The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-07-28

OOOm lnere tnlS lall. Ianu III lnal
vicinity is valued at about So, 90 per
acre. Allowing building lots to
the acre the actual value of the lots
will be 60c each Success to the
town of Nugle, Ore.
N 1t will he due to other agencies,
brought about by the real merits of
the Seven Devils camp, that the end
ing mow apparently in sighD of
Isaac e. Bake's operations will not
retard the camp for any great period.
The endorsements given the district
by eminent mining men who have
recently visited it, have been so
positive that able mine operators are
rapidly becoming interested and will
constantly increase, as the influx of
experienced mining men from Colo
RADIO, especially, prove.
There is no reason to think other
wise than that last season would
have seen the camp brought actively
TO the front but for the bighting
methods applied and adverse inau-
ences at work and which were so
strenously and persistantly opposed
by the SIGNAL, whether effectively
or not may not yet have been demon
strated. In the light of the present
situation review of the past years
operations may not be out of place.
A little more than year age
and there were born in Helena,
Mont and New York several com
pany's whose purpose was to develope
the great copper bearing district
known as the ,'Seven Devils, stu
ated in Washington county, Idaho
The first of these companies wa:
the Idaho R. r. Co.
A wagon road known as the Klein
schmidt grade was the basis of thu
scheme and on representations it wa
credited with being a railroad grad
, ready to tie and rail Bonds wer
d. issued to the amount of $170, 600
being SO, 600 per mile, and stool
e of $340, 900, being $40, 600 pc
e mile-length of road II miles Th
e promoters were enabled, their sale in
Y dicates. to get over $40, 600 o
o bonds certified by the Metropolta
o Trust Co., of New York, withou
s doing a dollars worth of work
e These bonds were sold mostly t
f parties in Era, Pa. The money ot
T. taned in this way was for the pun
J. pose of constructing the Idaho r. X
5 Tie further history is told by tn
=. gentleman previously referred to a
l. being on the inside, who writes:
= "That this money has been d
o Yversted and used in many ways fo
ri eign to railroad building is matte
, of fact as up to date not tie hf
IS been cut nor single rail bee
| bought and with the single exceptio
of cleaning out the grade at a Coz
of not to exceed 50, 900 the Idaho |
II Il. is precisely as it was one yet
ID ago, viz: wagon road. III
II Seven Devils Copper Co. is the re
ny company formed to operate the CO..
lie per properties. 1t was formed +,
IL the purpose Of buying from Klei
e. schmidt Bros, of Helena, Mont
lie known as the American Mining Co
if three properties in Seven Dew
er known as the Peacock, Helena al
se White Monument The terms
he said purchase are on record in X
es corders office at the Washington G
tn Court House, Weiser, Idaho. III
III terms of contract are most rigid, al
d, as if there was some doubt in fina
IL cial ability of the Copper Co
be carry out its provisions, it is &c
at, pressly stated that all ore, bulli
in and matte shipped from said prop'
of ties is to be done in name of Anne
to Acan Mining Co. This provision "
Il inadvertently overlooked by
a, Copper Co. in making their fl
ay shipment of high grade ore to n
to York, hut on its arrival there one
of the Klenschmidt's happened to
ny there and the returns from ST
iat shipment were paid to him.
ed sMinrng of the Peacock has he
ct going on for one year and u IS eS