The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-09
credited with q total output ot 5000.
400, an has paid son dividends.
SHOUp MINES.

credited with q total output ot $500.
400, an has paid son dividends.
SHoUP MINES,
Ten miles further south est, at
Shoup, the Kentuck aud Grunter
mines, on the same Loue OF mineral.
ization, have successfully operated ia
the past, but have been idle nov for
quite a long period due 10 the eN-
hsusl ion OF their better grade ores
The kentuck is fissure vein IL.
gneiss that is quite gular i'm strike
and dip, which conforms To the steep
canyon slopes Of the Salmon river al
this point at little sleeper ang lie,
IL has been developed through short
crosscut tunnels and winze To to-
tai depth al 800 feet and tas produced
a half million dollars 10 free gold,
the values running from ". 90 to $50
per ton. The only method of milling
employed was sta aight amRlgamation
in l0-stamp mill run by water pow
er. No attempt was made To save
the concentrates for subsequent
treatment, which, although rather
mixed sulpnides, were known To be
rich in gold went 10 waste in the
tailings which were allowed To run
into the Salmon river, as Was recov.
cred by tie amalgamation process.
The Gunter mine. ia the strike of
this vein, about lhree-quarters of "A
mile further east, Was also operated
with very crude milling plant OF
5-stamps capacity for its free Rold
contents. At this property the ore
deposits in altered Rneiss walls show
u maximum width of forty feet Of
white quartz richly impreguated with
iron sulphide, and mas produced mill.
ing values Of from i've TO twenty dol
lars ton,
Both these properties have extens-
i've resources Of 10" grade ore that
IL is believed will range from IS 10 S6
per ton and with u milling plant of
sufficient capacity ahh modern design
might prove the basis OF quite large
enterprise and afford good margin
Of profit,
GOLD BEARING ASH BEDS.
Lemhi county also contains some
interesting deposits ~ lo~ grade gold
ore that bave attracted some atten.
tion by reason OF their enormous
magnitude. These consist OF al OLD
channel that traterses tie footllili
re'gou OF tue Lemhi Valley at the
base OF the main range for ff.y mile,
and is exposed IN great citis and
blutfy outcroppings where IL has been
eroded through by the tributary
streams 10 the Lemhi river, and il
also we'll exposed in the summit tun-
nel and other cuts OF the q. & T..
Railway. The filling of this channel
consists Of smoot; gray earthy mate
rial that resembles volcanic ash on
tripoli stone and might be used for
tlterinR purposes The finest expos
ure is on Pratt Creek, where Il T.
shaped channel several hundred feet
~ine and deep Is filled with horizon
tal layers OF this material In slightly
different shades, giving It banded
appearance, and contains values of
from 90 cents TO $3.50 per ton Ia
gold. The material is soft and could
be very easily handled, AS it disinte-
CRATES readily, and n the values
could be found To average 90 per
ton, as is maintained by manV D. os-
pectors VINO have handled IL. IL
seems that IL might be treated at a
profit II handled on a sufficiently
large scale, as IL presents one OF tBo
easiest and cheapest mining problems
Imaginable, aud the quantity IL un-
llm tied.
SEA FOAM DISTRICT.
In the Seafosm District OF Custer
county some large zones OF iron im.
pregnated porphyry have been pros.
pected to some extent and are report.
ed 10 contain acreage values Of sever
al dollars per ton in gold through
widths OF from fifty 10 one hundred
feet. This district and the neigh.
boring mountains are richly mineral.
lied with variety Of ores and have
some fine prospects In smaller veins,
containing high values in gold, with
other veins carrying rich values IL
liver, and stiil Others running nigh
in lead ana copper.
TIE Lost Packer Mine, at Loon
Creek, in Custer county, while treat.
ed on n copper basis in . smeiter.
carries it's predominant values In
gold, oKldized ore shipment frou thls
vein yielding as much a. 500 per ton
In gold and the massive chalcopyri e
ore smeited gave an ayerags Of three
ounces 1f gold per ton on month =
run OF the sBelter.
Below se give the metal pfOduc-
tion OF Lembi county for the past
year, bAsed upon the gruss metal con .
tents OF the mineral snd bullion
shipped out oi tie state and are suh-
j Ct 10 the discounts of the actual
loss ia smelling, ~hicb, ho@sgsf ~
not nearly - great a. tue tribute sI-