The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1909-08-20
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IN OWYHEE COUNTY
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Boulder Greek
MINES
A short description OF the
large bodies Of ore found in
that favored locality.
Large Veins
Free Milling Ore
Good Wafer Potter

Last week we made trip o the Bould-
er Mining camp, which is situated about
10 miles on an air line south of this place
on Bonlder Creek, but as our airship was
out OF commission we had to make the
trip over the wagon road, and had to
travel some distance further By going
up Long Gulch and around by Flint,
we had an excellent opportunity to see
a number of mining properties that
were being worked and where excellent
prospects for good mines being opened
are shown. A number Of men are at
work on the Bonnell property at Flint,
putting the mill buildings in shape for
extensive work in the immediate future.
On arriving at the camp on Boulder Creek
we were well taken care Of by the parties
who are at work developing their min
ing properties.
The BOULDER CREEK
mining camp is located in charming
little valley that would make an ideal
town site, the elevation being about 5000
it. and the valley surrounded with hills
upon which grow considerable timber
while the valley or bottom land has Cotton
wood trees, wild cherry trees, wild cur
rant bushes in great profusion heavily
loaded with the choicest of fruit and
numerous other trees and shrubs suitable
for either fuel or shade.
Boulder creek is a large mountain
stream that flows from the higher noun
tains to the north and northwest, where
perpetual banks of snow feed the ice cold
mountain springs, that unite to form one
of the finest mountain trout streams to
be found in the west. Even at its lowest
stage during the latter part of the sum
mer tits estimated that fully 200 inches of
water goes rushing down through this
little valley on its way to the sea.
Large bodies of ore outcrop on the
veins, showing well defined walls and es-
tablshing without doubt that here are
immense bodies Of ore awaiting explora-
ton. We were taken over the various
properties and shown the work done, and
give below short description of several
Of the claims
One group OF four claims known as
tThe Big 4 ? consists Of the Demming,
the Dallas, the Milton, and the Sun Set.
The Demning is located on the west
side of the creek on vein of ore II feet
wide with good walls. The ore is Of hard
quarts, containing values in gold, silver
and some antimony. On this claim an
open cut has been made following the
ledge in about 30 feet, which gives a face
of ore, II it. wide and over 20 #. high,
all good averake . ore some which numer-
ous assays have been made averaging in
value $500 per ton mostly in gold
There are now on the dump fully l00ton;
of ore of this character.
Adjoining the Demming ON the North
west is the Dallas, well defined vein oi
fine looking ore AZ #. in width carrying
values mostly in gold. Assays from thii
claim have given good returns. One as
4 say Was pllA-oA III gnu anu PN.oV AZ Oh
yer. There is a tunnel run in on thii
vein for distance OF 40 feet, and 10 or Il
tons. of the ore taken out and piled up
on the dump.
On the eastern side of the creek is the
Milton claim, on which is known to exis
three mammoth veins Of ore very simula
in character to the ore found in tn,
Demming vein, tunnel of 29O #. ha
been run on this claim following the sid
of the vein for a distance of about 225 it
when the course of the tunnel was turne,
at right angles and the vein cross-cu
where the veins measures II #. in. il
width. After cross cutting this vein tn
cross-cut tunnel was continued, until a