The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-10
THE SAL MON REGION
IN CENTRAL IDAHO
Fatal Accident and Fatal Shootinq;
Many Mines Being Worked
With Profit.

WIN FTOII.
Salmon City Idaho. Aug. 10
Crushed to death by lau of rock.
the body of John Doyle was found
few days ago by a party of prospec-
tors on Big Deer Creek, twenty-five
miles northwest Of Salmon City, Ida
Doyle was about 80 years of age
He was well known In this district,
where he had been prospecting for
many years
He was working alone when the
accident happened, and the fallen
rock showed that he had just struck
rich lead of gold-copper ore. 1t
is not known how long he had been
lying dead among his new found
riches, as II was quite by chance that
his body was discovered
Daniel MClnerney shot and killed
Peeler Foster at Gilmore. south OF
Salmon City. at o'clock Friday night
Foster was shot in the abdomen. the
bullet passing out through his spine
McInerney Is I'm the custody of Sher-
lff Waters of Iemhi county, Idaho
The men quaTelcd over a mining
claim
mines In the Salmon City district.
With the recent complexion of the
Gilmore and Pittsburg railroad to this
town from Armstead on the Oregon
Short Line. old properties are being
worked with profit. being hitherto re-
tarded for lack of transportation IA
cilities. Electrical plants are being
installed to furnish power to sew
eral of the claims
The Salmon City district is rich In
a variety Of minerals North of the
town lie the gold and silver mining
districts, west there is gold. copper.
nickel and cobalt: northwest and
down the Salmon river there is gold.
and 10 the southwest there is a region
rich in silver and lead
Several coal prospects are being
opened up in this vicinity Within
two miles of Salmon City IS a mine
which has furnished so per cent Of
the total coal output of the state Of
Idaho. The coal occurs in fiat dip.
ping sandstone. clay and shale de-
posits, The seam is approximately
five feet in thickness
Brick clay. Of a quality suitable also
for tile and sewerage purposes, and
quantities of fine building stone, are
found in the neighborhoOd a com.
paBy has recently been formed. cap
itallzed Mt s2,OOO,O00, to work the
aluminium beds, two miles from
town. A plant Will be installed to
extract the aluminium from the clay.
afterward using the tailings for brick.
Mines Working
Among the principal mines now
working in the district are the fol.
lowing:
Yellow Jacket Mining company has
n slXty-stamp mill, which is being re-
placed by a 100-stamp mill The ore
Is low grade This property Is owned
by New York syndicate.
AT the Italian mine. owned by the
Leesburg Mining company, there Is a
thirty-stamp mill, and $4,000 cleo
trio power plant will shortly be in
stalled there
The Ulysses mine, owned and oper-
ated by R L. Edwards, Is a good paw.
ing proposition, low grade. free mill.
Ing ore. Mr. Edwards also owns the
Mussrove gold placers. A cyanide
plant will be erected here
The BlackbiTd district Is said by
experts to be the richest in copper
In the west destined TO become
second Butte. AS soon as the Gil
more and PittsbWg railroad Is built
down the river an electric line Will
be constructed twenty-ei2ht miles up
Big creek 10 ship the high grade con
per. nickel aud cobalt ores. These
properties are owned by the Dubois
syndicate Of PennSylVonia which ,1so
owns copper properties in Arizona.
The Richardson placers and the
placers on Naples creek working In
the old Leesburg placer belt are talk
ing out plenty OF dust Both are
good dredge propositions. but have
hitherto been unable to secure sufn.
Client capital for development
The Moose Greek dredge recently
changed hands on a paying basis for
the last two years. An electric dredgc
will be installed on this property.
In the Junction and Gilmore dis
tricts are several lead-silyer proper
ties. which are now on a paving
basis, since the G.. & T. railroad
touches that part OF the country.
Much interest is being shown by
outside capitalists in the Salmon CITY
district. which experts have stated TO
be the richest mineral belt in the
west
AZ present trains on the G. C p run
from Armstead to Salmon on Mon.
days. Wednesdays and Fridays rc.
turning on the following GAYS Tho
distance from Armstead. on The Orr.
gon Short Line. is ono hundred and
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