The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-02-08
Sherman Old Corporal Mill in
Marshall Lake Makes
Cleanup.
DAILY AVERAGE HIGH
Negotiations Being Made for
Sale of Many Other.
Properties.
lRv Joe R. Wade. )


J. c. Fox, who is now ON the sunny
side of Easy street, having made his
stake from the sale OF his mining prop
critics In the Marshall Lake mining
district, received a letter this week
from a friend at Resort which stated
that ''the last clean up of the Sherman
Old Corporal mill returned the owners
of the properties over $31 900 In gold
from the plates alone and that the
concentrates will aud several thousand
dollars to this amount" The output
Of gold. taken from the plates alone,
has averaged over $1,000 per day for
the past month and the total output
for the past three months is approx
imately $4,000
Il The Fox properties comprise the
Sherman and Old Corporal quartz
claims and We're located about fifteen
years ago by j. @. Fox and r. II.
Briggs of Grangeville. The owners,
both old men, not only performed their
annual assessment work alone but also
did considerable development work.
I About two years ago the properties
were sold to Seattle parties for $4,000
and now the new owners are reaping
a rich reward from their fortunate
investment Last months output alone
lpaying more than the cost OF the mines.
The Fox and Briggs mines, Thy
which title they are best known) are
located near the head of Big creek on
the slope of Mt Marshall which tow
ers to a height of 5000 feet above sea
level and almost 1000 feet above Salm-
on river which ruShes and thunders
through the rough torturous canyon
below. The contour of the country
is such as to afford ideal tunnel sites
and almost foot for foot is obtained
in depth In driving cross cuts to tap
the veins. The formation Is such that
no timbering is required thus elm
mating a large item of expense in
mine development.
The Mt. Marshall group, located in
the same district, which was sold sew
eral years ago to Burlington, Iowa,
people, Is under development with a
full crew. The vein was recently cut
at a depth of 1920 feet by a tunnel
1920 feet in length which the owners
have been driving for the past five
years. Drifts are now being pushed
both ways from the cross cut on the
: ledge which is from two to three feet
wide and from numerous tests returns
assay values Of from $40 to sos per
ton, and, like all the ores In the dis
trict, Is free milling. The Mt. Mar
shall group was located by Fox and
. Briggs and sold to the present own
: : ers for 10000, large per cent of
which has been paid.
: Negotiations are now pending for
q the sale of the Roy-Gerber claims to
a Philadelphia people. NJ. Gilbert, who
4 is handling the property Is now in the
4 Quaker city. These properties are
4 among the oldest locations In the dis
!, trict and probably the most extensive
n ly developed. The ores are free and
o specimens have been secured which
. were sold at the rate Of SO per pound
~ one specimen bringing $264.
# In addition to the above properties
I "A number of other mines In the dis
trict are to be developed the coming
!, summer. Several of these claims ar,
: now under bond to promoters who ar,
n in the east to raise the cash neces
If sary to finance the propositions.