The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-01-28
CENTRAL IDAHO RICH
MINERAL RESOURCES
GREAT ORE DEPOSITS ARE ONLY
AWAITING TRANsPoRTA,
TON FACILITIES.

Within few days a bill will be in
trodueed into the legislature provld-
ing for an appropriation OF something
like $4,000 to build state highway
through the central part of the state
starting at the mouth Of DeadwoOd
creek, where ii will connect with the
new road recently built by the forest
service up the south fork Of the Pay
cite river, following up Deadwood
creek TO its head, over the Pen basin
divide and down Johnson creek to
Yellow Pine basin, then through Pro-
file gap to Edwardsburg, where it will
connect with the road leading to
/ Warren. Resort and north to Flor
ence, Mount Idaho and Grangevlle,
while, turning south from Resort, it
will connect with the state highway
going to Payette lakes there connect
/ ing with the Idaho Northern railroad
and connecting with the p. & |. n.
lance will be about IS miles, almost
due north and south, and will avoid
! high SUBMITS, following a water grade
all the way.
Frank e. Johnesse, the we'll known
mining engineer who is perhaps as
well, if not better acquainted than
any other person with the country
through which the road is to pass, as
well as the state in general, upon be-
| ing asked his opinion as to the neces-
sity and feasibility of the building Of
such road, has the following to say
| in the Capital News:
Il believe it would be the best in
Ivestment ever made by the state Of
! Idaho. 1t would be a difficult matter
! to even estimate the Importance Of this
| highway to southern Idaho in partIc.
| ular, and the state in general. In the
first place the route is a natural one
and the only logical route to follow to
get into the country from any point
Of the compass 1t would be a rail
road grade all the way, cutting our
Jail high SUBMITS and heavy grades. 1t
will intersect more promising mineral
districts and camps of proven import
ance than a highway Of the same
length located in any other part Of the
state
Would Touch Old Gold Camp.
1T would first reach the old gold
camp on Lower Deadwood which, al
though it has some producing mines
and a number of good prospects, has
always been considered a most mac
cessible district. Next comes the sill
ver-lead district in Upper Deadwood,
where the famous and wonderful Hall
brothers property is located. l be-
lieve that mining men of authority who
have seen the several great discover
les so far opened up in this district
will agree with me when l say that this
camp promises to surpass anything in
the state when once developed and
provided with transportation facilities.
There is no doubt but that this district
will in the not very distant future,
prove to be of as much Importance to
southern Idaho as the Occur dAlene
mines are to northern Idaho and west
ern Washington. Next On the route
would be the Blue Point gold district,
where some very large deposits OF
base gold ore have been discovered and
ldeveIoped TO some extent This is To-
Gated along the divide to the west and
near the head of Deadwood and John-
son creeks. while about the same dis
lance to the east is the Barnard basin
district, that is known to contain large
deposits of low grade base ore, that
needs only cheap transportation 10
make their reduction profitable. Fol-
lowing down Johnson creek the road
will come in close touch with a large
mineralized area traversed by the trlo-
utartes of johnson creek, such as
Reardon, Trapper, Duck and Burnt
Log creeks, where rich deposits Of
mineral have been found. yellow Pine
district, through which the road VIII
mass is in the same mineral zone that
rms north and south through the Pro-
file Rig creek and Rainy Ridge camps
and within which many important ana
truly wonderful discoveries have been
made.
Wonderful MineraIized Zone.
ut has been said by many prominent
mining engineers and biologists Whe
have looked over this district that II Is
one of the greatest minerallzed zones
in regard to extent as well as Vaiue
volume and variety of its ore deposits
over known, and when it is once pro
, vided with cheap transportation
will add millions to the production
wealth of the state Within TINS Hoh'
are found nearly all of the commercial
oros of importance-gold, silver, cop
nor lead. zinc, anthony, manganese
nickel. cobalt quicksilver ana ron d
well as many Of the rare minerals III"
oro fast coming into demand, an
,,,h,,o M more than two or three o
+hoee metals are as a rule, ASSOCIATE
e with the same ore, they are more
: -. h,se and are of such composltlo
that It will require railroad traHsp''
t.ion in order that they may be eco