The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-12
PLACER DEAL PUT
THROUGH At SALMON
California Talent Buys Big
Property in the kirtley
Placer Diggings.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
SALMON CITY. Ida. Dec. li.--A min
ing deal OF great Importance TO this dis
trict was closed last Monday. when some
hundred acres of placer dlgCings on
kirtley creek, Ave miles from Salmon.
were sold TO the newly formed Klrt-
ley Creek Cold Dredging company. The
price paid was in the ncighborhood of
1000. John Martin of Ross. Cal, Is
head of the new company. and the deal
was put through by l.. j. Hoehl. a min
property formerly belonged TO the Lem
nj Irrigation and Orchard company.
Messrs. III. II. Boomer. Newton Hibbs,
p Nc kenney and Shaw. and was ac-
CURED By them about a wear ago. Mr..
Martin and his associates have spent
more than 5000 In the preliminary
work of prospecting the ground, and tho
results have been most satisfactory \
contract has been lei Tor the construc
ton of a mammoth dredec OF the latest
pattern. The dredge Is to cost Sl75.Ooo,
before next August. Eighty men will
run the machinery, day and night In
eisht-hour shifts. \ contract has also
been entered into with the Andrews
400 horsepower from Salmon. distance
or hNe miles. TO the dredgc. II Is be
lieved that this Is but the beginning
of many mining deals which are now
pending in this district.
From Mahogany Claim
j. Cummings is showing samples Of
honeycomb quartz from the Mahogany
lode claim. Shoup camp. adjoining the
famous old Grunier mine. The Mnhog-
any has been worked in desu,ory
manner for several years, but recently
Cummings started crosscut and found
the ore vein which Is apparently.
up to the hundreds IN gold This vein
traveIses the Mahogany fun length and
contains millions OF tons. Mining is
difficult as most of the hanging wall
a blanket dipping toward the river. IS
covered chiefly With slide rock
The Murphy groun Of eight claims,
owned by w. G Mccormick and i. Den
ton. are experiencing Lease OF new life
due 10 transportation facilities. These
claims were located about twenty years
ago but, like many others In this dis
trici: up 10 six months ago were greatly
handicapped for lack of cheap methods
Of transportation. The Murphy is locat-
ed In the Texas or Gilmore district.
other north and south. The ore found
averages 30 per cent lead and ninety
ounces Of silver To the ton The devel-
opment now under way consists OF n con-
the second vein. distance OF 125 feet.
In Old Leesburg District.
Considerable interest is being shown
In the placer diggngs IN the famous
Jenshurs district which produced
S27 100000 at a time when the primitive
slulce box methods only were used In
1855 The population OF Leesburg is said
TO have been 5000 but now there are
only about half dozen of the old TIM
eTs operating. though the entire district
covering an area Of about thirty square
miles. is held through patent or annual
assessment by corporations. The Moose
Creek placers will be extensively worked
next year. These consist of about 2n0
acres or ground. averaging better than
35 cents 10 the yard. a second washing
OF tho richer ground. which gave sew
eral dollars 10 the yard is believed
would give good results.