Show MONTANA sheridan enterprise A lease has been secured on the old ora cash mine near virginia city by devlin walker who have cleaned out the old workings and it is said have ore in sight the ora cash was worked in early days and was famous as a producer of very rich gold ore and those who knew the property in the palmy days say that there is little doubt but what the cometh something ing present operators will uncover worth while senator albright is interested with devlin W walker alker in the lease philipsburg call henry who has been employed during the suin summer nier at the sapphire mines of the american gen gem syndicate left th this 1 s weel week K w with 1 th a co companion ni pan ion on a prospecting trip to ross fork in search of a lost placer mine the discovery of it is believed will mean a fortune to the discoverer the story goes that along in the summer of 1877 a young miner discovered rich diggings on ross fork the nez perce indians that year made their famous raid in that section and the young man attached himself to gibbons army and in a brush with the indians was killed before his death he be confided to a companion the hiding place of df about in gold dust and also the location of the place where he had secured it various efforts have since been made to discover the diggings but they have failed mr will remain out until the snow falls and his philipsburg friends hope he will be successful in his search |