Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-11-09


ancient history, and as far as known,
those who are now directing affairs
there are competent, and results are in
sight.
Quartz Mines Of District.
ut can be said of the quartz mines
in the Elk City country that they are
different from those of many camps in
the west where rich and extensive plac-
ers have been found and afterward
yielded millions. In numbers of these
camps about all the valuable contents
of the ledges had been eroded and de-
posted in the streams, leaving little or
nothing for the quartz miner who came
later. One important matter which
strikes the investigator in the region
here being described is the absence of
this feature. Apparently there has
been as little erosion there as in any
camp in the west, and the probabilities
are that the many quartz veins now be-
ling developed will go down to such
depths that mechanical means now in
use may never reach the bottom of the
pay shoots.
''At the present time the Buster is
the banner mine of the camp on account
of its having been taken over by the
Bradley syndicate, composed of six
very prominent mining men of the Pa
cific coast.
Copper Ores in Evidence.
Gold is the metal sought for, but
there are strong evidences of copper
values becoming quite feature with
additional development. About two and
half miles southeast of Elk City, at
the junction of Redhorse creek with
Red river, on the Snowstorm group,
owned by Coverly & Pittock, there is
quite showing of copper sulphides and
malachite, which carries from 2 to
per cent at depth of perhaps so feet.
From all indications this property will
become valuable gold-copper mine
when thoroughly exploited. Evidences
of copper are also found in the veins
that have been opened up along this
stream.
Peculiar Feature of Mines
GAS far as investigated there are two
facts regarding the mineral veins
around Elk City which mining writer
disikes to state for fear that he may
be accused of boosting or that he may
be taken for tenderfoot, and unless
these statements are verified they
would appear singular to an old and ex-
perienced mining man. These facts are
that in the Buster, Snowstorm, Lilly
May and the Del Rio the veins grow
richer and much wider with depth. AS
to other prospects or mines in that To-
cality cannot say. There can be no
doubt but that the lodes examined are
true assures; they have the proper
trend, great continuity and the effects
of rubbing, forming slicken-slides, which
are taken as the best evidence by min
ing engineers for extreme depth,
''On account of the limited time taken
for this trip it was not possible to visit
many other interesting sections, as sew
eral weeks would have to be spent in
the country to thoroughly cover it all,
but considerable information was
CLEANED from well posted and reliable
persons.
Great Future for Elk City
"By next spring the fame of Elk
mines will be so great that there will
be large influx of the representatives
of capital in that ancient burg, and the
people are preparing to size them up.
They will represent everything from
the Bank of England to the combined
surplus of the paupers' club in Slum-
dunn. The Elkites desire a process
whereby they can concentrate one from
the other. In all seriousness, if any
one is looking for an investment in gold
property it no doubt will be to their ad-
vantage to place Elk City and the sur
rounding country on their visiting list.
Hotel Arrivals.