The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-31
MITCHELL COMPANY's MINES.
Extracts From the Progress Report
for September.

AiOSiS'S ANSpoIt ioT OSpteulDeT is
sued by the c. E. Mitchell compan,
OF Spokane, copy of which has beer
mailed to every shareholder 1t re
cords gratifying developments in two
OF the company's properties:
East Snowstorm.
The discovery of high gold values
In East Snowstorm in September has
excited much comment Throughout;
the northwest. The Snowstorm noun
tain Is supposed to be devoted almos.
solely to copper. The great Snow
storm mine is copper and silver pro-
Queer. But East Snowstorm carries
its principal values in gold and shows
Insignificant values in copper.
The main tunnel, running along
the footwall of the great Snowstorn
vein where it crosses East Snowstorm
ground, was driven Is feet during
September About the middle of the
month white quartz began to come
into the face in streaks and punches
Much OF this was stained brilliant
green and carried streaks and nodules
of black substance which looked like
copper, but which yielded high values
in gold. This ore became more abun-
dant, and after reaching point
where the face of the drift was over
SO per cent quartz, Manager Scraf-
ford ordered crosscut run on the
ore.
This crosscut opened 20 feet OF
this peculiar quartz. Not 23 feet
of solid quartz, but that much of the
vein where this quartz was super
abundant. Assays were frequently
made, and showed a wide range. Oc-
casionally samples that appeared
promising showed no gold and only
penny values in other metals. Again,
samples of similar appearance would
yield between $50 and 500 in gold,
silver and copper, mostly gold.
The quartz at this point is much
broken and distorted. The vein has
shown badly crushed condition
throughout this tunnel. 1t is evil
dent that the work must proceed to
flrmer ground ahead or that sinking
must be done before the solid ship
ping ore is reached. The values thus
far opened in East Snowstorm give
sure promise of making great mine
there at day not far distant re-
moved.
A windlass was installed and the
shaft on the Camp vein was started.
This shaft Is on the fiat at the foot /
of Snowstorm mountain and is being
sunk on the footwall, as an incline. /
upon one of the strongest outcrops
of galena ore ever found in that part [
of the Occur d'Alenes Sinking will
be done by hand as far as possible, I
pending arrival Of machinery, which /
should be on hand in December or /
January.
Acknowledgement.
A large crew worked like beavers (
on Montana-Mammoth throughout /
September to get all the buildings up I
and all outdoor work completed be- I
fore the beginning of bad weather.
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upper tunnel.
In the beginning 1t seemed that
the work at Mammoth might be very
expensive, as the quartz appeared to
be hard. But it proved just the OPP
posite. The quartz drills we'll and
breaks freely, and progress has been
flnc
The first work in the tunnel was tc
crosscut to the right. This opened
28 feet of concentrating ore, with
streaks and veinlets of high grade
through most of 1t. The sbest show
ing was found at the tfarthest point
from the tunnel, and the crosscut
stopped in a face of fine ore. This
work is so close to surface that the
discovery of any mineral at all would
be considered remarkable. However,
the entire ore body in this crosscut
Is of milling grade.
The crosscut was then driven to
the left, into what appears to be a
foot wall, but this wall, If such 1t is,
appears to be we'll mineralized all
the way across ~ feet. Average
samples taken across the entire mass
show that all of the vein matter Tor
wall rock) is of milling grade. This
makes a total of SIS feet of milling
ore almos. at surface. III
The work in the upper tunnel IS
all Of prospecting nature. 1t IS in
tended to discover the course OF the
vein, the position Of its pay shoots,
and the nature OF its walls. 1t seems
likely, however, that no walls have
vet been found in these workings.
Occur d'Alene Eagle.
A small crew has been at work on
he installation of the machinery for
Occur d'Alene Eagle. The work has