Show STRIKE IN THE SEVEN DEVILS independent payette idaho T 0 randall who lives on the bench and his brother A D randall of cuprum situated in the seven devils mining district have struck it rich in their mining property located in that territory one assaying as high as a a ton in gold silver and copper has been unearthed in the cracker jack one of their four claims containing in all about SO 80 acres the pay streak runs from eighteen inches to three and a half feet in width at an average of 56 in silver and copper and 8 in gold at the grass roots ten tons of ore have been taken out of a drift thirty seven feet beef in from the surface the vein is a true fissure and seems to increase in depth the prospect was located three years ago and only assessment work to hold title has been done until this summer active preparations are being made to operate the mine under a lease contrary to the usual mining prospects acts this is not a stock selling proposition the brothers intend to operate and develop the mine the ore is what is known as base but is not refractory the walls are soft and no great difficulty Is experienced in mining it it is a smelter proposition and the ore will be shipped to tacoma or salt lake city for reduction the mine is located seven and a half miles from the 0 W R N co with very good wagon road to the railroad the peacock mine which has produced millions is within twelve miles of this new strike and the famous blue jacket mine is in the same district this country was prospected thoroughly thirty or forty years ago 6 and it is strange that this prospect was never found before however gold is where you find it said the randalls in conversation with the reporter we are going 0 to develop the mine for our own interest and have no stock or anything for sale naturally we are jubilant over the prospect and expect to clean up tip a good sum from the mine |