Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
FORMER FOX-BRIGGS qROop OF
MINES SOLD TWO YEARS AGO
RICHLY ACTIVE
MT. MARSHALL GROUP BUSY
These Claims Were Also Located by
Fox and Briggs and Sold for
$20,O00.0O
(By Joe B. Wade.)


j. G. Fox, who is now on the SUNNY
side of easy street, having made his
stage from the sale of his mining prop
critics in the Marshall Lake mining dis
trict received letter this week from a
friends at Resort which stated that
the last clean up of the Sherman-Old
Corporal mill returned the owners
$3l 800 in gold from the plates alone
and that the concentrates will add
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 approximately $4,000.
The Fox properties comprise the
Sherman and Old Corporal quartz
claims and were located about fifteen
years ago by j. c. Fox and P. R. Briggs
of Grangeville. The owners, both old
men, not only performed their annual
assessment work alone, but also did con-
siderable development work
About two years ago the properties
were sold to Seattle parties for $4,000
and the new owners are now reaping a
rich reward from their fortunate in
vestment, last month g output alone,
pays more than the purchase price of
the properties.
The Fox and Briggs mines (by which
title they are best known - are located
near the head of Big Creek on the slope
of Mt. Marshall which towers to q
height of 5000 feet above sea level and
almost 1000 feet above Salmon river
which rushes and thunders through the
rough and torturous gorge 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 eliminating a large item
of expense in mine development.
The Mt. Marshall group, located in
the same district, which was sold
several years ago to Burlington, Iowa,
people is also under development. The
vein was recently. cut at depth of
1920 feet by tunnel 1920 feet in
length which the owners have been driv-
ing for the past five years. Drifts are
now being pushed on the ledge both
ways from the cross cut The ledge is
from two TO three feet wide and from
numerous tests, assay values of from
$40 to $50 per ton were obtained. The
ore is free milling, q characteristic of
practically all the ores in the district.
The Mt. Marshall group was located
by Fox and Briggs and sold to the pres
ent owners for $4,000 large per cent
of which has been paid.
Negotiations are now pending for the
sale of the Roy-Gerber claims to
Philadelphia people, NJ. Gilbert who is
handling the property is now in the
Quaker City. These properties are
among the oldest locations in the dis
trict and probably the most extensively
developed. The ores are free and
specimens have been secured which sold
for $40 per pound, one specimen bring
ing 1864.
In addition to the above properties
a number of other mines in the district
are to be developed the coming summer
Several of these claims are now under
bond to promoters who are in the east
to raise the cash necessary to finance
the propositions.