Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-13
UCH WORK BEING DONE IN
GOLD-BEARING REGION
MANY OBSTACLES.
GOOD ROADS ARE ESSENTIAL
plendid ShOwings Made in Several
Properties of Central Idaho
Mineral District.

j The Ten Mile mining camp is busy
nd booming and visitors are impressed
4 Firth the activity both on the Golden
& ide of the river and on the NewsOm6
fde. Five properties at the present
me are being operated and the work
, " eng done is producing results which
l9re making a good showing at the pres
MT time and will pay large returns in
ne future. And a large amount of the
FORK is being done notwithstanding the
bstacles presented on account Of lack
; = re good roads and of bridge across the
clearwater. Some of the owners in the
II istrict have had to pack supplies and
eavy machinery over a narrow and
~ one too good trail. Everything going
!. 80 Golden must be forded over the
y liver and, as high water a year ago
M layed havoc with the old fording-place,
very trip across carries with it danger.
Eager for Good Roads.
The good road question is quite as
/ much in the front as a topic of con-
If 'sersation among owners and promoters
+; an the Ten Mile district as the proper
IA Dies they are promoting and putting in
4. hape to be great wealth producers in
IDAHO county. Every road in the dis
III rict has been built by private capital,
\ without assistance from the county,
u lear through from Newsome to Golden.
Il What is principally lacking now is the
I bridge across the Clearwater. The
I rail down the river to Grangeville is
(. q n terrible state of repair and demands
d attention Part of the trail is entirely |
gone and numberless trees are across it |
ut the Ten Mile end So, while the /
'wners promoters and developers of
mines in the Ten Mile are attempting
! 10 make the properties an asset to
he county, and in the effort are ex-
bending large sums of money, they are
4 Wondering if the county will come to
CHER assistance in the matter of good
Dads.
So while the visitor in the district is
impressed with the prospects and show
ng on the many good properties, he is
iomewhat depressed on account of the
conditions of the roads. This only
serves as brake upon progress, how
lever, and, Notwithstanding the bad
features and the discouragements, five
quartz properties are in the course of
operation and intensive development in
The district, while several placer pro-
1
tretuns. c
The New York Mine. a
4, On the New York property, one of the Q
I, oldest in the district, splendid mill
has been erected on Fall creek, just d
below the New York mine. The New a
\ York Mining company installed five u
stamps, but the mill was erected under n
plans for the installation of five more
stamps which are on the ground and 81
which viii be installed later. The free N
gold is recovered on the plates aud two P'
eoncentrators Warmer and \ Whitley "
table, handle the tailings to save the con- d
centrates. The mill is a model Of con- g
venience and remarkable for It's plan I'll
of construction. Water furnishes sixty m
horsepower, the water being taken out II
ZOO feet above the mill and having a er
head of 940 feet Only about one-tenth OF
of the volume of water is used. The Pi
mill is heated with a steam plant, and oh
operated shortly after it was complet- 'e
ed, in January, during he zero weather, pr
when other mills were forced IN c1osa
down. Ore is trammed in to the mill tic
from the tunnels. There are ample ca
facilities for storing the ore, both in du
bins at the tunnel faces and also in the alb
mill. Levers connecting with all floors ha
of the mill give absolute control of all wa
the machinery during operation. The ms
main drive belt is housed and there is Str
little possibility of accident. Charles wa
w. Smith, superintendent the construc- wa
tion of the MILL the installation of Yo
machinery, and also directed the work !
in the saving of the lumber and tim ing
bers which were used in construction of tor
the mill in
Final Cleanup at MIL. lib,
The writer was accorded the privilege ser
of seeing the last cleanup at the New Dor
York mill, and large sum was realized. sos
The returns were remarkable. being Ne
more than $4,000 on a 16-day run. ex- goo
elusive of the concentrates, which run
about $3.50 to 5000 a ton, and only a {
small crew of miners working. Fred
O.