The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-01
ORE AIMS
ARE RICH
Gawthrop Has Some Fine Mining
Property in the State
of Idaho.
(By ]. 9. Gawthrop.l

Seven Devil Mountains. Idaho,
April %, 1907.
Editors of Telegram:
Several Of your subscribers are
asking to know the real value Of
their holdings in this state. They
should make an investigation before
they part with their money. Did
you know that there are more falxirs
In the hot air mining, than any other
pursuit of life? Why? Because
,, there is more money in mining than
in any other business that one. can
can engige in. Fakirs will not farm,
farming too slow. Raising cattle,
pigs, horses and sheep is too much
like Jobs way of getting through
this world.
This country has gotten to swift
rate of speed, and where you find OPP
portunities for taking in money fast.
there also you will find sharks more
plentiful than any other point. So
bad have they been in this state, that
the last legislature made law to
stop these fakirs. The penalty for
misrepresenting mining property is
as much as ten years in the pen and
$4,000 for each offense. A man
here must tell the truth, or suffer
the penalty under the laws of Idaho.
am not hireling of any corpora
ton, and take pleasure in giving
your readers straight facts as to
their prospects in the mining section
of this state.
Well, the bear is coming down out
of the Seven Devil cliffs to get roots
and fresh vegetables. can't eat
bear. They have the muscles of
humans, their front feet they use. as
a man uses his hands, their cry when
in distress in mournful, and one can
not help but to wonder what branch
of Adams family the bear came
from.
Salmon fish are coming up Rapid
river now They are from three to
five feet in length. and great sport
10 catch them. We have the yew
wood, OF which the Bible. speaks. 1t
does not grow very large nor tall,
the grain is close, but 1t will burn
well in store or furnace. Wild
gooseberries and currants are in
bloom and the chickens tlike the
Mormons) have come down out of
the snow to do family duty-raise
their brood
The writer OF the following ar
ticle stopped at my camp. He holds
a life diploma in mineralogy, and
should know what he is talking
about. The values he speaks of I
hold in the palm of my hand. am
getting there though have had a
hard struggle, a few friends, and
many kickers 1t reminds me of the
little card | received a few days ago
which read: Every knock is a
boost"
A short time ago a representative
of The Standard-News had the pleas
ure of visiting the Rapid River Min
ing district. This district is situated
on the Salmon river side of the
Seven Devils and from the various
reports of the snow in that section he
expected to have rather strenuous
time on the latter part of his jour-
ney. but what pleasant surprise it
was to him upon reaching his des-
tination, to find the grass tall and
green and the flowers in bloom. At
ter a sumptuous dinner in which
mountain trout was an important
factor, he commenced his inspection
of few of the many claims of that
section.
The first claim visited was the Luz
lu. which is situated on the east side
of the main Rapid river about 1000
feet above the channel and has a
| ledge from s to 10 feet in width.
which is opened up by 900 feet of
tunnel work. The assays from this
ledge run from to 65 per cent. in
copper and from SIS to $40 in gold.
The second was the Climax. an ad-
joining clam, lying south of the Lulu.
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a little lower down the mountain
side and has an IS foot tunnel on a
solid foot ledge. which is parallel