The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-03-28
Rich Young Property in the Seven
Devils.
OWNED BY INCA MINING CO.
Favorable Development Of the Excellent
Silver-Gold Group Near Cuprum.

Colfax, Wash, March 21.-M. s.
Reed has returned from Cuprum,
Idaho, where he has been superint--
ending the work Of developing the
Mineral World, of which he is general
manager
Mr.. Reed bring encouraging reports
of the work done and the showing
that is being made in the mine, most
of the stock of which is owned In
Colfax. The property is owned by
the Inca Mining & Milling company,
the capital of which is in 100, 900
shares of a par value of $40. Will
liam V. Allen, United States senator
from Nebraska, is president of the
company.
The property was located in April,
1899, by J. W. Nicholson of Boulder,
Colorado, and acquired by the present
owners in November Of the same
year. The development work con-
sists of about 40 open cuts on the
ledge which is traced by these for
distance of 1900 feet, showing two
we'll defined oreshoots covering =
combined distance of 800 feet A
shaft has been sunk on the property
IS feet and two drifts have been run
from the bottom OF the shaft for so
feet. The drift was crosscut from
hanging wall to footwall, l6 IL feet,
the wall being we'll defined.
!, A tunnel has been driven on the
ledge 185 feet and is expected to
tap the ore body at depth OF 1875
feet below the bottom of the shaft.
Work on the tunnel is still being
pushed A drift tunnelis also being
run from a gulch to the north on the
ledge and between the two oreshoots.
Over $4,000 in cash has been" paid
out by the present owners for develop
ment work and all are confident the
property will become valuable mine.
The ore in the oreshoot where the
most work has been done carries
values from the surface, increasing
with depth. Gold is found in all the
v ore taken out, the values ranging
y from So. 50 near the surface, TO $12
at the bottom of the shaft, and the
! average value in gold is $6 per ton.
The ore body carries silver bromides
? from so to 600 onnces per ton, and
an average Of 10 per cent in copper,
but with depth the character OF the
e silver has changed from bromides to
sulphides. The copper is also in
creasing and at the bottom of the
\ shaft is becoming solid chalcopyrite
. While at the mine Mr.. Reed got
Il out carload of ore. which he had
:, sacked and will ship to Omaha for a
v smelter test. Most of this ore was
" packed to Cuprum on burros and will
. be shipped from Council, the present
i terminus of the p. & l. N. railroad,
which is 38 miles from the mine.
y The roads we're so bad that the orc
= could not be hauled from Cuprum,
. and the shipment will be postponed
= until the roads become dry and hard
r If this shipment proves as satisfac
tory as expected, extensive develop
ment work will be done on the prop
IL erty this summer. There are min
men at work on the property ant
much valuable ore is being takel
,h out. If a railroad is built within
ID a few miles of the property there j
he little doubt the ore can be handle
on at profit and the Pacific & Idah
n Northern promises to build down til
Ie- Snake river to within short distant
IS. of it.
The Inca Mining company has