Charlevoix county herald., 1910-07-23

THE quiet succeeding the uproar
until recently emanating from the
camps of Nevada, there becomes
audible modest plea for recogni-
ton from comparatively un-
known region OF northern Cali
fornia.
One Of the most promising of these
districts is that comprising the west
ern fourth of Siskiyou county, the add
Jacent portions of Humboldt and Del
Norte and the northern part of Trim
fty, compact area approximately
$500 square miles. The Klamath, the
Scott, the Salmon-the north and
south forks of the last named-and
the New rivers traverse this territory
and with their numerous tributaries
constitute its drainage system.
To the professional, as to the casual
mining operator, 1t will appear as a
surprising fact that approximately half
OF this great area, or 1900 square
miles Is virgin ground to the miner
unprospected and unappropriated pub
lie land That this unknown area Is
rich in mineral is beyond question.
since those regions, north, SOUTH east
and west, SO far explored, are uniform
ly and heavily mineralized.
Prospecting here has so far been
confined to those narrow strips of
country constituting the principal
drainage lines-the river heretofore
named-and Immediately adjacent
thereto.
Geographically. this district divides
itself into three sections-the "Klam-
ath," and the Salmon" the New
river" Mineralogically there are but
two sections, the klamath" and the
Salmon" the New river" lying i'm
mediately south Of and its formation
being identical with that of the SAL
mon."
In the klamath, the base ores-iron,
copper and neutrality-suspicious. in
the Salmon" occur free milling gold
ores almost exclusively, with no base;
and to the writer's knowledge but one
complex ore has been encountered,
high-grade 500 telluride accompany
ing very rich specimen" gold.
The Salmon" properly so-called, ex-
tends from the Salmon mountains
summit to the east approximately
thirty miles west into Humboldt eoun-
ty, and from just north of the North
fork of the Salmon river south 20 miles
to the Trinity mountains summit,
where the New river" section begins.
This great, heavily mineralized area,
including New river" has mostly
been merely scratched over, only a
very small portion has been fairly
prospected. In no case has anything
approaching intelligent and systemat-
ic underground exploration been car
ried out.
The prevailing rocks are those of
CALIFORNIA; mother lode. and of Ne
vada county-metaphoric and aurifer-
Gus states Including mariposite) gran
tie, porphyry and diorite. The quartz,
with few exceptions constituting the
vein matter. Is identical In character,
structure and contained matter with
that OF the last regions named, where
deep workings have demonstrated the
permanency of such veins in these
enclosing rocks, and also the impor-
character persists to great depth. The
ores of the Salmon" as has been
said, are almost wholly free milling,
usually carrying one to three per
cent. of high grade concentrates In
the form OF iron pyrites. galena and
zinc blende.
Many veins OF this section are blind,
or nearly SO. cropping only at inter-
walls and then to no great extent,
which accounts. somewhat, for the re-
tarded development. In the nature OF
things this condition is to be expected.
The surface is exceedingly rugged.
heavily timbered and brushy The
precipituus slopes usually carry a
heavy over-burden of talus and soil
| All this has Its ultimate advantages.
Is u implies unlimited timber supply.