The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-12-02
MINING INDUSTRY
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Riches of the Hills Always Have
and Always Will Contribute to the
Prosperity of Agricultural Sections


The mines OF Southern Idaho viii
contribute in no small degree to
the continued prosperity of this sec
ton OF Idaho
, These interests are so varied in
character so vast in area that
they will support large populations
which will draw their main sup
plies from the nearest center. There
they Will ship their concentrates
and smelling ore, and there the
Weather among them viii make
their homes
A glance at the map of Idaho.
4 of eastern Oregon, of Montana and
of northern Utah will reveal a min
eral region as extensive and rich in
metals as any on earth In some
parts of the region indicated the
presence of pay rocks is as yet
hardly suspected, but in large area
quite generous rewards have follow
ed close upon exploration and dis
coverv.
In most of this section it is quite
unnecessary to specify the nine mill
lions of dollars of silver lead yield
ed by the Minnie Moore, the five
millions of bullion or the lesser
values of those metals and of gold,
copper. zinc and iron yielded by the
other mines of Wood river, totaling
over $4,000, 900; the millions of
dollars of gold and silver and lead
and copper of Custer and Lemhi
countless; the seventy-five or eighty
millions in gold, silver and lead of
Owyhee coLtny; the thirty or forty
millions of Gilmore county, the ten
to fifteen millions of Washington
county; the eight to ten millions of
Cassia county; and the few millions
OF dollars worth from the veins in
Ada, Oneida. Bear Lake, Bingham
and Fremont. Hardly is it neces-
sary to mention Butte, Montana,
or the Occur d,Alene, Idaho, mines.
In those vast regions as well as in
oregon and Utah mining is still in
its infancy: prospecting is almost
lost art; and thousands of prom
/ lslng locations have been abandon
ed for the mere alluring district
t.ndS. But ere many years elaDse.
every canyon, raylne and mountain
divide in thu state and the torri-
tory justly claimed as tributac, to
the state, viii resound With the
ciamor of the STAMPS The kissing
OF the steam of the mid ana hoist,
ana the thunder al the dynamite
rending the stubborn rocks and ex-
posing TO gaze the inmost secrets Of
he earth
The Snake River Cold.
I'm the meantime and while wait
ihs TINS revision Of Favor to our
vein mines profitable returns VIII
continue TO reward him who win
shovel, pan and rocker at every sea-
son OF low water, WOO dame Fortune
on the bars and in the pot holes of
the majestic Snake No very large
placer on the Snaks was ever known
70 yield very generously for sue
cesslve years, although such exDer-
fenced miners as Charley Lane. who
later discovered the gold laden ten
Ora near Nome and died million
aire, and such liberal dredges as
Sweetser and Burroughs. and the
persevering Charles Cooker snent
years in exploiting them with var
ing success But many small for,
tunes were realized by those who
proflted by the experience of their
predecessors and confined their ef-
forts to the search for small bars
and pot holes in the rocky floor of
the river
Your prospeetors will, by panning
gradually progress up stream. At
the confluence of the various pools
of the Snake. their pans will con
vince them that the richer sands
are found in the south fork. Follow
ing this to its source, the steady
increase in colors will lead them to
the great continental plateau There
thev will find a deposit, a lead of
rich GOVERNS, certainly hundreds
possibly thousands of square miles
G territory that they viii soon
recognize as the source OF the placer
and platinum gold found in all the
streams in Utah, in Colorado in
wyoming, in Montana and in Idaho,
originating in that part of the great
Rocky mountain chain Possibly
too, the hitherto despised black
sands Of the Snake will be found TO
consist mainly Of the rarer miner
ais worth several times their weight
IN gold, and instead of disgustedly
washing it back into the waste
waters it viii be concentrated and
handled ever more carefully than
sold dust, and sold to the electrical
smelters projected for American
ais TO enrich their bullion. and
nus reduce the cost of transporta-
lion TO distant markets.
Billions of dollars in gold and the
'arer metals viii doubtless be ex-
.racted from this continental pla-
eau, and the glories OF the Wit
yatersvand, San Luis Potosi, the
1omstock and the Goldfield, Of Ne
ada, the Mother Lode, of CaIifor-
ia, the rich but narrow vein of
ripple Greek, the stupendous blank
IT'S Of Leadville, will all be eclipsed
y the most phenomenal of depos-
IS OF truly precious metals.
The Queen of the Northwest.
This may be weird forecast. but
10 gift of prophecy is needed to
oresee that American Falls has
'reat future along with the great
development which will take place
n idaho in the next few years
Win vast deposits of metals and
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