Show RADIUM AND GOLD sapphires Sapp hires and precious stones di discovered sc on boulder creek A special to the news of libby montana from lenia bonner county idaho says nothing more marvelous has ever been recorded in the mining history of the country than that of the great find final of radium gold and precious stones which has been discovered on boulder creek near lenia considerable placer mining has been done here last summer and some years in the past but while the outlook for gold was showing better every year not even the most sanguine imagination could conceive of the great wealth which has lain ain hidden among the rocks and boulders here A little persistent prospecting has revealed the treasure and the credit of the great find is due to the perseverance of J H atherly Sn james angell W A guhr and several others A fifteen inch vein of radium ore has been bound and gold ore which runs to the ton also precious stones which an expert calls sapphires sapp hires this information was withheld from the public until the indisputable facts were obtained from the expert on radium who has been called here at a salary of per day he pronounces this the second and greatest radium vein ever aver discovered in the united states the value of this discovery will be better understood when it is known that radium the rarest of minerals is quoted in london at from one to three million dol lors B er pound in comparison with this startling valuation gold even running per ton fades into insignificance A company has been formed under the name of the idaho radium and gold co with J H atherly Sn president W A guhr vice president and james angell secretary treasurer A great deal of stock has already been sold mr angell has been in new york in the interest of the company where he has met with phenomenal success he is now called to chicago by some well known capitalists with whom the company has been negotiating the writer of this is placing the facts before the public exactly as they exist without any desire to create a sensation or stampede to this di district the future will verify any statement made herein operations will commence as soon as possible A sawmill is expected next week to get out lumber for flumes blumes arrangements are made to employ men the first part of the work will consist of the building of a wagon road from the new mine to connect with the free ferry tolen to lenia a it is to be hoped that the commissioners of both counties will get matters arranged so that there will be as little delay as possible in getting the new ferry in operation the need for it now is more urgent than ever as already the freight cor 0 L sylvanite is piling up at lenia |