The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-07-01

Times are looking up some in the
camp. New prospectors arriving
nearly every day and the most of
them are of the right sort, as they
go to prospecting and are on the
rustic.
They are working a few men on
the old Peacock, putting the nine in
shape and cleaning out the old shaft.
so that when the New York parties
arrive they can see that the bottom
has any amount of good ore in sight
besides the surface showing, which is
immense.
All of the old hands here have
great faith in the future of the camp,
and with furnace, which is a sure
thing this summer, the camp will
take on new life and then the camp
will boom. Prospects that no one
will hardly look at now will be worth
big money as soon as some one
starts to work in the proper shape
Now is the time to buy cheap claims
There have been several good
claims struck here this spring, and l
hear that one man who struck Il cop.
per prospect last week is going to
put few men to work Immediately
and spend considerable money de-
veloping his new find.
There is Montana and Colorado
company starting big operations on
Indian creek near the DEBORAH mine.
They have q tunnel site located and
good many of the new claims
which they located this spring begin
to show up so well thet they talk of
putting plant there before fall.
They mean business and they repre-
sent big capital.
The Indian creek side of the camp
has ten of the best showing mines in
the Seven Devils, excepting the old
Peacock, most of them being pat
= ented mines. 1t is that portion OF
the camp that SO much copper ore
was shipped from.
4 The two camps are about q miles
apart, the Indian creek portion lying
4 to the south of Helena. Helena will
e be the town for the present.
There is a good deal Of prospect
: ing going on in the Ok Bow ant
Hiderbrand portion of the camp
it is all called the Seven Devils
No country. The mines ia that portion
ee of the camp are mostly gold quartz
Re Of porphyrytic nature there being
s but little free gold in the rock, bu
IS it is a character of quartz that cal
I be easily and cheaply treated. 1t i
|, a good field for Il man of small mean
4 and an outfit to prospect in.
The camp is no place at presen
q for a poor man wishing work, a
o. there is but very little work to b
q had. n
We have a fast freight line run
10 ming between Council and this plac
which comes very handy at present
as there is no store in Helena an,
4 the fast freight man finds ready sal
,, for his goods as soon as he gets i
" He sells things very reasonable an
supplies the camp with most every
- thing from nice ham to box {
eggs. A
/, We also have a pony express e:
tablished plying between Bear pos
~ Office and Helena Tommy Whit
OF is running it and he carries the ma
twice a week, and anything else yo
81 ., want from package of envelopes
+ a postage stamp.
-. There is lots of steamboat ney
G for Snake river. 1t is understoC
ell that company is organized to p
on line of small boats to ply b
ito tween Huntington and Ballard Ian
ing at the foot of the Keinschmi
70 wagon road.
Anything to bring the camp to t
"a front, if it should be a balloon,
rse we have the copper here in va
it'll quantities and all that is needed
some mode of treating it.
June "a.