Show IDAHO weiser american great excitement exists at council over the report of a strike of rich gold bearing ore on link creek about fifteen miles from that place just what the value of the ore is has not been determined A stampede is on to shenew the new district all the employees at a sawmill near council have quit work and started for the strike the ore is said to be free milling the strike was made on what is lown known as the wilson pack mine on which considerable development work has been done weiser si sinal signal nal experienced miners just returned from the new mining discoveries on hornet creek about twenty miles southwest of council report it one of the richest strikes in the state the shaft is down about thirty feet and the ledge runs about four feet vilde vide assays essays taken at a depth of nineteen feet run 8 to 9 to the ton and grow richer the deeper the shaft is sunk the last returns show 18 in free milling gold the lay of the land and the surface of rock very much resemble the celebrated powder horn camp in colorado elk city news A strike in quartz of unusual richness estimated to assay gold from 50 to several hundred was made in the golden crown the first of the week in j a ledge that is ten feet wide at fifteen ket feet a aa depth and a nd is showing greater width depth is attained the writer visited the tuesday much talked of golden crown on oil and found that reports have not overstated overstate the true conditions from the grass roots 1 the ledge is firm and compact and sho it h greater width at lowest points where been stripped and opened the ore shows show anve adnes gold without the aid of a glass day after a short was fired mr t a ie reports deports ports gold showed in such quantity j the ca cavity vity looked like a jewelry store A tunnel has been is sulphide the or ore e started that will give a depth of feet four ni men en are working salmon herald good news was reported this week from the climax G al M co whose proper property ty is located at the head of pratt creek F 0 miller of salmon returned monday after spen spending ding a few days looking over the property he informed the herald thattie that the company struck a fine body of ore three feet wide about a week ago in the lower tunnel at a distance of feet in mr miller says the ore is oxidized oxidize d and is the in most ost free milling t of any in the mini mine specimens of ore from the new strike show gold we also learn that the company compan y now have ore in every foot of the mine and the prospects are that the owners should soon be turning out bullion rapidly everything is in shape to this end the mill has been lately moved to the mouth of the lower tunnel and all that is necessary is to mine the ore and run the cars into the mill with no extra handling of the ore wallace times the drift which has been run this spring on the diamond joe property on beaver creek has shown up a good sized ledge with a nice showing in the face states P J butler one of the owners and a lower crosscut tunnel will be started at once to get depth on the lead the diamond joe was incorporated recently and since taking hold of the property the main stockholders have had a drift tunnel run on the vein near the surface to explore the lead this drift is in feet and has gained a depth of about fifty feet where we stopped drifting the vein is fully twenty feet wide and the face shows a good aliza tion said mr butler tuesday the showing is so encouraging that we expect to get depth on the lead by means of a crosscut to be started at once we are certain we have a mine there and the splendid showings on the properties on beaver creek in the neighborhood help us all the more toward this belief boise statesman placerville erville local parties here have interested Morn montana tana capitalists ita lists in several placer properties the leary brogan placer the halley daliey mcmasters placer and the california hill placer are the ones included in the contemplated purchase there is a foice foj ce of men at work surveying the different claims and another force is at work prospecting the ground in a thorough manner if the prospects are satisfactory it is the intention of the company to take over all these claims together with the water rights and ditches and operate them on an extended scale whether they will operate these by hydraulic method aly only or also by means of dredges is not yet decided these are all considered anong among the best in the basin the main difficulty f in working being the lowness of the bedrock in some parts which does not ad mit of enough dump to carry off the tailings this difficulty however would be obviated by means of the dredge method the leary brogan has been a steady producer for many years in fact it is one of the oldest claims in the basin and it contains much good ground yet |