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THE WALLACE MINER
WALLACE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9,1908
Five Cents a Copy
Vol. I, No. 47
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Review by Adam Aulbach of Work
Done in the Murray District
HE year 1907 did no harm on the North Side of the Coeur
d'Alenes, the territory embracing the waterslied of Beaver, Prichard
and Eagle creeks and the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene river.
While no startling development marked the progress of events, the large
amount of exploratory work carried on in the extensive area was inter
esting and beneficial. In fact no previous year has shown more
substantial improvements, because every foot of additional tunnel or:
shaft has only encouraged the owners to expend energy and money to!
make the properties still more valuable.
The chief interest in this district was centered in the work carried
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The Bwurtop Region
on in the Beartop group, the Oro Fino group and Iona group, on the
south side of Bear creek, and the Log Cabin (froup on the north side,
The Beartop company pushed in a lower tunnel a distance of 1,500 feet,
and just before Christmas struck the outer casing of the ledge, when the
work ceased for the holidays, but will be resumed in a few days. In the
upper works of this property the showing of ore is perhaps the most
extensive east of Murray.
Early in the year a lower tunnel struck the ledge in the Orofino
claim, the western extension of the Beartop group, and encountered a
very fine showing of galena ore. The company drifted eastward on the
ledge a distance of 300 feet, all in ore, but varying in width from 12
inches to five feet. A raise from the tunnel level to within a few feet of
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the bottom of the shaft in the upper tunnel was also in ore all the way,
demonstrating that the ore shoot is an extensive one, and giving a nice
stuping area. It is estimated that the drift and raise have added some
600 or 600 tons of ore to the dump, much of which can be shipped in a
crude state with better prices for lead and silver than now prevail.
This is the property unc er opti< n to a Missoula syndicate, that has
made two payments aggregating $7,000. The syndicate has expended
perhaps $16,000 in labor and material besides. Work has been sus
pended until April 15, owing to the financial embroglio.
Iona Group
The Iona group lies higher up on the mountain from the Orofino.
The lower tunnel is in about 1,300 feet to reach the ledge. The prop
erty is under option to a Seattle company, but work has been suspended
for several months. The tunnel will tap the ledge 500 feet below the
cropping, which consist of some of the finest galena croppings found on
Beartop. The company has now spent about $25,000 on the group.
Its option calls for a payment of $50,000. Of this the owners, Daniel
Sieger, Frank Gahan, L. M. Park and Albert Otto, have received $4,200.
Across the gulch from the Beartop and Orofino is the Log Cabin
group, which promises to become of as much interest and value as its j
neighbors. It has now a fine showing of lead-silver ore, but develop
'ment work has not been carried on steadily.
There are numerous other claims and groups in the basin which are
being developed, and in a number of them galena ore has been uncovered,
but it is not the purpose of this review of the year's progress to go into
minute details concerning every prospect, though some of them may be
meritorious enough to warrant extended description.
i. paragon Gulch.
This canyon lies south of Bear
gnlch and has been made prominent
by the Blackhorse, Paragon and Chi
cago groups. These are strung along
the north side of the gulch for a
mite and a halt. The Blackhorse Is
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work haa been done on the group,;
but the writer la informed that the!
new year will see a regular working
force on the property. Quite re
cently a small vein of galena was
struck In the guleh, the lowest point
whore tunneling can be cafried on,
making the third distinctive ledge or
vein so far encountered In the group,
all - being parallel. A considerable
amount of shipping ore Is in view at
this mine, awaiting railroad trans
portation-.
The Paragon and Chicago, at the
extremes of the gulch, have both fine
Surface ahowingt, and both are being
steadily exploited under contract
work, which should in the near future
reveal as good ore bodies as exist in
the Blackhorse.
Upper Prichard Creek.
The Monarch company haa not
done much work during the year,
The-group, howeref, la one
which much la expected. It has done
much development work and haa a
very large Ore reserve in an upper
tunnel and shaft. The gulch tunnel,
however, which Is a bore 3300 feet
16nf, with a diamond drive hole 600
^oet further, has not found the ledge.
Thrae ledges, though, were crossed
by the tunnel, each of which may be
of value, for all bear ln
from
considered
dl<»atl<ma of galena, and some nice ore
has'been taken from them by short
drifts.
* • Several miles further up the gulch
is a promising galena group called
the Stonewall, owned by Charles M.
■ TUden, Judge W. W. Woods, C. W.
Betti nnd Minnie Manley. This group
Is aetnewhat Isolated from the other
east end galena properties, has'a fine
ahowlag and Is quite proaslelng. The
section Is densely timbered and for
this reason Is only partially pros
"■ Granite Creek.
The Allie and Graite group Is
making a very fine showing of ga
lena ore, carrying gold. This was
formerly a gold property, with a 10
stomp water power mill and cyanide
vats. A shaft, however, on the Allie,
r
fair concentrating ore. The ledge
la very wide and the hole is going
down through the ledge. It Is down
about 50 feet and every foot of depth
shows a better ore formation. The
work promises to give the camp a
producer and tonnage.
Up on Cedar creek, a tributary of
Granite, the Cedar Creek company
haa done a large amount of develop
ment work and shown up some nice
stringers of pretty fair silver-lead
oro.
In Vandetta gulch, another tribu
tary of Granite, the year has not re
vealed anything of further Interest,
only a limited amount of work being
done. The surface prospects, though,
Indicate strong and large ledges, and
they are sufficiently alluring to war
rant the belief that mines exist there.
Idaho Gnlch.
This, like all the other gulches so
far named, is a tributary of Prich
ard creek. Near the mouth the Iron
clad group is located, and this group
is being energetically developed un
der contract. A very large ledge runs
through the claims, and this is min
eralised for nearly its entire width
with low grade ore, with spots of
better grade, carrying gold, silver,
lead and copper. It is a very big
proposition.
At the head of the gulch Is the
Lucky Boy group, owned by Thomas
Clagett and Donald A. Finlayson. Ore
from this group drew the first prize
among the galena exhibits at the
Spokane fair in 1906.
Quite a number of other good pros
pects are located along this gulch,
but they are still in an elementary
stage »f development.
Butte Creek.
Along this creek for a length of
eight miles, clear up to the Bitter
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President Burke Interesting Cap
ital in the East
NEW ORE BODY EXTENSIVE
FrMdoD From Zinc in MoUl Make*
Idaho-Montana Brokerage and De
velopment company, which owns
tbe Blackhorse mine is meeting
Wlth , much 8Ucce " in interesting
capital in his property. He arriv
ed in Chicago December 29 and has
already made much progress.
The Blackhorse is a lead-silver
it Very Acceptable at All Smelter*
Will Make Regular Shipment*
President Patrick Burke of the
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mine located six miles cast of
Murray .near the mouth of Para
r { n * n 2;l of the Idaho
| XK j y recently encountered is
proving more extensive than was
expected and gives assurance of
rivaling the mammoth ore deposits
\yaXer! The" 40-foot B pros*
pect shaft 8Un ' k year8 ag0( ]is
closed both solid galena and lead
silver carbonates and the subse
quent development work, embrac
ing about 1,500 feet of tunneling,
exposed the same class of high
grade ore, carload shipments of
which gave returns of more than
70 per cent lead besides good values,
in silver. The ore is desired by
all smelters for the reason that it is
free from zinc and other refractory
minerals. The mine is now in
condition to make regular ship
ments of ore, but none of its pro
duct will be marketed until the
completion of the railroad.
Mr. Burke will return here about
the middle of the month.
PROVISIONS FOR THE ARCTIC
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Manager Heller Send* Supplie* end
Finn* Steady Development
A load of provisions besides a car
an( j necessary track have sent out
to the Arctic property. The tun
nel is in 80 feet in solid formation
and the company is p'anning to
run 320 feet yet before the vein is
tapped. *
The stull timber necessary for
driving this distance is already on
the dump. The property adjoins
the ^Vienna-International on the
cast and is located on Placer creek
about five miles from Wallace,
There are large ore croppings
showing lead and silver. G. H.
Heller is secretary and ma nager,
mtutnurntt
lucky calumet improving
The west drift on the Lucky Calu
met property near Mullan haa en
tered sulphide ore of a quality carry
ing good values in copper. John H.
Nordqulst, after an examination of
the property, says that the ore Is of
better quality than has ever been
encountered before, while at the
same time there Is more of it.
The men have been engaged In
drifting from the crosscut of the
ledge and have gone westerly about
160 feet.
"The ore Is getting better every
day," said Mr. Nordqulst. "It docs
not show so much stain as before
but has more sulphide."
of
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Sue* for $4,500
to
Knute Rosdal and others, by
their attorneys, Jas. A. Wayne of
Wallace, and H. C. Schultz of
Thompson Falls have filed a lien
and commenced suit in the district
court against the Copper Mountain
Mining and Development company,
an Idaho corporation, to recover
about $4,500 for labor,
action was filed Friday and the
property affected comprises the
Earl, Nillson Fraction, Prince,
Walter and Copper Creek quartz
mining locations in the Burns
mining district.
The
Near Ore in Star
At th© property of the Star group
near Mullan drifting is being con
tinued on the Morning vein. The
tunnel is now in 280 feet from the
crosscut on the ledge.
Through a fault in the vein the
ore waa lost for a time but the vein
is being approached again and in
two weeks the working force will
be well in the ore body. 1
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Understood That Greenoughs
Will Let Option Lapse
WILL TUNNEL 4,500 FEET
J- B. Coe**a Owner of Ike Controlling
Interott Ha* Been Spending a Few
Day* in th» District
J. B. Goessa of Spokane, who is
spending a few days in this, district!
owns a controlling interest in the
Snowshoe, adjoining the Snow
storm near Mullan. He is well
known in Wallace, having been
foreman of the Hunter mill untill
a year ago, when he went to
Spokane. For 11 years he was
employed in the Morning mine.
No work is being done at this
time on the Snowshoe, but accord
ing to Mr. Goessa the showing
there is of a nature that is emin
ently satisfactory to himself and
associates.
"A crosscut tunnel was run to
the vein and since then we have
drifted on the ledge, getting the ,
ore all right," said Mr. Goessa.!
"The ore shows gold and copper |
without a trace of silver j
.
depth on the ore, though this
would necessitate tunneling for
We would probably
get excellent values in copper at \
thia depth."
Mr. Goessa has many good things
to say of the district, which lie J
believes to be without any superior J
and with a future to lie prouder of
It is understood the option held
by the Greenoughs will not lie
exercised. *
4,500 feet.
CEDAR CREEK HRS GOOD ORE
Sixteen Incite* Ducorered on an Eut
end Weit Ledge
A strike of exceptional richness
, !
is said to have been made on the j
Cedar Creek property, located north
o t le Hercules at Burke, and on
shipping ore' having"been
ere( j.
The work of drifting on a north
and south ledge' was being carried
on when an east and west ledge
The C prV^rty Ca fSi!Ssts nC of 8al nine
claims.
Clem and John Weyer and T. N.
Barnard are heavily interested in
the Cedar Creek, while considerable;
Thero e hL^en considerable acUvHy
in this stock recently among local
mining men.
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ALICE GETTING BETTER ORE
!
Better ore than ever before has been 1
encountered in the crosscut tunnel i
being run on the property of the j
Alice group located half way betweon
Wallace and Mullan. The crosscut!
tunnel is being driven from the foot!
of a shaft sunk to the 500-foot level. {
The tunnel is now in 150 feet.
When 76 feet in, a vein was cut
which showed some excellent galena
ore. A parallel vein was struck this
week which contains good values In
galena. This Is the same ore shoot
that was struck In the higher level |
but has not developed such rich ore
as the work has not been pushed In-1
Edward Donlan and others have;
taken an option on the Amazon
Manhattan group of lode claims in
the Beaver district. According to j
the agreement filed between Donlan, ;
Charles W. Betts and others their ;
interest is valued at $120,000 i
while the interest of Thomas Kelly!
and others is valued at $45,000. j
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It is reported that the closing 0 f;
the Hunter mine at Mullan will lie
temporary. The reason for the
action is said to be the difficulty to,
get the smelters to take the lead
products of the mine.
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to the ledge far enough.
Amaxon-Manhattan Option
Hunter Closed
pan3r and those for the past year were
$144,322.
The Snowstorm mine at Mullan
paid lls taxes for the year 1907. The i
total involved was $5,933. The tax
la assessed on the profits of the com
Golden Winnie After 14 Years Devel
opment Will Give Enormous Returns
T
H E editor of this paper made an examination of the Golden
Winnie Tungsten mine at Murray a few day ago with officials of
the company. A truly remarkable showing is made. Manager E. M.
Smith, who lias been conducting work there for the past 14 years is to
lie congratulated on the wealth of mineral now shown.
Starting at a point a little beyond the company's property a tunnel
was driven for GOO feet. At a point about 400 feet from the portal and
well within the company's ground the ore was first struck. Here it was
about five inches in thickness with a dip at an angle of about 45 degrees,
As the ledge was followed in it broadened gradually to two feet which
thickness was maintained for a considerable distance. At the point of
present working the vein is in the entire face of the tunnel over five feet
wide. At several points upraises have been cut in the ore and at most
of these points where tests were made high values were shown, some
running as high as 80 per cent and the average being ulimit 60 per cent.
Ore chutes have been put in and with the present development the mine
could commence shipping aud continue to do so for years to ocme.
But greater tilings are planned for the Golden Winnie. A new tunnel
is being driven by Manager Smith at a point entirely within the com
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pany 8 ProP^ty. This will cut the lead at a point about 200 feet fur
ther along than the present tunnel is now in and it is aimed to connect
them up by following the ore body.
For 2,200' feet the vein has been traced along the surface of the
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The property consists of four full claims and three fractions giving
an area equal to five full claims. A mill site lias lx,en located in
addition. This is near the mouth of the new tunnel and is very advan
tageously chosen
.
uncornmon m the lonely avocation of prospecting. For 14 years Mr.
Smith lias daily laliored in this tunnel and on the edge of the mountain
from dawn until darkness, following his veins and doing development
°?' He was looking for gold all the time and with an old fashioned
mi was wash,ng out e " ou 8 h of tlie y ,,llow metal weekly to supply his
needs, but never getting far enough ahead to lie able to install modem
machinery to better save the gold.
interfered with his getting the best results and he was continually
digging deeper trying to get away from the heavy matter which
minimizing his efforts, but he made no headway. The deeper Tie dug
the greater the body of ledge matter became.
There is a romance connected with this property which is not
The hard and heavy substances
was
Finally about two years
ago a chemist happened to visit Mr. Smith and made assays of the rock
in his cabin. To his surprise he found the objectionable matter to he
that much prized and sought after mineral, tungsten
various sources for a controlling interest in the property were made and
promptly rejected, until the offer of David Gross and Bert A. Squire of
peopled and the Golden Winnie Tungsten Mining and
Milling company, limited, was formed, and today Mr. Smith looks
f° rw ard to receiving within a few months returns from his holdings
which will ensure him a comfortable competence for the remainder of
his days.
Presid ^ nt David Gro99 contemplates a trip to Germany within the
next m «nth to arrange with the Krupp gun and armor plate works for
the sale of the entire output of the property. At the present market
price the metal when pure is worth $2,200 a ton. There is now
upwards of 200 tons on the dump and a large bed of crushed matter
lfr0m ' vhic 1 hthe ^°. ld l ha8 1>een extracted and whieh w « 9 considered
wort,dc9a but 19 highly impregnated with tungsten,
Arrangements are being made for mechanical equipment to concen
trate the ° re and as 800n as this is installed shipments will lie made and
the official8 of the com Pany fw>1 confident that by the beginning of the
coming summer the mine will lie on a dividend paying basis,
impossible to estimate the extent or value of the ore l»ody but enough is
sight to pay dividends for years to
Offers from
It is
come.
Oregon Development League Will
Provide a Good Market
L00KIN6 FOR SILICA SAND
# T > i r\ , . , ,
U °*« ,f ^ land L 0re 4 V wll,C u h \ ns
made the foiling offer through the
league:
' We will take 100 tons each
month of silica sand, 98 jkt cent
pure silica and free from iron
oxides, delivered at Portland at not
to exceed $6 per ton, ami we will
P a .V $100 in cash to the discoverer."
Silica sand is now living shipped
to Portland and other iron and steel
manufacturing centers of the' coast
from Minnesota. It has been
frequently reported that large
quantities of pure silica have lieen
discoved and the community that
,na k e s good in this instance it is
declared has a greater source of
}' eve J u,e Than gold or copper mines,
""J** lni ! ,s or fac,oric9 of any
*»nd, for when a dependable qual
dy of silica sand is found in
quantities sufficient to supply the
demand, all the iron works from
the Gulf of California to Alaska
and from tho Rocky mountains
west, will lie customers.
The Oregon Development league
will present $100 to any citizen of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Mon
tana or California who will find
silica sand to fill the requirements
demanded by the Columbia Steel
If you want the latent mining
subscribe for the
ACCIDENT AT LUCKY CALUMET
Powder in Thawer Explodes and Power
Line* Are Put Out
An explosion occurred in the
powder thawer of the Lucky Calu
met mine Friday night, due to
some unknown cause.
The ex
plosion demolished the powder
house and destroyed the power line
of the \\ ashington Water Power
company in the immediate vicinity.
The Lucky Calumet, the National
and the Missoula, all of whieh
mines secure power through this
line were put out of business and
the shaft in the National mine
quickly began to fill with water.
About 100 pounds of powder ex
ploded .
This is the second time the
pow
der thawer of the Lucky Calumet
has exploded, but so far no plaus
ible reason lias lieen given for the
accidents.
Confirm Mantlo Sal#
Confirmation of sale of the Mantle
fraction to Lee Mantle has been
filed with the clerk of the district
court by J. H. Wourms, F. P.
Candce and J. A. Reeves, the
referees.
The Mantle fraction which is
situated in the Eagle mining dis
trict was sold to Senator Mantle for
a consideration named as $600.