Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19
VALUABLE ORE IN
CASSIA COUNTY
Olympia Mine Promises to Be
a Great Producer of Gold
and Silver.
Capital News Special serviee.)

hurley. Jan. leone hundred dollar
ore has been encountered in the Olympia
mine, which is located on Mount Indepen-
ence, a few miles south of Albion, the
county seat of Cassia county. Frank Rib
lett returned from the camp last week
bringing back some of the rock, showing
galena and running high in values. re-
turn from an assay made in Salt Lake City
shows over 500 to the ton. He says that
they have a large vein and the company Is
expecting to enlarge it's force and put the
property in shape to commence shipping in
the spring, when they will haul their ore
to oakley. where they will be able to ship
over the oregon Short Line via Burey to
the smelters. F. +. Griswold was in Albion
last Friday and brought back some fine
specimens of the ore, which is on exhibition
in his office
The Hercules mine, near Albion, is pro-
ducing some good ore, and as soon as tine
owners have shipping facilities, which they
expect to have by early summer, over the
Albion Interurbah electric line to Burnley,
they will have a large amount Of big pay
stuff ready to send to the smeter.
The day is near at hand when southern
Idaho will be in the front ranks in the
output of gold and silver. The Goose creek
range, which runs through Cassia county,
is the same range that extends down into
Nevada, under different names, where the
wonderful Ely, Osceola, Bull Frog and
other mining camps are located. Mount
independence, few miles south of Albion,
towers up little above timber line from
the top of which one can look over into
the Yellowstone park. on the northeast,
see the valleys about Boise and away over
into oregon, on the north and west and
for hundreds of miles to the south down
into Utah and Nevada At the foot OF this
mountain are rich valleys, with fine farm
lands and grazing lands for the thousands
OF cattle and sheep which are fed there.
On one side of the mountain Grape creek
and on the other is the south fork OF
Cassia creek. either one sufficient to fur
nish abundant water power for mills, fac
tories or reduction plants. The scenery in
this vicinity Is sublime There are seven
lakes at the head OF the south fork OF
Cassia creek and lakes at the head OF
Almo creek. Not far away is the City OF
Rocks, we'll worth the trip to see AL
through the valleys and mountains is good
fishing and hunting, During the survey OF
the thirty ninth parallel of latitude across
the continent, a government signal station
was placed on top of Mount Independence
and used for tri-angulation purposes, Hash
ing signals by day and by night to prom
inent points in Nevada, Utah and ldano.
In emigrant times, at the base of this
mountain ran four of the main roads W
California and Oregon Here is where the
Ben Holiday stage line from Salt Lake
and Kelton crossed the mountains to go to
Boise and The Dalles Old timers who came
into this section some forty years ago. tell
thrilling stories of sieges, fights and masSa-
ores by the Indians in this vicinity, of
stage robberieS. hidden treasures, etc, and
of later days when contentious arose be-
tween sheepmen and cattlemen. But now
all is different peaceful law-abidlns
region, lying between three Of the worlds
greatest irrigation projects In all the hills
and mountains about here can be found
gold, silver lead, copper, topaz coal and
large dykes of marble, granite, sandstone
and limestone.
Mount Independence that the group of
mines, of which the Olympia is one, is To-
Gated. Some prominent men of the once
famous town of Carrinne, Utah, located
this mine about thtrty-one years ago, and
shipments OF ore, some OF II fabulous in
values. were sent all the way to Pueblo,
Colo, overland, and later to Salt Lake City.
Distance from railroads, the expense of
transportation and the slump in silver dur
ing the 90s caused the suspension of OPP
erations and the claims laid idle until the
present company took hold in 1910. In do
ing the necessary annual work the com
pany has opened up some rich leads and
veins and such men as the present state
mining nsReSS' stan snG bav. rseenty BEEN
on this property and are greatly pleased
with the outlook. A short tunnel at point
about 1000 feet from the main shaft is
showing indications of copper and lead
Surveys show that this ledge is a spur Of
the main Olympia ledge, the intersection
Great news from this mine is expected
inside of sixty days. The snow Is now deep
in many places and makes II hard to get
in with supplies. Considerable excitement
is manifested over this strike, and as soon
as the snow gets Off there will be a rush
into this country.