The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-01-05

a creeks. bounded on the north by the
; Bitter Root range of mountains. on the
] west by the divide between the head
waters of West Eagle creek and the
North Fork river, on the south by the
Occur d'Alene district line and on the
east by the Summit district line. Not
Wlthstanding the early discovery the
district has been slow to take rank
with the other districts. It is coming
forward, however and soon will be
abreast of Summit district which now
holds vantage ground In the main the
district is in the making and has pro-
crossed more rapidly in development
work than its neighbors. Prominent in
this line is the Columbia group, one
and one-half miles west of the Jack
| waite. the premier of the district.
which paid the O.-W r. & n. Co. for
freight in 1917. before the Prichard
railroad section was destroyed. on
l.674 tons of ore to the International
smelter Utah. the sum of S16,74O. All
this ore was hauled to the railroad on
trucks. Smaller shipments were made
in 1918 and 1919. aggregating for
freight $4.O7O. This is very fair il
lustration of what one property is cap
able of doing. The Columbus may
prove to be a worthy neighbor Its
present showing is very encouraging.
Some high grade ore is being taken
out. The territory west of the Jack
Waite to East Eagle creek and the
Columbus. and cOveing the south slope 4
of the Bitter Root range, is a solid
covering of claims, mostly in groups |
among them the Fedora, the Bluebird |
(now the United States), formerly /
owned by the Toner brothers of Ward |
ner deceased: the Samson. and the |
Morning Star The latter is owned and |
is being developed by Mike Franks of /
Murray. He has nine locations cover
ing a small tributary of East Eagle
From the stream he annually makes a
small cleanup of coarse placer gold.
quite smooth and apparently washed
It's origin is as yet unknown. Old
timers will remember that quite II
placer camp was established there
called Ellensburg. in 1884 and 1885
Some of the log cabins remain. but are
in a dilapidated condition. The Skif-
iington brothers were prominent mem
oers of the community and frequently
brought considerable coarse gold to the
ocal bank. They finally sold their
ground and went to South America.
During the past year extensive hy-
iraulic works were erected some dis
ance below on the Smith and Dunlap
placer holdings. The works were COM
,leted late in the fall and will be oper- ,
tied as early as possible this spring.
1t the head of East Eagle, and over
apping the Bitter Roots, Sam II.
Tinker and associates have a group of
laims that outcrop with a fair sprink-
,est posted miners in that section
here is a succession of parallel lodges
rom East Eagle creek to the Jack {
Waite, and that in a short time now
he entire system will be sufficiently
eveloped to demonstrate the truth of 4
his belief. adding a new ore producing
amp superior to any other on the
Worth Side. Where the placer gold of !
his section originated is a matter of /
cen speculation. While the writer |
oes not intend to solve the problem 7
e has d theory that the big ledge that |
curses through the backbone of the /
idge north from Prichard creek to /
oregon gulch, where Robert T. Horns :
bismarck is located, cuts through the [
Iurray Peak divide and meanders /
cross Tributary gulch and thence 7
nds its terminal in the East Eagle
No locations have. how 7
YER so far as known, been made be- +
ond the Bismarck. which yielded some y
cry rich pure gold specimen quartz g
/ one time However, this will not G
5cape prospectors much longer. A =
all from Murray straight to the pres y
IT site of the Columbus group was c
at one time, but the en- G
as dropped A nine-mile path would Il
ave covered the distance. two miles H
which was completed as a wagon II
ad. ~ ~
On West Eagle a strike was made of H
tipping ore in the Lead Crystal late II
the summer, near the camp at one II II
me occupied by I. c. Smith, a dentist II
no was developing a property for H
1rtland. Oregon, investors. He ex- n
nded considerable money found some n
od ,galena ore, but transportation was H
ch a serious problem that he finally H
we up the field 1t is very large ~
ID almost virgin region. Some good II
PIPER prospects abound but they have HI
It got beyond the cropping stage. H
wagon road is contemplated up the IT,
eek, and if this materializes the en- H,
e Bald mountain watershed will be HI
zen for exploration. ~
Union District. X
This is the banner district for size, n
nber and mineral possibilities. 1t 4,
vers the entire drainage basin, from X
e mouth of Prichard creek, on the H
,rth Fork of the Occur d'Alene river N N
the Bitter Roots, length north and X,