The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28

ing our mines, and gave a report of /
his observations, which appeared in (
the Statesman last week. AS Mr.. /
Bell Is a mining expert and we'll
qualified 10 pass an opinion we pub T.
lish his report with good deal OF
pleasure, and believe he has only
done Lemhi county and its mineral
resources justice. Following is his
report:
At the Rabbits Foot mine, in the
gravel range district on Silver creek,
fifty miles southwest OF Salmon City,
consists Of a great zone Of altered
rhyolite that has been proven for
width Of six hundred feet to carry
light values In free gold all through
with parallel lines OF assuring that
are nearly vertical and vary in width
from two to six feet, and in values
from five to twenty dollars per ton,
with occasional pockets and freaks
of much higher grade material. A
sub zone In this great body of miner
allied rock is fully 100 feet wide and
has been developed In the lower
cross-cut or mill tunnel of the prop
erty at depth of ls0 feet and found
to contain values all through its
width that have varied by different
sampling all the way from three to
five dollars per ton. This great zone
OF gold-bearing material can be
very cheaply mined by the glory
hole" method. 1t will be more ex-
tensively developed this winter by
drifting and cross-cuttings, and it is
not unlikely that important areas Of
better values may be disclosed.
The Rabbits Foot property is
equipped with a tirst.class ten-stamp
power, which Is now practically be-
ing used to sample the deposits with.
This mill is at the present time be-
ing supplied with thirty tons OF ore
J day, which Is all mined and
trammed by four men from surface
quarries where 1t is dumped into
chutes that connect with the mill
tunnel and there drawn of and tram
med to the back OF the mill where 1T
Is plating about S5 per ton. The
gold In this deposit Is practically all
: free and amalgamates readily, and 1t
is believed from experiments now In
progress that IL can be handled at
the rate Of five tons to the stamp
, with coarse screens, as the values
seem to lie in the innumerable iron
stained cleavages and fracture lines
that permeate the mass.
] The property is being efficiently
managed and handled by S. p. Burr
) who was candidate for mine in.
/ spector at.tbe last republican conven.
tion. The underground work, under
] the direct charge of Mr.. Lew Ingle,
i. bright, a former Occur d'Alene oper,
! ator, is in elegant shape. a tota
: force OF thirty men is employed or
} the property and its total develop
e ment at the present time Is 2,50I
/ feet OF cross-cuts and drifts, and 40
S feet of raises and connections TO The
=, surface, and Ii given free hand, thu
present management OF this property
r is likely to develop it into PROPOSE
( tion that will warrant a mill OF
e thousand tons daily capacity within
S another year.
e The Rabbits Foot deposit is
S geological counterpart OF the nov
o famous Golden Sunbeam property O
o Custer county, which had si.nila
I history. The Golden Sunbeam wa
:. purchased about four years ago 70
= a nominal sum and equipped with
= small mill, with which the propert,
was operated for three years ant
barely made expenses, as the noun
tain mass OF altered rhyolite whlcl
= 1t was attempted TO treat only raj
> two or three dollars per ton and di,
not pay on such small scale. IL
a however, like the Rabbits Foot con
tained vertical lines OF parallel fis
. suring carrying better values thai
: the general mass, and year ago
Hds dCClbtIil
pushed into better pay streak wbicl
= yielded milling values Of from twent
" to sixty dollars per ton, since wbicl
: time the property has been maxim
T! big money and could he markets
- now for a million dollars. A simila
:, outcome for the Rabbits Foot opera
. tion is one Of the iattering prohabil
titles OF its present condition, If tb
= cards are properly played.
Five miles west OF the Rabbit
Foot mine. the old Singiser mine a
Meyers Cove, is employing a force Q
forty men at the present time Thi
property is opened on monster lis
It sure vein or zone OF pOrphyry brecci
b cement with silicious scihter, an
carrying pay shoot three tn five fee