The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-04-09
SOME LfNHI
PRODUCERS

The gold production of Idaho,
which gave birth TO its mining in.
dustry In 1860 at Pierce City, nov
ranks hfth in value of our netal out.
put, has been in the past very i'm
portant factor, aud Sas the leading
feature of our mining business aud
aiming operations for a number oi
years aft II its original discovery.
The placer deposits Of Idaho have
larpely been contend to the extens
lively deeply eroded granite areas OF
the state. The total production t.
date OF this precious bullion from
Idaho placer soucres has aggregated,
at conservative estimate, two hun
dred million dollars In value, aud
through the exhaustion OF some OF
our noted vein deposits OF gold dur
ing the recent years, the placer
sources are still tue most important
factors in our gold production
through the medium of biz dredgs
operations.
KIRTLEY CREEK nRED6E.
Lemhi county Is next to the most
important scene OF dredging oper-
ations In the state, where on klrtley
creek near Salmon, the KiItley Greek
Dredging Company, operating In
rather shallow bnt heavy ground
with modern dredge, nuilt by the
Yuba Construction Company, handles
100, 600 cubic yards OF eravel per
month.
BOHANNON DREDG &c.
On nearby creek there was COM
pleted In the fall OF the year another
tne dredging plant with six cubic
feet buckets. This new plant is
handled by the Bonannon Dredging
Company, whose property on Bohan.
non creek, ten miles east of Salmon
City. embraces about 2,3Oo acres OF
dredging ground about thirty feet
deep was thoroughly prospected by
drilling and Is estim ated TO contain
an average value OF twenty-five cents
per cubic yard.
Like the Kirtle, Creek Dredge,
hi, boat Is electrically operated by
power supplied by the Lemhi Power
Company at Salmon Clty and is cap
atle OF handling 5000 cubic yards per
day. The ground being worked Gov
ersthe scene OF the original placer
discovery OF Lemhi county, was To-
Gated in 1863 and has been operated
on a small hydraulic plan every sea
son since. Tie original discoveries
are two we'll known residents OF Lem
hi county, MIR. 4. Is. Sharkey and
Mr. NJ. Maier.
q GEERTSON CREEK PROSPECTS.
On still another creek nearby,
known as Geertson creek, the Lemhi
Irrigation Company have been act
lively testing an extensive area of
prou ising placer gravel by drilling
methods and are antici pating the
construction OF third dredge for
tnis locality in the near future.
These streams are contfibutaTies OF
the Lemhi river, flowing down from
the main range of the Rocky Noun.
tains, in the higher slopes OF which
number OF small specimen gold ore
/ hasa ham awntnftaA
doubtless the source OF the rich placer
now found in the creek beds which
drain the range at this point. An
other dredge of 1000 yards daily ca.
uacity has been operated during .
/ limited season OF the year al Moose
Creek. fifteen miles northeast OF
Salmon City, and has resulted Ia
quite large production of gold, but
the main channel and richest values
have been exhausted.
LEMHI GOLD ORES.
| The Lemhi county formations are
noted for their vide distribution OF
gold bParing Ures, which, ho~ever
/ aAF AhRseAf tNt4 AtlhE Ablh-
erals, and involve cysnioing OF smelt.
ing treatment in addition TO the
amalgamation method.
GIBB0NSvILLE MINES.
The most productive vein gold dis
trict Ia this county has probably
been thGt OF Gibbons willie, where a
scries 81 narrow assures la silicious
and mieacous slate foruatio. and
containing massive iron pyrite arr
credited with totaI output Of -.
00.0Oo. An interesting condition oi
tile ores Of this district is the fact
that some Of the clean iron sulphid
mineral. which would not sbos 3 col.
or OF golo under ordinary pannius
methods, would, when treated b,
amslgamatiOn, yield quite a R5oi
+ per ceHta2e Of their values a. free
gold in a stamp mill and a higb eK
traction Of the balance by cyauidins
KITTIE BURTON MINES.
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