The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-02-20
MINING IN CENTRAL IDAHO
PROMISES LARGE RETURNS
Outlook for Future Declared to Be
Very Encouraging-Many Old
Properties Being Worked.

1 properties bein9 worked.
According to c. A. Eddy, who sums
up the situation in an article in the
Salt Lake Tribune, the mining outlook
in central Idaho was never better than
at present There are many new
strikes and developments, with quite
general revival of the older proper
| ties. The western portion Of Custer
county is becoming a fasorite field for
prospectors and the camps of Bonan
"a, Custer. Clayton, Stanley, Seafoam
Cape Horn, Loon Greek and Parker
Mountain are all in prominence with
strikes and developments.
! At Custer deal is pending where
by Boston parties may soon take over
the famous old General Custer, Lucky
Boy and Charles Raine properties to-
gether with the Sunbeam electric pow
err dam on the Salmon river. This
mountain which from meager work
ings has yielded millions.
The Idaho Deep Mining and Power
company will soon drive ahead it's
1000 foot tunnel on Custer mountain
where it has 20-stamp mill
The Sunbeam mine and the mill Of
500 tons daily capacity, though oper
ated but moderately the past season
produced fine lot of bullion
At Bonanza a new strike has been
made on the Bonanza and Morning
Glory groups by Messrs. Taylor, Sny-
der, kabisius and Eddy, who have
completed a mill of 40 tons daily ca
pacity and will start milling about
May, Also a. new company has been
formed locally to crosscut the western
continuation of the Custer-Jondan
creek gold belt. at what Is known as
the Runover mine, near Bonanza. 1t
was here that the belt formerly pro-
duced fabulous ore but was never
crosscut for the main ledge
on Mount Estes, near Sunbeam and
five miles from Custer and Bonanza,
new free gold strike was made this
i fall by Amos Franklin and associates
on the Montana mine. Some 400 feet
/ from their former workings, which
produced 100000, they have struck a
vein which shows many specimens
that are one-third gold. A strike of
| free gold ore Is also reported from
near the 15OO-foot Czizek tunnel on
Estes mountain.
! At Loon Creek the Lost Packer has
100000 worth of ore blocked out on
which the the smelter will run next
season. The Loon Creek Placer Min
ing company of Salt Lake parties, un-
der the management of John p Boyle
has completed two miles Of five-foot
flume and ditch for big hydraulic OPP
erations next season.
A deal which has stimulated central
Idaho mining operations is that by
which the Idaho mining and Smelling
company is taking over the proper
ties at Clayton and readily paying off
the $350.00O bond by bullion from the
mines and smelter.
At Bayhorse the famous old Rams
mine in Idaho. is receiving new atten-
tion and many deals there indicate o
revival of that camp. which has rec
ord of millions in silver gold, copper,
lead, etc.
At Mackay the White Knob noun
taiH mas DecOlne pee nINe oI lnuuS-
try: many leases are yielding hand
somely and long tunnel is under way
to cut the copper belt at great depth.
The Daisy Black mine out from Mac
kay. IL running with force of 60
men. The Tungsten mine on Patter-
son creek is running with force Of
80 men and the nearby camps Of
Leadore and Gilmore add to the magic
circle OF mining operations in this re-
gion. In mining affairs here there is
an mpetus that knows no check or
failure. Steadily increasing by its
merit the mining situation in central
Idaho is already at par.