Show RICH STRIKE IN IDAHO miner mackay idaho the rich gold strike made near bonanza custer county idaho by W G sweet senator macbeth and james curley is proving a wonder late advices advises from the district are to the effect that this discovery of the precious yellow metal is the biggest and richest strike ever made in central idaho the ledge is being uncovered as fast as possible and in two weeks a small fortune has bien bi en extracted A six inch streak of quartz in the vein goes in gold another streak measuring twelve inches gives a return of 1000 to show the extreme richness ness of the discovery twelve ounces of dirt was washed and four ounces of gold was the result samples running from 40 to are taken every day and coarse nuggets are very plentiful on sunday ten sacks of ore were extracted from the vein which gave an assay after careful sampling of the strike was made on horse hill a mile or so back of bonanza just across the gulch from the famous charles dickens mine which in its day produced millions of dollars the values were encounter edat the grass roots and with the work done are proving richer the group is called the for the reason that the ground has been actually run over by hundreds of people in the past twenty years bonanza is a camp about one hundred miles northwest of mackay in the gold best ot central idaho there are no less than ba a dozen extremely rich gold properties being worked in the immediate vicinity ot custer bonanza and ivers at the present time by large companies who are making large amounts from the ahe ore veins of the district this strike considering the numerous other active p properties les near custer is quite sure to make that end of custer county a thriving and attractive district with the probability of a good big town either fit at ouster custer or bonanza |