Show NEW CAMP WEST OF SALMON IDAHO HAS BEEN christened SILVERTON silverton is the name by which the new mining camp west of this city has been christened and the degree of excitement that hovers about the locality indicates the establishment of a lively burg when the working forces get properly strung out says the salmon herald of the twenty or more new mining claims have been located in the locality of which four mile is the center and stakes are still going up L R cummings sr L R cummings cumming s jr and H Z bielenberg b who may be styled the original dis discoverers coverers cover ers have eight claims W PL IT shoup and sam hershberger have six bert simer has three dan chase W A bradley 1 each ray irvin and wm win kadletz have one dee matlock has two and so has john brittain T TP P dunlap has a a group and others are being located all of these claims are said to cover distinct ledges with i mineral in place and some are talking already about their ore bodies there is solid foundation for the stampede and everyone of the hundreds who have visited the new district comes back infused with germs of silve and inspired by the tremendous possibilities that await the prospectors original location missed the pay ore al binegar worked that it ground more than 15 years ago sinking a shaft on the main main discovery vein his old works had tl gone into decay and the shaft had been filled up now it is apparent that he sunk his shaft a little to the east of the pay missing 6 the rich ore by about a foot and a half the roxie is the name of the ground around which the excitement revolves and it is the old binegar ground long ao a ago 6 o abandoned cummings and bielenberg b relocated it and drove on the ledge an open cut which soon merged into to a tunnel and when about fifteen feet below the surface they encountered the pay it started at less than two feet in width but the boys be began bean 6 an sinking on the ore and at a surface depth of 20 feet they have a vein nine feet eight inches between walls with pay ore filling its entire width t character of ore changes the ore which started as steel galena with high values in silver is is i now nov c hanging changing 6 to copper ore and the last assay showed 40 per cent copper with the lead content somewhat lowered but still rich in silver samples of the different characters of the rock are on display at the herald office the claimants have taken out a large quantity of the ore and are sorting it up for shipment a carload being on the program of the next ten days arrangements for hauling the ore have already been made with lester within withington ton who has the teams A good road runs directly to the mine mine and no difficulty will he be experienced in getting etting or it tol to the cars at salmon vein described as true fissure the changing character of the ore is apparently due to the approach to water level which may be reached soon oon the vein is a true fissure in andesite or altered granite and its almost vertical walls are coated with about an inch of talc like gouge both walls are clearly defined and the ore is not frozen to the country rock as it is in 1 most mines of this country judging by the visible crop pings over about two miles of its course it shows show s every evidence of great persistence and permanency I 1 twenty persons from salmon some afoot some horseback took in the camp of silverton sunday and partook of bf a most hospitable camp dinner served by L R sr who is an excellent camp cook that day servi serving a mulligan of sage chicken and potatoes along avith lt many other items of epicurean delight W C doebler W chas smith and the editor of the herald composed one of the parties and another was composed of dan chase chas and wife bally martin and mrs harry fowler the n was excellent nutritious and highly enjoyable |