The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1910-01-20

The rich mineral deposits in this dis
trict only need to be known to be APP
preciated. Numerous deposits that
will lead to large bodies of high grade
ore can be found on the surrounding
hille, which If found in some inaccessi-
BILE place in Alaska or other remote
country, or in the midst of the desert
regions of Nevada, would cause world
wide stampede. Here have been
opened up number Of mines where bod
les of such rich ore were taken out that
it was shipped direct to the smelters by
the car load, being tso rich to mill.
Several such deposits have been found,
and the DeLamar and Trade Dollar
mines have been, and are to day ship
ping latge amount of ore direct to the
smelters that is too rich to be milled
here.
There are more such mines to be
opened in this camp, and on War Eagle
Mountain many more rich deposits will
be uncovered in the future; bodies Of
ore that will make the wonderful die
coveries Of Jarbidge sink into insignia
canoe, and Goldfield a back number.
The proper development of a number Of
properties surrounding Silver City will
make this the best and richest mining
camp in the west. Here we have large
bodies of low grade free milling ore,
great deposits Of concentrating ore, and
some that contain copper, lead and some
antimony with silver and gold In fact
the investor may find any kind Of a
mining proposition here that he desires
and if properly handled it will prove a
financial success.
Here we have every facility at hand for
economical working and transportation
of supplies. One has no new roads to
build, no long journeys to make for sup
plies, as every thing can be purchased
right here in Silver City, at reasonable
prices. Yet the craze to go to some
new discovery will cause miners and in
vestors to rush off and encounter hard
ships and endure inconveniences The
pioneer prospector was always expecting
to find the "pay streak" richer just
over the hill, and so would move on
The following article from the Idaho
Daily Statesman of Jan. 10Th, 1910,
shows what others, who have made a
careful investigation of the resorces of
this district, think of the future pros
poets OF this mining camp.
"That the famous old camp of Silver
City is due for new lease of life as a
result of the remarkable discoveries in
a mining way recently made there, is
the opinion of no less a local mining au-
thority than A. E. Carlson, president
of the Boise Commercial club and a
member OF the firm OF Carlson Lusk
Hardware company.
81 have just received the assays from
the grab samples taxed at the Dewey
Homestake mine at Dewey in the Silver
City district, and before another twelve
months has passed the people in this
section OF the state will know that right
here In our midst we have a bonanza
which, if it happened to be in Nevada,
would be the occasion for great min
ing sensation"
This was the statemente made yes
terday by Mr.. Carlson, one of the four
owners Of the Dewey Homestake mine,
after he had received from the assayer
the report on six assays which were
grabbed here and there from the ore oi
4-foot vein which is now on the dump.
That the further development of this
property will result in placing the Silver
City district in the category of camps
which have made the western country
famous, is tile earnest conviction OF this
well-known business man. He stated
yesterday that in all Of his experience
in the mining business he had never
seen such surface indications aud never
WAS so positive that ore existed under.
meath the surface in unlimited quan.
titles.
"You can talk about Bruneau," he
stated yesterday, ''but the Jarbidge