The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-10-06
What the Seven Devils has
Done this Season.
Like Murder, the Camp
VIII Yet Out.

greatest copper camp in the world
Last winter, under the management
of j. G. Rogers, on the Old Peacock
mine, Shaft was sunk on that
wonderful deposit of copper 65 feet
deep, all the way through ore, and a
good showing at the bottom of the
shaft of good Peacock ore that will
average 80 per cent copper. On the
South Peacock mine the shaft was
timbered by Drake & Rood and was
sunk Is feet, making rs feet deep,
the deepest shaft in the camp, in a
fine body of ore "a sample of which
can be seen at the SIGNAL officel and
whim erected. The ore in the
bottom of this shaft assays 60 per
cent in copper, 16 ounces in silver, l
ounce in gold This mine is owned
by Boston capitalists and Platt, and
notice of application for patent has
been posted The parties who jumped
this mine last winter have abandoned
all claims to it.
The Copper Key, another mine
adjoining, owned by same parties, has a
shaft II feet deep, we'll timbered and
a drift in the shaft 30 ft. They also
have notice posted of application
for patent to this mine. On the
Confidence a new shaft has been sunk
25 feet deep. The Standard has a
shaft sunk this year 80 feet, showing
fine and large deposit of ore. The
Badger has shaft 80 it,, sunk this
year, showing ore, and the Bodie
has shaft sunk this year 20 it,, with
good showing These four mines
are owned by Andy Adams, Michael
Ward, Ben Watlington, E. M.
Barton and others. The Aurors
=
mine, owned by Drake, Hubbard
Jones and Hopper, has a shaft whicl
was sunk this years 20 it., showing
= indications of a fine body of ore
The Eureka, owned by Gilliland
= Drake and Hopper, has a shaft sum
this and last year 40 feet deep, wei
timbered. The Bill Nye, owned b
}. Walker and Moser, has shaft 80 fec
deep, sunk this year, showing a goo
deposit of ore. The Black Garnet
owned by Walker, has a shaft, sun
this year, to the depth of 30 feet a
the way down through ore; also mine
owned by Denver parties in tn
u vicinity have done large amount
ID work. The Niagara, owned b.
rd Leonard and Rood, are running a
incline shaft showing rich Peacoc
ore. The Victoriao, wned by Walk'
: and Watlington (this being a go|
/, and silver mine), has 80 inch We
running $50 to the ton and a sma
per cent of copper. Besides there a
the Walker placers which were work'
this year and large amount of go
I'LL taken out showing some very ri
and good sized nuggets. III
comprises the large amount of wo
done this season in this camp and t
mines never looked better and are
in good condition for inspection.
In the Blue Jacket group the tunl
70. ON the Lockwood mine, owned
~ GRAY, Fruith and Barton, has be
ear driven in so feet, making a tunnel
. ft long, in which the finest and b
looking ore ever found in the De7
\ has been struck. On the Ala
group large amount Of work
done last winter, and these mines
o+ have large lot of ore on the du
wv and in sight and show large body
cry rich copper ore, In Ca
creek, the California mine, owned
Bill. Adams, Ward, Drake and Re
. sunk shaft this year 20 feet q
. in large deposit of ore. This il
~ present the only mine in the De
showing true fissure vein, whic
II feet wide, granite hanging
limestone foot walls, carrying col
gold and silver The Humbolt,
owned by same parties, has S
40 feet deep in ore matter.
'ings mine has a large deposit of co
ad- and crystalized ore very rich in
and silver. The Cliftonand 6
owned by Adams andWatlington,
;, at a tunnel in so feet and shaft 30
lo,-;,,c, fipa GRO and very