The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-14
had already decided that 1t
was necessary to equip it with

had already decided that l
was necessary to equip it wit
new mill on Nine Mil
creek and one of a totally differen
style from the old one on Canyon
creek. In order to convenient,
raise the. required capital to erec
this mill and make the other i'm
provements 1t necessitated, Mr.. Sam
uels incorporated the Success com
pany and offered 100000 of 1t,
treasury stock for $4,000 to friends
Of his in Oakesdale, Wash. They
at once accepted his proposal and
thus put the company in position
to Immediately carry out Mr.. Sam
uels' plans.
Finch & Campbell's Work.
He found that Finch & Campbell
had extended the main tunnel a
great distance beyond the point
where McAulay had abandoned 1t
and had also done considerable
prosecuting without. however, open
ing up the ore shoot. They had
also started an upraise to connect
with the winze from the No. level
and at point 100 feet from the No.
3 level had started a drift
from this upraise. They only ran it
a few feet and left it showing three
feet of good zinc ore in the face.
This was apparently the last work
they did.
When Mr.. Samuels took hold of
the property he had already salts
fed himself that the ore shoot which
had been stopped out from the No. 2
level to the grass root extended to
at least the depth of the 15O-foot
winze below that level and that the
ore below the No. 2, so far as opened
up, was just as rich as any ore
found above that level.
Subsequent Discoveries.
He accordingly confined his oper-
ations to extending the Finch &
Campbell upraise until the connec-
ton was made with the winze,
which was most successfully accom-
plished in July last, having in the
meantime broken into the same ore
body that had been proved by the
winze above. He also extended the
Finch & Campbell drift on the 100
foot station in the upraise a dis
tance Of 80 feet, when the three
foot showing of zinc ore widened
out to Is or 16 feet of solid galena,
only slightly mixed with zinc.
Some Splendid Ore Bodies.
From that time on development
work mas been pushed continuously
until now twin ore shoots have been
developed all the way from the No.
3 tunnel up to the No. 2. These ore
shoots have an average length of
from 1870 to 200 feet and range In
width all the way from six feet to
so. Two upraises have been driven
In them all the way up and drifts
run every 100 feet to prove the
length and width of the ore bodies
on the various levels. What has
been said above has no reference to
the third shoot just discovered.
which has only been explored as yet
by one drift and a 100-foot upraise.
Ore Bodies High Grade. /
The ore bodies Of the Success
mine are Of unusually high grade.
For the most part they consist of
solid sulphides Of mixed lead and
zinc. Some shoots are almost clear
60 per cent galena; others are about
equally clear zinc. The concentrates
from milling run about 60
per cent lead and 40 ounces Of silver
to the ton and the zinc concentrates
about so per cent zinc with almost
no silver or iron.
To Whom Credit Is Due.
The credit for developing this
great mine, 80 long regarded as
and practically abandoned,
Is due primarily to H. F. Samuels.
It was his courage and persistence
hat commanded succe 8. O. H. (,
Linn. the superintendent, worked in
he old Granite mine many years
ago and always maintained the ut
most confidence in the property. Mr..
3amuels gave him a free hand In
working out the details of develop
nent and to him also Is credit due
n large measure. Il