| Show I LEMHI OPAL MINES Valuable Property In Idaho Owned b bUtah by Utah Parties Time mere mention lit of nn an opal harrows up the tho lurking ot which has hUR beet heen with this peculiar gem em shoo its lis ancient er cry In Hungary until till the recent or of rook In county Idaho fell Ir If nn tiny or of these Jewel hovee hove OCI e t tie ru found within tv oho tho boundaries of tho United States Idaho IR noted for tor sensational discoveries or of mud is tu lu accept now and bIg timings aim II a matter of course It t Is that nn an ox or of lids vast and state hlll bait won troll nature II a more reword than Ihan the Opal beds of Robert N hell Inspector of at mines mincH for the lit qt l pt Q tollow ing account ot of 1110 ot of the guns The I e County n r Is II I In It belt beIt or of light gray which Is it a contrast st to 10 the dark basic In lava VII of other deposits quad lit point In their favor from the tact that the mot most precious opals Its hI tam Iha have been mined from dykes or of Igneous rook or of the tho hl 11 the unites ot of gary In Southern The history or of the tho deposit is 18 Interesting rie senN were 20 years n ago o lit at a point en reek In six miles nho above I ln Post Tim Tho discoverer nR the Into lato John Johll Ramey n II mite milicI or of after whom Creek ani Ridge to III time tho Than der country were Mr Ramey while making II a short shortcut cut from roil the Yellow Jacket trail trull on Panther reek Creek to Creek noticed n a large boulder ot nt gray Kray Lava sticking out ot of tits the steep mido hilt hlll and in III the tho boulder Hens 1 n or ot of opal Rom gam stone n II root font long and tt H Hor or of mill Inch thick together with lIum spats amid splotches or of the tho Rem gem scattered through the boulder Mr lIe do scribed hl Ile find me A ot of au a et ethues hues caught up UI and 1111 transfixed b by what ho took for tor II a narrow ot of otIce lee Ice running down time tile mice lit if time the boul der Investigation soon showed his ml anti that Rw ire 11 wa Was oe hard ilK ms glans or quark that thal still BUll r tn neil 1 n nest t piny 1111 of broll ire He did not know what It II but hUl felt sure lint it 11 Huh Hub stance ot of such beauty b huo value 80 he ha broke II a lot or of choice or of gain stone off torr till Ism boulder houlder and look then to 10 II at nt of nt natural phenomena Ihen running u a mine mino at II site tho stones volcanic glass l nd or of al wore were found In hl large null near n a gauss works Thill 20 years ago tn III Isis wIllie makl g 1 a trip to 10 time tho Trio flue Hille Group ot of mines s lit at by houp I had tn IQ fl II by JIll Mr cabin on 1001 nil was invited to stay Htay I ii discussing the tho pile or of ore ere mall float ro rock lying oil the ground fit at the 1110 corner cornel or of the tho cu ai bin 1 n 0 there tere ot n common blue opal anti III hi d Mr 1111 hoe to It lit nt the same tune time Jill It came fromn and It if there thero was not lint other different colors olorf lie HI Ih then n recited his nil as given and saki Hahl that I 1 was art the non In tint had attached In any in tl to time the ant that he would send his ran Ion with mI me shots whore un an 1 how time the gem om occur occurred red rell It that the Iho finest opals t hI he found sere en In time original tm by Ito 1111 met mer boulders scattered the steep slopes of oC Panther reek the tho grans but bill WI we unable to 10 and 1 the ledge or dyke from which tho they were welo owing to the tho tact that the surface of the country with a 0 deep accumulation or of glacial boulders and debris its In breaking the tho boulder wo we took out 30 callus weight of oC tI time genes anti hall had then cut In Denver nod they thoy settle very or beautiful sets sonic some or of tilt choice together with pieces piece or of matrix w ern sent to 10 lh Uto 1 p Kuntz the tho great gem expert form ore erly of Now York 1111 mud 1 Ills tin o tolled of tho germs Wins subsequently 4 1 hy by him In the tho i Annual Report or of tho Stales Stute Survey Hurvey Mr Ir lanes IIA aR being or of excel excellent lent In n matrix or of and equal to some of oC the tho het hest found worth rant from Id 6 to 10 per carat When cut cuI polished they ore 1111 semi with n a 1111 ot of rich roil green all nut violet lire forming such luch a brIght shiny blend and ever array ot of molt lustrous colors n nil only n a noble o opal JIll I oo can Mr W L Cook and Judge hones u ot of were the Ih t to 10 become Interested III the Iho noW new discoveries nod these gentlemen have II a company and lire are mak lag IlIg time the necessary to piece e the ground to cut the tho gems froll the matrix red for tor time the Mr Ir Cook slates tates that on bile trip to 10 the property ho succeeded together With lh his Inn In III extricating worth v n ot nt I m three n Ys b by the or of ti 1 however h h found It to entirelY rl tee ee the stones remit the hard b by this metho without sumo somo or of the to t large of these nr aro Jl on lit at the tho DUlce No nu 1111 1111 Halt Lake City ty fth slates that the containing the bearing rock la II practically I inexhaustible The Tho more of this colli comly III he In lIy by tile the many or of time tho fortunate With the property for tOl ox ex operations nod Judging time tho results with has hy by erode on a I scale distances to 10 the tha wealth sections of piny ho be measured from the tho Opal l |
