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THE WALLACE MINER
Vol. I, No. 17
WALLACE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1907
Five Cents a Copy
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, New Drifts on Two Levels in High
Grade Galena-Plans of Company
T H E Nabob mine on Pine creek was visited on Wednesday by Fred
J. Rowlands of Butte, F. E. Slump of New York, D. F. Hallahan
of Spokane and Harvey M. Ross, secretary of the Nabob company,
Messrs. Rowlands and Hallahan were the promoters of the Nabob com
pany and Mr. Slump is the head of the firm of Slump & Co., who;
with Winchell i% Co., also of New York, recently took an option on a!
large block of Nabob stock. A11 were enthusiastic over the splendid
showing on the property.
Big Showings of Shipping Ore
Work is chiefly being conducted in the east drifts from the shaft on
the 100 and 200-foot levels. In the 100-foot level the drift has been
run a total distance of 120 feet, all the way in ore, and the face of this
drift now shows 'from two feet near the jpoof at three and a half feet
at the bottom of shipping ore. The average width of ore as shown
-in this drift and in the raise which has been made to the surface is
four feet. The raise is 117 feet up and is all in high grade ore to
within 10 feet of the surface. At the ' 200-foot level a drift has been
run 35 feet all in ore. The face of this drift now shows over six feet
of galena, a considerable part of which is shippinj grade.
Resume Work on West Shoot
No work has been done lately on the west drift from which a winze
was sunk last winter to a depth of 35 feet. This is the place where the
first shipment of rich ore was taken from. It is about 250 feet west of
tiie shaft, has the same character of ore as is found east of the shaft and
is very probably a part of the' same shoot, The water began giving
trouble in the winze and it was considered more economical to drift
under this from the shaft? which will most likely be done as soon as the
shaft has been drained,
Main Shaft Will Be Drained
In the shaft the water has now been pumped out to the 300-foot
level, where the ore shows the same as in the higher levels. It is about
60 feet from there to the bottom of the sump and ft is the intention of
the management to pump this out completely and begin sinking, which
may be continued to a depth of 500 feet.
Crystallite Workings Now Drained
size and trend of the ore shoots on these two veins, a crosscut tunnel to
tap both of them and several other large veins on the other claims owned
by the company will doubtless be run.
The pumping out of the shaft has drained the workings of the Crys
tallite, a parallel vein to the Nabob and owned by the same comyany.
Work has been begun in the winze on the Crystallite, which has a depth
of about 85 feet from the surface. This shows an ore body ten feet wide
of good milling ore. After some further work to demonstrate clearly the
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siderable work on the road which, connects the property with the county
road and in common with the other owners of the Pine creek mines isj
urging on the county commissioners that the road and bridge leading to
Pine Greek spur on the O. R. & N. lie put in condition for heavy hauling
when ore shipments on a large scale will be possible. The railway
people are also being urged to fix up a loading platform and the
approaches to the siding.
Mill Will Be Next Thing
The question of additional machinery for the mine and a mill for
handling the ore is to be taken up at once. The company lias done con
Stock Now on the Curb
Mr. Slump today wired his firm and Winchell & Co. to proceed at
once to place the stock of the Nabob company on the curb exchange at
New York and oh the Chicago Mining Exchange.
Country Needs Advertising
Both Messers Rowlands and Slump expressed suprise that so little
has been done by the people of the Coeur d'Alcnes and of Spokane to
bring their magnificent mining resources to the attention of the people
of the East. Nevada and Cobalt are widely known there while only well
informed mining men know anything whatever of the history and pos
sibilities of this district which has already produced $150,000,000 and
which is yet in its infancy.
BIG STRIKE IN HYPOTHEEK
Work on 180-Foot Loral of Shaft Show*
Rick Ore Body
As work progresses in the west
drift on the 180-foot level of the
shaft in the Hypotheek mine near
Kingston the ore showing continues
to improve.
from the mine are that this drift
and the crosscuts from it now show
four feet of chalcopyritc ore that,
it is claimed, will avtrago over 10
. per cent in copper, besides 26 feet
more of vein matter that is so highly
impregnated with copper oxide or
native copper as to lie almost
equally valuable. The drift is at
a depth, from the surface of 475
feet.
Our latest advices
Acme Lets Contract
The Acme company has let a
contract for a 100-foot drift on the
blind vein cut by the main tunnel
when in 200 feet. It shows galena
and copper ore. The property is
located east of the Snowstorm. T.
H. Thompson is manager.
Holier Opens Office
Geo. F. Heller has rented part of
the old Rosary from Whaley, the
jeweler, for a brokerage office.
NEW SHOWINGS IN INTERSTATE
Two Crrsscuts From Wost Drift in Solid
Iron and Galana
Work in the East drift from the
No. 3 tunnel on the Interstate mine j
where the big ore body was recently
opened, has been temporarily dis
continued to resume work in the
west drift. Here two crosscuts are
ticingj run in a northwesternly di
rection and both are now in the
ledge which is known to be 100 feet.
wide. They show solid bodies of
quartz and iron strongly impreg
nated with galena.
Manager Wallace is just complet
ing a quarter mile wagon road to
connect the mine with the old Sun
set road.
Bouton Working Under Bond.
The Bouton claim on Pine Creek
was recently bonded by Mrs Tabitha
Jones of Walla Walla, Wash., and
Theo. Jameson of Wallace to Fred
and Wiley Laster of Walla Walla.
They have already started work on it
It is an old claim, having been lo
cated in 1887, and adjoins the Red;
Cloud on the east and Sidney and i
Denver on the west. It has a good
surface showing of galena and sine I
ore.
OH POOL ALLOTMENT
The allotment of 50,000 shares
of the new issue of Oom Paul
treasury shares has l>een made.
It was figured out on the liasis of
the subscribers' holdings in the
company and subscribers were
found to be entitled to 73 shares
for each 1,000 shares they ap
plied for where their subscription
did not exceed their holdings.
Where thejiubscnption exceeded
the holdings it was treated as a
subscription only to the amount
of the subscriber's holdings. To
simplify matters Manager Mc
Carthy alloted subscribers even
amounts, the minimum being
100 shares, making up the dif
ference out of the allotment he
wss himself entitled to.
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SNOWSTORM PAYS $45,000
Mullan's Famous Copper Producer Makes
Monthly Distribution of Profits
On Monday the Snow Storm company paid its sixth regular
monthly dividend. It was of $45,000 like its immediate prede
. This makes the total dividend distributions since the first
cessors
of the year $225,000 and the total to date $315,000.
The management is experiencing great difficulty in securing an
adequate force of skilled miners but despite this handicap they ex
pect to increase the dividend distributions shortly.
Besides the dividends paid by the company the mine lias to
its credit some $600,000 of profits earned by the leasers of the upper
workings before that lease, was sold back to the company. When
this is added to the total of the company's dividends it shows the
mine to have earned profits of approximately $1,000,000 to'date.
BI6TUNNEL FOR BLUE GROUSE
Longshore-Fisher Company Is Financing
Likaly Sunset Property
Another Sunset peak property
has started development work on a
scale that should eventually land
it among the producers. The Blue
Grouse company is driving a cross
cut tunnel from Carbon creek that
I will tap the ledge and ore bodies at
| a depth of about 900 feet.
| This group consists of four claims,
all patented, on a parallel vein to
the Callahan and lying just south of
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j that property. Its ledge has been
| tapped by two tunnels. The upper
| is a drift on the vein for 225 feet
with a winze sunk 30 feet from a
j point about 200 feet in. These
' workings show a five-foot vein
! carrying for a good part of their
length a foot of shipping ore with
good concentrating ore the full
width of the ledge practically all
crossTuT'220 feetdlp^which
reached the ledge when in 400 feet,
It showed from one to three feet of
concentrating ore all the way to
the face.
Ambergris Troubled With Water
The contractors have been com
pelled to temporarily suspend work
In the Ambergris shaft on account of
the heavy flow of water. This con
dition of things is not likely to last
much longer and is due only to the
lateness of the season.
Carbon Creek Group Bonded.
The Harrison, Eclipse, Mastiff and
Caroline claims on Carbon Creek,
Beaver mining district, have been
bonded by W. E. Lyons of Boston,
Mass., for $30,000 payable in three
equal installments in six 12 and 18
months from date.
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PLANS DEEP DEVOLOPMENT
Monitor to be Equipped With Heavier Machinery
Shaft Sunk and Long Tunnel Run
The Rossi-Read company still controls the Monitor mine,
though I*. M. Collins and Henry Neill of Helena have lately
associated themselves with it in the financing of that property, and
on Saturday last made another payment of $20,000 on the bond they
hold on the control of the mining company's capital stock. They
have now paid almost $100,000 on their bond, only two small pay
ments remaining to be paid in six months and a year from now.
The mine is being equipped with new machinery which consists
of a five-drill compressor, pumps, Ixiiler and electric lighting plant.
As wain as this machinery is installed the working force at the
mine will be increased to 35 or 40 men with Thomas Jay as super
intendent. Dr. Read, will continue to be manager and C. E.
Juhlin of Helena will be consulting engineer.
The mine is opened by a three-compartment shaft now down
420 feet with extensive workings on the 50, 100, 200 and 300-foot
levels. No crosscut to the vein has yet been made on the 400-foot
level and none will be made now until the 500-foot is reached when
it is the intention to crosscut to the fcflge and often it up thoroughly
by drifts both ways.
A survey is now being made for ' a new deep level tunnel to
crosscut the vein at a depth of 1,000 feet. The portal of this
tunnel will lx 1 about a mile from the main line of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad with which it will be connected with
a tramway, thus doing away with the present expensive wagon haul
besides thoroughly draining the mine to that level.
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CROWN POINT- SILVER KINC
Somehow the impression has
got abroad of late that F. Aug.
Heinze had quit work on the
Crown Point and Silver King
mines, adjoining the Stewart
mine near Wardner. Mr. Heinze
is actively prosecuting work on
both properties and the Miner is
informed that he made a sub
stantial payment on his bond a
few days ago. Further than this
as he is building the new mill for
tne Stewart mine on Silver King
ground it is obvious that he
means to exercise his option to
purchase the property. F. E.
Burbridge, one of the principal
owners who negotiated the deal
with Mr. Heinze, is in Europe.
Sacond Crosscut Show. Good Body of
Owing to the inclement weather
and consequent bad roads during i
the past few davs no word has lieen I
received from the Rhode Island I
RHODE ISLAND'S LAST STRIKE
Galena Ore
since last Saturday but at that time i,
the second crosscut had a highly
satisfactory showing of galena ore.
One peculiar feature of it was the
presence of considerable chalcopy
rite. Copper had not previously;
been found in conjunction with the
From all appearances all the ;
Rhode Island needs to prove it a
mine is depth. The two showings
of galena now in sight are only
from 60 to 100 feet from the sur
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The working tunnel on the West '•
Nine Mile company's group has j
now been retimbered to a point in 8
about 36 feet and it is not believed \
any more timbering will be re-|
face.
Weil Nine Mile Mine
quired. The new workings con
tinue to show a big body of quartz
and galena on the hanging wall
side and before driving ahead a
crosscut will lx? made to the south
to locate the hanging wall and de
fine the extent of the ore body in
1 hat direction. The force of miners
has been increased and another shift
will be put on shortly.
Work in the' tunnel on the Comet j
mine on Stevens Peak is to be resum
ed at ogee. It is opened by an 800- ]
foot drift on the south ledge and a |
100-foot crosscut to the north ledge
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Comet Will Crosscut
will now be driven.
|Two and a Half feet of Clean Galena
In Upraise From No. 2 Tunnel
T
HE Miner lias it on the authority of II. F. Samuels of the Success
mine that an important strike of shipping ore has been made in the
upraise from the No. 2 tunpel on the Alameda. This upraise is being
made in the ore lxxiy opened up some time ago in the No. 2 tunnel and
is now 35 feet above that level.
The upraise shows over five feet of ore of which some 30 inches arc
clean shipping galena almost entirely free from zinc. It closely resembles
the best ore taken from the old Granite mine in an early day. The con
centrating ore shows a good deal of zinc.
While a contract for only 50 feet of upraising has been let it is now
the intention of the management to go clear to the surface, a distance of
300 feet, with a view to fully exploring the ore shoot and getting into
shape to ship as early as possible. It is likely that an upraise from the
No. 3 Success tunnel, 440 feet lower, will at once be started to connect
with the upper workings both to develop the ore shoot between the two
tunnel levels and to facilitate shipping.
Sam Linn Is in charge of the Alameda during the absence of his
brother O. H. Linn. Mayo, Sachs and Co are still in control of the prop
erty and the Success company still holds an option to purchase control
of the stwk. The annual meeting of shareholders will 1)6 held June 18.
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WALLACE ON THE BOOM
Missoula Man Tolls of Our Mines And
Railroads
(Missoulian)
George W. Dougherty returned
yesterday afternoon from Wallace,
where he hiul been spending a few
days. He is enthusiastic over the
Coeur d'Alene country, which he
says is the most remarkable region
he ever visited. "I never saw any
thing like it," «id Mr. Dougherty
last night. Every camp in the
district is booming and every hole
that is sunk in the ground develops
i into il mine. The cities and towns
I are a1 , 1 Prosperous; there is but one
I c0ln P ,a, !' t , ma( * e a " (1 that 1* "'gat
ing the lack of railway facilities for
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the output of the district,
the Northern Pacific and the
^ ^ • arp failing away ore as
as 8,8 they ciui handle it, but. they
arc "Hah 1 " 1 ;° kce . p U P Wlth the P r °
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The people over there are con
; Adent that there are'mines in the
i iew l' 8 * 1 , that will become more
Famous than the old producers and
I don t know but they arc right,
&> me . of the . new * forties are
showing up in great shape and will
add amazingly to the output of the
j district.
There is nothing lieing said
there prospective
8 ^ ri ^ e {'( nn, ' orH For $4 a day. I
was ' that such a strike would
n °t a nect any nut the larger com
Ihe small mines
P® 111 * 38 anyway,
arc l ,a y in R H now and that is the
P 8 ^', on niost of the development
work, so this part of operations of
the district would not l»c seriously
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There is much interest in W al
Jace m the new electric road that
>8 to lie built from Spokane. The
P«>pl« who are putting in this road
have lieen influenced to do so by
the remarkable success of the elec
j trie road between Spokane and
Coeur d'Alene City, and they
believe that the Wallace line will
| be even more successful. Electric
railway history is repeating itself
j here. It has lieen the rule every
where that these roads have lieen
great money makers and great
developers of the country. There
is certain to be a new residence city
built on the road below Wallace,
and the whole camp will profit by
the advent of the road.
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Work Started on PitUburg
S. P. Williamson of Wardner,
who two weeks ago bonded the
Pittsburg mine on Pine creek for
$70,000, has started work with two
He is extending the wagon
men.
road to the mine to facilitate getting
in supplies when a larger force will
Ixj put on.
Blue Wing Ixtoks Well.
Herman J. Rossi reports that the
crosscut tunnel on the Blue Wing is
showing up so much mineralization
that they now expect to strike an
other ledge before they reach the ex
tension of the Pittsburg ledge for
which they are driving and, which
they have opened In an upper tunnel
The Blue Wing, is owned by Peter
Zaaettl, a former leaser of the Pltts
burg, and Mr. Rossi.
Panhandle Smelter Resumes.
After being idle tor three years the
Panhandle smelter at Sand Point,
Ida., has been blown in. This is the
smelter which recently made con
tracts with the Nabob and Idora com
panies.
WILL DEVELOP MIN60 CHIEF
Nine Mile Property to bo Opened by 600
Foot Tunnel
About tin* only idle property on
Nine Mile creek, the Mingo chief,
will start work in a few days on a
tunnel to tap its ledge at alxmt the
same depth when drifts will l>e run
both wajs on the vein at increasing
depth to systematically develop
that property.
The Mingo Chief consists of six
claims lying north of the Treasure
Vault and south of the Dobson Pass
company's holdings,
opened by a 200-foot drift tunnel
which shows a very wide and strong
ledge heavily mineralized with iron
and showing considerable galena.
It is considered one of the most
likely properties in that section and
is in the same belt as the Rex,
Success, Nine Mile and West Nine
Mile.
John H. VanDorn is one of the
principle owners and Sweet and
Gaut are also largely interested.
They are now arranging to incor
porate it.
It is now
MINES NEAR OSBORN
Many Properties With Bright Proepecte
Puihing Development
Oaburn, June 12.—The New Hope
company recently resumed work on
its property on Two Mile creek and
the formation is looking so favorable
that the management expects to
break into its north ledge any day.
The south vein where crosscut had
a very encouraging showing of
galena in a 12-foot ledge.
The Big Twenty company is
pushing work on its properties.
Manager Ben Harvey of Spokane
was up here looking them over this
week.
The Sargent Mining company is
driving its crosscut tunnel ahead
with all possible speed. A tram
has been put in to aid in getting
supplies to the mine instead of over
the old trail which was quite a steep
one.
The Capital mine resumed work
a few days ago with Pat Keegan in
charge.
It is reported on good authority
that Flagstaff will resume work in
the next week or two with a good
force of miners.
Mr. Flint spent a few days look
over the mines of this section last
week.
HEINZE IS G0MIN6
Spokane People Are Guesting About
His Intentions
(Spokane Chronicle)
F. Augustus Heinze is expected
to arrive in Spokane the latter part
of this week and mining men and
brokers are eagerly discussing his
probable moves after he arrives.
Gossip has it that he has made
repeated ami definite offers for the
control of the Panhandle smelter.
One rumor, which is received with
credence in certain circles, has it
that Heinze will get the Panhandle
plant and consolidate it with the
Stewart and other Coeur d'Alene
properties and merge his entire
Idaho holdings with the Silver
King Coalition Mines company of
Utah—the big merger he is plan
ning of all his silver-lead mines.