The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-23
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Mihlhg company uas been engaged far
few years past in doing sume very
iniereslina sork In Lenhi eourt.
Idaho. Work has beer uushea stead.
ily, hut II has al been done 70 oi,iet.
ly th4t tea people outside OF thosa
immediately interested aud tbese IIv.
ing IN the vicinity Of the mine havs
never heard Of 1t. But 1t is likely "a
make noise worth listening 10 IN
the near future a. conservative
estimate places the value Of the ore
nov IN sight Ia tile various working.
at $3.50, 600.
The property consisting OF afteen
prtented claims lies In the cauyon az
; nds creek seven niles northeast Of
Baker a station Oh the 6;ilmore A.
Plttshurg railroad, II is well ap In
the Bitter Ropt range and only a
miis aud half from the Montana
line. This range is the main chain
oi tie Rockies in this region and for
some distance south OF here consti.
tutes the continental divide separnt-
ioa The headwaters OF tie Missouri
from streams flowing into the Lemh
aud thsnee through the Salmon and
Snake into the Columbia.
The property Is an old one and
some years ago produced something
like s2O0,0O0 ia gold frum surface
workings, which nowhrre attained a
depth OF more than seyenty.iiye feet.
Most OF this was from ore Of high
grade. The property occupies both
slopes Of the CANON and lncludes the
stream bed
Development, whicn, as stated. has
been going on qulsly for ssverai
years, IL now quite extensive, con-
sistiug chiefly OF tunnels and smount.
ing in ali to about 600o feet. Ore
showings are exceIIent, the values
consisting chiefly Of gold, with some
copper. Most OF the tunnels are
drifts on ore and In one which Is In
jl7 feet the ore averages two feet
wide, aud numerous assays covering
the entire distance shows average
values OF t25, while the ore at the
face OF the tunnel runs so TO the
ton. A number OF these tunnels pen.
citrate the mountain for distances
varying from lbs TO 400 feet, and Ia
Dne, known as tine lower tunnel, there
Is 2oO0 feel OF STOPPING ground ready
for the extraction OF ore. In al
nere are eleven different openings
tunnels and shafts. not counting
slopes, where pay ora can be taken
out A. soon as desired.
For several years the company's
Efforts have been devoted wholly TO
development and no effort has been
made 10 arket the ore brought Into
sight. In order TO check up more
1 ffectiyelY on the ore disclosed in
these operations prospecting mill Of
three stamps has been employed. Its
capacity is about half ton OF ore in
day Of ten hours, or LOO pounds an
hour Small as IL Is IL has answered
its purpose admirably and It's oper-
alton Is 20 economical that some
money could be made running 1t II
the company chose TO do ~. Ths
stream d1sing across the property
while not large Ia Volume Is capable
OF developing considerable power he
cause OF It's tremendous fall. Al one
point on the conpany's domains
fail ~ 800 feet Is obtained by con-
dueiing the water loco feet, and At
point lower down. where the com
pauy has an ample aud convenient
mllisite also patented. fall OF 22s5
feet is obtained by going up stree
iJO0 feet
At one If thess points probably
the latter. tie con paoy Is planning
to erect this year mill With q ca
nacity of ta 'nty- five tons dAy. the
tree milling and concentrating quail
ties of the ore are excellent and It's
average value is said to ~ safely s25
a ton, The mill is not expensive
and the Nater poser, which costa
aothin1, eau bs installed very cheap.
ll Tue operation of such plant Is
automatic and IL is esti-
mated the entire expense Of running
u viii not exceed 80 day, aud the
topography add geology Of the prop
erty ami the location Of the ore bear
ing veins ate sucb Ina. ths ore can be
,nioed cheaplT.
:. The mill that the company has
about decided upon Is the Lane slow
speed mil, which should be very
praeticd Tor tins property. The eom-
para lively cheap e0st OF installation
ana the results obtained la the Lane
mill on Jrs OF this character should
give gratifying results.
In the region about the mine tia
her ana ~ater are abundant ana In
summer tue co1ntry Is pleasant aud
beautiful. supplies obtained from
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