The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-27
FINDS SALTLAKE
AWAKE IN IDAHO
ELlbtu PALnER. MINING MAN.
eivEs IMPRESSIONS UPON RE.
TURN FROM LEMHI.

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klihu Palmer. Salt Lake mlnin
aan. who has just returned fron
en days toar Of Lemhi eoanty. Ids
%, said yesterday that salt LAX
Apilalists we're obtaining som
tFoag interests In a woAdeFfuIly rio
-uot1s
Prom Leaaore To salmon Cisy.
e explained. there have exists'
amerons opportunities many year
Thich Ut6h capital Il now Eraspln1
nd as result ~ which thai may )
oreseen - . great developing an
rodaclns TO period is beginning N tAI
In = detailed statement Mr.. Palms
aid:
RseMiis shining History.
Fraeeding the days of the pan
ic OF 1901 considerable superalc-
iai and some permanent develop
ment WAS applied 70 prospects
on both sides Of the Lamhi and
Salmon rivers. Pioneers who paF~
formed this work were deprived
OF the benelltH thege0f when the
slump In mining occurred In that
year. and after langulGhing for
lack Of attention daring the last
ten years. many 0f these promia.
ing estates ara being acquired by
the present generation Of opera
tors on easy terms which permit
Of their being brought into ser
vice easily.
The Arst Of these instances oe
Lemhi bonanzas coming TO 9alt
Lake was the old-time estate,
now owned By the Sunset MininG
company. three and one-hAtf
mileg from LeAdore station on
the Gilmore a PtttaburE railroad.
Although Il was IntrOdneed 20
Salt Lsakers only about seven
months ago this property was
put into the shipping class. with
much proht, ave months ago,
with small Investment. ID now
shows q face OF ore forty feet
wide. opened sufficiently % af.
ford coo feet Of backs. On the
strike Of the rein. or ledge. and =
considerable portion Of which h
shipped Grade at . praAt Of s9S
10 SIS per tO& This ore b peen-
liar In its ec0nomte ASPECTS. car.
Tying 20 i3 and freQnently as
high a. 1g per cent Of lead. also
half "a ounce OF silver for each
per cent Of lead and sufficient
lime % Offset the usual smeltev
penalay On silica The output 10
tan. snaeltera 10 ranging three to
ngN Rars weekly. the stakes are
aliN nnr the company's propos-
"a n min. and the an
has been made ~
LN lat with the arrival %
the supq Rfendsut, Thomas
l. Walten. fq OF Park City
and Ne ada, fsly produe-
ton will be naegi.
Baby - -
The Baby SoeN A
the Sunset. on the e
having extensive dew
has just passed 60 the conte
H. s. Woolley and associates a
der bond and lease from w. y
stone one OF the leading pioneer
merchants OF Leadore. This es-
tate carries copper in q foFty-fOot
vein, parts OF which could be
shipped proAtably. bat IL II un-
derstOod at LeAdOre that the new
owners contemplate the handling
OF this big ore body IN = propos-
ed mill.
Immediately west Of the Baby
Joe the Gneenback group has
been taken under bond and lease
by - o. AeFall (who introduced
the Sunset property TO Salt LAX.
ers last january and Alvin ].
Smith and others. The new own
ers Of this property beneft large
Iy through much developmepf Of
former owners. who disclosed an
eighteen-foot wide body of chal-
copyrits, the shipping grade Of
which yields u per cent copper.
Prom quite the entire width Of
two and 0ne-haf feet OF this pro
digious red metal resource the
miners are nov extracting the
first carload. which IL expeeted
10 start for the SmWteT next
week. Tue leAsees OF this prop-
erty are an1ieipgttng lnat their
hrst shipment vii yield $500 10
SEQ per carload. Arrangements
hRva been made for transferring
this lease and bond 20 what viii
be known a. the Greenhack Cop.
per Mining company. soon 20 be
organized and In which inapsnti
al Salt Lake capitalists win b
interested.
Salt IAksEs have also, taken
over the Erickson property,
eight IhEles vest OF Leadore
which possesses resources for i'm
mediate shipments Of ore carry
ing II to "a per cent copper and
some gold. and which yin b. 0p
Grated By the Salmon River Cop
peg oompany. Just Organized. and
which has acquired ne lease and
bond from @. W. HolmbsrE-
The Adams property. twelve
miles west Of Iysadore. has tasf
been purchased By Pete Jensen
Art Roekhill and Orson Kssisi
OF this city and they have q foFci
Of men taking out their hrst car
load OF orr. which wHi carry =
TO - per cent copper