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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
O. X. Surprised Him.

That the two lodges which travers,
the o. X. ground are the Stewart ant
Bunker Hill veins is the expressed
opinion of Thomas Jay, the well
known mine superintendent, who
made an inspection of that propert.
on Sunday. He was surprised at tht
amount of work done and ore show
ings, and thinks that only greater
depth is needed to insure the devel
opment Of commercial. ore bodies, and
suggests a new working snaft 7Ot
feet deep. Work Is progressing or.
both lodges by means of drifts now
One of them shows Is feet of good
concentrating ore.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
muIIan and Stevens Peak
Butte and Big FOur.

The tunnel on the Butte and Biz
Sour Is now in 20 feet on its ledge,
he same which the New York and
'altese Amalgamated is working on
Q the west, and which shows width
II 20 feet. On the adjoining claim
o the east the Butte and Big Foul
las sunk shaft IL feet, showing
our feet Of solid iron carbonates.
As 1t would require 1900 feet OF
work In the tunnel to get under this
;haft at depth of $50 feet, a new
iunnel has been started, which will
:rosscut 1t In 800 feet. The Butte
md Big Four adjoins the Silver
Cable on the south, and is near
BOrax, Mont.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Galena in Grass Roots.

The recently Incorporated Dal
malta company will start the develop
ment of Its group of six claims or
Pine creek near the Nabob at once BY
driving a $50 foot crosscut tunnel to
tap its ledge at a depth of about 175
feet. This tunnel will cut the vein
under very handsome ore showing
on the surface, where the ledge II
fully six feet wide and carries several
stringers of good galena. BY drifting
on the ledge after it is cut by the
proposed tunnel, a depth Of 1900 feet
can ultimately be obtained. Joseph
Blackburn Is manager, and W. W..
Bixby is secretary.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Owns Bullion Extension,

s. P. Fairweather, G. w. Gibbs,
W. Clayton Miller, E. F. Hui, John
Benedict, Larry Ryson and F. S
Plummer will be the first directors
Of the newly incorporated Buckeye
Copper Mining company, which owns
nine claims adjoining the Bullion
mine. The property is traversed by
two lodges, one of which is the main
Bullion vein. The company's capital
is $4,000 in 100000 shares of
the par value of Is cents.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Copper in Little Chief.

The long tunnel of the Hunter
company, which is now in Little
Chief ground at depth of 1000 feet,
rs showing up a lot OF gray ana vel
low copper In the ledge on that prop.
erty. Manager Daxon is SO much
pleased with the new showing that II
he cannot arrange to do some drift.
ing there right away, he has about
concluded to drive new 1000 foot
crosscut tunnel from close to the
town of Mullan to open up the Little
Chief ledge further west at depth
Of about $50 feet.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
wardnsr and Pine Creek
SUGAR STRIKE IMPORTANT.
Twenty Inches Of Good Galens
Opened Up.

Twenty Inches Of Good Galen.
Opened Up.
(Wardner News.)
A rich strike was made this week
ON the Sugar claim in Government,
gulch by the tunnel which Is being
run by the Federal company to en-.
counter the ore of the Last Chance
mine at Wardner. This shoot of ore
where encountered is about twent,
inches wide and is almost shipping
ore. The strike was made $50 feet
from the mouth Of the tunnel and at
q depth of about 100 feet from the
surface. OF this, depth, however,
only about twenty-five feet is in the
bedrock. The other is broken for.
nation and slide of some sort.
The tunnel is still running will
the trend of the shoot of ore, ant
the showings are constantly improv-
ing. The owners think that greater
depth will make richer ore and large
quantities.
The claim In which the new dis
coyery was made was located by E
L. Vanderwerken in 1886, and Is
owned by the Government Gulch Min
ing & Developing Co., Ltd, and the
Federal company. The Federal com
pany owns tive-sixteenths Of thi.
claim. The Vanderwerkens, E. L
and his son, j. A., own the control.
ling interest in the other company,
the elder owning 400, 900 shares, ant
the younger owning something ovel
100000 shares. The other owners ii
the company are: AL Page, 1900,
shares; Weber Bros, $4,000 shares;
B. FLAG, $4,000 shares, and the
Toner Bros. 1900 shares each.
The latter company owns groul
of claims just south of and adjoin
ing the Sugar claim, and have beer
developing the property. They nov
expect to sink on this group and lool
for the new strike at greater depth
The tunnel being run by the Fed
eral company is to be used for
means Of transferring ore from tnt
Chance to the railroad, which runs
to the mill at the mouth of Govern.
ment gulch.
E. l.. Vanderwerken, the principal
owner in the Government Gulch com
pany, was in town the latter part o
the week. When asked about Tho
strike, he said that they had encoun
tered some ore which looked prett,
good.
He had several specimens that
showed the body must be at least a
foot wide. Mr.. Vanderwerken ad. |
mitted that the ledge matter at this
point was about two feet thick.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23

mel OF the Copper Ball property, near
Saltese, Mont. The outcrop Of the
ledge showed considerable copper.
but 1t Is now believed ne mine will
prove to be lead-silver one with
depth. The tunnel is in nearly $50
teet, and was last week equipped with
air pipe. Ole NOer is president of the
company.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Mines Near SaItese, Mont.
Tarbox Stock Pooled.

Manager Richard Daxon of the
Tarbox company reports that over
100000 shares Of the stock of tnat
company have been pooled in the.
State Bank of Commerce to aid the
management in negotiating the sale
of portion OF the company's newly
created treasury. The proceeds OF the
sale will be used to sink the main
working shaft to the 1000 foot level
and erect a 200 ton concentration.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
SnOwst0rIn Extension.

The drift tunnel on the Snowstorm
Extension company's property, which
consists of six claims and three frac-
tons adjoining the Snowstorm on the
east, is now in $50 feet and at a
depth OF about 800. 1t has recently
opened 10-inch tale seam, and the
management is reported to be very
much pleased with the present show
ing and prospects.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Murray and North Side
FATHER LODE CHANGES HANDS
W. A. Nichols of Spokane Acquires
Old Producer.
Murray SUM-

murray SUM-
The Father lode on the south slope
of Sunset Peak, in Beaver district
has been bought by w. A. Nicnolls
of Spokane for $4,000. according to
Spokane paper The capitalization
is 1000, 900 shares.
The property was prominent some
ten years ago, and shipped consider
able ore from a surface tunnel.
Then a large air compressor plant
vas installed down the gulch, and
l lower tunnel run, but, somehow, all
of sudden the company got cold
feet, and work on the property was
abandoned from that day to the pres
ent, although the showing is said to
have been encouraging.
The developments all around the
Father placed the group again into
prominence, and now that it Is in
more capable hands it will unques-
sionably soon take up its position
again as shipper.
The Father. like the Clark's Sun
set, the Amazon, the Grouse, the
ldora, Sitting Bull, Tuscumbia and
few Others having good ore sup
plies, is Beaver Creek tonnage mine
with railroad to Carbon from the
North Fork river. Much encourage
nent would have been given by this
district to a railroad project If the
mines bad been worked right along,
but 1t is claimed that all the proper
ties will have to undergo a change of
ownership, as the Father has done,
to make the section prominent.
Senator Clark is declared to be the
worst wet blanket" of the lot, and
many claim owners are anxlously
awaiting his journey over the great
divide to remove his name from the
It Is considered hoodOo
there, whatever 1t may have been
elsewhere.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23

The new machinery for the Rock
Island mine. near De Borgia, Mont.
consisting of compressor, hoist and
pump, has arrived and is now being
installed. A shaft is to be sunk 700
feet, and something like 100000
will be spent In development this
year.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Silver Mountain Company.

Joseph Aston, S. J. Tennal, J. s.
'ierson, A. Wyman and Il. Lindsiy
ire Incorporating company to be
inown as the Silver Mountain Min
ne Company, Limited, with capital
If $1,50O,000 in dollar shares, to &C.
luire and develop group of five
claims adjoining the Occur d'Alene
Lead & Silver company's property on
eock creek, near Mullan. The claims
ire reported to have very promising
,urface shOwings.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Monitor to Start Soon.

Preliminary steps for the resump-
ton OF work on the Monitor mine
are now being taken, and though the
snow is not all yet gone, and the
pumping out OF the shaft has consc-
quently been delayed, 1t is now hoped
that this job can be begun within
the next ten days. The shaft Wa be
sunk to the 500 foot level as quickly
thereafter as possible. No new cross
cut will be made to the ledge until
that level Is reached.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Southern Cross Company.

A new Spokane corporation Is the
Southern Cross Mining & Reduction
company, capitalized at $1,000 900,
OF which G. Ashburn Maynard OF Null
Ian, b. r. White Of Dillon, Mont, and
George Woodwork OF Wisdom,
Mont, are the incorporators.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Native Copper in Mercury,

Some handsome specimens of ma
live copper ore were brought down
his week from the Mercury mine
lear Mullan. The tunnel on this
property is in over 200 feet, and has
'hown more or less lead carbonates
and galena from the start, and for a
good part of Its length 1t has shown
as much as two feet of galena. The
specimens of native copper are quite
massive.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Iron Crown Looking Well.

Albert Massing of Mullan, manager
of the Iron Crown, reports good ore
showings in two veins on that prop
erty. In the small ledge Is inches
of good copper ore has been opened
up. The main vein Is now. being
crosscut. 1t shows full ice OF
quartz and copper ore.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Pushing Work on Midnight.

William @. Rant of Missoula, who
holds the 100000 bond on the Mid.
night mine, adjoining the Morning
and You Like mines at Mullan, in
spected that property last week, and
Is reported as saying that the rorce
at the mine will be largely increased
in few days, and the thorough de-
velopment Of the property on Dlg
scale pushed as rapidly as possible.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
United Copper Company.

N. Wittner is organizing new cor
poration, to be known as the United
Copper company to acquire and de-
velop a group of six claims between
the Midwinter and Missoula groups
on Snowstorm hill, above Mullan. 1t
will have a capital Of $1,500,U00 In
dollar shares.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23
Rouel,rider to Resume.

Work on the Roughrider, which
adjoins the Rock Island mine, near
De Borgia, Mont, will be resumed In
10 days, with a force Of six men. A.
L. Thurston Is manager Of the prop
erty.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23

Galena In Copper Ball.
Several stringers OF galena have
been encountered Of late In the tun-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23

/. The ground is located in the heart of the
richest mineral zone in the Occur d'Alenes.
2. 1t adjoins the group of the rich Hercules
mine, located only few hundred feet from the
ore shoot which produced 81 ,55O, 225 in 1906.
3. The vein on the Basin is exposed for 500
feet in length and is 40 to so feet wide Nearly
every piece of rock in this exposed area shows
more or less galena. The shaft sunk on this
vein produced ore which assayed per cent
lead, while the average mine run of the big
mines in the district is no better.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-05-23

4. The company owns five patented claims,
free from debt or other ineumbrance and has
sufficient stock in the treasury to carry on de-
velopment.
g. The company is in the hands Of the
most competent and reliable mining men in
the district.
&. When you buy treasury stock your
money is going to increase the value of your
purchase.
Z, The present issue at 10c is being exhausted.
When it is sold the next lot will be 15c.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27
LIND VISITS THE NEW
CAMPS TO THE NORTH

Creek. told Mr.. Lind hat the formation
Of the mineral belt in the Seven Troughs
district was almost exactly similar TO
the Cripple Creek formation but hat IL
was far richer and more extensive than
the Cripple Creek district could boast
OF.
The kindergarten min at Seven
Troughs has shipped two carloads Of
ore taken from the winz. which is down
50 feet in a ledge three or four feet
wide. h ere averages 5000 a ton
throughout and the first car netted
$4,000.
Mr.. Lind predicts that Seven Troughs
is destined to be the greatest gold camp
in the state. next to Goldield.
At Fairview Mr.. Lind inspected the
famous Nevada Hills mine which all
who have seen declare to possess the
greatest ore body in the state. The Ne
ada Hills Extension. owned by Mr..
Lind n w. w. Stansbury of San Fran
cisco. sidelines the Nevada Hills on the
south and the development work on this
property is being directed by w. Fl.
Weber, superintendent of the Nevada
Hills. A shaft is being sunk which will
be sent down to a depth Of 900 feet be-
fore any prosecuting is lone. Mr..
Weber thinks the property has the ex-
tension of the great Nevada Hills vein.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27
Rich STRIKE
REPORTED PROM 1E0ENT

A series of assays just received from
a newly-discovered ledge on the Fresno
group at Regent shows that another
rich prospect has been added to those
already on record in that new bonanza
camp. 1t has been known for some time
that there was a ledge of rich ore some
on this property, as high grade
float had been found. but this had not
recently been found in place. AS
says from this ledge. which is twelve
feet in width, show values in gold and
silver of s139.05 IN $175.SS, with values
about equally divided between the
Float found on the surface as
says as high as $3.50, mostly gold. This
showing is as good as has been made in
the Regent district, which is at the pres
ent time attracting considerable atten-
ton from the outside world. A number
of deals are now pending for properties.
and those who a v made an examina-
ton Of the country state that Regent
will undoubtedly be the next boom camp
of the state. There are three properties
which have pay ore in quantity at the
present time, and as considerable work
is being done in the district this show
ing will be increased before the season
is far Observation-Disclosures News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27

II. r.. Lind. who went to Seven
Troughs and Fairview las Sunday. re-
turned to Goldfeld Thursday. overflow
ing with enthusiasm for the two big
northern camps. Mr.. Lind first went
to Seven Troughs where he inspected
some OF the principal properties and be-
fore leaving the camp he had secured
options on some promising ground. He
brought back some fine looking ore from
the Seven Troughs Fairview. which he
says has the making of a great mine.
The company has run a crosscut at the
162-foot level where IL uncovered a IL
foot ledge that carries rood shipping ore
for its entire length. The ledge carries
many s~tringers that assay high. Bould-
ers that have been found in the string
ers in several places run as high as
$780, 900 to the ton.
on the Lookout No. 4 claim of the
Mazuma Hills Mining company. the
ledge has been stripped for a distance
of 500 feet and a drift on the ledge has
been run for 160 feet. There Is one
pany shoot that Is from IL to IS inches
wide. averaging from 81. 200 to $4,000 a
ton. The balance Of the ledge is all
shipping ore. General Manager John
Hernon of the Mazuma Hills. who is
also the principal owner and the owner
of the famous Portland mine at Cripple
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27
INCREASED RICHNESS IN
MINES AT FAIRVIEW

group adjoins the Goldheld and Kimber-
ly ground on the east. and comprises a
large number of claims. which are very
well thought of by local engineers. A
campaign of development will be in
a~ugurated the present season. and Wat
son is now here to start this. Some fine
assays have been secured from this
ground, running up to 5000 and the
owners feel confident that with a little
work a great showing can be made.
MINING b LEASING co.
Rapid progress is being made on the
West and Montana leases of this
company, and in addition they have late
ly purchased two claims near the Hot
Onion" group. which will be developed
Arrangements have been
completed whereby C. A. Fox of Chicago
will act as fiscal agent of the company
and hereafter finances will be in good
shape to push development. Results
be expected, as their ground is
located.
Work on the long N is still going
forward, but the management is much
crippled on account of inability to secure
timbers and ties. The rail and cars are
now on the ground. but 1t is impossible
to lay rail until a supply of ties can be
secured, and this is holding back the
work. The tunnel is now passing
good looking quartz, carrying
fair values. General Coxey arrived in
camp on Friday from the east, and will
an inspection of the work already
and lay plans for future develop
ment. 1t is proposed to do a vast
amount of work the present season.
Fairview News.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27

c. o. whittemore of the Salt Lake.
Las Vegas and Tonopah railroad. an
nounces that the Mystic Shriners. who
are to meet in annual conclave in Los
Angeles in May will he given an oppor-
tunity to visit the great gold camps
of Nevada, which means that the local
shriners will have an opportunity to
welcome their brethren to Goldneld and
show them the greatest gold mining
camp in the world. An outline of the
excursion has been sent to the differ
ent temples of the order. The trip will
be made possible by building a spur
from the Brock road TO the new Clark
road which is now building from Gold
field to Rhyolite.
TT Shriners, will be brought n
Nevada on the Southern Pacific and
then taken south from Reno over the
Brock line through Tonopah and Gold
field to Beatty" said Mr.. Whittemore.
I'VE have agreed to run a spur track
to handle the trains. From Beatty the
Shriners will be carried to Rhyolite and
Bullfrog and Lee districts they Will
be sent to Los Angeles over the Salt
Lake road through Las Vegas. In this
way they will be given a chance to see
the greatest of the mineral zones"
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27
HAS HIGH PRAISE ron
sKrpDoo DYsrRICT

Joe Maracci returned Wednesday from
a trip to the fast developing gold camp
of skiddoo. just across Death Valley in
California. Mr.. Maracci had received a
good offer for a group of claims he owns
in the district and he took the trip for
the purpose of seeking how they looked
in order to be better able to decide
whether to accept the offer. He says
he was inclined to part with his hold
ings but since going over the ground
and chipping a few samples of the sur
face groupings he concluded that he had
a good thing and would hold on to It.
Maracci says Skiddoo is booming in
spite of it's out OF the way location and
difficulty of access.
THE whole country is alive with
groupings carrying free gold on the sur
face" says Mr.. Maracci. and the values
increase steadily with depth. I think
II is going to be a second Goldfeld so
far as the richness of the veins is con-
cerned. Property in Skiddoo Is held
at high figures and everybody is a
booster. The best of 1t is they ave the
gold to back up their claims
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27

Rhyolite. April 25.-The boast of
G~reenwater is that the district within
a period of seven months has accom-
piished more development work than
any other mining camp in Nevada OF
California. In fact the Greenwater en-
thusiast includes the world in the same
category. No contestants Of these
claims have yet appeared. and in the
face of the facts 1t would seem that the
statements are within a reasonable de-
gree of the truth.
1t was only last summer when the
first Greenwater excitement occurred.
been founded and thousands and thou
sands of feet of exploration work per-
formed. Originally, there were two
townsites, known as Kunze's and Ram
sey's Greenwater. A few months ago.
after the consolidation of the Schwab,
Kunze and Brock interests, these town
site enterprises by mutual consent. were
united on the site of Ramsey's place.
This today is known as Greater Green
water. and while a considerable rem
liant of population still remains at the
old Greenwater. the new town Is regard
ed as The commercial metropolis of the
district. Besides this, three miles away,
is Furnace. the headquarters of the
Furnace Creek Mining company. Patsy
Clark's property.
Greenwater proper. or Greater Green
water, has a population approximating
500. While it is mainly a rag town,
there are many substantial wooden and
sheet iron buildings and lumber. it
must be taken into consideration. is be-
$3.50 per thousand. The town has just
installed an up-to-date telephone sys-
tenn and a local company has just COM
pleted connection with Rhyolite and the
outside world. This new mining center
is not slow in any respect; in fact better
accommodations can be secured than in
almost any mining place of equal age.
A banking institution recently opened
it's doors for business. There are man.
good grocery, hardware and boarding
establishments. and last but not least
in a country of this character, the town
is we'll supplied with ice, shipped in
from Las Vegas and hauled fifty miles
across the desert. The water supply at
present comes from Kelley's well, 25
miles away. This is hauled in by team
sters and sold to the resident population
at $3.50 a barrel. Under these condi-
tons Greenwater continues to thrive
n prosper. The ~neighboring mines
are today employing over 800 men and
vigorous development is being prose-
cuted.
1t must be understood, however, that
the main mining properties of the dis
trict are being developed by men Of sub
~stantial financial backing. These in
clude such we'll known copper and min
ing magnates as Chas. M. Schwab and
his associates, Patsy Clark, F. Augustus
Heinze, Samuel Newhouse and others.
With them 1t is not a matter of stock
sales but a matter of going into their
own pockets and producing the funds
for development. This is the probable
explanation for the fact that Green
water has accomplished so much in such
a short period of time. In addition to
these mining enterprises, the Schwab
people are rapidly completing arrange
ments for the installation of an immense
smelling plant at Ash Meadows to treat
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1907-04-27

Knox of Tonopah. Al Myers. Goldfeld,
of Mohawk fame and DR.. Remick of
Butte.
The vindicator is 800 feet west of the
East Greenwater shaft on the same
ledge and is owned by Arthur Kunze.
one of the discoveries of Greenwater,
and his associates. The company owns
II claims. The ledge 1t is stated shows
a surface width of so feet; but little
development work has been done. 1t is
said that the highest assays Of gold and
silver yet obtained in the camp have
been returned from this ore. One assay,
it is stated gave 21.2 per cent copper
and $50 in gold. This was from a small
stringer.
The Ruby owns eight claims directly
east of the East Greenwater on the same
contact; practically the same mineral
conditions prevail here.