| Show COPPER FIND NEAR ELK CITY special correspondence elk city idaho march 8 william simpson who was wag grub staked by employed emp loyes of the bunker hill sullivan mine has just made public the details of an important copper discovery at the base of anderson butte on crooked river five miles fromelt from elk city idaho assays essays of the ore show from 6 to 12 per cent copper the gold values run from 7 to 10 to the ton and one assay went 77 aside from a few stains in the gold bearing ore there never has been an indication of extensive copper deposits in the elk city region and the discovery of the ledge located by simpson under the name of the idaho copper company was a surprise to every miner and prospector in the district A tunnel has been driven tapping the ledge at the foot level and a force of men is now at work crosscutting cross cutting the lead A road will be built from elk city to the property this spring machinery installed and the exploration of the deposit bigun begun in earnest |
