Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-01-02
STRIKE GOOD ORE
CENTER STAR HAS LARGE BODY
OF RICH ORE.
ORE SHOWING FREE COLD
Development. Work on Great South
Fork Mine viii Continue
All Winter.

The finding of the ore shoot in the
lower workings of the Center Star mine
has had very decided effect upon the
districts for several days, and this pro-
perty is again the talk of the prospec-
tors of the district.
The Center Star claims were located
about seven years ago by Jim Murphy
and Herman Brown, who later sold an
interest to Chas Tiedeman. 1t took
them three years to locate the vein,
although there was an immense flow Of
float. The surface Of the claims were
covered with heavy growth Of under
brush, and the soil was from l2 to Is
feet deep. After the vein had been
located and several cuts made, q shal-
low tunnel was run to cut the nay
shoot, which proved to be about 6 feet
of very rich oxidized ore. The work ae
this point disclosed the fact that tAs
vein was some 80 feet wide, and that
all the filling carried values that would
pay to mill.
At the time that this work was done
a bond was given a New York company
who commenced development and did
large amount of work. The company
opened the vein to the south of any
former work, and found the pay shoot
to extend to considerable length. They
then went to the north of all work, and
started a cross-cut tunnel that would
tap the vein at the depth of some 200
feet. At the point where this tunnel
cut the vein there was no pay ore, but
there were numerous branches of very
rich ore, and the fissure here was some
60 feet in width. Then they started to
drift on the hanging wall in hope Of
picking up the ore, but were not sue
cessful, although they made several
small cross-cuts in the drift. This drift
was run some 200 feet. The company
at this time threw up the bond as q
payment was coming due, aud there
was nothing in sight in the lower work.
ings.
The next summer the owners, Messrs.
Murphy, Brown and Tiedeman started
work with the intention of finding the
ore. Instead of running ON the hang
ing wall, they started drift on the
foot wall, and drove some $50 feet,
when they made cross-cut. In this
cross-cut there was some ore of good
grade, but it was not permanent, and
was soon dug out. They then confined
| themselves to some surface work.
In driving the drift it became evil
dent to them that there had been some
displacement, and an intrusive dixie
was found that had changed the course
of the vein but no breaks were dis
covered.
This fall Chas. Tiedeman went back
to the claims to work and in studying
the situation over, figured out that il
was possible that the cross-cut had been
made to far south, and on this he start
ed to run north on the strike Of the ore
which little more work proved to be
feet of hemitite ore, and that showed
free gold. After this it was easy -
see what was the matter, and Tiedeman
then went back to the main drift and
started another cross-cut which exposed
the ore, and which is now considered
one of the best strikes made in the dis
trict for some time. It is now the in
tention of the owners to follow the orc
both north and south to determine its
length.
! Had the company when they had 3
bond on the property have driven one
of the cross-cuts few feet further they
would have cut the pay shoot, but they
though they had reached the footwall
and stopped work.
The Center Star claims are situated
on high mountain across the. South
Fork of the Clearwater river from the
South Fork mine, and is supposed to be
on the same vein. The work is now in
fine shape for geological examination,
and it is to be hoped that one can bs
made, for it would be Of great assis-
tance to others in determining the
strike and pitch Of their ore shoots.-
Mining News.