The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-03-03
SAYS STRIKE
is VERY RICH
Walter Hovey Hill, Promin-
ent Mining Engineer,
Lauds New District.

Without doubt, the strike of gold
ore made by Jack Harmon, on his
quartz property in the Ten Mile dis
trict of Idaho county is the greatest
discovery ever made in the central
Idaho region" said Walter Hovey
Hill, the well known mining engin-
eer to the Tribune last week
Mr.. HILLS experience as a civil and
mining engineer extends from the
frozen wilds of Alaska to the des-
erts Of Nevada, and from California
to the silver fields of Cobalt and
with his thorough knowledge and
long experience in Idaho, his opin-
ion is of value to mining investors.
while l have not seen this strike
since the development has exposed
the exceedingly rich ore bodies, "
said Mr.. Hill, II was on the claim
last October, before any work had
been done other than discovery work.
At that time was accompanied by
s. B. Combest, a, well known assayer,
who has an assay office at Elk City.
Both Mr.. Combest and myself were
familiar with the mineral and geo.
graphical conditions surrounding this
property, and when ore asasying as
much as $4,000 In gold to the ton
was found in the development it did
not surprise us.
Similar ore, form of lead-silver
telluride, has been found In various
properties of this section, particular
ly the Espey, or South Fork mine,
the Center Star or Murphy property,
the Anaconda mine and others. This
is strictly smelling ore, carrying
some antimony in combination with
the tellurides above stated, in ad-
dition to streaks of free milling ORE
Any of this base ore upon thorough
roasting blisters with gold and silver
globules.
"The Harmon property lies ON the
rorth side of the valley of the South
Fork of the Clearwater river, "a tim
bered slope extending from the riv-
er front to a north and south ridge
at an average slope of 25 degrees.
1t is about one and one-half miles be-
low the mouth of Fall creek, and
about one-half mile above and oppos-
lite the mouth of Ten Mile creek.
"The trail constructed last year
from Orogrande to connection with
the Forest service trail, about Is
miles from Grangeville, crosses the
property. The Anaconda mine, about
two miles northeast of the end of a
spur wagon road, is the nearest pres
ent road. This road turns off the
main stage road from Sites to Elk
City at the Meadow creek mail box,
four miles below Newsome house and
is six miles long. Therefore the Har.
mon property can be reached via
Sites by stage to Newsome and then
wagon road and trail IL miles or A
miles from Sites or by horse trail
from Grangeville, about am equal dis
lance. While it Is not surprising to
strike body of very high grade free
milling gold ore at any time in this
class of veins, the true mine on de-
velopment will be a base ore shipping
property. but carrying sufficient val
ues to pay shipment and smelter
charges and leave a good profit. Dur
ing the operation of the Espey prop
erty by the original owners 1t was
not uncommon to receive a net re-
turn of $500 per ton from the smelt-
er after an expense of from SIS to
800 per ton had been incurred in the
operation of the same. The general
country rock of this region is an al
tered granite, generally very much
metamorphorsed by chemical action
and cut by intrusions of porphyry am
the acid lavas. While l am not al
present interested in that region,
continued Mr.. Hill, 81 will probably
go in there very shortly and look ur
some properties for some clients"