Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-01-01
Report of Rich Gold Strike
in Elk City District Lacks
VerJfcahon; May Be Myth

Report of rich gold strike in the
Elk City district, printed in a Lew
iston paper recently, lacks notification.
The correspondent of the Idaho County
Free Press at Elk City, after careful
investigation, is unable to verify the
report.
The story, as printed in the Lewis
ton paper, follows:
AS a sequel to the "Lost Nine"
story, which was published recently,
comes the authentic report from Elk
City and Dixie of one of the most won
derful strikes of gold ore ever encoun-
tered in that country. 1t is about
half way between Elk City and the
place where the lost mine was discov-
cred by Jensen brothers and was To-
Gated early this fall The discovery
has been kept quiet while the fortu-
nate discoverer got in touch with out
side mining interests to have a thor
ough test made and determine just
what he had. This has now been done
and recently one of the best known
mining engineers of the northwest has
made trip to the inside country,
made thorough survey of the sur
face indications, and pronounces the
strike an exceedingly promising one.
ON BREAKS OF SALMON
This rich deposit was uncovered on
the breaks of the Salmon river be-
tween two small streams called Five
Mile and Lemhi, a district over which
thousands of hunters have rOamed
in the past in quest of the Rocky
big horn sheep, the loca-
ton being one to which these animals
seemed very much attracted. The
action of the elements has corroded
the surrounding formation, leaving
the ledge in plain sight, but
it was a kind of ore somewhat diff
ferent from that which usually car
ried values in the Elk City-Dixie dis
tricts. No particular attention had
been paid to it until the recent dis
coverer took chance sample and
had it assayed. The results were so !
gratifyingt hat he. located the ground,
started development and as result
has opened up property |
which will make a mine such as the
interior country has not yet seen |
possibly with the exception of the
promise of lost mines.
The location was made by A. G. f.,
Carpenter, who had been working
for the mining outfit which some
years ago acquired the Joe Eakin |
Dlacers, some six miles distant, at a |
price of $4,000 for the then unde-
yeloped property. Since then this
placer ground has been developed
Iuite extensively. The new discovery |
Is the crow flies across the Salmon
liver canyon is only about ten miles
rom a very large dolomite dyke in
he Dixie district which has had a
yreat deal of attention paid to it in
he past and which carries value
angling from a few dollars up to
several hundred.
There is a well-defned mother lode
extending in a southeasterly direction
rom the Mountain House, about half
vay betwee Sites and Elk City,
through Dixie, clear across the 100
niles intervening until the copper de-
,osits at Big creek are reached. 1t
S along this known mineral belt that
he new strike has been made. The
Elm is between well defined walls
nd there is a pay streak carrying
,alues we'll up i'm the hundreds of
ollars, besides large amount of vein
natter carrying values which it is
aid will pay handsomely to mine.
PnGRIMAGES TO DIGGINS
Dozens of the mountain "sour-
oughs' have made pilgrimages to
he new strike and they are so inn
ressed with it that they are stalking
ut claims and starting a systematic
evelopment of the district. While
p to the present time no other phe-
omenally rich ore deposits have been
pened up to supplement the original