The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-01-30
mining DEAL CLOSED DEATHS DUE TO PNEUMONIA IA BUTTE MERCHANT CALLED
I'D Italian Mine Has Been Disposed Of by Newton nbbs,
The Mine POmOtel--A Fine Property

kithstanding the depressing
ice of the panic, the Leesburg
1t promises to be pretty lively
the year 1908. Though
engineer who has been in.
BIZ most OF the properties OF
bection, The Recorder learns
the old Italian mine, upon
Newton IIibbs, the hustilng
ter, has been engaged in res
bn work for the psat year, has
bid through the process of re-
zing the old Bitter Root Min
|mpany. The terms of the deal
an ample fund for develop
hnd continuous operations un-
e direction of Mr.. Hibbs, be-
g Immediately and continuing
b a long campaign.
mine has a record OF 5000, 900
led from shallow workings by
i've methods and desultory
The ore has been of about
hde and the veins which have
topped have averaged about 10
in width; but the veins have
len very permanent above the
" tunnel level. The gouging
IDS have bankrupted the mine
ous times and discouraged the
ners. Then came the careful
fugal Italians who sold the
[our times and received sub
hl payments in advance to get
Inc back by forfeits TO restore
Successive wreckers.
present owners paid for the
in full and the practical Ital.
lst all equities in the property.
the same gouging process
BIT the mine to the same bank
ondition as an inevitable re-
1t lay idle for three years till
ring when Mr.. Hibbs began
stly work Of restoration after
tn wrecking campaign in the
of the old gold producer. At
expenditure of several thousand
!. the yellow metal smiled from
and shaft SO alluriEgly that II
Led investors in these pa mic
Mr.. Hibbs, who has made a
study of wrecked mines and
storation after the tenderfoot
inc his worst, deserves credit
polish he has put on this old
mes loser.
Italian mine has more years of
and better record of bullion
ny other quartz mine In Lem
nty. The product is almost
|old, and 1T is easy OF reduction
e amalgamation process. Its
ystem Is in granitic forma-
bich has been tilted and frac-
y tie intrusion OF syenite dixie.
hte assures were tilled with eI-
vein matter during the period
eanic disturbance which lifted
e Leesbury mountain range.
is an extensive gold bearing
( which the syenite dixie is tie
hg wall. While the rich veins
t confined to the immediate
t OF the two formations they
the trend of the true contact
posely. This ore zone is per
he greatest gold deposit iB The
of Idaho. The payable Low
ore (ips under the dixie that
led it at an angle of 30 degrees
he horizontal and the pay zone
IN 40 to 100 feet thick. Tbs
rade veins traverse this zont
larly but In intimate relation
bow proven that either the low
dixie or the high-grade yeiI
insure the Italian to he ;
h-doiiar mine.
e the days when the old place.
were worked out, there bai
cen the attention devoted u
uartz PROPOSITIONS which tn
OF that section evidently mer
be Leesburg district is agail
g into Its own, and will see
in modified form. of tn
excitement of the sixties Ii
st three or four years there ha
large amount of development
bone. Newton tIibbs has dem
tied that there is paying ore il
strict, and has shown that j
worked at a handsome pro6
a Conservative and scientifi
eement- The Italian once NOR
X into the hands Of expert min
pen is bound TO yield TO tb