Show THE HANCOCK MINING CO advance council idaho colonel drake president and general manager of the hancock mining company operating some of the richest mines at landore in the seven devils district was in council yesterday en route to portland on a business trip in the interest of his company andin and in an interview with a reporter for the advance grew enthusiastic over the wonderful possibilities of that section one who has never visited the mines of the seven devils said colonel drake can have no adequate conception of the immense wealth which that district contains nor of the greatness which it is bound to attain in the near future it is useless to attempt an estimate of the value of ane ore now in sight in the various mines the fig ure would go far up into the millions an aal i the ore that is now uncovered is only a glimpse of the vaster deposits which are known to be hidden deeper in the hearts of the hill samples sent to the outside world are only hints of what really ex exists ests in that region they give a faint inkling of the richness richa A of the ores hut but if you want to grasp an idea of the quantity it is necessary to go to the mines descend into their black depths and with your own eyes behind the thousands of tons of 30 40 50 per cent copper ore which bares its breast to the miners drill and awaits the shock of dynamite that will start it on its mission as a thing of use to man mr george A rahm secretary and treasurer of our company and withal a gentleman who is familiar with all the great copper sections of the country has been my guest at the mines for several weeks and we have visited all the different mines in the district and personally inspected them mr rahm expected to find a rich mineral belt but was totally unprepared for the revelations which our visits developed he was astounded at the great size of the district at the uniformly high grade of the ore and the ease with which it can be gotten out and put upon the marbet he is more than pleased with his investments in that section and ei expressed pressed absolute faith in the district ultimately beco becoming in one of the foremost copper producers produce rb of the world how about transportation colonel the reporter asked trails transportation por tation ill tell you my boy the colonel answered the seven devils will get a railroad as sure as they exist a and nd that too in the very near future because that immense wealth has just got to be brought out it is crying for an outlet and you can be sure its cry will be answered by the whistle of a locomotive another thing when a road goes to the devils it win be built from council for the very simple reason that there is no other route by which it could be built colonel drake was accompanied by mr reed a prominent mining expert from deer lodge montana |