The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1890-12-18
IN THE SEVEN DEVILS.
A Wild Mining District Of
Wonderful Wealth.
A DESCRIPTION OF
THE MINES.
Information That WIZ In
tercsu Hundreds w no
Have Heard Oh the
District.

two column article in regard in that
camp in the Spokane Review, from
which VIC take the following extracts;
Nearly twenty-five years ago Levi
Allen, a well-known Idaho prospec-
tor, penetrated the hitherto unknown
section now known as the Seven
Devils, which as, at this time, one OF
the most promising new and IN
developed copper, gold and silver
mining regions in the world. This
district is in the northern part OF
Washington county, Idaho, and about
100 mics north OF Weiser, on the
Union Pacific railroad, about ninety
iive miles east Of Baker City, Or !.
! and little less than loo miles south
OF Lewiston, idaho. II only about
four niles from the Snake river Gu
direct Inc, though ABOUT G,G00 feet
anove the level Of the river.
There is q good wagon road from
Weiser 20 the dump Of the Old Pea
cock niue, and BY this road it is
twenty-five miles from Wciser to the
post-ofice at I'D. l'ietcher's in Mid
Ole valley; ten miles to Salubiia,
twenty-five miles TO Mosicr's, nine
miles TO Hanson's, two miles TO I'll
liott's, four niles to Pcck's, eight
miles to Clifton's, four miles to Bear
creek, six mites TO Huntiey's, and
ten miles to the town OF Helena, n
new town in the Seven Devils mining
district, b. No. wagon road built
under tue personal supervision Of
John G. Rogers, manager of the
American Mining Company.
From Huntley's down to the land
ing on Snake river, distance of
eight miles, . road has also been
built by Mr.. Rogers. The cost of
this road, IRON the Old Peacock
mine to Snake river, total length of
eighteen mites, was about So, 500.
The only route as yet open TO travel
is to leave the Union Pacific at
Weiser. There is q tri-weekly stage
from this place TO Salubria, but from
there into the mines you must 90 by
private conveyance. The writer
hired blackboard at Weiser and
drove through very comfortably in
two days.
Up to the present time Messrs.
Albert Kleinschmidt and Samuel
Hauser, Of Helena, Mont, have ex-
pended s175, 600 in developing their
properties. There are nine patented
claims in the camp. The Old Pea
cock, White Monument, Blue Jacket,
Copper Crescent, Mountain Queen,
Legal Tender, Helena, Calumet and
Norma.
The resources of this camp will
make it one of the grandest mining
operations ever started in the West
ern country. Even the Anaconda
mines have no such ore as is found
here. When W. A. Clark, of Mon
tana, contracted to deliver to the
French syndicate $4,000, 900 pounds
of copper ne first bonded all the
mines he could in the Seven Devils
district. There are in all i25 loc;.-
tons in the camp, yet territory suf-
fcient to locate 1909 more good pro
perties. The district is RAPIDLY
coming into prominence. Railroad
engineers and scientific men have
visited the ground and all were highly
pleased with the outlook, and inoui--
les are daily pouring in in regard to
this great copper district Hereto
fore, lack of transportation and in
accessibility has prevented the OPEN
ing of this wonderful camp.
AS It's name implies, it is verita-
bic bowling Wilderness. IL would
seem as if it had been SO created tl.at
man was to be forever barred from
robbing it of its vast mineral wealth,
and its seclusion has provided but
little knowledge of its hidden treas
ures. The reason that the mines
have not been worked was the diff
Guilty of getting in and out Of the dis
tiict. But with the construction of
the railroad, which will be from the
mines to Snake river and which will
ran in connection with 300 ton
steamer already constructed at cost
of $50, 600 by Portland people, it is
only a short time before the world
will stand aghast at the immense
output Of the Seven Devils district.
Tunnels, shafts and cuts innumer-
able have been run on the OLD Pea
cock until it is thoroughly developed
and only better transportation facili.