The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-08-15
IDAHO SCHOOL OF MINES
IS LOOKING FOR GOLD
INVESTIGATIONS BEING MADE
IN CENTRAL lDAHo-ClN.
NABAR IN IDAHO.

The Idaho school of mines Is rem
dering valuable service to the govern
ment in it's efforts to encourage the
production of certain war minerals
which have heretofore been imported
to large extent The war has de-
prived the government Of this source
of supply, hence the urgent desire to
find deposits of these minerals in the
United States and to encourage their
development In addition to quick
silver, tin, manganese, tungsten, mo-
lybdenum and other essentially war
metals and minerals, the decrease In
the production of gold has aroused
the government to the Importance of
encouraging gold mining. In re-
Spouse to this critical condition In
the gold mining industry, the school
of mines has undertaken to investi-
gate the gold resources Of Idaho and
utNlSc pIdtlIlRil pldHS lot NiiSii wow
opment This work is outlined in
letter to the Miner from Francis A.
Thomson, dean of the school of mines,
which follows
Gold War Mineral.
1.-The school Of mines geological sur
yey in its investigation of the war
mineral resources of the state of Ida
no has decided to include gold In the
list of war minerals, for while neither
the u. S. geological survey nor the
u. S. bureau of mines has yet done
this 1t is clearly only matter Of time
until they will be forced to do so, ow-
ing to the dire need for gold produc-
ton at this time.
1T Is well known that the three
great undeveloped gold areas of west
.ern America are Alaska, Pumas coun-
ty, California, and central Idaho In
connection with the stimulation OF
gold production from the last named
region we are planning reconnois-
sance survey of the gold resources of
the area which includes Elk City,
Dixie Buffalo Hump, ORC Grande,
Pierce City and adjoining camps This
will not in any sense be precise geo.
logical survey, but rather general
investigation from a strictly economic
point of view of the possibilities for
gold production from this area.
Problems of Production.
'The extent and so far as possible
the value of developed as we'll as po-
tential ore bodies, will be estimated
and ore treatment problems will be
studied on the ground with a view to
their investigation in detail in coop
GRAFTON with the U. s. bureau of mines
at the school of mines laboratories.
Il expect to leave at once for
Grangevile and will probably go into
Elk City by way of the trail up the
south fork of the Clearwater along
which doubtless the main Transports
ton road for this district will event
ually and we hope before long be
built. Later in the season a similar in
vestigation will probably be made of
the gold producing area to the north
of Boise and in Owyhee county.
Cinnabar in Idaho.
Prof. d. C. Livingston, OF the school
OF mines, who recently examined the
> tungsten deposits on the North Side
is now in central Idaho in quest of war
minerals. Upon his arrival at Boise
from Valley county the other day he
expressed himself with considerable
enthusiasm over the prospect of quick
silver production in that country say
ing that it was very encouraging"
There are five or six outfits working
In the district, but development work
is still in the primary stage. Further
Prof. Livingston said:
''There seems to be excellent veins
OF cinnabar and many favorable in |
dications In lime belt that runs |
through the district, but of course |
there has not been enough develop |
ment work done to say what win be
the outcome
zone bad feature is that the whole |
country has been staked out by spec
ulators and this will greatly retard
development. Another bad feature is
the miserable road leading in from
Cascade, some 20 miles. This wagon
road is a disgrace. 1t runs across four
SUBMITS. the highest of which Is 5000
feet"