Show unexpected DISCOVERY capital news boise idaho while drilling a tunnel in woods gulch five miles north of eagle to increase the water supply for the ranch a practical miner who was doing the work opened a ledge of rock at a depth of seven ty five feet which showed assays essays from 40 to 70 per ton and although the matter has been kept quiet extensive j ament work is to be started on the clai alast sa and several prospects have been staked out in the district the rock from which the assays essays were obtained is of a peculiar formation being exceptionally dark in color and of a character in which it was not commonly supposed that gold existed had it not been so impregnated that the yellow metal cou d be seen in several pieces with the naked eye an assay would probably never have been made several assays essays were made from rock taken from various parts of the ledge and the lowest received was 40 per ton and the highest 70 mr air is one of the men interested in the property but declines to make any statement relative to the strike stating that he preferred to wait developments the news of the discovery however leaked out and active work is to be started on the ledge to determine its size |