Show IDAHO hailey times jack tremper cut a 30 foot ledge led ff e that carries an aver average acre of 6 in gold and some silver in stanley basin last week idaho city world E F fitzhugh has run a fifty foot tunnel on his quartz claim on ross fork near the elkhorn the ledge is thirty feet wide and five feet of it is pay ore silver city avalanche word was received from south mountain this week that a biz bia strike had bad been made in the companas comp anys ground five feet of fine ore had been opened up in the bay state S tate the letter was written by one of the miners to a friend here and it confirms an earlier report of the same character idaho city world rich silver float has been found between dry buck and the north fork of payette about half way down the I 1 mountain K P plowman had some of the ore assayed in boise a short time ago the assay showed ounces to the ton the ore is a bromide of silver prospectors are hunting ing for the ledge idaho city world mellie gibbs of placer ville informs the world that most of the placer miners of that section are still at work they have had a long run notwithstanding the light fall of snow last winter he says the war eagle company which holds a bond barid on the iowa mine at Quarts burg keeps at work and says nothing but if what has been learned from other sources source 4 is true the mine makes a fine showing this company has also secured a bond on the ebenezer mine on canyon creek seven devils standard the party who recently bought joe La Greeks claims on the river while working there last week made a rich strike for a long time there has been a small seam of copper glance in one of the claims but it was so small as to attract very little attention when the new owner took charge he put one man to work on this prop erty who after working a few hours discovered that the seam of ore was widening widen the greatest tapped yet vet is thirty inches the entire ledge is is copper glance carrying about 65 per cent copper and twenty ounces silver silver city avalanche for months past it has been whispered talked and shouted that t the he end of the big DeL delamar ainar mine was insight in sight and the residents of that active little town have been filled with consternation over the outlook rumors are rife however as we go to press that the situation in our sister town has turned a complete somersault and that the developments in the mine are of the most roseate character we cannot vouch for the truthful truthfulness ln essof of th the e report but are inclined to believe it to be true we W e hope it is and we extend our hearty congratulations cong ratu lations to our de lamar friends in the event of their probable good fortune idaho mining journal washington county is is rich in minerals and the heath district is especially so the careful investor will find little choice there because from one end of the district to the other there is an unbroken line of first class prospects it is not a poor mans camp little has been done in the district and less heard of it for many years till 1899 when several good people began developing ve loping 11 prospects and the result will be producers there is an abundance of timber water an admirable climate and easy accessibility lity the people of the district understand mining and have located mineral which makes it an especially pleasant camp to visit |