Show I TH LAST CHANCE STRIKE Fine Disclosure in a Mine in Willow I Creek District A special from Pearl in Willow Creek district Ida to the Boise Statesman says The Last Chance is situated a few 11 hundred feet east of the Checkmate mine and is owned by Jack Coster and J Brannon and leased for one year to f Brannan Hall who have been driv ing a crosscut since last October to cut a ledge that considerable development develop-ment had proven to be a very fair prospect on the surface The tunnel is under cover 300 feet and at this distance cut the ledge which in the bottom of the cut mea ures thr ie feet and seven assays made across the face give an average of 7460 per ton in gold One of the samples covering eight Inches of very rotten sulphurets assayed as-sayed 274 per ton carrying only 15Y ounces of silver per ton This ledge for its size is pronounced to be the most valuable strike made in our camp The ore is very easily sorted and Is being sacked for Immediate shipment The ledge where cut in a vertical line is i 112 feet deep but with the dip of the ledge they will have 140 feet of sloping ground An agent of one of the largest groups in Qur district is on the ground daily watching developments and has made n very flattering cash offer for this claim but the owners fully realize thej have a bonanza and refuse to bnanza put d price on the same I is estimated by competent miners that two miners can take out a carload car-load of ore per week I May Be n Old Mine Ole Larsen and a party of Spring City gentlemen left Tuesday for the Cedar Ridge to investigate what may prove to be an old mine The place In question says the Ephraim Enterprise Enter-prise is a curiosity I consists of an old shaft Jn a rocky side hill The shaft is filled with a fine sand which is different from any sand found in that vicinity There is a well defined trail leading to the shaft from the south which is so old that cedar trees are growing in the middle of it in a good many places The trail stops at the shaft and no trace of it car be found except where it comes in from the south Some parties from this city went over to see it a few years ago and not being prepared to dig out the shaft they left It for future investigation The result of the present investigation I will be awaited with interest Silver and Lead Quotations The silver and lead quotations yesterday terday were as follows Western UnionBar silver 64 cents lead 305 casting copper 1 cents United Press Bar silver 64 cents lead 330337 lake copper 12 cents |