Show STRIKE IN THE BUSTER news roosevelt idaho A good strike is reported on the buster claim located in the ramey ridge district and owned by merritt vance and cassell the strike was made on the ath dinst when quantities of ore were discovered which showed large amounts of free gold and which will doubtless run well up into the thousands the lead can be traced on the for feet and averages four feet in width and the droppings crop pings pan exceedingly cee well A little later work will be started on a tunnel on this vein and driven some fifty feet without a stop A thousand feet from the buster these gentlemen own the florence group on a vein that is very promising two tunnels are being run and the lead so far pros pecked shows a width of from three to twenty one feet with ore in both workings one ore shoot expected to be encountered in a short distance is known to be feet in length and as wide as twenty one feet this ore shows much free gold through it out of fourteen assays essays taken from this group an average value of 30 was obtained A high as the boys are jubilant over the showings made on their property and believe the future of the ramey ridge district to be exceptionally bright the amazon mining company whose property is located near the head of logan canyon is doing intelligent and energetic development work under the direction of H C hanson of logan the recently erected compressor is doing excellent service each shift being able to increase the length of the tunnel by five feet through some very hard lime the surface indications for this property are good pure galena and 70 per cent copper ore have been found there is every indication that the mine will respond satisfactorily facto rily to development |