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THE WALLACE MINER
Vol. I, No. 6
WALLACE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1907
Five Cents a Copy
Whole Bottom of Shaft in 17 Per Cent
Carbonate Ore
THE shaft on the Ambergris group, which adjoins the
* Hercules mine on the northwest, has just broken into
a big body of carbonate ore. For the last five feet the
whole bottom of the shaft has been in this stuff and an
average sample gave values of no less than 17 per cent, in
lead.
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The shaft « now down 200 feetand « being sunk as
rapidly as possible with three eight hour shifts. The work
is being done by Al. Page and Andy Devlin of Ward
ner and Mayor Herman J. Rossi of Wallace, who
nave a bond on the control of the property which re
IftL them 40 d ° 275 feet 0f Shkh = and2Mfeet
an mi7 a , ' i
The Ambergris has the same surface characteristics as
the Hercules and has always bom esteemed a most likely
mine. Its property consists of three groups of claims,
numbering seven in all. The group on which work is now
progressing and in which the strike has just been made
is the Ambergris group proper, the shaft being on the
claim of that name. This group consists of three claims
adjoining the Hercules group on the north. The other
two groups owned by the company are on the line of the
L. & It. ledge.
The principal owners of the Ambergris are United
States Senator W. B. Heyburn, W. Clayton Miller, gen
eral manager of the Federal company, and John P. Gray. ,
FINE SHOWING IN ALAMEDA.
No. S Success Tunnel Just Breaking
Into Alameda Ground.
The work that is being done just
now by the Alameda company makes
the prospects of that property look
very promising. As is well known
to readers of the Miner they are ex
tending the No. 2 tunnel of the Suc
cess mine into the Alameda ground
and it would take a survey now to
determine which company's ground
the workings are in.
the south ledge of the Success mine
and about 15 feet north of the gran
ite contact. The full face is ledge
matter, literally seamed with ore.
The ore occurs for the most part in
stringers an inch or two in width but
even the quartz between the string
ers carries good values in lead, zinc
and silver.
The company is controlled by
Mayo, Sachs ft Co. of Butte. O. H.
Linn, superintendent of the Success
mine, is In charge of the develop
ment work which is being prosecuted
with power drills.
They are in
Nine Mile Cuts Blind Ledge.
The crosscut from the main work
ing tunnel of the Nine Mile company
has not made as rapid progress as
was hoped for, but it is now 50 feet
long and has cut a blind ledge, six
feet wide, of solid iron. The signifi
cance of this ledge is not understood.
It appears to have no relation what
ever to the ledge opened in the up
per workings, which is still about
100 feet or more ahead and which
showed a splendid body of concen
trating galena ore.
Cuba Looks Well.
The lower tunnel on the Cuba Is
now following the porphyry footwall
of the ledge and shows a full face
of quartz which shows only slight
mineralization at present, but which
nevertheless assays fairly well at all
times in both lead and silver. The
tunnel is now in nearly 400 feet and
another 100 feet of work should
reach the beginning of the ore
shoot developed by the upper tunnel.
The Eureka Group.
The tunnel on the Eureka group
Nine Mile creek is now in 600
feet.. It has been run on one of the
ledges which traverse the company's
property for Its entire length but
has not yet developed any ore of
The surface
is now
on
commercial value,
showings indicate that it
nearing the junction point of two
yelns and may have a different story
to tell any day.
Antimony In Demand.
In response to urgent requests
from eastern antimony consumers
the Stanley mine at Burke has ar
ranged to ship another carload of
antimony ore next week,
be as rich as its predecessors but it
will be sorted from second class ore
to average 85 per cent antimony or
better.
It will not
Rent I.*,-., H., opened B1
Body of Milling ore. ;
e management of the Horns! l
claims between the Castle Rock and
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Development work consists of one
shaft from the surface 65 feet deep!
REPORT ON HORNSILYKR.
ver company, which owns four ;
War Eagle on Placer creek,
date of March 26 made the follow-!
Ing report to its stockholders:
under
and a long working tunnel.
tunnel was started a few feet west ■
of a trlbutatry of Placer creek on
the east end of the company's prop
erty, on the footwall of the ledge,
and the main tunnel was driven 475 j
feet. About 120 feet from the
mouth of this tunnel a crosscut was
The
driven SO feet in a southerly direc
tion. About 90 feet further In an
other crosscut was driven 80 feet in
1
About go!
a northerly direction.
feet further in auother crosscut waz
driven 16 feet in a northerly dlrec
About 400 feet from the mouth
of tho tunnel a crosscut tunnel was
driven 82 feet In a southerly dlrec- i
tlon, striking what Beemed to be the
hangingwall of the ledge. In both |
the main and crosscut tunnels ore
has been encountered, picked sam-i
pies from which run as high as 15
tion.
j
ounces in silver and 17 per cent
copper. However, the ore was not
In sufficient quantity to be of com
mercial value, being scattered all
through the ledge and occurring in
bunches.
After striking the supposed hang
ingwall drifting was continued along
that wall 125 feet without any
change in the formation.
A crosscut tunnel was then start
ed and driven in a southerly direc
tion, which Is at the present in 44
feet, crosscutting through the sup
posed hangingwall four feet, in a
black substance, which assayed 0.21
ounce gold, 2.1 ounces sliver and
1.3 per cent copper, total value
$12.12; then crosscutting for 40
feet through groundup white quartz'
and lime rock. One assay of this
substance brought 0.19 ounce gold.
2.6 ounces silver, value $5.36. The,
average assay of this large body of
free milling ore gave the following
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not to dispose of their stock now,
when the property is tn such a favor
able condition, and If they are n a,
position to secure more stock, t0
do • 0 >
Less than 200,000 shares of treas
results: 0.18 ounce gold, 0.08
ounce silver, value $4.62.
Our advice to the stockholders is
ary stock have been used for devel
opment work and there still remain
over 200.000 shares in the treasury
of the company to be used for fur
ther development and the equipment
of the property with all necessarv
machinery for the handling of th.s
large body of ore which is conceded
by mining *uen to be of a commer
cial value
GOOD STRIKE IN MERCURY.
A other MuIIjmi l'ro|ierty Develop;
Fine Showing of Galen*.
Tae Mercury mine, which is lo
cated on the North fork of the South
fork a short distance northeast of
the East Snowstorm, has made an
important strike in its drift tunnel,
The tunnel is in 300 feet but-thoughj
it has only attained the slight depth
of 60 feet so far It shows 14 Inches
of good grade galena in the face,
The ore shoot was encountered early
in the week and has shown stead)
improvement as the work pro
greased.
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The tunnel is just now getting
rsns 'ZZ h 'I! *■££
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i the hin and under which it win cut
at a " alra08t e< > ua ' dp " th -
and ^3y™eceX°in<^potIt™
wm>ur Greenough, John Mocine and,
lar « e stockholders.
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BI " UH T i.ai.v not.
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capital 000,000 shares.
The 00 m Paul company has
ZZT* L7J1L nZZ
to $ 1 , 600,000 shares, of which 252 ,- 1
(,n0 wlu be > ,laced in the treasury of
1,e T S,T£ief is the result of the
shareholders- meeting held in the
^^^Jf^h^wl^of Z
i.ady Ben—James f. McCarthy.
lti( ' hard wnson, waiter McKay,
George Ruggless and James Leon
,ard—had given an option to the
Oom Paul company on that property
" .T ."me '"ImZZ
They desIred the Oom Paul to in
crea8e it 8 capitalization from 1,
shares, give
Uiem 500.000 shares and put the
other 500,000 shares of the new is
ers objected to such a heavy capital!- j
zation and in the end it was decided
to make the authorized capital 1,
600,000 shares.
been started In a shoulder of the
main mountain. It is being run to
000,000 to 2,000,000
sue in the treasury.
Some of the Oom Paul sharehold
One quarter of this,
8 hares, goes to the owners i
k ady p ell. The old owners;
* bc ® om Pau * share for share,
This leaves 200,000 shares of the
new ^ 88ue * n * be treasury which,
w,th the 62 - 000 ,n the treasury of
tbe com P an y already, gives a new re
serve of 252,000 shares.
The Lady Bell mine adjoins the
Oom Paul on the west.
The present
workings and the only ore shoot de
ve *°I ,ed i n i* 16 latter property so far
are close t0 the ljady He " 1,ne and i
the ore shoot Is dipping into that
r)r0|,crty - There was - therefore, only
one thins for the 0om Paul t0 do
and they dld k - They now have
what Iooks 1,ke a lea^ Pipe cinch on j
m,ne ' I
The necessary legal steps to In- 3
firea8e the company's capital will be
taken 38 80on 38 the Pending assess
ment has been collected.
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Winze From Upper Tunnel Shows]
Shipping Ore. j
Besides pushing its long crosscut,
tunnel, which will eventually open j
up its ledge to a depth of over 2000 ;
feet, the Black Bear Fraction com-]
pany has been for some time deepen
close to the Frisco company's east]
winzejsome
show a big body of carbonate ore'at
with an 18-inch streak of high grade
shipping stuff. The winze is now
down 100 feet and the pnystreak is
as strong and wide as ever in the
to
BLACK BEAR FRACTION.
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ing the winze from its uper tunnel j
end line. This tunnel und
bottom.
Humming Bird Getting Ore.
The face of the drift in the Hum-.
was
mlng Blrd to whlch referenC e
.
made in the last two issues of the j
Miner is now Impregnated with ga- i
lena throughout. It Is hardly min
eralized enough yet to constitute |
good concentrating ore, but as the !
dr(ft , g beInK Bpec j ally run t0 tap a at
rlch ore ghoot deve , oped on the leve , ,
above there can be u tt j e doubt that
the workings are now In the tall end i us
that shoot.
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Tucker Company Inorporated.
p e ter Pahn, Dr. Charles R.
and Harry Harris are the lneor-:
por ators of the Tucker Mining andj
Milling company, which was organ- at
ized thi8 wee k to acquire and work
g ro «p of four claims about three
n e s east of Pottsville above Mul- ( of
Un, The company s capital is the
usual |1,000,000 If dollar shares,
Il)A HO>LOS ANGELES.
mportant Strike Just Made on Nine
Mile Property.
What appears to be an important
strike has Just been made in the
of Idaho-Los Angeles mine
an i Mile creek, which lies Just north
i west of the Tamarack and adjoining
the Red Deer mine on the south,
Here In their lower crosscut tunnel
at a point in 475 feet and at a depth
of about 300, a line six-foot ledge
was broken into this week and
now being drifted
on Nine
is
The ledge raa,ter caiefui
timbering to keep it from caving in
SLTSS i
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The drift win be continued to the
* ast "> w* under the upper work
ledge win* °t '!'■>
added depth of something over 5 oo
w .
Cai.. otto Brown, Alex McDonald
: >nd n. witner of Wallace are the
-onsiderabiy interested. ,
cokur d'alknk eagle
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1 Two miles norfh ((f ,^ ie ' and
a( . 10S8 the river i8 the f 0U r-ciaim
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Mitchell company of Spokane and
ZlT , by \ M , s ? r , aff ; ,rd - "!
o rop8 0 VthTsurl7efX 1000 ^!^
The development to date consists
0 f a short crosscut tunnel which
cut the vein at a depth of 60 feet
From this level a winze was sunk 78
Z'JZ To" T,« :
wh i ch 8hoW8 a lot 0( mlxed lenn
and copper ore that assays up to $78
per ton. 0
The mine will be at once equipped i
with machinery, a boiler, hoist.!
pump, three-drill compressor, etc.,
being now en route to the property,
j and a two-compartment working|
shaft has already been started which
will cut the ledge on the dip at
on.
composed that it
rack mine just before
to shoot was broken Into.
their orel
The vein
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It Is the t
depth of about 315 feet.
i intention of the management to!
crosscut to the ledge when the 200- i
foot level Is reached and explore the
vein on that level at the same time; a
that the shaft is being deepened, j
Eight men are employed. j
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IDAHO-SPR1NG GULCH. \
i of
Driving Long Tunnel to Tap Shoot 1
of Copper Ore.
R. A. McVltty of Mullan reports 1
i that tlle Idaho-Sprlng Gulch
pany is driving a 700-foot
tunnel to open up its ledge at
(le P th of 600 feet under some hand
some ore showings opened by a
short tunnel and two shafts. The j
ore * 8 co,,per and a88a y 8 from about ;
3 to 14 per cent with good sliver
values in addition,
com- in
crosscut |
a
The mine is near Iron Mountain,
Mont., and lies between tho Little'
Pittsburg and King and Queen prop-! of
ertles both of which shipped consid
erable ore in 1892.
DRIFT SHOW'S CARBONATES.
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Middle Tunnel on Silver Eagle Com
ing Into Ore. |
The Silver Eagle, which adjoins;
the Cuba on Nine Mile creek, is
The upper i
one is now In 300 feet and shows
nice carbonate ore In the face
a depth of about 100 feet,
hundred feet more of work will
bring this level under a fine show-'
Ing in the upper workings,
The lower tunnel is now In
feet. It is a crosscut and will have!
to be driven 600 feet more to reach
working in two tunnels.
Two
150
the ledge. About 1500 feet of devel-;
opment have been done to date.
There Is a report in circulation to a
the effect that the Moonlight,
eastern extension of the Hercules
mine at Burke, Is looking very well
at pre8ent< No details of the show
, ng or partic „| arg ag t0 where , t
was encountered were learned by'
us up to the time of going to press.
Good (Showing in Moonlight.
the
Superintendent Murphy of the Her- *
joules mine is manager of the Moon- *5°
The Snowstorm.
The Snowstorm is jogging along
at Its established gait, The ship
menu for this month will probably |
total considerably more than those
of any previous month in its his
tory. It will be a regular dividend
[payer from now on.
light.
A Famous Mullan Property Passes Into
New Hands
IT is announced from Spokane that a deal has finally been
7 closed on the Midnight mine, which adjoins the Mom
ing at Mullan, and is opened to a depth of 1000 feet by
i the . No - *" ofthat mine - No P articulare as t0 P rice
or terms have been given out.
E. J. Clark, the principal owner, was in Wallace a few
"|days ago on his way to Spokane with a Mr. Gilmour with
whom he was understood to be negotiating. Both gentle
men said at that time that the deal had not vet reached
sta £ e where they cared to make any announcement,
The Midnight is a unique property. It is almost sur
rounded by the holdings of the Federal company. Itison
Grouse ledge, adjoining that claim on the east and ly
ing betwen the Morning on the north and the You
on the south. It has been considerably developed by
workings on its own ground and through the Fanny
Gremm on the east. But its most important development
is by means of the Morning No. 5 tunnel which cut its
ledge at a de P th of approximately 1000 feet, showing a
12-foot vein of high grade milling ore.
Whether the No. 6 tunnel of the Morning 1000 feet
dee P er > P assed throu £ h the Midnight ground or not is
known only to the Federal people. If it did not it passed
just to the west of it. In any event the Grouse-Midnight
led ^ e was apparently cut by this tunnel at a lean spot as
no news of a big strike ever leaked out.
TLp nr jr*p of wLioli flip Mirlnirrht fl k onrnu l Bonvlc. «o«
if® P™ 6 WlllCh the Midnight Changed hands Can
° n »y be Conjectured. It Was probably not leSS than $100,
000 a n J d 1 ma y. h ave been much more, as the property is re
garded by mining men as an absolutely proved mine. The
Owners are E. J. Clark, Wm. Flood and Forest Clark, all
0 f Mullan
a
Burke Syndicate Acquires It for
»2H,000—Work Started,
MILITARY GROUP SOLD.
ago
are
of 1
the original I
A. Roy and Axel Swan of Burke,
who took an option some weeks
°n the Military Gulch group, which
joins the property of the Reno com
Ptiny on the south and Is about half
a mile from the Great Western,
reported to have made the payment
required by their bond last week.
bond was in the sum of $28,
000. The subscriptions to the stock
of the new company were made al
most entirely by Burke peopio who
-are all familiar with the property,
which is one of the oldest locations
owners. I
The property is already partially
developed by a shaft and tunnel. The j
new owners will resume work in the
shaft at
in the Burke district,
Zuther and Charles J. Johnson
Charles H.
Murray were two of
once.
Galena to Resume.
As a preliminary to the resumption
of work on the Galena mine at
Burke, adjoining the Hecla on the
west, the company has notified the j
squatters on its property to remove
tholr buildings. A shaft will 1
sunk from the surface to a depth of!
400 feet. A. W. McCune of Salt i
Lake and David Holzman of Spo- j
kane are two of the largest ahare
holders in the company. Peter Dor
sey will be superintendent and
force of about 20 men will be em
ployed,
Hunter and taken over their office In
Wallace. Jackson ft Hunter will
be |
a
New Brokerage Firm.
The Wallace Brokerage company,
Frank Gessler manager, has bought
0,lt *he brokerage firm of Jackson ft
continue their Spokano business. Mr.
Burke, where bis home has hereto-;
fore been, as soon as he can secure ;
a suitable house In Wallace.
Gessler will remove bis family from
1300 feet, according to Superln
tendent Fred Carson, and a winze
hag been started from the end of
the which will be sunk 200
Reindeer Htarts Sinking.
The tunnel on tho Reindeer is now
oet> Tbe winze starts on a foot of
*5° 0, 1 copper ore in a wide and
strong vein.
Mow-,_|_Helvetia
Report Ore In Gertie.
M. J. Maher of Burke and L. W.
Hutton, two of the large holders of
stock in the Gertie, are quoted as
reporting that the face of the lower
tunnel on that property now shows
considerable galena throughout a
Seven-foot ledge!
PHEDORA COMPANY.
North Side Property to lie Worked
by Wallace Business Men.
The Phedora Silver-Lead Mining
company was Incorporated this week
to own and work a group of 10
claims between the Jack Waite prop
erty and tho Columbus group on the
North Side near Murray.
corporators are: Dr. J. E. St. Jean.
Dr. Charles R. Mowery, Thomas Mc
Gowan and N. Witner of Wallace,
S. P. Alexander of Butte and Louis
Feldman of Murray. The company's
capital Is $1,500,000 in dollar shares,
of which 500,000 are In the treasury.
Tne property is well equipped with
buildings, etc., and Is partially de
velopod. Work will be started
once with three shifts in the lower
The in
drift tunnel which shows a nice
ledge now and is expected to reach
the first ore shoot with about 50 feet
at
more of work.
Coinstock Ledge Shows Copper.
The Comstock company, which
owns a group of claims east of
Burke near Blossom lake, has been
developing Its property all winter
and now has a handsome' showing
of COi mer ore In Its working*
"o.klngi.
and has been dHtfed on for 40 feet,
The ledge Is five feet wide and all
thoroughly Impregnated with
The
ledgo was cut with a 90-foot tunnel
eop
The drift will have to be ex
per.
tended 250 feet to get under the ore
showing which first attracted atU-a
tlon to the property.
Vienna Vein Company.
R. B. Bohannon, who has just
completed a contract for 300 feet of
work in the tunnel on the Vienna
Vein mine on Placer creek, has been
appointed foreman and. will con
tinue the crosscut with a force of
five men until the maiu ledge Is
reached. It is figured that ubotit
100 feet more of work will be
qulred to do this.
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Has Rich Paystreak.
On the Buell property, adjoining
the Mineral Farm near Osborn on
the north, they have opened up a
four- foot ledge of quartz that car
ries a paystreak of from two to
three inches in width that averages
62 ounces of silver to the ton and
over 7 per cent In copper.
Suspends Work.
Work on the Helvetia property
near Osburn has been discontinued
until the spring. A lower crosscut
tunnel has been started which will
then be continued 100 feet to cut the
iledge which will then be drifted on
to get under a good surface showing
of zinc and lead ore.