the values decrease with
depth than otherwise.
Arthur Brown. the mining man
went out Sunday to meet Mrs
| Brown who will become resident q
SALMON Mr.. Brown has become
1 identified with the mining interest
of this community and he will give
MS attention to the development @
some properties in the future.
The primitive mills have wol Ike,
out some OF the pockets, but th'
wealth of thousand lodes has neve
been touched. The concentrator au'
the cyanide plant are unknown I,
our quartz mines. The PRIMITIVE
mills have run more gold into tn
Salmon river than they have saved
Of the cream.
O. f. Kirkpatrick, the manager o
the Geld Ridge mine at Leesburg
was in the city over Sunday. He re
ports steady prog ress on the lon
tunnel which is being driven on tbi
property. There Is some troubl
about ventilation as the uelther get
warmer, and blower will be IN
stalled in the near future.
+. G. White, the former owner 9
the Red jacket mine at Yellow Jack
ct, is now permanently located a
Lewiston, Idaho. lie made ilyin
visit to the old camp this week
Though he has retired to the NOR
quiet occupation Of farming he CAT
not resist the temptation To mix u
with the knights Of the tunnel an
shaft once in while.
W. IL. Richardson, OF Richardso
Bros. Leesburg, came In Sunday
spend the Fourth. Richardson Bros
have been engaged In placer ninin
In that old camp for 40 years. The
have removed three acres Of pay graz
ell this spring, and they will move
much more before the season close:
This mine has been the steadiest prC
Queer In the whole Salmon country
and IL is good for another quarter {
a century.
There is more copper in the Sa
mon country than in the Butte CAM
There is more lead in the Salmo
country than in the Occur d'Alenei
There is more silver in the Salmo
country than in any other who
, state in the Union. There Is MOI
, cobalt in the Salmon county than
any other country In the world. III
Salmon country gave 500, 000, 900
gold and silver to the world duriu
the past 40 years, and only the crea
J was taken of.
J There are many bikes and reefs
/ the Salmon country that will becon
great gold mines in the future. tt
Mercur of Utah, was run over Il
years. 1t would not pan col"r
gold. II it had not carried decepti'
indications Of the presence OF oth'
! metals IL would have been left for a
, time perhaps with its $40 900. 600 VI
revealed. The prospectnr shou
, look out for concealed wealth. II
Recorder will test any sample OF o
J that is sent To this of;ce and 81
\ the result to the discoyerer free
lcharpe, Just To help the cause along
The wise prospector does no asses
ment work. II he has showii
that justities work there are M
! with money who will develop Il
/ property while il is a new discover
( 10 fact prospect that is two
: more years old has lost its chief q
Z traction TO a buyer The man "
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