Show U I CHUNK Rich Oro Ore from Thunder Kept nellt In n a 1 Vault nult There Is n a wonderful piece Illece of at ore oro from Thunder r Mountain at nt the time First National ban says las the tho Boise States Statesman man mann It I weighs about ICO Is ls so valuable that lint It Is placed In the vault ault 10 at nt night tor or safekeeping One taco face of ot the piece presenting an In Irregular surface approximately II 11 1 Inches square M ma literally plastered with gold not sprInkled with the metal but covered coer 1 completely as heavy ha frost trost covers a 1 plank idank A piece weighing three pounds was as pounded up UI and yielded 21 I It I Is not assumed that lint this hut entire chunk Is tl as al rich as ns that but It would probably assay rih close to a n ton tOi There Is 19 i gold all al through the thu rock while nil all al the Beams Ne ms are ato alo lined with wih tho the precious stuff atut This great nugget nu get came from tram the rich streak opened o enell by the tho Caswell last spring The rite streak was WS exposed for tor or 10 4 feet and ami showed howll from frum S 6 to 7 feet In width Two samples taken across Us Its It II entire Width n 1000 and n a 1 aoh I Iton ton oh U It I was W R the tho lie opening of or this thin streak that led Col Dewey Dewe and his associates to take u UI the bond nt ut once Instead of or waiting for tor Its Il expiration This fine piece of ot ore was vas brought In from the tho property by b the the tho discoverers of ot the district t |