Show BIRCH CREEK MINERALS Joe oe Bush Busk Secures Valuable Claims Near Nicolla Nicolia Ida Joe Bush returned Sunday from a months prospecting trip Into Idaho He has secured some ome fine copper claims and In Addition has bas done con locating for lor himself hi and as associates on what h k he says is one of the tM biggest iron reefs in the country The field hield of Mr Bushs operations operation has been the old camp of Nicolia in inthe inthe Inthe the Birch Creek district dl some ome seventy miles west of Dubols Early in the Ms IN INthe the famous Viola mine was in opera operation operation operation tion there and from 1882 1182 to 1155 it was wu credited with supplying about one OM sixth of ot the lead then being produced in the United States State and paid pak over in dividends cUvi Extravagant management and poor work in the mine finally Anally caused cau ed a suspension of I operations and since then nothing has been done save by a few leasers le rs On the west side of Birch creek Mr I Bush says there are some Ome of the finest fin contact ledges he ever saw and as 8 the country can be easily ea Uy reached by a railroad he e is confident C that it will come cOme to the front within the next few years Mr N Bush will return during the next few days day and It d start develop development development ment work on some of the claims lo 10 located located I |