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THE WALLACE MINER
Five Cents a Copy
WALLACE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, MARCH 26,1908
VOL. 2, No. 6
MESS 111 SIM
Affairs of the Company Are in Excel-!
lent Shape and Profits are in Sight.
There has been quite an active de
mand for stock of the Stanley mine
during the past month and what lit
tle was floating around has been
picked up. The affairs of the com
pany are In excellent shape and the
outlook is most promising.
Two true fissure veins have been
opened up in the Stanley group, one
running In a northerly and southerly
direction, containing rich antimony
and gold ores and the other running
in an easterly and westerly direc
tion, the ores of which carry consid
erable lead. The vein containing an
timony and gold has been extensive-;
ly developed, and in It about 10,000 j
tons of ore have been blocked out
which will average from 10 to 20
per cent antimony and will carry one
to the ton in gold and about
ounce to the ton in silver. Be
aides these large ore bodies the com
pany has on the dump about 80 tons
r/hZng ore which will run from
60 to 70 per cent antimony and about
200 tons of milling ore which will
average about 20 per cent antimony
Stains one ounce in gold td
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The company has secured a lease |
the mill of the New Jersey prop
erty located about half way between
Wardner and Osburn, and arrange
ments have been made to start up
this mill as soon as the wagon roads
wrn £mn the hauling of L to the
railroad and from the railroad to the.
m,T The shipment of ore will re
quire a haul of about 1000 feet from
the mine to the railroad and another
distance from
ounce
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haul of about the same
the terminus of a branch track now
being put in near the New Jersey
mill.
expeHmenU e at m th d e e N?" Jew'I
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made on old plates and
tests were
old concentrating tables, we demon
strated that we can save $10 a ton
the plates and the concentrates
$82.80 in gold and 41 1-4 per
cent antimony. In making these tests
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Activity is Anticipated There
v the Coming Season
MACHINERY BEIN6 LAID DOWN
The Washington, Idaho ft Montana Rail
road is Expected to Extend Its lino
From Harvard to tho Minos.
Much activity la anticipated this
spring In the Hoodoo district of cen
tral Idaho, Several companies have
done considerable development work,
and new machinery is being brought
In now. As yet the Bnow is so deep
that access to the mines is difficult,
but preparations are being bade so
that with the first thaw men, lum
ber and machinery can be taken in.
During the latter part of last season
some valuable gold and copper de
posits were confirmed, and there Is
a feeling of confidence in all the
nearby towns.
The Washington, Idaho ft Montana
railroad, which has a logging road
into this country as far as Harvard,
will extend its line to the mines,
which lie further back, as soon as a
tonnage Is assured. From present
indications, this seems a matter of
not more than one season.
The Mlzpah Copper Mining com
pany will begin development within a
short time. There are already sev
eral tunnels and some drifting done
Its property. The first work will
jie an upraise In No. 3 tunnel to con
nect with the 60-foot shaft, which
will open up a body of ore to a depth_
of 200 feet, and will enable the com
pany to begin shipping soon.
The ore is cuprite, malachite and
Estimates have been re
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ssnrite.
celved from the Rlblet Tramway com
pany for an aerial bucket line to con
the ore about 2000 feet to the
vey
railway
The last machinery for the Moun
tain Gulch Mining company haa been
laid down at Harvard. The 3-stamp
addition which was to complete the
reduction works, was countermanded
In favor of a Huntington mill, as the
was found very soft. A plant
capable of handling 22 tons dally
ore
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we were handicapped by using ma
chinery which is not modern and up
to-date. Since making them we have
replaced the plates with new and j
modern and we will put in Wilfley
tables or new card concentrator
tables, such as are now being tested
at the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine.
"We feel confident that we can
_ from $12 to $15 a ton in gold
on the new plates and that with the j
new tables the concentrates will be
higher In antimony than those shown •
In the recent experiments. When the j
mill Is equipped the product from the i
will amount to at least $10,000
same ...
a month and it s possible that we
'may have a profit of that amount
monthly. We can deliver the ore
from the mine to the mill fo.' about
*2 per ton. Thetotaexpense of min
lng. hauling and milling will not ex
ceed $5 a ton. . . the
Mr. Merk stated that during the
year 1907, the company shipped two
cars of ore. which netted the•corn
pany at Burke, a total value .of
$5023.65.
The Stanley company owns seven
claims in one group, which have
been patented. J^ese claims com
Prise 115 acres Four claims ad o n
lng the patented property, contain
lng about 40 acres are now being
patented and in addition to the fore
going, the company owns two claims
contiguous to the oth- proper y
making a total of about 175 acre .
The property has been devloped by
over 3000 feet of tunnel and shaft.
Two of the most pro " 1,8, "J cla, " B
of the Stanley group, viz: the Stan
ley and Silver Chief, were purchased
by Mr. Merk In 1898 from David
Hutchinson, a pioneer of the Coeur
d'Alenes, who died here recently.
save
Afterward the ^^XcLTf
of this stock found In the hands of
brokers during the past year has
been taken up by the insiders and
that there Is
Mr. Merk announces
stock of the company offered
now no
for sale.
will be ready for setting up as soon
construct the
The
Mountain Gulch Is a free-milling gold
proposition.
as millwrights can
foundations and buildings.
TERRIBLE EDITH HAS ORE
Largo Body of Low Grade Mineral
Good For Concentre ting
There Is plenty of good concen
trating ore In sight In the lower
workings of the Terrible Edith prop
erty near Murray according to Wash
ington Snyder, a pioneer mining man
of that district. The ore Is of a low
grade but Is improving as progress
is made In the drift.
"James Woods, brother of Lyman
Woods, of this city and myself are
pushing the work on the drift," said
Mr. Snyder. "We are in ore and
plenty of it but it Is of low grade
We are approaching the vicinity of
the big shoots which have been open
ed In two upper tunnels and from
which several cars of ore have been
shipped. Fully $25,000 haa been ex -1
pended In development work on the
Terrible Edith."
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MINE MAKERS GROWING
Excellent progress Is be
ing made In getting signa
tures to the membership roll
of the Mine Makers' Associa
tion. An enthusiastic meet
ing was held In Mullan Mon
day night and others will be
held in various parts of the
district before the permanent
organisation meeting Is held
here April 6. Wesley Ever
ett has been besieged by
friends and acquaintances on
his travels between Wallace
and the Leslie mine and has
taken a large number of sig
natures. Secretary Topping
has also been active while
L. P. Wolfe has also done
good missionary work. There
will be a splendid enrollment
by the time the permanent
organization is formed.
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SNOWSTORM SHIPS MORE ORE
Big Copper Property Now Employs 100 Men
Mining 250 Tons Daily
The Snowstorm mine at Larson is increasing its operations.
About 250 toffs of ore are being shipped daily now to the smelters at
The force of employees has been in
Grand Forks and Tacoma,
creased to about 100 in the mine and it is generally expected to see
this gradually increased until it reaches more than double that num
ber.
Last season the Snowstorm shipped about 500 tons daily and
it is hoped that conditions will make this possible again in thirty to
sixty days. _
Expect to Reach tho Lodge About
BUCK HORSE WORKING FULL
Throe Weeks
Eeverything is read at the Black
Horse mine near Murray for turn
ing on the power and starting the
drills, and Patrick Burke, manager,
of the property left Tuesday for the
mine to start operations. Work will
begin In earnest now and to make
the best use of the water season,
which lasts about three months, op
eration is to be pushed with all pos
sible speed.
"We shall work three shifts right
from the start," said Mr. Burke.
"We have good ^iter on the north
side now and to make the best use
of this while It lasts we shall crowd
the work. In all we shall have 12
13 men working at the Black
or
Horse.
"We have arranged for power from
L. W. Stedman, whose pipe passes
by our tunnel. Everything Is ready
for turning on the power and the
work will start without delay.
"Our main crosscut is now in 150
feet and we have 600 feet to go to
get the ledge. I intend to cut the
ledge before the water gives out. We
should be able to make from 150 to
200 feet a month.''
Sunset Lode Transferred.
The Horst-Powell Copper Mining
has taken over the Sunset
company
lode claim, located In an unorganized
district, from E. L. Powell. The claim
deeded to Mr. Powell by W. H.
was
George.
U CLIFF
Strike Expected Shortly in Mine Which
Has Produced Vary Rich Ore.
The Silver Cliff Mining company,
which has produced some of the rich
in the Coeur
eat ore ever mined
d'Alene district, expects to strike
Its big lead within the next 50 or 60
0 n
Work has been carried on all
feet.
winter though It has been delayed
considerably by the water freezing
on several occasions.
James D. Young, who was in Wal
lace over Sunday, said:
"We are engaged in drifting now
the north and south lead and are
driving for the east and west ledge.
At the point of Intersection we assur
edly expect to find something well
worth while. We have been cutting
stringers of good looking ore every
few feet. The tunnel is In over 1400
feet and we expect to get the east and
west lead In a very short time. A
fine showing is made In the upraise
from the Intermediate tunnel. Our
is in the form of carbonate and
copper glance."
The company shipped one car of
which netted well, over $1000 a
ton. Assays made by Engineer Skuse
of Mullan showed copper of excep
tional purity. It ran as high as 69
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NOTICE
Every Miner, Prospector and Mine Owner
in the Coeur d'Alenes, wno has the best interests
of the district at heart, who desires to aid the
MINE MAKERS' ASSOCIATION in advertising
the district in the east and who believes in Pro
tecting and Fostering the Mining Industry, is re
quested to either see or communicate with the
Secretary, H. C. Topping, at Wallace, Idaho,
who will give full particulars.
THE MINE MAKERS' ASSOCIATION
OF THE COEUR D'ALENES
Pleas* Mention The Miner.
EXTEND TRADE DOLLAR TUNNEL
Smuggler-Virginia Company Will Re
sume Work on Crosscut.
The Smuggler-Virginla company
will resume the prosecution of the
long crosscut tunnel In the Trade
Dollar property on the first of the
month and will run It on into their
own property. From this tunnel the
Smuggler-Virginla expects to devel
op their property to a considerable
extent.
The Trade Dollar tunnel which be
gins near the southwest corner of
the property has crosscut the ground
In a general northeasterly direction
to within 200 feet of the northeaB
side line.
The Trade Dollar company has
just finished 100 feet of woik, done
this year, being more than toe an
nual assessment work No prepara
tions have been made for letting an
other contract.
The No. 2 or main tunnel Is over
2 IPO feet long and his practically
crosscut the formation of the prop
erty from one side to the other. Sev
eral ledge Indications have been ex
posed and developed. An ore show
ing was exposed where the last work
waa done, but when developed did
not show results worth following.
The No. 1 tunnel was run for ap
proximately 250 feet and open cute
and other development work has
been done.
per cent and carried 166 ounces of
silver.
The Sliver Cliff is located on the
boundary line of Idaho and Montana,
close to Lookout station on the
Northern Pacific. The road runs
along the property, giving the best
possible facilities for shipping at a
minimum cost. The management of
the company Is In hopes that ship
ments can soon commence. Adjoin
ing the Silver Cliff are a number of
excellent prospects, and considerable
work la planned In that vicinity for
the coming season. At present the
snow Is from 10 to 15 feet deep, as
It is on the very summit, and where
work has not been carried on during
the winter it will require 60 days yet
before anything can be really under
taken. Several of the companies lo
cated there have been replenishing
their treasuries this winter and expect
to go to work just as soon as con
ditions will permit. The impression
prevails among people interested in
that section that It will be the next
place to attract attention, and to a
greater extent than any other part of
the district. There are ceralnly
some exceptionally attractive look
ing properties, such as the Silver
Cliff, Iron Crown and Iron Spar.
George Huston Praises Coeur cTAlenes
and is Optimistic of Future.
George Huston, In an Interview
given the Mlssoullan, predicts that
1908 will be a splendid year for the
Coeur d'Alene district. He Is quoted
In part as follows:
"The Snowstorm, with the resump
tion of operations at Butte, will be
turning out its usual tonnage, as soon
as the smelters are in shape to re
ceive it. There promises to bo a
larger demand than before, owing to
Important California smelters. It Is
pretty safe to say the Snowstorm will
do herself proud during the coming
season. The better class of prospects
are working as if the panic had not
occurred. During the next 90 days
there should be several good things
coming In, with a consequent Jump
In stock prlceB.
"There are statistical reasons for
the general feeling of optimism pre
vailing In the Coeur d'Alenes. The
flgures are Just at hand of the out
put of metals from the operations in
smelting of the American Smelting
and Refining company. They show
conclusively that the Coeur d'Alene
lead ore has two values; first, the
metal; second, tor Its use In the fur
name as a collector.
"In Bmeltlng ores, the aim Is to
combine them so that one constituent
wlll react on the other, reducing them
to a liquid melt, through which the
heavier values of gold and silver can
sink. But the operation cannot be
conducted successfully without hav
lng a metal In the charge which has
a low melting point, which has a
natural affinity for gold and silver,
and which will thoroughly drench
down through the slag, collecting the
precious metals en route, to be sub
sequently recovered by Inexpenlsve
methods of refining. Copper Is an
efficient collector but occurs general
ly In low percentage in nature. Its
Is restricted to treatment, close
to the seat of production. Lead ore
is commercially the only collector
which will stand long distance trans
portation. Besides, the copper pro
duction of Colorado is comparatively
use
i. x us cmRomnnw ore
Good Showing in Upraise From tho
400-Foot Level
Considerable ore of a concentrat
ing quality is In sight In the raise
being driven on the property of the
O. K. Consolidated Mining company,
located below Wardner, according to
the statement made oy Nathan Win
ner, secretary and manager of the
company, who visited the O. K. this i
week.
"The men are
engaged In raising j
from the 400 to the 200-foot level,"
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said Mr. Wlttner, "and they have al-,
ready gone 190 feet out of the en
tire distance of 235 feet, so that In
will have
side of 40 feet more we
connection with the upper level.
"The company will then proceed i
te stope from the raise with the in
tentlon of having a good quantity o
the ore tested. It Is possible that
we can get the use of one of the
neighboring mills for the purpose.
"There Is good concentrating ore
In the raise, there being from one
and a half to four and a half feet of
fi
ore In sight."
The O. K. property Is situated west
of the Stewart about 3000 feet.
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GALENA SHAFT FINISHED
The shaft on the Galena
property near Burke has
been completed, having been
aunk to the 300-foot level.
The men will crosscut to the
ledge and It Is estimated that
the lead will be encountered
In a short time. Probably 50
feet of work will catch the
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lead.
The Galena property ad
joins the Hecla on the west.
It Is considered by mining
men to be a good property
and the owners are confi
dent that they will uncover a
fine body of ore soon. Frank
Murphy and Glenn McDon
ald of this district, and oth
ers are Interested in the
Galena.
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the American
unimportant, and
Smelting and Refining plants work
unprofitable,
"in an y case, the Juicy capltallaa
non of the smelter trust would be
severely squeezed. When lead waa
selling for $3.50 per 100 pounds In
New York, the trust paid Its Colorado
producers $4 per 100 pounds, In the
effort to stimulate the output,
"As to future developments, there
will be a greater degree of prospect
lng done on the outskirts of the Coeur
d'Alene district, owing to better eco
nomlc features. The district between
White Pine and Belknap, on the north
side of the Northern Pacific railway,
Is a highly favorable one. Here the
formation Is Bimllar to the Coeur
d'Alenes, but lies flatter, and Is !n
truded by diabase dikes, forming deep
fissures which are heavily mlaeral
lzed. Around Carter there will be de
veloped some large lead mines, fully
equal to the Coeur d'Alenea.
Iron Mountain there will be greater
development. In such localities cost
will be much lower, and the ore* are
less difficult to treat, consequently
the prospecting effort will gravitate
solely with load as a collector.
"The figures show that 15 pounds
of lead were required to collect down
one ounce of gold and one of sliver.
Out of this 15 pounds the Coeur
d'Alenes furnished 8.25 pounds, or
55.7 per cent. The production of
lead ore in Colorado is dwindling
every year, and that the shortage Is
weakening the metallurgical suprem
of the state is a fact acknowl
edged. The development of large
tonnage of dry ores similar to the
Colorado production nearer home, In
volume enough to absorb the Coeur
d'Alenes' output, would put the Colo*
rado plants almost out of buslnesa.
They could not compete, and would
have to put the costs so heavily on
the other dry ores that mining would
acy
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thereto.
"The present slump In metals can
not continue. There are great oppor
tunities open to investment, provided
It Is done under competent advice."
PIERCE CITY IRK
Two New Companies Have Been
Formed to Operate
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DREDBE QROGRANDE CREEK
Ozark Company Has Purchased Power
Drills and Equipment to Push Long
Tunnol in thv Wild Roe# Group.
Activity In the Pierce City district
j la beginning, and already two com
panles with headquarters In Spokano
1 have made preparations for the sea
son's work. The Orogrande Placer
Mining company haa been organised
by a number of Idaho and Spokane
to work the rich gravel deposits
i 0 f Orogrande creek. The Incorpora
men
W. H. Stoll, W. S. Willis,
tors are:
W. O. Jones, R. D. Cleek, C. E. Hor
ton, H. T. Msdgwick and Bedford
Brown. The company will work 12
claims formerly bonded by Mr. Cleek,
who becomes manager of the com
Work of clearing the land and
pany.
putting In a ditch will be begun soon,
and by August It Is said mining prop
er will commence. A Rubel elevator
will be Installed.
The Ozark Mining and Milling
company haa purchased power drills,
air compressor, etc., and will lnatall
them at once. These are for use in
the long tunnel on the Wild Rose
group, which is being driven to cross
cut a quartz-gold ledge. Work has
been In progress all winter by hand
and will now be pushed,
the first power outfit that has been
taken Into Pierce.
From surface Indication*
thought there are some parallel veins
which will be cut In running to the
main ledge. The company has paid
the last of Its Indebtedness and
starts operations with a good treas
ury fund. The Ozark group, owned
by the same people, Is now lying Idle,
except for assessment work, the corn
having decided to concentrate
the Wild Rose tunnel.
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