The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-02-13

age. A coal prospect was opened sew
eral years ago In the FAN Creek basin
According to reports coal Of good
grade was encountered. but on ac-
count of the distance from settlements
DONE Owing to lack of time and the
heavy fall of snow during the encamp-
ment of the party In this vicinity, II
was impossible to make an examina-
ton Of the coal prospects or Of beds
| in which the coal occurs.
According to reports, coal was dis
covered on Willow creek. No exam
| nation was made of the beds In which
the coal occurs. Ranchers on Willow
creek report that a Mr.. Brinson was
installing machinery and expected tc
| mine coal during the winter Of 1911-12.
This prospect Is known locally as the
Brinson mine.
"A somewhat similar occurrence Of
coal was reported on the west side Of
John Grays outlet. The plat Of the
| township shows coal tunnel. This
prospect has been opened for some
time and Is locally known as the Gro
ley mine No examination was made
of the beds in this immediate vicinity
or of the mine itself. and 1t is not
known whether the reported coal oc-
| ours I'm Cretaceous beds or at some
other horizon"
Gold in Snake River.
As regards gold, the report says
placer mining has been carried or
along the Snake river, lineup creel
and Mccoy creek and it's tributaries
since 1860 The gold on these streams
occurs in the gravels forming the ter
races along the streams and in depos
its OF powders, gravel and sand fill
ing the channels or forming the beds
of the streams.
1.-THE bars of Snake river above the
mouth of Mccoy creek are worked oc-
was being done when the present par
ty passed this part of the river PA
Ger sluicing on small scale was be-
ing undertaken on the bench gravelS at
the junction OF Mccoy creek and
Snake river. The operators had just
completed the sluice boxes and burlar
tables preparatory to sluicing. Pan
ming tests OF the gravels made bv the
operators are reported to have proved
to them that sluicing operations here
can be successfully conducted Sluice
boxes and separating tables were seer
at several points on Snake river above
and below the mouth Of Mccoy creek
owing to lack Of time, and the fact
that the ground was covered with two
feet Of snow when the party passed
along Snake river these placer work
ings were not examined
cold placers have been extensively
worked near the headwaters OF Nc
Gov creek in the vicinity Of Carbon
peak and on the small streams head
ing on the east, south and nort'
slopes OF the mountain. The larges
" the hydraulic placers In the Carl
hou peak region occurs on Iowa gulcf
where. it is asserted, a good cleanup
is made each year Hydraulic placer
mining on a smaller scale is being done
m the headwaters of lineup creek anc
IN Ketchen creek, a tributary of Nc
COY creek In 1911 a Mr.. Barnes was
engaged In placer work on ketchum
creek and said that he had made over
$1,000 during the months of August
and September.
Mines Of Iowa Gulch.
"The placer mines on Iowa gulcr
we're discovered in 1870, and sine
that time the Caribou district has hal
a fluctuating population. Although
perhaps never remarkable for extra
ordinary yields In gold, the placers arr
said to give fair returns from year t.
year. The operators report that thu
chief difficulty in extracting the pla
Ger gold in the Caribou region is the
scantiness Of the supply of water
which lasts only about three month
after the snow melts.
1.-The aurferous gravels are report
ed to occur most abundantly In Rilks
gulch. which heads Immediately cas-
Of the summit of Caribou peak, anf
to be distributed all along Bilks gulc'
and Iowa gulch as far as Mccoy creek
a distance of about five miles. The
gravels consist of abraded volcanic
and sedimentary materials largely
mixed with red and maroon shales
sandstones and conglomerates of thu
Reckwith formation and with lime
stone.
1T is quite evident that the gold in
these stream gravels is derived from
the rocks in the vicinity of Carbon
peak. In an attempt to locate the
lodes from which the gold is derived
the entire region about Caribou peal !
has been pretty thoroughly prospected
Tunnels and shallow excavations may
be seen in the most extraordinary ant
unexpected places. Most Of the ole
cabins were abandoned at thu
time of the writer's visit. but nun
Der of them showed evidence Of recent |
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