Show excitement NEAR DALE IDAHO news boise ida council A H wilkie proprietor of the wilkie saw mills near dale was in council yesterday and brought a glowing report of the new mines being opened up tip near that place on north hornet creek mr wickie wilkie said the men employed at his mills deserted their work last week when they heard of the rich strike made in the nelson peak mine and rushed to that district to stake claims the mills were forced to shut down for a few days as a result but are now again in operation he says there is no doubt but that the he strike of extremely rich free milling n ore or a is genuine As reported last week in the nelson peck mine ore assaying 20 to the ton was found at a depth of thirty feet the ledge edge which is about twelve feet wide is not merely seamed with pay streaks but carries about the same values throughout its width the ore is still getting richer as depth is reached and from an assay sunday at a depth of about thirty eight feet 71 in free gold is shown when it is remembered that on the surface a return of 8 to the ton was had and at thirty fest the values reached 20 to the ton while in the present depth of eight or ten feet more 71 to the ton in free gold is found it certainly seems to justify the belief that the greatest mine in the west has been discovered mr wilkle wilkie says there is a great deal of prospecting being done on the claims near the nelson peck property and some good returns have already been made in the yellow jacket carrol coons have found good values and are taking out ore which they crush in a hand mortar and wash with pans cle cleaning cleanie anin enough by that method to pay expenses the three links group is also showing up well and are in pay rock pow now this group belongs to a number of local people and they are pushing development work with all possible speed since the reports of still richer ore being found in the new district has reached council the excitement has reached f fever v r heat and many who were skeptical of the reports of twenty dollar ore last week are now hurrying to the district to locate claims indeed people here are generally beginning 1 to believe that they are in the heart of another ripple cripple C creek or possibly a mineral zone richer than even that famous district |