The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-04-19
REVIEW OF MIN.
ING ON salmon R.

The following from the pen Of for
mer State Mine Inspector. Robert n.
Bell, appeared in a recent issue Of
Northwest Mining Truth and a. e
concerns Central idaho mining prop.
critics. is passed on to our readers:
"A lead-siiver producing state. Ida.
no has occupied first place in the
Union for the past thirty years. it
IAN boast Of its famous Coeur d'Alens
district, Of the worlds richest areal
concentration Of lead-s metal Of such
rapidly expanding Industrial demand
md relative world scarcity az 70 war.
rant assum ption that It Will equal COP.
ner In market value at no very dig
tant date.
"A brief outline Of the factors, geol.
ogic and otherwise. that make this
rremier lead district Of idaho attrAo.
tive to strong capital for the further
development OF It's close-iu offerings,
] 's az follows:
"The great dividend record already
made, aegregatine more than 100000.
200: the relatively rich silver ratio
'ts lead ores carry: the immense thick
ness of favorable enclosing fofmas
tions: powerful zones Of assuring:
Characters blindness IN surface -
0ression Of most Of its noted ore bod.
'es:- their commercial crests some.
times buried thousand feet under
the surface outcrop: their size, vir.
DIN deep-seated completeness and
'astine qualities found
| Other Idaho Lead Districts
Idaho was an established produced
IT lead-si1ver ores In the early eighs
ties. before the Occur d'Alene depos.
'ts vert discovered
| The T.er}i Wood River and Salmon
oiver district. were already noted
producers of silver and lead ore. be.
'nre the Arst product Of the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan mine was made. and
were noted for high ration Of silver
value in manv instances.
| Shortly subsequent to the bonanza
disclosures Of the Occur d'Alenes. the
lthen-narrow domestic lead market,
the drop in silver prices. snd the gen.
eral remoteness from railway facili.
'ies. resulted in slackening Of activi.
ties in these older districts. before
heir geologic merits were half appre.
"isted. a fact emnhasized bv the state
-1ent that. IN spite Of bv no means
nr'mnortant output. aggregating fully
$50.0o0.000 in lead-silver. there II not
l+o this date single development test
N the extensive area at a vertical
depth Of over 800 feet. except possi'
"lv at the Ramshorn mine.
These Central idaho lead-silver ores
IRE intimately associated with Paleo-
-oic limestone and other ancient sedi-
vents. They are extensively assured
eaulted and intruded with variety
"f ienenus dikes including zonal rs
errng like that of the Bunker Hin or
Wardner lode. and eruptive granite
masses like those Of the Canyon Creek
Nd Nine Mile sections of the Occur
d'Alene.
More Of Utah Tyne
These older idaho lead-silver depos-
IT'S are more Of the Utah type and mode
If occurrence such as found at T1ntic.
pnrk CITY and Bingham. That they
|have similar Comeback" possibilities
is attested by the fact that two Of Ida
hos largest and most conservative
0perators-the Bunker Hill and Fed
orNl comnanies-are now developing
ruite extensively in the Wood River
lection the latter company making
T. considerable output. for the past
four wears. of high grade smelling ore.
carrying rich lead values anl over
two ounces of silver to each unit Of
lead, with 200-ton mill in operation
md over hundred men employed.
The Bav Horse district is one of
several old mining centers along Sal
mon river in Custer county. It's lead
ing property was the Ramshorn in the
carly davs. as it is today. This mine
produced several million ounces of
silver in earlier operations. was idle
for rs years, was reopened three years
go. has snce been equipped with a
modern sulphurdizing fotation mill
of so tons daily capacity, is working
100 rner and shipped its 18th car OF
centrates recently.
: Persistent Fissure Veins
: This deposit consists of persis
' tent assure vein in pre-Cambran slate
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