The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
SOME OF THE RICH MINES
LOCATED IN [ENH| COUNTY !
important Development Of QntIaIfdden IdahoS WeuKnown Gold and
S|verlead DbtbS-hOSpeN for Railroad Is Viewed by Mine
Inspector Robert l. BeN-WeI Written Article.

values reported are proven 10 exist,
IL should warrant an extensive II i'll.
ing plant and a very profitable opera.
uon, as the quartz can be quarried
by the glory hole method at very
low cost Of extraction. This proper
ty has recently been equipped with
IA ten-stamp mill and cyanide plant.
which is hardly yet completed, and a
good deal is expected OF II next sea
son by its owners.
There are nun erous other iiatter- 4
ing gold prospects In the ieesbure /
basin country that warrant the at I
tention OF investors.
In the adjoining Moose creek basin, /
nine miles from Leesburg, the Mul.
Ian dredge on the old McNutt dig
eings is being successfully operated
and is producing results
! Just over the crest OF the Leeshurp
range, within nine miles OF Salmu
I City; the u. l.. mine is successfully
operating u ten-stamp mill recent,
Installed, which Is now being In.
creased by another battery OF five
stamps. This mine is opened on =
contact iissure vein In granite walls
1t stands nearly vertical and strikes
into the bold face OF granite noun
tain. II was probably originally .
dixie OF basis igneous rock that has
been reduced to schist by subsequent
assuring ana le.mineralized by gold
forms vein uf ribbony TO massive
quartz containing iron pyrites and
good milling values In free goln that
occurs In big shoots, ranging from
three TO Is feet In thickness and Of
considerable length A series OF adit
tunnels run on the vein, demonstrates
the continuity OF the ore throughout
the entire length OF one full claim
and with float and other groupings,
through half the length OF an addi
tional claim. The two principal tun
nels on this property are $50 and 50
, feet long, respectively. The longest
lower tunnel, when carried through
the end OF the rst claim, will gain u
face depth OF $50 feet The mill T.
= directly connected with the mouth al
. this tunnel and affords an ideal stu
? alton for the economic development
2 extraction and treatment OF the re
sources OF the mine, which PROMISE
2 long period OF profitable results
This mine, In common with tbs
Leesburg, Blackbird, Meyers Gov,
e and Rabbits Foot mines, Is connect
D ed by telephone with the outside
world, which has proven a great con
e yenience In their operations.
At the foot OF the Leesburg range
: within two miles OF Salmon City, til
+ old Pollard coal mine has recentl
been purchashed by Mr.. H. G. King
+, who has put IL Ia the bands ~
+ capable operator and is having IL de
= yeloped IN first class, practical man
c ner. and is at the present time pro
! ducing an important tonnage Of goo,
J. domestic fuel. This property carrie
wide bed of bigh-grade Ignite cos
Z that Is fully 20 feet thick. but Is SCI
% arated bY numerous bands of slate q
;. bone into different layers. The pres
= ent operations are being carried on /
S a clean seam five feet thick that
|, nearly free from bone, and with
d little hand sorting In the bin, pro
,f duces very desirable fuel that
d readily salable In the local market q
Ie sG per ton, at which rate It yields
n handsome profit ever the cost Of e,
5. traction and hauling. The deposi
1t has fat dip towards the SaImo
al valley under the Jesse creek plateat
y 1t has been subjected 70 short ste
D. faults. but is likely to prove quit
~ extensive in spite of these local IT
terruptions, and will probably unde
pr lie the whole area Of the Jesse cree
m bench or plateau, which is sever
j. thousand acres In extent, and prov
:, Of considerable economic imp0rtauC
g. to Salmon CITY and vicinity.
Ds salmon is one OF the handsome'
ns little inland towns in the state, an
ID is strictly up-to.date, in spite OF il
I'd somewhat remote position "a mil:
er from the nearest railway transports
In tion at Redrock, Mont. II has
number of splendid brick bDildingi
IN occupied by mercantile firms ait
no large stocks 81 goods, that do a thri'
nj Ing business as the whole country
10 practically tributary to this center.
N. The town has jne system Of gra
/. Ity water works from a nearby mouf
., tain stream. well graded streets an
"A sidewalks, an excellent telephone an
II electric light system. and other uI
,s to-date modern eonyenieDces. 1t
AZ beautifully situated at the confluenc
10 OF the Salmon and Lembi river'
"A whose valleys for several miles To tn