Show GOLD excitement AT WEISER signal weiser idaho idah 0 along with her other wonderful ties weiser appears to be destined to become the center of a wonderful gold mining district if samples from the claims of the modoc mining company that were brought to this city thursday are any indication the properties of the modoc company comprising four claims are located about five miles from weiser up monroe creek the majority of the owners of the properties are weiser people A B anderson frank harris john jeffreys and others the past two weeks mr anderson mr jeffreys and fields grooms have been doing the assess ment work on the claims wednesday at af hernoon while walking over the ground about 50 yards from the point at which the gentlemen have been doing the assessment work grooms observed a rock lying in ill th ohp 0 dust that glittered he picked it up and was astonished to discover that it was al most covered with free go d some of the particles being as large as pears hie he took it to the camp and exhibited it to jeffreys and anderson who were as much surprised as he A search was instituted and other pieces were found all showing free gold thursday morning the gentlemen came to town bringing the samples with them creating a sensation among mining men and others who saw the samples the gentlemen were offered 15 for one of the samples but refused the offer as there is more gold than that in sight they also brought with them a vial partly filled with gold dust which they panned from the dirt on the surface several years ago consider considerable abe placer mining was done at the foot of the hill from which the ore was taken gold can be panned from the dirt at any point on the hill an open cut has been run on the property in which ore has been uncovered the is not in a ledge but lies in a large body appearing to be a mountain of ore about three years ago samples of the ore were sent to salt lake and denver for assays essays and assays essays running from the lowest to per ton were received the find has caused renewed interest in the section and se several arai parties have already gone to the field to look it over some of them experienced mining men and that something in the way of mining will be developed ve loped there is no question the owners of the gro ground und on which the ore was discovered will no doubt take some steps to develop it the close proximity of the ground to the city makes it of interest to people of welser weiser as everyone can realize the benefit it would be to the city if a large profitable mining section was being worked right at our doors |