The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-10-12
Atlanta, Idaho May Become One of
the Bonanza Gold Camps of theWest

In a recent issue of the Boise States
man, Robert n. Bell, state mine in
spector, gives an interesting descrip
tion of the old camp of Atlanta, wher
the sensational gold strike was mad
recently. He gives an &C
count of the organization of the Boise
Rochester company in which the Pet
tit property is an important factor
The name recalls w. H. Petit, wht
served as surveyor general In terri.
torial days and who was In charge Of
the development of the Portland Min
ing company, on Sunset, In the early
days. Mr.. Bell also mentions George
Wyman in connection with the flota-
ton experiments being made by the
Boise Rochester company, who Is also
well known in this district In addi-
ton to details regarding the Boise
Rochester company, where the rich
strike was made, the following ex-
tract from Mr. Bells article gives
valuable information regarding the
geology of the Atlanta district and
the character of the ore:
New Life In Old Camp.
THE recent ore disclosures made on
the property of the Boise Rochester
Mining company are situated In the
extreme eastern end of the famous
Atlanta lode in the Atlanta mining
district 80 miles east of Boise, will
equal and probably excel in gold va
lues anything ever disclosed in Idaho
history, not excepting the most noted
early day bonanza camps,
THE mining town of Atlanta like
Idaho City, Silver City, Bonanza City,
and other noted producing eenters of
rich gold ore, until year ago had
practically become one OF the ghost
mining camps of the past and would
probably have been almost deserted
but for the interest shown and the
money spent during the past IA years
by Il. ~ Barnsdale, a Pittsburg mill
lionaire, who became Interested in the
old district as d0result of the Thunder
mountain boom of IA years ago, when
his attention was diverted to this dis |
trict on the failure of his investments
In Thunder mountain to materalize, I
and the present property of the At
lanta Mines company Including the
Monarch, Buffalo, Last Chance and /
other noted producers was acquired
and consolidated into one property,
Bought 40. Stamp Mill.
This operation further resulted in
attracting the attention of the Bag
dad-Chase Gold Mining company of
California to the extensively developed
ore resources of the Petit mine which
was purchased and equipped with a
i0-stamp mill under the management
1f Wayne Darlington about 10 years
ago. This latter purchase was made
IN measurable ore resource con-
tentatively figured at 100000 tons of
ire carrying an average value of SO per
on in gold
''rhe Petit or Bagdad- Chase enter
rise, after the expenditure of large
mount of capital, owing to refractory {
re, failed to pay with the treatment {
Methods then in vogue and the opera
ion was subsequently abandoned and
hut down by the Bagdad- Chase COM /
any and left in the hands of the 4
aretaker Max Campbell to do the a
nnual assessment work on the UNI y
atented claims. When the Petit r
cal was made it included a half in v
rest in the old Chunk claim. The @
her half was owned by sly Smith OF s.
tlanta, and was not purchased at the s.
me. II
Leo ], Falk of Boise was directly fl
in the transfer of the orig is
al half interest in the old Chunk II
'ound that lies Immediately adjoin- b,
6 the Petit to the east extending to 81
ontazuma gulch, The caretaker of vi
e Bagdad- Chase company, assisted hi
some local miners. whose superior &C
dgment Of the nature of the Atlanta &c
lie and its ore occurrence intelli- ia
ntly directed the annual assessment en-
'rk at concentrated point, with te
result of discovering a handsome sill
course of excellent milling values.
Mr.. Falk then successfully under DO
'k and accomplished the consolida- da
n of the Smith interest with the ma
gdad- Chase holdings and the for tn,
ton of a new company called the ira
ise- Rochester Mining company be-
Geology of District. tai
'he Atlanta district is situated CHI,
j within the Idaho granite batho- fac
i 40 or so miles from its nearest COZ
tact line with the everything older pla
imentary formations. The town of POI
anita is situated in a pretty benchy gro
in on the middle fork of the Boise I
II at an elevation of $500 feet and up
miles east of Boise City and about cen
same distance northeast of Noun me-
nome, both on the O, S. Ii rail- of
:. cop
tlanta is accessible from both alsy
ITS over an excellent automobile forl
!, auto stages making daily trips ara
ng the summer months from both tale
It's by way of Rocky Bar across tion
mountain at an elevation of 5000 Nj
This road, however. is usually Roc
ed by deep snow for nearly six c. ]
tbs of the year. A water grade som
nm road was huiIt from, poi.n 49,, mad