The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-08-29
THE NORTH FORK COUNTRY
Great Mineral Section Entirely Unpros.
pected---New Chicago Mine


section Of the Occur Aen mineral belt and yet entirely
unproeced except right along the river This the verdict Geo
H Heller who returned this week from months visit that section
which his old stamping ground 20 ago when gold mining
practically the only industry in the Occur d Alenes.
The few popecton who have that country which
wild attention. said Mr. Heller have used the river
highway and they far from its banks the beds
Of its tributaries made several back into the hills where
lots OF fine ledge groupings but mark Of
pick other evidence white having preceded Every
showing consequence crops bluffs along
located at time other but owing to their acces and
consequent cost Of working them most Of them have been
abandoned.
New Chicago and Coem dAlene
made my headquarters New Chicago dAene
about six miles from Eagle City the side the North
Fork about two and half miles above the mouth Of Pcad creek
and about mile back from the river This group Of the first
quartz locations made in the Eagle district having been located
April 1884, by NJ Thornton, W. Johnson Frank j. Heller,
Elias Heller, James Riley ard Missouri The
various interests acquired time by my mother until
she and her ALL The group Of four claims and
the first work done much $50 owing the high
cost of provisions and labor that n being from IS SO
day has been represented every year and has considerable
amount Of Development work done on it,
Rich Ore Surface
1T opened by tunnels the upper being drift the
vein 80 feet long The vein feet wide and has been stopped
above the tunnel considerable with the result that there
400 tons Of the dump This quartz carrying
lead carbopates broes black suphures and silver all
high grade and sample taken in early day $22 900 the
ton.
The No tunnel started $50 feet lower and
struck the ledge when 120 The dted both
ways the 60 feet and the 80 feet The main
also extended 200 feet further and within about 80
another parallel vein which has only been propecd the surface
The drifts the ledge show to be six feet wide and filled with
grade sand caroaes The drift would have be extended 100
feet directly under the rich the upper workings
We arranging incorporate and work this property and
believe that will prove be big and rich mine either the
Hercules Snow Storm Some Of the rich from the surface
be told from the rich carbonate taken out Hercules
when shoot first encountered Our plan Of development
both drifts the first ledge and complete
the second We expect work with good force Of men
inside OF month.
Il made locations for party big ledge which
discovered in Ane guch just this property
This shows considerable gana finely disseminated all through
A Trip Up The River
II trip up the by boat doing
section the working property miles
the New Chicago is called the Copper Queen and is owned by
Ptsbug people AL Sisson They drfd
the ledge all the way copper carbonate that good silver
values Where the ledge from 40 so feet wide but has
not yet been crosscut the tunnel level
On the the mouth Of Lost Creek properties
owned by Webb They have another ledge
copper carbonate that averages S. gold has
opened only by 30oot tunnel.
On Lost Creek itself there nothing doing 1t abandoned
placer camp with miles of fumes that prove extensively worked
ts party thft brought lot Of Cinnamon in
early day from Heron, Mont y aiming for Pcard creek
but got lost found good dg and went to work there They were
Of the country by the miners from Eagle City.
On Big creek properties de which worked
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