The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-07-15

in camp. Weather cool, with heavy
frost at night. No horsehies or mos
ouitoes sailing around seeking whom
10 devour.
There are good many tirst-class
mining men visiting the camp at
present looking for copper properties
with view of buying. They are all
satisfied with the camp and the min
eral in sight, but are little shy in
regard to investing at present, rs they
see nothing doing towards making
the camp Il producer. All we lack is
furnace to treat our immense bodies
of ores and then capitalists will come
TO stay.
We hear great deal about the
furnace being in Weiser 1t does no
GOOD To send out false rumors, such
as we have seen IN some of The pa
pers. 1t only leads poor men and
prospectors astray and gives the camp
a black eve. When we set the SIG
NAILS report Of the furnace being in
Weiser we will believe it,
The Peacock company has few
men working on the Peacock group
of mines, cleaning out the old shafts,
cuts. tunnels, etc, putting them in
shape for inspection. The group
consists of the Peacock, White Mon
umrnt and Helena mines. They ali
three show up immense bodies of
high grade ore, the old Peacock be-
ing the banner mine, us she is the
greatest mine in the ,worlt to-day i'll
surface showings; hut still there is g
shaft 65 or 20 feet deep on it that Is
in ore all the way from the surfac,
down to the bottom, in good smelling
ore, and in the bottom OF the sliaf
there is lots Of high grade one thai
will do TO ship, What is mosil,
needed at present is To sink it to TIN
depih of 800 or 400 feet, us there il
no question hut that it will improve
in value "a it, gains depth.
There are several elller producer
contiguous to the Peacock. The
consist. first, of the South Peacock
which stands second in the camp II
great mine 1t has Il shaft dow
some 20 feet in high grade ore.
Second is the Copper Key. which Ina
70-foot shaft with good ore in the b."
tom. The South Peacock and Copp'
Kew are patent d and belong Ia l'usio
COMPANY Then comes the Standar,
which has n 60-fout Shaft and severi
cuts and tunnels showing lots of goo
ore The Confidence joins the Old pes
cock on the south aud has 30-foot sha
with low grace ore in the bottom. The
comes the Garnet mine with DO 10
shaft down 10 water level in low graz
ore. From surface to bottom Of shalt
has big outcrop. Next. The Bhdger III
a shaft 80 feet with ore at the bottom
They sunk through 40 feet of black. so
ledge matter. which demonstrates that
sinking bcep enough anywhere on ii
Helena towusile or the Peacuck Bas
ore can he found. without doubt. ~
that it is simply covered with rotten ledi
matter or cap rock.
The Ii Hung Chang company. whi'
owns the DIR. hansen aud Iii Hung Chal
properties. is contemplating the sinkll
of IL Crep shaft eon It's mines us snon
people in the east. who are raising mon
to drfrav the expenses of said work G.
be drard from. They expect To start u
eraiipns soon.
We had IL fine celebration here on
Fourth. We had big old fashion
barbecue which satisfied all. Then I
band paraded through the streets of h
ena and finally halted in front of
grand stand and listened to an eloqu'
1 Grafton delivered by Professor Skyfend'
ser. which was highly complimenird
\ all. At night we finished the progr'
with beautiful display of fireworks u
then more music by the band. Jul.