The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-10-01
The Seven Devils Country.

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give the NUGGET a general write-ul
conveying his impressions of that i'm
portant and much talked of section
but was so busy while here that W,
could scarcely hold him long enough tt
get more than an item from him. We
learn from him that what is compre
hensively known as the Seven Devils
comprises three distinct mining dis
tinct mining districts, severally known
as Helena or the Peacock, where the
great copper properties are situated
East of this is the Sommers district
principally gold bearing section, up
on which number of very promising
claims are located, but on which but
little development work has been done
because they are principally held by
men without means to work them.
North of the Sommers district and
Northwest of the copper camp, is the
Mountain View district. Nearly all of
the copper district is on the Snake
river side of tho divide, while the other
two districts are principally drained by
Rapid river into the Salmon.
Mr. Anchor being the more familiar
with the properties in the Mountain
View district, gave us the following
notes upon the most prominent of
them:
Summit mine, Welch & Wirtz, 3 feet
nice clean quartz, average $50 per ton,
shaft down 70 feet on vein.
Maid of Erin, same owners. Vein 4
feet quartz running from $50 to $40
per ton.
These two claims are IL miles apart.
Between is situated the beautiful Black
Lake, of about 60 acres, the outlet of
which will furnish a splendid water
power the year round.
North of these is Curran Hill on
which Hugh Curran and Robert Glenn,
formerly of this place, have several
promising claims recently located. An
other group recently located by Stiford
Huff & Joe Brown, of Silver City
promises to become valuable.
North of these, on another hill is the
group of claims owned by George Hol-
brook, consisting of five claims. These
run from to feet in thickness and
assays from 81 to $40 per ton, Only
annual assessment work done.
East of Holbrooks is the Hildibrandt
group, nine claims. One ledge samples
SIT per ton for 300 feet, 2 to fit. thick.
West of these ON the divide, between
Rapid and Snake, is situated the Blaine
owned by Curran & Glenn. This is
one of the best prospects IN camp. The
surface broken, huge boulders of quartz
are found running $50 per ton in gold.
One hundred feet of drift has recently |
been run. Vein now solid, showing D |
feet clean quartz containing free gold |
sylvanite and some iron pyrates par
TALLY oxidized. Low grade ore will run
$50 per ton; high grade is spotted and
hard to estimate until more work is
done.
Close to the Blaine is the Dora G.
and Leadville, owned by Curran, Glenn
& Gallagher; both on the same vein,
about 10 feet wide; assay on the Lead
vile 5000 gold; Dora G. Sc close to
surface.
Northeast of these is the claim owned
by Joe Jackley and j. Keller, beauti-
full lie lge feet wide, 81 gold, 16 to Is
oz. silver.
North of the Jackley claim and creek
IS Carbonate Hill, about twice as large
as Florida Mountain and about 1000
feet higher. This hill is just literally
Scared and scanned with lodges, but all
recently located and therefore unde
veloped. The most prominent of all is
perhaps the Ninety Five, owned by
DeLamar parties. Main ledge assay
ng $40 per ton gold, feet wide; 40
'eet of drift this summer, more next
year.
All rock in the camp adapted to cy-
lnide process. Quartz very clean, gold
,ery fine, coming from oxidized iron
OF THE GREAT COPPER CAMP
,e says that sooner or later it will be
as one of the great copper
camps of the world and will
hereafter hold its own with the best of
hem for centuries. All of this rough
md rugged region is well supplied with
water for power and has timber of the
,est quality in great abundance. Its
most natural outlet is by way of Weiser
liver, and the splendid valleys of the
" Veiser and Payette will be its sources
# supplies. From the Rapid river side