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Metal Quotations THE WALLACE MINER STOCKHOLDERS WILL KINO MINING NEWS AND COMPANY NOTI E8 OF INTEREST TO THEM in the MINER. Lead, %7(a>725. Spelter, $7.12!/* Silver, 99'/2C. Copper, $23.50. FIVE CENTS A COPY WALLACE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918. VOL. XII. NO. 15. CONTROL OF BI6 ELK GO TO S. P. HOLBERT Will Spend Not Less Than $25,000on the Property BEGIN WORK. AT ONCE Takes All Treasury Stock and Half of Individual—St. Lawrence TOCKHOLDERS of the Big Elk Mining company met in this city yesterday to take action on the proposition submitted a few S weeks ago by Samuel B. Holbert, of Pittsburg, to take over the control of the company. In substance the prop osition was this; Mr. Holbert pro posed to equip the Big Elk with nec essary machinery and drive a lower tunnel, and undertake other work it seemed desirable, in the accomplish ment of which he would spend the minimum sum of $25,000 in the devel opment ot the property, and probably much more. In consideration of this expenditure he would receive approx imately 1,000,000 shares of stock now in the treasury of the company at the rate of 2% cents per. share. Also Mr. Holbert required an option on 500,000 shares of individual stock at 5 cents per share, the option to run eighteen months from July 1. The directors of the company accepted the first ptoposition to take over the treasury stock, and the stockholders accepted the second, which means that each stockholder will place half of his hold ings under the option. Should stock holders who were not represented in the meeting object to entering into the deal, some of the larger stock holders will make up the deficiency, thus insuring the delivery of 500,000 shares. Will Begin Work at Once. Mr. Holbert has been in the city foi several days awaiting the action of the meeting and is much gratified that his proposition was accepted. He left here this morning for the Big Elk, which is located near Adair, and will lose no time In starting work under He lias not fully de hls agreement, termined, and will not until he has visited the property, just where he will start the lower tunnel which he is ob The Big Elk is sit ligated to drive, uated on the Milwaukee railroad and a crosscut may be started just high enough above the. track to allow for dump. Mr. Holbert estimates that this would cut the vein possibly wtthin 1000 feet and certainly not over 1500. Another site for the tunnel being con sidered Is back a considerable distance from the railroad and would be driven on the vein, the advantage of this site being a reasonable chance of encoun tering an ore shoot within a short dis tance. Other Mining Interests. Mining in the Coeur d'Alene district is not new to Mr. Holbert. control of the Copper Prince and Gold Ridge properties, on the St. Joe, and the Pilgrim, iforth of Murray, and He and other He holds near Noxon, Montana. Pittsburg men became associated with Henry M. Lancaster in the St. Law rence, near Saltese, last fall, and or ganized a strong company which in sures the extensive operation of the Speaking of the St. Law property. rence, Mr. Holbert said that the cross cut which was driven during the \Wh ter has reached the vein and drifting is now in progress west to get under The point of inter section is 200 feet below the present tunnel and 160 feet east of the ore on that level. It Is probable that the ore shoot will be encountered before get ting under the upper level, main working tunnel much ore has been broken down, the bins and chutes being full, and the road will soon be for hauling ore to Saltese for the ore shoot. In the open shipment. Strong Man in Company. Among Mr. Holbert's Pittsburg as sociates who are Interested In the St. Lawrence are several men prominent ly connected with the United States Steel corporation and others who are large stockholders in the Calumet & While Mr. Arizona Copper company. Holbert did not say so, it Is presum ed that these men are also interested in the Big Elk deal. They are looking for big things In the way of mining, particularly copper, and If their In vestments in the Saltese-Adair section they may be ex proves successful, pected to enlarge their holdings and take the lead In developing that sec There Is no tlon on a large scale: more Inviting field in the west. Letters give Information only when they are posted, some men. It is different with CALF WILL BRING COIN TO SWELL RED CROSS WAR RELIEF FUND. When Ben Carrigan donated a fatted calf to the Red Cross war fund, lie did not realize that he was probably making the largest individual contribution that will be recorded in this county, but that distinction seems to be in store for him. Here is the way the calf is to be utilized to gather in the coin: First the frisky bovine will be turn ed over to the Roy Scouts of the county who next Saturday will raf fle it off. Tickets numbered from 1 to 50 have been printed and these will be sold for the number of cents represented by the number on the ticket, 50 cents being the limit. The sale of tickets is expected to real ize $500, which will be turned over to the Red Cross. The winner of the calf, with patriotism worthy of the great cause, is expected to de liver it over to the Red Cross en tertainment committee, of which Frank Venable is chairman. Sat urday evening the calf will be sold at auction as a Red Cross bazaar attraction at Howarth hall. This auction will be unique in that every bidder must pay the amount of his bid. For example, if the first bid Is $1 the bidder pays that amount; the next bid of, say $1.25, is also paid and so on until the highest bid Is received, when the man who makes it will get the calf; that is, he will pay the top price, but the calf, proudly wearing the emblem of the Red Cross, will be turned back to the Boy Scouts to bask in green pastures and provide them practi cal experience in live stock raising. ORGAN OF THE COMMISSIONERS TELLS WHY UNSEASONABLE EXPENSE* IS NECESSARY. , The Shoshone county snow shovel ing brigade has again been called into service by the county commissioners. For weeks automobile tourists have been shipping their cars by rail across the divide between Mullan and Saltese, 'the annual but now it appears that migration to tlie western grain fields has begnu," and that many teams are opening of the road. awaiting the Automobile tourists and local motor travel are apparently matters of no but to the commissioners, concern their patriotism is deeply stirred when those who perforce are still depend ent upon primitive means of travel arts Involved, hence "rather than delay the free movement of labor to where it will be needed first," the snow shov cling brigade has again been sum querulous taxpayers unseasonable Some moned. think this is an may time to incur such an expense, but tliat is due to ignorance of the highly efficient, though somewhat complicat ed, business system that prevails in this county. To their untutored minds, it would be a better business prop osltion to build two miles of road to a pass that is free from snow than to perpetuate this annual snow shov eling expense, and particularly at a time when there is a widespread shor tage of men for productive labor. the comments of the' Minei the story of the Lest may seem biased, county snow shoveling brigade as told this morning by the official organ of the commissioners is here reproduced: ''DIGGING OUT SNOW. "Road Across Montana Summit Being Opened by County. "Snow is being shoveled from the summit to the road across Saltese, by order of the county The annual ml commlssloners. gration to the western grain fields has begun, and a good many teams are on tlie way or Just wait ing for tlie opening of the road. Now that the Cataldo bridge is made safe for travel, it is expect ed that there will be a great deal Rather than delay the of travel, free movement of labor to where It will be needed first, the com missioners are having the There is still three to road opened up. four feet of snow, over a three quarters of a mile stretch at the summit, as well as two or three other pluces where there Is a (Company Is Making a New Record in lesser amount." week, all of 40 tons each, and at this rate the shipping record this mpnth will exceed any previous month.. For some time the ore has beetl' of liettei grade, averaging around 1V4 *er cent copper and 4 ounces of silver. NATIONAL. Or* Shipments This Month. The eighth carload of concentrates National this was shipped by the LEASE ON OOUGUIS Transportation Dif ficulties Said to Be Cause i MUCH ORE IN SIGHT Douglas Company May Ship —Other Companies Want the Property HE ANACONDA Copper Mining company has surrendered the lease under which it bus been operating the Douglas mine, on T Pine creek, for the past two years or Notice to this effect was re , more. ceived last week by Herman J. Rossi, ■ vice president of the Douglas Mining company, from John Gillie, of Butte, manager of Anaconda mines. In his letter Mr. Gillie stated that lnstruc tions had been sent to C. H. Bishop, superintendent of the Douglas for the Anaconda company, to stop all work on the property and to get the tools and supplies together and ship them to Butte. All machinery, curs and rails placed on the property are re tained by tiie Douglas company. Mr. Bishop proceeded at once to carry out his instructions, and last Sunday everything had been prepared for shipment and much of it had been de livered at the railroad station. On that day Mr. Rossi, H. C. Adami, dir ectors of the Douglas, and A. J. Dunn, a stockholder, went down to the Douglas and arranged with Mr. Bishop for tlie purchase of powder and other supplies on hand, also machine drills, steel and other equipment necessary to accomodate a small force. Pending definite arrangements for handling the property, Archie McCuilum has been placed in charge of the Douglas mine. taking possession Monday. Mr. Bishop return at once t0 Butte . pany in giving up the lease came as a surprise not only to the Douglas company, but to Mr. Bishop as well. Transportation Difficulties. The action of the Anaconda com In the absence of any specific reason, Anaconda it is presumed that the company came to tlie conclusion that the difficulties of operation with nei ther a decent wagon ro..d nor a rail road were too great to justify further effort, and particularly when it is con sidered that the lease would expire in While expending a large December. amount on development, the Anaconda company has been practically tied up since about the first of December so far as ore shipments are concerned. The wagon road at that time was prac tically impassable, and at the end of the month the flood made a bad con dition worse, washing out bridges and destroying two miles of newly con structed railroad, tinued until all bins and chutes were full of ore, when the entire force was laid off except a few men on development across the creek, efforts were renewed to ship ore, when the car shortage added a new diffl three carloads were shipped, although the mine could have easily furnished The company con working the mine, however, Two months ago culty. During the month of April only a carload a day if cars could have been obtained and the wagon road had i received reasonable attention from the Evidently the county commissioners. Anaconda company, in the presence of all the difficulties that beset It, was anxious to continue operations as long as there was a prospect that the O.-W. R. & N. company would build the Pine Reports during the creek branch. ;past two weeks, however, indicated that this Important enterprise had been abandoned by the railroad com pany, and It Is believed that this is responsible for the decision of the company to quit the Douglas. Min* in Fin* Condition. An inspection of the Douglas shows I conclusively that the Anaconda com pany decided to relinquish the mine very suddenly. (employed up to the middle ! winter. on the payroll, were extended and a new level was opened from the shaft 100 feet below No. 3 tunnel and extended 700 feet In ore. Raises connecting It with No. 3 were made and connections were made A large force was of the At one time 109 men were The three tunnels between the three tunnels, stopes were opened on all levels, numerous chutes put In, work apparently being directed to placing the mine In shape for large production. And that Is the condition the mine is in today as left by the Anaconda. A Nordberg com pressor of large capacity was installed ^ company which becomes the p ro perty of the Douglas; also a large ( nurn fo er of ore cars, stulls and lAgglng. wor j{ | n the m ine and outside has | | (Continued on page I) FRIDAY, SATURDAY Fun and Frolic to Raise Funds for Great Cause ALL FREE TO SOLDIERS County Subscriptions Will Go Over Top—Balls Bring Big Receipts HE RED CROSS bazaar at Howarth hall Friday and Satur day evenings will be a fitting close to tlie great drive week, and the receipts from the various at tractions that will be staged will make a substantial addition to the fund that appeals most strongly to every loyal American. What will be the features of the bazaar is a closely guarded secret, but tlie fact that prac ticality every labor organization and fraternal society has taken a section the great hall and is busily pre paring a booth in which to regale the throng in the form of refreshments and entertalnmetn for a small consid eration in behalf of the Red Cross, is sufficient assurance that the big show will In all respects be worthy of the patronage of the public. Admission to the hall will be only 10 cents, but the management assumes no responsibility for the prices of admission to side attractions, nor for the charges levied upon goods, wares and merchandise that may be worked off upon the un wary. Many novel features will be evidence, all designed to land the elusive dollar into the coffer of the Red Cross. Everything Free for the Soldiers. The drafted men who will leave Sat urday will be guests at the Red Cross bazaar Friday evening, tills being In lieu of a farewell such as has hereto fore been tendered to the departing soldiers. drafted men will entitle them to free admission to the hall and to free en tertainment, refreshments or whatever is offered by the numerous booths The only formal ceremony in connec tion with the soldiers will probably be brief address and the distribution of comfort kits. At the train the next day they will receive a great farewell ovation. T The badges worn by the $30,000 RAISED. Money From Many Sources to Come Insures an Over Subscription. Based upon actual returns and close estimates in sections not yet reported, it was believed last night that re ceipts from the Red Cross drive ag gregated $30,000. are left to continue the campaign, which time in addition to Three more days during soliciting there will be dances, enter tainments and other devices to raise money to place Shoshone county well over the top. A select list of mining companies, mine managers and others who can be depended upon to make large contributions were omitted from the general drive. These will now be waited upon by a special committee and their contributions will no doubt the expectations of the drive meet management. The four dances given at Kellogg and Wallace on Monday evening, and at Mullan and Burke on Tuesday even ing netted approximately $2500 for the Red Cross. MOVIES GIVE RECEIPTS. Liberty end Grand Theater* Turned Over to the Red Cross Tonight. The total receipts at the Liberty and Grand theaters tonight will be turned over to the Red Cross. Splen did programs will be on at both houses. Tickets arc now being sold, good at either theater, and the Indications are that both will be packed to capacity. Admission on this occasion will be 25 cents. 8UN3ET. Work Discontinued on Levels Below the 400. After extending the shaft to a depth of 1000 feet, where a fine body of lead zlnc ore Is reported, as well as on the livels above, the Sunset management found it necessary to stop work on all levels below the 400 on account of the large amount of water to be handled. On the 400 the concrete bulkhead that was put In to shut out the water has been removed and the drift Is being extended east beyond the fault. Con siderable ore had been developed on this level and a better showing Is ex pected further east. Kicking a man after he Is down is one way of making him get up up— but it isn't always safe to do It. SGT. HAROLD J. READ HERE TO ENLIST MINERS IN U. S. MARINE CORPS. Dr. Harold J, Read, sergeant in the United States marine corps, is in the city for the purpose of re cruiting men for a mining and sap ping unit in the marines. He was assigned the task of securing 100 good miners, timbermen and black smiths. men of good character ami physically tit. He spent consider able time in Salt Lake City and Butte, where he secured most of the required number and he ex pects to secure the remainder in the „'oeur d'Alene district. This is an excellent chance for a miner to get into a branch of the'service in which his experience and training will count for something, geant Read has several recruits, one of whom is Fred W. Callaway, mining engi neer of Kellogg and Wallace. Men in the draft who have not yet been called may enlist in the marine by the local board. Coeur d'Alene recruits will leave for the training camp In Vir ginia next Monday. Sergeant Read is no stranger in Wallace, having resided here sev eral years practicing the dental profession and afterwards engag ing in mining. , Ser nlrendy secured service upon release GLEAN SHIPPING ORE TWENTY-EIGHT INCHES OF GA LENA IN RAISE AT DEPTH OF 1200 FEET. An Important strike was made in the Red Monarch last week, news of which was brought to Wallace last Saturday by the foreman in charge of the property, A sample of tlie ore J may be seen at the office of the O. A j It is clean galena, Clin company, with no trace of zinc, and tlie foreman stated that this sample represents fully 28 inches of the same character ot ore. There is also two or three feet of lower grade. The strike was made in a raise that is being made from the east drift, about 60 feet from where 1 it leaves the main crosscut. This vein [ was cut after extending the crosscut | A drift has been run east | 2900 feet. about 550 feet, which shows ore, both lead and zinc, almost continuously, but not in commercial quantities. The vein seems to have been disturbed by fault, and it was to get away from this broken up condition that the raise was started under the belief that a compact body of ore would be found, theory that has been proved correct. The raise is now about 100 feet above the drift on the dip, and the depth from the surface is about 1200 feet. This vein is said to be identical with the Emerald. Continuing Crosscut. Two more veins cross the Red Mon arch ground and the crosscut is being extended to cut these, the crosscut has been advanced about 900 feet beyond the first vein, or to a total length of about 3800 feet, and the second vein is due to be cut any day. The Red Monarch company owns large group of claims on the slope of Beaver creek extending from Mis soula gulch to the head of Dobson. The long crosscut which will explore much of the holdings of the company Htarts on Missoula gulch and extends southerly into the divide between Nine Mile and Beaver, and it 1s probabb that It will eventually be extended to connection with the Rex, on the east fork of Nine Mile. The face of a The main crosscut of the Alameda having intersected a number of string ers of zinc ore, a doubt was raised as to the position of the true vein. In order to remove all doubt on this point, a drift has been run back to connection with the Success work ings on the 700 level. Since making this connection a crosscut has been started from the main drift to the footwall. No ore.has yet been en countered, but the formation is very favorable, being in the mineral bear-ithat On June 2 the Knights of Columbus of Wallace will make the spring roundup, and the number of cnndi J . - ,, 11 * <* inUKoiA— i,, dates now on the list for Inititaion in , , . - ... the occasion to be one of the of the ALAMEDA. Connect With Success Workings— Crosscut to Footwall. a Ing quartzite zone. K. C. ROUNDUP. sure* most notable in the history local lodge, work of the order In the northwest, Including both clergy and laymen, will be here, nnd degree teams from Spo i Men prominent in the kane, Boise, Missoula and Coeur d'Alene will vie with each other for honors in lodge work. EXTENSION OF TIME Will Begin Unwat ering Shaft in a Few Days WHITE TO INSPECT MINE Company and Owners Arrive at Satisfactory Extension of Bond HK 1 DA HO-NEVADA Explora tlon company has secured an extension of the bond it holds on the Castle Rock property on Placer creek and preparations are be ing made for a resumption of opera tions. Tlie former board of directors were |unal(le to secure t,he desired extension, and as tlie time under the original bond was not sufficient to permit carrying out the plans of the company, work was suspended several months ago and tlie workings allowed to flood. Much dissatisfaction was manifested at the action of the dir ectors In closing down the property which culminated in a call for a special meeting by a majority of the stockholders, ut which a new board of directors was elected. The new officers at once opened negotiations with the owners of the property and were successful in reaching an agree ment which extends the time two years from the expiration of the or iginal bond, which Is May 18, 1919, making the total time practically three years from this date. A further ex tension of one year is also granted conditioned upon the faithful per T formanee of the terms of the agree mer, t' a,u l also providing that at the beginning of the third year patent proceedings be started upon all claims and completed at the expense of the Idaho-Nevada company. It Is agreed that the owners shall receive $200 out of each assessment levied following the current assessment. The agree ment for the extension is published in below. Unwater the Mine. The plans of the officers of the com pany for the further development of the Castle Rock will not be decided upon till a thorough inspection of the property has been made by Rush J. White of unwatering the shaft will be under The manage With this in view the work taken in a few days, ment is not indulging in any visionary but on the get-rlch-quick notions, contrary no step that involves the ex penditure of any considerable amount of money will be taken without advice After his from a capable engineer. Inspection Mr. White will make re commendations, having In view tlie resources of the company, financial and his plans will no doubt be adopted. The officers and stockholders of the Idaho-Nevada are all men of small The work is carried on by means. assessments, and the aggregate paid in represents a large sum and a heavy expenditure to the individual stock holder. To hnve abandoned the prop of these erty meant the loss payments with no hope of re It was this situation that ccvery. impelled the new officers to take hold of the property with the hope that with careful and capnble management, under the general guidance of expert engineering advice, a allowing of ore may be developed tangible value to the holdings far in excess of the cost. that will give a Lower Level Looks Good. Of course mistakes were made In the development of the property, and much money was spent that could have been used to a better purpose, but that Is the history of nearly every m ine i n the making. It is up to the showing here, j fact, from the surface down, is one which in a more favored section of the Coeur d'Alene district would have attracted much attention and | capital to work it. But Placer creek I has the handicap that always goqs with an unproved district. There Is (everything there but a developed com merclal ore body, and the stockholders of the Idaho-Nevada propose to find . . that before the extension of their bond llml ' expires. management to profit by past But after allowing for all new mistakes. that a re errors, the fact remains markably good showing was exposed during the last few months of opera tion on the shaft level, was encountered and the drift had the appearance of passing through the top of an extensive lead ore shoot. and as a matter of Much lead The | Agreement in Full. "This agreement, made and entered i Into this 17th day of May, 1918, by and between M. J. Kalez and E. W. Hand, both of Spokane, Washington, and A. B. Livingston, James H. Gra (Continued on Page t)