Show ALL FORMER RECORDS BROKEN the largest body of gold quartz yet tapped in this county is the yein vein of tile the abandoned group formerly known as the spokane situated on rapps creeck near leesburg it belongs to pope richardson bros the past few months have been spent in crossing the ledge and the work is not yet finished seventy eight feet aney have run through quartz without finding the opposite wall the ore is a gran accous porphyry traversed by frequent stringers of brown iron the iron runs high in gold specimens being common which will yield 1000 to the ton and everything in the vein prospects well in the pan the face depth is about feet this discovery is a record beater even in leesburg which district is noted for its massive leads the gold dust vein is thirty six feet in width and the gold flint feet between walls the abandoned is most favorably located for economical extraction and treatment wood and water being accessible in abundance herald salmon city idaho |