The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
BOOM IN BOISE BASIN
FAMOUS OLD DISTRICT
OLD GOLD CAMP MAY
ALSO BE A PRODUCER
OF LEAD.

The news of one of the largest min
| ing deals which has been put through
in southern Idaho in years, the taking
over of the Washington and Gold Coin
mines in the Basin by the United Min :
eral association, has called attention to
the unusual activity experienced in
mining circles in the Basin, which bids
| fair to BE- rapidly reaching its OLD time
prominence in the mining world.
Frank E. Johnesse, who is familiar
with Basin mining news, said:
"Those of us in Boise who have given
attention to the prosperity of the min
ing industry have reason to feel graf
flied over the important development
in the Boise Basin district during the
past year, and it is safe to predict that
the present year will record even
greater activity and development
While the increased activity in mining
is generally due to the exceedingly
high prices that are being paid for the
industrial minerals, the demand for
gold properties is equally as keen, and
while there is no doubt that prices
have a great deal to do with the min
ing revival generally, Boise Basin
would be coming back even under nor
NAL conditions. The advent Of the
has been great factor in the reloca-
ton, development and opening up of
properties that have long ago been
known to carry base ores of good val
ues, but without cheap transportation
were valueless.
No Better Field.
1.-THE chief reason why we should ex-
pect a great future for the mining in
dustry in the Basin is that it is truly
a great mineral district. Nowhere in
the same area is there a more highly
mineralized district carrying the pre-
cious, rare and industrial minerals,
and no district of it's size can show a
better producing record for the same
amount of development. This being a
fact, it is only necessary to induce
capital to come in and apply up-to date
methods in metallurgy to induce moth
er earth to give up her wealth
Not Boom.
'"The revival of the mining interest
in the Basin does not come as boom,
but has been brought about by slow
process of development that shows a
healthy condition. The possibilities of
any undeveloped camp are, of necess-
ity decidedly uncertain qualities, as
has been frequently demonstrated. And
the prospective investor who follows a
conservative course will naturally wait
until its future has been fairly well es-
tablished. For this reason we can now
expect the better class of investors to
take up Basin properties and place
them in the producing class.
SiIver-Lead Strike.
Perhaps the most important discov-
cry made in the Basin since the early
days when some of the best bonanza
placer deposits were uncovered, is a
strike made recently about 4 miles
south of Idaho City and near the Boise
road at Mud Springs where John
Jameson, Charles Anderson and Chas.
Newbrand have uncovered a large de-
post of silver-lead and copper ore.
While the development to date is lin
tied to large open cut with but 20
foot face it shows every indication of
being of great magnitude. The silver
values are high and there is no doubt
but that good grade of shipping ore
can be made by rough hand sorting.
This discovery occurs in a highly
mineralzed zone that is confined to a
belt about 2 miles in width, running
east and west which consists of SER
les of bikes of porphyry, diorite, ande-
site and kindred rocks alternating with
bikes of the altered granite and show
ing a strong infusion of lime along
the contacts, 1t is most likely form