The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-06-27


two years ago. He sank on the small
showing left by the former operators
as unworthy of further work and was
rewarded by its immediate expansion
into succession of good-sized cham
bers Of oxidized ore, which has been
followed down on fat incline for 200
feet and has produced crude ore and
concentrate shipping values of $1,000
during the past two years The bottom
OF all this development is still In dry
oxidized ground, its lowest point being
still at considerable elevation above
creek level and probable live ore
horizon, with a nummber of excellent
opportunities for the deveopment of phi
marjorie values-
Clayton Smaller
From Bayhorse creek it is 20 miles to
the west border OF the district at Squaw
creek. which enters Salmon river from
the north two miles above tie old
shelter camp st Clayton, where 5o-ton
blast furnace. using mixed charcoal and
coke. fuel, handled the ore OF the Sky
lark. Poverty Fiat, Ella, Red Bird and
Silver Rule mines sSned by the Clay
ton Mining & Smeting Co. Prior to
1900 this little furnace is credited with
the production of s4,000, goo of high
grade silver-lead bullion from these and
other tributary mines
Red Bird Running Steadily
The Red Bird mine is silver-lead
property xta 81 0aaDEord OF
crude ore It Is situated Eve miiesP
Squaw creek canyon in broad zone;
200 feet wide, that parallels the quartz
tie antieline for Is miles and carries a
succession of interesting lead-silver
prospects for that entire distance. The
Red Bird mine outerops 900 feet above
the creek bottom on the cast side of
the canyon, with succession Of round
patches of brown gossan or red-stained
soil Il has been developed with thres
main adit and erosseut tunnels with
underground connections and blind
levels at 1o0-foot intervals to the 600
foot level, 20 feet above Squaw creek.
Until two years ago, when the property
was taken over by the writer and as
soeiates, under a lease and option, the
production had been entirely in crude
ore shipments. in the mining of which
values under Is or 20 per cent lead
were thrown on the dump, or left stand
ing in the slopes 1t was thought that
these residue ores, estimated at $4,000
tons, with average value of 12 per cent
lead and 5 ounces of silver, could not
be probably milled. due to the fact
that they were almost completely oxi-
1ized down TO the bottom level. with
only smal residue kidneys of galena,
The best values being in the form of
sand carbonate of lead and anglesite
in earthly brown iron gangue.
Milling Process Successful
A small jigging min was built for the
treatment of these ores The finest
rushing device is a 7x9 Jaw erusher,
With two jigs and two Wiley tables,
he whole run by Is h. p. gas engine,
built in the winter of 1921. Since that
line this little plant has run about
sight hours day, and ali through the
panic year of 1921 1t has produced and
dipped 40 cars, or 1900 tons of con-
'entrates, carrying 40 per cent lead,
md 40 ounces silver per ton. The Snow
,rothers. formerly of Mullan, were the
sjiggers' and have substantially con-
irmed the milling tests pade at the
Success mill in 1917, refuting the opin-
on of other high-elass tests that said