The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-07-26

year | made a scouting trip
through Lemhi county, Idaho.
and the following notes may
be of interest.
| Outside of the Gilmore district, In
Ithe southeastern part, mining Is not
active, due to several causes. 1t must
be noted that Lemhi county is princi-
pally agricultural, and has no really
large mines to furnish the active.
hard d-working, hustling type of mining
men of the Coeur d'Alene region. The
mines and prospects are rich. the
veins are of good size and merely
await proper treatment methods and
handling. 1t is less a question of cap
ital and more one of the right people.
If adjacent to the Coeur d'Alenes the
mining sections of Lemhi county
would speedily become bowling hives
of industry.
In many cases the surface ores
which yielded handsomely in the old
days have given way in depth to re-
fraetory mixtures, impossible of treat
ment by old methods. Modern pro-
cesses recover values with ease from
this type, and such ore Is capable of
yielding more profit than those Of for
mer days.a
Desirable Ore for Bunker Hill Smelter
, The Gilmore region ships lead ore
4 from cretaceous limestone that should
be in sharp demand at the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan smeter at Kellogg.
This plant imports barren limestone
for furnace use and the Gilmore ship
ments should fit in handsomely. 1t Is
purely a matter of connecting up the
two in q parity of freight rates with
competitive smelters The Bunker
Hill & Sullivan concern has an equip
ment second to none. and promises
stirring article of competition that
should develop to the full the mineral
resources of the state, and it is up to
the people of Lemhi county to do the
necessary publicity and agitation
work to secure it.
Auto Truck and Good Roads.
It has been said that lack of trans
portation facilities is hampering de-
, velopment. That might have been so
before the advent of the auto truck,
but now it is purely a question of
good roads, something that Is up to
the county to remedy, and toward
which end commendable effort is
being made. Lemhi county has add
ed handsomely lately to its road ma
chinery equipment, and the accommo-
: dating spirit toward bone fide mining
enterprises Is marked and a good
sign.
Where the values are disseminated
in q large volume of rock, the case
then resolves itself into the elimina-
ton of waste matter and hauling out
only the minerals carrying the values.
Good milling systems do this efficient
r ly and the ore exists in quantity suffi
r cient to justify the facilities, provid-
ed the development is done to bring
. enough in sight to warrant the ex-
penditure.
, Feasible Treatment for Gold Silver
r Ore.
In the southwestern portion of the
county are huge deposits of gold sill
Yer ore, described quite fully in Bull
letin 52S u. S. G. S. These resemble
. somewhat the Silver City deposits of
Owyhee county, but are of much
= larger size with values around $40 in
r gold and silver Modern film flota-
), tion with concentration on standard
tables would win the values in small
|, bulk, giving a very rich concentrate.
r 1t Is POSSIBLE to build up to a 5000
: daily mill tonnage and on an ore that
= treatment. 1t is possible also to Inn
= prove transportation facilities to ham
6 die the heaviest machinery, and bring
out the concentrates.
: To reach this remarkable district
.r an excellent wagon road runs up the
J: Salmon river from Salmon, the coun
ty seat, to Challis, in Custer county
N poor road up Morgan creek. over 8
N low summit could be greatly improved
to serve the locality. This would give
auto truck transportation. Another
a route lies down the river from Sal
,e mon to the mouth of Big creek, thence
w connecting with the Leesburg roaC
into the section. large part Of this
route Is under construction and with
III completion will give almost a watel
st grade route nearly free from snow