Show STRIKE IN HOODOO DISTRICT special correspondence spokane wash aug 12 there is much excitement in the hoodoo district in idaho eighty miles southeast of spokane as the result of a strike on the gold mountain com banys property where a 14 foot ledge carrying h high gh values in free milling gold was encountered a few days ago by james baumgartner and a crew who have been working on a tunnel since last november active development work will be continued the property is owned by portland people who have spent much money during the last ten years in an effort to locate the ledge which has just been found the property was discovered by clarence eddy and george speake of palouse Pa louse wash who aln rested terestea te portland and moscow capital in the enterprise several thousand dollars was expended in exploration work but as the ledge was not found the property was abandoned it was relocated afterward by dr C P mckenzie of portland and his associates who are also owners of the truax property adjoining the gold M mountain claims the first gold discovery in the district was made by the mountain gulch mining and M milling aing company in which J J browne of spokane and W L seblee of coeur dalene dA Iene idaho were interested machinery has been installed and there is considerable ore blocked out also some on the dump ready for shipment A force of men has been kept at work on this property throughout the winter and spring the gold nugget company with property adjoining the mountain gulch claims on the north also a gold property is working two shifts on a foot tunnel and expects to encounter the ledge soon the depth is feet which will give plenty of sloping ground the company already has large lare lar 1 I e bodies of ore higher up on the mountain and will put in a mill next fall samples of the ore run as high as 1400 in gold |