The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-01-27

The Oregonian of Jan ~, pub
lisnes the following interview with
j. s. Locke, manager of the Seven
Devils Transportation Co.
The outlook for activity in the Seven
Devils mining region was never better
than ut present. In spite of the inclem-
ency of the weather the Kleinschmidt
wagon road from the Peacock mine to
Ballard's Landing. n distance of Is miles.
has been put in. excellent shape, and 21s
miles of new road. from the Helena mine
TO the smelter has also been built. a
gang of men is also employed building "A
road from Pine valley 10 Suake river.
enabling the COMPANY to bring hav grain
aud provisions into the camp from that
part of Oregon.
'On the 10th of December there WAS
piled up on the dump 2400 TONS of copper
ore. averaging 221a per cent of copper
This ore WAS from The Peacock mine j
@. Rogers who has the contract for furn-
shing this ore, has cut 4S feet into the
mountain, the ore of % feet of which goes
straight to the smelter. without sorting.
and only II per cent of the remainder will
be rejected Mr. ANTI. the Assayer, who
has full charge of the smelter, say when
they get 80 feet further into the noun
/ tain. the ore will average 30 per cent
| The amount of ore in Sight is great, and
the whole copper proposition big.
The transportation problem is about 10
be solved in II practical manner. a con
tract has been awarded TO Joseph Supple,
of Portland. Or, for 60 ton boat. to
| !, a., t,,
boat to be completed by February q.
Ibis boat will BE- operated between Hunt
mgton ana Billiards. Landing Captain
Baughman and Captain Rathburn, say Tn,
scheme is perfectly feasible
The work Of constructing a 300-tof
smelter will be commenced in March
The location for it has not been decided
upon vet Eighteen miles of railroad
connecting the Peacock and other large
mines with Baliard's Landing will als'
be built during the coming spring
The smelter will be of great import
ance To the Cornucopia district. as j
will absorb all the iron ores which abonnc
there. At present The copper matte il
shipped TO the Nicks chemical works il
New Jersey. which is the largest cope
refinery in the United States 1t take
81 ton of 20 per cent copper ore 10 max
one ton of copper matte.
Tine Seven Devils Copper Company
has ample means To carry out all of it
enterprises, and has just acquired all o
the Kleinschmidt interests in the Peacock
White Mountain and Helena coppe
mines. The White Mountain makes
showing of six feet OF solid quartz. rs
saying 50 per cent copper, rich in gol
and silver.
All the above has been repeated i
some form every forty-eight hour
for the last month We can vouc
for the truth of all that part referring
T to the actual value of the Seven Dew
lis Copper district, but the extras an
, frils we wouldn't like to stand spon
sor for. The interview was made be
fore Mr.. Locke concluded to arrang
for shipping ore by way of Weiser
: and the latter move would indicat
that he has somewhat revised hi
+ Opinions-becaus If the g. mile MAJ
row gauge were really going to /
built and river navigation made
success, it would be awaited an
: there would be no occasion to hal
: ore to Weiser. If any competel
: person will inspect the country al
S test the ores of the two districts, ar
. finds any possible connection in