The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1912-02-13

excellent fluxing material, and
with the advantage of nearer
railway transportation would
doubtless be made a profitable
mining and smelling enterprise ,
as its ore resources promise from
present evidences to be deep
seated and permanent.
The neighboring district has
several other very interesting
assures carrying the same char
acter of high grade copper, gold
and silver bearing mineral, but
none of these have been as sys-
tematically developed as the Lost
Packer, which is in the hands
of experienced operators who
under more favorable transpor-
tation conditions would have al
ready made large amount of
profits from the operation. The
imminent prospect OF new rail-
way development in central Ida
ho if sufficiently extended will
prove great advantage to this
region.
The region south of the Lost
Packer embraces Sheep Noun
tain, Seafoam, Greyhound Noun
tain and other sections of the
upper drainage tributrries of the
Middle Fork of Salmon River
and comprises one of the best
mineralized regions in the state.
In this section some large and
permanent ore bodies occur in
cluding both gold and silver
| silicious milling ores and rich
lead silver ore. The gold-silver
veins of this region occur in big
, strong assures up to 20 feet in
thickness, and with strong per-
sistent ore shoots containing
: good values. They are usually
associated with more or less an
] timony mineral, and have proved
: rather difficult of local treat
: ment, but a number of interest
) ing practical tests were made on
Y these ores during the past sum-
: mer and it is believed by local
Y operators that a milling process
Y has been figured out that will
t treat these big ore reserves,
= with proper equipment, and 90
n tain the bullion on the ground.
e If this should prove true, ther
d this extensively mineralized area
II of Custer county is due to be
d come a big producer of gold ane
l. silver bullion, and with nearer
= railway facilities would be abl'
l. to market quite an importan
l. tonnage of rich lead-silver ant
Ie copper ore.
v The general formations of thi
l. region are granite with a grea
l. variety of igneous intrusiv
,r rocks. There are also some area
ID of ancient sedimentary forma
J. tions that overlie the granite
that range up to the CarbOnifer
l. Gus horizons of the Wood Rive
ar district, but theb bulk of the re
ly gion is granite with acidic igne
le Gus intrusions and the geological
at conditions are very favorable fo
c. successful mines if the ore treat
in ment problem is successful
re solved, so that the bullion ca
It be obtained by cheap chemics
RI treatment on the ground withor
D. smelling.
st Very little work was done i
er the lead silver ore deposits
lis the Clayton and Bayhorse di.
vs. tricts during the past year, an
o. with the exception of some sma
of leasing operations, these di
as tricts were very dull in minir
of way.
,m STANLEY BASIN. At Stanle
We Basin some progress was mac
of in the equipment of the Will
ch Placer company's dredge on u
ty per Stanley Creek. This COL
pany owns fine stretch of pla
is. err gravel containing excelle
nv values, estimated at from 20
IN so cents per cubic yard in Il
en- pay streak and also accOmpanl'
u with some high grade conce
th. trates. The ground lies we'll f
an dredging operations with Il
We exception of small slightly a
of verse condition in the way OF
of layer of talcy gravel and sor
is rusty gold, which causes sor
,er difficulty in amalgamation. N
es. manag ement has been endeave
IN. ing to overcome this difficulty
is the addition of disintegrating d
vices for the clayey layers al
ra- in the matter of saving the gol
,re 1t is believed that another Sc
L25 sons operation will see some
gh teresting results from this poi
ills in the production of placer VI
of ues. -,