The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
DISCOVERY OF L[[SbURG PLACER MINES /
l. Ndkey Sunled the Only One Of the Five Original DovGus
o. leeSDMs N99nss Now lvlng--Slted that Thirty Millions
GOLD Dust Have Been Taken from This Noted (lmD.

ming the ground. We did not take d
pan OF dirt, even on the bars, by the
sides Of the old channels which did
not show more or less color. with
the exception OF being more explicit
In saying that 1t Is necessary to go tc
bedrock To secure the best results.
we have nothing to take back con.
cerning what was said some weeks
ago.
We know positively that there ID
virgin ground on these claims, ground
which has never been worked, re-
gardless OF what some other may say
in contradiction. Years ago CON-
pany OF men run a fiume from the
falls a mile or mile and a half, ex-
pecting TO work out large basin.
When the fiume was completed TO
the basin II was discovered that the
iinme was up too high In the air to
carry away the tailIngs, and the re-
suit was that the ground was aban-
doned. Ii will he necessary for a
surveyor TO run line TO determine
whether a finme can be Quilt from
the fall4with the desired pitch. II
this can he done We would say there
was fully forty acres In this tract Of
land which may prove as valuable as
any ground which has been worked
further down the creek. In our
judgment we would say there was
fall enough for this purpose, but a
survey will very quickly settle this
/ point.
| The side bars to the old channels,
which have been worked farther
down the creek could be made to
yield handsome returns to . company
OF small capital To put In small
plant for hydraulic mining. Why we
say this Is because we took several
pans from these bars and got from a
cent to two or three cents pan Of
fine gold, which conyinces US that at
low estimate this ground will aver.
age from fifty cents TO one dollar a
cubic yard. There is plenty OF water.
and the only question is there fall
enough to work all of this ground,
which we believe there is.
In working this placer ground It
must be remembered that IL was only
the best OF ground which could be
worked at profit, considering the
higli cost of living and labor 10 the
early days OF placer mining. Just at
the foot Of the falls there Is quite a
tract OF land which was not worked
on account OF the large boulders
which must be removed,
The afternoon we were on the
ground We made an examination from
this ground and paDned ont a pan of
dirt and gravel. After the pan was
worked down we have more than i've
cents worth OF coarse, or what Is
known as shot gold from the one
pan. There is several hundred
square feet In this tract which could
be worked by blowing out the bould.
ers with dynamite, and would pos
sibly be as rich as any ground as ever
has been worked ip the Leesbure dis.
trfct.
No doubt there is large proper
tion OF the ground which could not
be worked with dredge on account
OF the large boulders, but there are
good sized tracts which would pay
and pay well. The parties who bave
control OF this i've hundred and forty
acres lack the capital 10 put 10 a
hume and the hydraulic machinery,
but some company will take hold Of
this proposition some time and make
an Immense fortune out OF the
ground. Were II possible TO take all
the gold out OF the ground that is
now In the Leesburg district we
would rather have what remains than
what was taken out during the bopns
days OF placer mining.
The Leesburg OF the future Is go /
ing to he largely dependent upon the /
quartz mines which are nos coming
to the front. Ii Is said that In Al. |
ders' Gulch, one Of the most valuable /
placer mines 10 the country, consid- 1
ering its extent, they have never
been able 20 End the lodges from
which the gold come This is not
the case in the Leesburg district. as
the lodges have been found. a0d Il has
been proven that the quartz is not /
only 10 inexbaustible quantities. but
carrying good values We wiIl have
something TO say next week atoat /
the quartz mines nov being opened 1
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