Show L I 1 MIN MINES AND MINING t P. P w. w Y SEVEN VEN DEVILS MAY COME INTO ITS OWN Eastern Capitalists Start Extensive Ex Operations in Cop Copper pel Field BUY SMELTER AT WEI WEISER ER Building 50 Miles of Railroad to Complete Bringing S in ill Camp S Welser elsel Ida F Feb b. b Recent Recent operations operations oper oper- In mining in the Seven Devils mining district in Washington count county western Idaho have havo given that terri tern 4 a tor tory a a boom Loom that In all probability will bring It to tho the front as one of or the greatest mining camps o of the th West Vest st and will wIH soon plate the Immense copper copper cop cop- per deposits o of the Seven Se Devils on the markets ets of the world and causo cause the mountain fastnesses of one of the most picturesque que places In the th West Vest to be- be I come Jotted wH it camps brist- brist life and mid a Seven Devils lIs has long been known n to have 0 vast st beds of copper o of untold wealth but lack of or transportation has so far been the great drawback There lying unopened ne and untouched arc ore great grea t known copper fields The work worl of opening opening- this vast deposit deposit deposit de de- de- de posit of or copper In a a. systematic and profitable wa way actually began last fall Whim when Boggs and Harris took a 10 years years' lease on the tho Peacock property property prop prop- erty fone one o of a number of rich properties properties proper proper- ties alread already opened In the district and began active development work Ore Out Ont These men were themselves elves astonIshed aston aston- at what they recently uncovered having at the present time over tons of copper ore blocked an and ready for tor shipment this ore running 15 to 60 per cent copper It Is asserted Realizing that the Seven Devils was vas far be beyond ond the most sanguine hopes o of the tho most optimistic mans man's views o of the richness of or the district these men s set t to work worl at t once to lo solve o the transportation trans trans' problem for tor the district hayIng hay Ilax- Ing first secured aid in fn a a. financial wa way by Interesting Fort Wayne Vane In Ind capitalists capi capi- capitalists In the project the they began beg at once to put their plans In operation The They bought the new up-to- up date up-to-date smelter smelt smelt- er on the Pacific and Idaho railroad 10 miles north of Welser Weiser It has a 0 ton capacity capacH ever every 24 hours and will be doubled In capacity 10 To Build bluE They at once began preliminary work orle for tor a a. railroad from tho Seven Se Devils I to Council Idaho 60 50 0 miles In length where It connects with the Pacific and Northern that will haul tho ore oro the rest of the distance to the tho smelter N 50 milea This Council and ancl Soy Soy- jot crT n Devils Dc will lie built aa as soon Boon as possible The low lov crado ore will be shIpped uh to their own the tho high r grade oro ore shipped to Sumpter and Salt r I Lake The Tho will also do ilo o custom work which means that other properties properties proper proper- ties besides the Peacock will bo be opened and begin shipping as ns soon as the railroad Is completed Those thoroughly thorough thorough- ly acquainted with the tho Seven Devils Dells district say that If Ir the time pl plans ns of Boggs Bogga and Harr Harris Is are completed It will maket make male one of or the most active mining camps In Inthe Inthe inthe t the West Yest and that It will be a permanent permanent perma perma- nent Ilent and paying Ing producer |