The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-15
RAILROAD Will
OPEN UP MINES |
Butte and ldahs Gold and Cop
per Mining Company Lays
Plans for DEVELOPMENT.

from Armstead into the mining dis
trict close TO the Idaho line, In the
Salmon country, win prove won-
derful reviyine eie,nen, within the
next six months. Ii is reported that
the preliminary ~erk toward con-
struction Is now under way and that
the contract has been awarded to the
Utah Construction. company OF Salt
Lake. The lack Sof transportation
facilities has been the only thing
that has prevented the numerous
companies owning mineral ground
In the Salmon country from doing
more extensive development work.
With the adyen. OF the road 1t is
most certain that some big producers
of copper will be opened up.
Facilities for shipping ore directly
by rail to the smelfers will be OF I'm
mense benefit TO the Butte & Idaho
Gold and Copper Mining company,
which Is developing a number OF val
liable claims near Salmon City, and
1t Is expected that the company will
ne In position to make shipments OF
copper ore by the time the railroad il
In operation, or any rate about the
first OF the year.
At the recently held meeting OF the
stockholders at Salmon City, Wallace
Corbett, for many years snperintend.
ent OF the Leonard and East Colusa
mines, was elected president OF the
company. Mr.. Corbett Is a mining
engineer Of known reputation and he
Is also practical miner OF wide ex-
perience. The other officers elected
we're X. l.. Desourdy. vice-president
DIR. W. III. iIayiiand, secretary and
treasurer; Il. IL. Emery. assistant
secretary and treasurer. Andrew
flober, thoroughly familiar with the
vein system OF the Salmon district.
and with an especially wide expert
ence as miner. has been placed 10
charge of the property.
The property OF the company con.
sists OF the Inde. ndence, Forget
Me-Not, Butcher Boy. Jennie Ryan,
Maggie b. ano Gilbert q. claims, and
OF water right and millsitc on Car.
men creek. On the latter Is located
sawmill, which has been In success.
ful operation for the summer months
aud which has supplied timbers for
all the mining operations OF the com.
pany. as well as furnishing lumber
for large number of buildings at
Salmon City last winter. There are
now at the mill about 100, COO ieet OF
logs ready for the mill. The mill
has been source OF consideraD ole
evenue to the compan y and is a val.
nable asset.
The development OF the property
has been accomplished by means OF
tunnels On the Jennie Ryan claim
tunnel has been driven distance
OF 2o7 feet, from which ten-foo,
cross-cut has been run. At dis.
tance of li0 feet from the mouth OF
the tunnel six. foot ledge was
opened up, showing commercial cop.
per and good gold and silver values.
On the Gilbert O. claim there are
two tunnels. One OF the tunnels Il
now 10 nearly $50 feet. opening up a
ledge four feet 10 width, the assays
running high In gold and silver ano
showing some copper. The other
tunnel has been driven distance ol
nearly seventy.tive feet and has cui
a ledge ten inches In width. The
ore assays between so and $40 ia
gold, ten TO sixteen ounces 10 silver
and seventeen per cent copper.
/ Three tunnels have been run OF
the Maggie II. claim. all showing en-.
couraging values. No. Is In 23s
feet and has cut a fouf.foot ledge
showing values as high as sg7. 20
( principally Ia gold and silver. Tun
mel No. = Is In sixty-hve feet, cuttins
a ten.incb ledge Of ore, the assay,
going FROM s5j and upward 70 the
ton. Tunnel No. , n In twenty q "
feet and has cut ledge one and one
half feet I'm width. the ore assayins
s22.i7 in gold and silver. and ther,
being good showing Of copper.
On the Butcher Boy the tunnel Il
In Only twelve feet, but has cut at
! eight-ineh vein. the ore running al
high as slss in gold and four ouncei
In silver to the ton. On the Inde
pepdence the tunnel has been driyes
thirty 1--we feet, exposing an ore yeir
eighteen inches vide, the values 20
ing ell ia gold, seven ounces sllve
and eight per cent copper.
The company has decided to pnsl
the work Of development rapidly
and under the direction OF SuperIn
tendent Andrew Hobcr some surpris
ing results are expected. The stool
of the company is held principally II
Butte. Butte Miner.
Newton HiSbs came 10 from Lees