The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-12-27
Holt Mine Working Between
Sixty and Seventy
Men.
$l,OOO.OO PER DAY
With Roads in Proper Repairs
Business Would Come
Here.

rrOm MT. Lew WILCOX, u prominent
mining man Of the Marshall Lake Dis
trict we learn that considerable work
Of permanent nature Is being done In
that, now famous camp.
The Holt property, formerly known
as the Sherman, Old Corporal" group,
once owned by Fox and Briggs, In
grinding steadily with their Forty-ton
mill, bringing returns of little better
than $1,000 a day of the yellow metal,
which is about the average production
since the mill was installed a little
over year ago, and all this regardless
of the report that Idaho county is not
thought to have paying mine within
its borders.
Mr.. Holt employs from sixty to sew
enty-five men and furnishes them first
class quarters and an abundance Of
good food.
They have the Cyanide plant nearly
ready to operate, which will mean a
larger saving of values as the concen-
trates run high in gold and silver.
They have sufficient supplies to run
them till the roads are good In the
spring. The manager expects to keep
the mine and mill running full blast
all winter. The last cleanup was about
i w pVuhiS Va Eoiu UIlfhS.
Mr.. Wilcox has claim adjoining the
Holt property now under option to
some Denver, Colo, capitalists, samples
from surface of which assays 5000
per ton.
The Denver people are well pleased
with the showing and have six men
employed prospecting the ground with
a view to opening it up on large scale
in the near future. This property prom
ises to be even richer than the Holt
mine.
A short distance below Herb. Hac-
kett Is working a small crew building
quarters preparatory to actual mining
as soon as possible. Some of Mr. Hac-
ketts high-grade ore runs $4,000 to
the ton, enough to encourage him to
greater efforts.
Ed Long has a contract on the Reed
property and is now working eight or
ten men double shift developing for
New York men, who have bond and
lease They will soon have a mine IL
1t holds up to its present indications.
Brunton Bros, old timers I'm the dis
trict, who have been away for several
years. returned last spring and sue
ceeded in getting a good location They
have just completed n mill on their
property, and expect to start soon on
Il fine body of free milling ore. The
boys are to be congratulated on their
good luck in striking it rich
George Loper and Bob Dunn have a
nice lot of float on their claim adjoin-
ing the Holt on the east. They con
slider ii question of short time till
they pick up the ledge.
Dan Roy and Sam Gerber are the
owners Of the Kimberly and Jewell
groups that have a fine showing. The
boys are greatly pleased with the later
development.
Hihkson and Bishop are fast bring
, ing their claim to paying stage.
short time ago Mr.. Wilcox sold a
! falf interest In the Modoc. on Bear
{. eek. to gentleman aamed Hqy-
ward. The cle from this claim plates
$4,000 per ton in free gold AMI tic
concentrates have a value of $1.1o0 a
ton. Of which 50 per cent is lead, rrov-
ing the district to he rich N gold, sill
yer and lead.
, AT the Mt Marshall. Manage Iu-
! ladder is working two shifts of ii :
men, steadily driving the long tunnel
, toward the ledge. Regardless of losses
! by fire and other troubles, the M.
Marshall people have never lost faita
and will surely he rewarded for their
, efforts.
! If the people that doubt the mineral
resources of Idaho county could see
, the bullion that is taken from this one
camp alone they would certainly be
, come boosters for the mines, and once
convinced they would be willing to
help the hardy pioneers who are strug-
Cling to develop the country instead of
, denying them good roads and trails to
speed them ON their way.
e The prospector and miner are con-
: sumers and buy all their supplies at
the point most accessible to their prop
I erty, regardless of distance. Marshall
: Lake is only 75 miles from Grangeyille
: with state wagon road from here in
e such condition that the citizens Of
: that section cannot use it on account Of
r the ferry being out across Salmon riy-
er. Someone should take the matter
: up aud see If this point cannot secure
the trade from that camp.