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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
MIDNIGHT HAS new Owners
A Famous Mullan Property Passes Into
New Hands

IT is announced from Spokane that deal has finally been
closed on the Midnight mine, which adjoins the Morn
ing at Mulan and is opened to depth of 1000 feet by
the No. tunnel of that mne No particulars as to price
or terms have been given out.
E. j. Clark, the principal owner, in Wallace few
days ago on his way to Spokane with Mr.. Gmour with
whom he was understood to be negotiating Both gentle
said at that time that the deal had not yet reached
stage where they cared to make any announcement.
The Midnight is unique property. 1t is almost sur
rounded by the holdings of the Federal company It is on
the Grouse ledge adjoining that claim on the east and y
ing between the Morning on the north and the You
Like on the south 1t has been considerably developed by
workings on its own ground and through the Fanny
Gremm on the east But it's most important development
is by means of the Morning No. tunnel which cut it's
ledge at depth of approximately 1000 feet showing
12-foot vein of high grade milling ore
Whether the No. 6 tunnel of the Morning. 1000 feet
DEEPER passed through the Midnight ground or not is
known only to the Federal people, If did not it passed
just to the west of it. In any event the Grouse Midnight
ledge was apparently cut by this tunnel at lean spot as
no news of a big strike ever leaked out
The price at which the Midnight changed hands can
only be conectred 1t probably not less than $780,
600 and may have been much more the property re-
garded by mining absolutely proved mine The
owners are E. j. Clark VIM. Flood and Forest Clark, all
Of Mullan.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28

Whole Bottom of Shaft in II Per Cent.
Carbonate Ore

THE shaft on the Ambergris group which adjoins the
Hercules mine the northwest, has just broken into
big body Of carbonate For the last five feet the
whole bottom of the shaft has been in this stuff and an
average sample gave values Of less than II per cent
lead
The shaft is now down 200 feet and is being sunk as
rapidly possible with three eight hour shifts The work
is being done by AL. Page and Andy Devlin of Ward
ner and Mayor Herman ]. Ross Of Wallace, who
have bond on the control Of the property which re-
qures them to do 275 feet of sinking and 200 feet of
drifting.
The Ambegrs has the surface characteristics as
the Hercules and has always been esteemed most likely
mine Its property consists of three groups Of Claims
numbering in ALL The group on which work is now
progressing and in which the strike has just been made
is the Ambegrs group proper the shaft being on the
claim Of that name This group consists of three claims
adjoining the Hercules group the north The other
two groups owned by the company the line of the
c. & R. ledge.
The principal owners of the Ambergrs are United
States Senator w. B. Hepburn, w. Clayton Miller gen
era manager Of the Federal company and John P Gray
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
PHEDORA COMPANY.
North Side Property to he Worked
by Wallace Business Men.

The Phedora Silver-Lead Mining
company was Incorporated this week
to own and work a group OF 10
claims between the Jack Waite prop
erty and the Columbus group on the
North Side near Murray. The in
corporatOrs are: DR.. J. II. st. Jean,
DR.. Charles II. Mowery, Thomas Nc
Gowan and N. Wilmer of Wallace,
s. p. Alexander Of Butte and Louis
Feldman Of Murray. The company's
capital is $500, 900 in dollar shares,
OF which 100000 are in the treasury.
The property is we'll equipped with
buildings, ETC., and is partially de-
veloped. Work will be started at
once with three shifts in the lower
drift tunnel which shows nice
ledge now and is expected to reach
the first ore shoot with about so feet
more OF work.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
COEUR D'ALENE EAGLE.
Promising Property Near Lane to BE
Systematically DeyelOned.

Promising Property Near Lane to Bt
Systematically Developed.
Two miles north of Lane ant
across the river is the four-clain
group Of the Occur d'Alene Eagle
company, controlled by the c. r
Mitchell company of Spokane and
managed by J. NJ. Scrafford. |,
shows strong nine-foot ledge which
crops on the surface for 1000 feet.
The development to date consists
OF a short crosscut tunnel which
cut the vein at depth OF 60 feet.
From this level winze was sunk 7S
feet and drift was run from the
bottom Of that winze for SO feet
which shows a lot OF mixed galena
and copper ore that assays up to SIS
per ton.
The mine will be at once equipped
with machinery. boiler. hoist,
pump, three-drill compressor, etc.,
being now en- route to the property,
and two-compartment working
shaft has already been started which
will cut the ledge on the dip at a
depth Of about 315 feet. 1t is the
Intention of the management to
crosscut to the ledge when the 200
foot level is reached and explore the
vein on that level at the same time
that the shaft is being deepened.
Eight men are employed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
MILITARY GROUP SOLD.
Burke Syndicate Acquires 1t for
$28,OOO-WOrk Started.

A. Roy and Axel Swan of Burke,
who took an option some weeks ago
on the Military Gulch group, which
joins the property Of the Reno COM
pany on the south and Is about half
a mile from the Great Western, are
reported to have made the payment
required by their bond last week.
The bond was In the sum OF $685.
900. The subscriptions to the stock
OF the new company were made al
most entirely by Burke people who
are all familiar with the property,
which is one of the Oldest locations
in the Burke district. Charles H.
Zuther and Charles J. Johnson of
Murray were two of the original
owners.
The property Is already partially
developed by a shaft and tunnel. The
new owners will resume work In the
shaft at once.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
GOOD STRIKE IN MERCURY.
"A other Mullan Property Develop.
Fine Showing Of Galena.

A other Mullan Property Develop.
Fine Showing Of Galena.
The Mercury mine, which is 10
Gated on the North fork OF the South
fork short distance northeast Of
the East Snowstorm. has made an
important strike In its drift tunnel
The tunnel is In 800 feet but though
1t has only attained the slight depth
OF 60 feet so far 1t shows IA inches
Of good grade galena in the face
The ore shoot was encountered early
In the week and has shown stead,
Improvement as the work pro.
gressed.
The tunnel is just now getting
sufficiently far into the hill to begin
to gain depth rapidly. 1t having
been started In shoulder of the
main mountain. 1t is being run to
get under a tremendous cropping
which occurs 1000 feet further up
the hill and under which it will cut
at an almost equal depth.
The group consists of IL claims
and was only recently Incorporated.
Wilbur Greenough, John Mocine and
Joe Thennis of Mullan and Henry P.
Knight Of Wallace are among the
large stockholders.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
FINE SHOWING IN ALAMEDA.
No. 2 Success Tunnel Just Breaking
Into Alameda Ground.

No. 2 Success Tunnel Just Breaking
Into Alameda Ground.
The work that is being done just
now by the Alameda company makes
the prospects OF that property look
very promising. As is we'll known
to readers of the Miner they are ex-
tending the No. 2 tunnel Of the Sue.
cess mine into the Alameda ground
and 1t would take survey now to
determine which company's ground
the workings are In. They are In
the south ledge of the Success mine
and about Is feet north Of the gran
ite contact. The full face is ledge
matter, literally scanned with ore
The ore occurs for the most part in
stringers an inch or two in width but
even the quartz between the string
ers carries good values in lead. zinc
and silver.
The company is controlled by
Mayo, Sachs & Co. Of Butte. o. H.
Linn, superintendent Of the Success
mine, Is in charge of the develop
ment work which is being prosecuted
with power drills.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
COmstOck Ledge Shows Copper.

The Comstock company. which
owns group OF claims east of
Burke near Blossom lake. has been
developing its property all winter
and now has handsome showing
of copper orc In Its workings. The
ledge was cut with 90-foot tunnel
and has been drltfed on for 40 feet.
The ledge IL five feet wide and all
thoroughly impregnated with cop
per. The drift will have to be ex-
tended ESQ feet to get under the ore
showing which flrst attracted atten-
tion to the property.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Nine Mile Cuts Blind Ledge.

The crosscut from the main work
ing tunnel of the Nine Mile company
has not made as rapid progress as
was hoped for, but 1t is now SO feet
long and has cut a blind ledge, six
feet wide, of solid iron. The signih.
canoe Of this ledge is not understood.
It appears to have no relation what
ever to the ledge opened in the up
per workings. which is still about
100 feet or more ahead and which
showed a splendid body OF concen-
trating galena ore.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Galena to Resume.

AS a preliminary to the resumption
OF work on the Galena mine at
Burke, adjoining the Hecla on the
west. the company has notified the
squatters on Its property to remove
their buildings. A shaft will be
sunk from the surface to q depth of
400 feet. A. w. McCune OF Salt
Lake and David Holman Of Spo-
kane are two Of the largest share
holders in the company. Peter Dor.
sey will be superintendent and a
force OF about 20 men will be en-
plOyed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
BOUGHT LADY BELL.
Dom Paul Company Increases Its
Capital 600, 900 Shares.

The Dom Paul company has
bought the Lady Bell. 1t has in.
creased its capital from $1,000, ,00C
to $1,6OO,000 shares, Of which 252,.
600 will be placed in the treasury OF
the company.
This in brief is the result of the
shareholders meeting held in the
company's Office in Wallace on
Thursday last. The owners of the
Lady Bell-James F. Mccarthy
Richard Wilson, Walter Mckay,
George Ruggless and James Leon
ard-had given an option to the
Dom Paul company on that property
until that date and their offer was
accepted with some notifications
They desired the Dom Paul to in
crease its capitalization from L.
100000 to 100000 shares, give
them 100000 shares and put the
other 100000 shares of the new is
ouc III eIic treasury.
Some of the Dom Paul sharehOld-
ers objected to such heavy capitali-
zation and in the end 1t was decided
to make the authorized capital L.
100000 shares. One quarter of this,
100000 shares, goes to the owners
of the Lady Bell. The old owners
Of the Dom Paul get share for share.
This leaves 100000 shares of the
new issue in the treasury which,
with the $4,000 in the treasury of
the company already, gives new re-
serve OF $4,000 shares.
The Lady Bell mine adjoins the
Dom Paul on the west. The present
workings and the only ore shoot de-
veloped in the latter property SO far
are close to the Lady Bell line and
the ore shoot is dipping into that
property. There was, therefore, only
one thing for the Dom Paul to do
and they did 1t. They now have
what looks like lead-pipe cinch on
mine.
The necessary legal steps to in
crease the company's capital will be
taken as soon as the pending assess
ment has been collected.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Vienna Vein Company.

r. B. Bohannon. who has just
completed contract for 800 feet Of
work In the tunnel on the Vienna
Vein mine on Placer creek, has been
appointed foreman and. will con-
tinue the crOsscut with force OF
five men until the main ledge Is
reached. 1t Is figured that about
100 feet more OF work will be re-
quired to do this.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Good Showing in Moonlight.

There is report in circulation to
the effect that the Moonlight, the
eastern extension Of the Hercules
mine at Burke, Is looking very we'll
at present. No details Of the show
Ing or particulars as to where 1t
was encountered were learned by
us up to the time Of going to press.
superintendent Murphy OF the Her.
cules mine is manager of the Moon
light.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
IDAHO.LOs ANGELES.
important Strike just Made ON Nine
Mile Property.

important Strike just Made ON Nint
Mile Property.
What appears to be an important
strike has just been made in the
ldaho-LOs Angeles mine ON Nine
Mile creek, which lies just north.
west OF the Tamarack and adjoining
the Red Deer mine on the south
Here in their lower crosscut tunnel
at a point In AIS feet and at a depth
OF about 800. fine six-foot ledge
was broken into this week and Is
now being drifted on.
The ledge matter is so badly de-
composed that 1t requires careful
timbering to keep 1t from caving in
and In this respect forcibly recalls
to mind the conditions In the Tama-
rack mine just before their ore
shoot was broken into. The vein
runs due east and west and pitches
to the south.
The drift will be continued to the
east to get under the upper work
ings. Sixteen hundred feet of the
ledge will thus be explored at an
added depth Of something over 500
feet.
John w. Fink of Los Angeles,
Cal. Otto Brown, Alex Mcdonald
and N. Wilmer Of Wallace are the
largest stockholders of the company
and many California people are also
considerably interested.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Humming Bird Getting Ore.

The face of the drift in the Hum
ming Bird to which reference wa,
made in the last two issues OF the
Miner is now impregnated with ga
lena throughout. 1t is hardly min.
eralized enough yet to constitute
good concentrating ore, but as the
drift is being specially run to tap a
rich ore shoot developed on the leve
above there can be little doubt that
the workings are now In the tall end
of that shoot.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
The Eureka Group.

The tunnel on the Eureka group
on Nine Mile creek Is now in coo
feet, It has been run on one Of the
ledges which traverse the company's
property for Its entire length but
has not yet developed any ore Of
commercial value. The surface
sfowings indicate that 1t Is now
nearing the Junction point OF two
veins and msy have different story
to tsit any day. :
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
New Brokerage Firm.

The Wallace Brokerage company,
Frank Gessler manager, has bought
out the brokerage firm Of Jackson &
Hunter and taken over their Office in
Wallace. Jackson & Hunter will
continue their Spokane business. Mr..
Gessler will remove his family from
Burke, where his home has hereto
fore been. as soon as he can secure
suitable house In Wallace.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Has Rich Paystreak.

On the Buell. property. adjoining
the Mineral Farm near Osborn on
the north, they have opened up
four foot ledge Of quartz that car
ries paystreak of from two to
three inches in width that averages
62 ounces of silver to the4.t and
over per cent In copper.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Eclyctla Suspends Work.

Work on the Helvetia property
near Osburn has been discontinued
until the spring. A lower crosscut
tunnel has been started which will
then be continued 100 feet to cut the
ledge which will then be drlfted on
to get under a good surface showing
of zinc and lead ore.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Cuha Looks We'll.

The lower tunnel on the Cuba is
now following the porphyry footwall
OF the ledge and shows a full face
Of quartz which shows only slight
naturalization at present, but which
nevertheless assays fairly we'll at all
times in both lead and silver. The
tunnel is now in nearly 400 feet and
another 100 feet Of work should
reach the beginning Of the ore
shoot developed by the upper tunnel.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
DRIFT SHOWS CARBONATEs.

Middle Tunnel Oh Silver Eagle Com
ing Into Ore.
The Silver Eagle, which adjoins
the Cuba on Nine Mile creek, is
working in two tunnels. The upper
one is now in 800 feet and shows
some nice carbonate ore in the face
at a depth Of about 100 feet Two
hundred feet more of work will
bring this level under a fine show
ing in the upper workings.
The lower tunnel Is now in $50
feet. 1t Is a crosscut and will have
to be driven 500 feet more to reach
the ledge. About 1900 feet Of devel-
opment have been done to date.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Tucker Company Incorporated.

Peter Palm, DR.. Charles X. Nov.
cry and Harry Harris are the incor-
porators Of the Tucker Mining and
Milling company, which was organ
lied this week to acquire and work
group OF four claims about three
miles east Of Pottsville above Null.
Ian. The companys capital Is the
usual $l,000,O II dollar shares.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28

The Snowstorm is jogging along
at Its established gait The ship
ments for this month will probably
total considerably more than those
OF any previous month in its his
tory It will be regular dividend
payer from now on.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Report Orc IN Geti..

M. ]. Maher Of Burke and L. w.
Hutton. two Of the large holders Of
stock In the Gertie, are quoted as
reporting that the face Of the lower
tunnel on that property now shows
considerable galena throughout
seven-foot ledge.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Reindeer Starts Sinking.

The tunnel on the Reindeer is now
In 1900 feet, according to Superin-
tendent Fred Carson, and winze
has been started from the end OF
the drift which will be sunk 200
feet The winze starts on q foot of
good copper ore In wide and
strong vein.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
REPORT ON HORNsILyER.
Recent Development Has Opened Bi,
BODY Of Milling Ore.

NCVVnS DcvclOpu1Cut nWS OIeneU ItlR
BOdy Of Milling Ore.
The management Of the Hornsil.
yer company, which owns four
claims between the Castle Rock and
War Eagle ON Placer creek, under
date Of March 26 made the follow.
ing report to its stockholders:
Development work consists Of one
shaft from the surface IS feet deep
and a long working tunnel. The
tunnel was started few feet west
Of a tributary of Placer creek on
the east end Of the company's prop
erty. on the footwall Of the ledge,
and the main tunnel was driven ATS
feet. About 120 feet from the
mouth of this tunnel a crosscut was
driven 80 feet in a southerly direc-
ton. About 80 feet further in an
other crosscut was driven 80 feet in
a northerly direction. About so
feet further in another crosscut was
driven Is feet in a northerly direc-
ti0n.
About 400 feet from the mouth
Of the tunnel a crosscut tunnel was
driven 80 feet in a southerly direc-
ton, striking what seemed to be the
hangingwall Of the ledge. In both
the main and crosscut tunnels ore
has been encountered. picked sam
pies from which run as high as IL
ounces in silver and II per cent
copper. However. the ore was not
in sufiicient quantity to be of COM
mercial value, being scattered all
through the ledge and occurring in
punches.
After striking the supposed hang.
ingwall drifting was continued along
that wall 1876 feet without any
change in the formation.
A crosscut tunnel was then start
ed and driven in a southerly direc-
ton, which Is at the present In "A
feet, prosecuting through the sup
posed hangingwall four feet. in a
black substance. which assayed 0.21
ounce gold, 81 ounces silver and
1.3 per cent copper, total value
$12.12; then prosecuting for 40
feet through groundup white quartz
and lime rock. One assay of this
substance brought O.19 ounce gold,
2.6 ounces silver, value $5.36. The
average assay of this large body of
free milling ore gave the following
results: O.18 ounce gold, 0.08
ounce silver, value $4.62.
Our advice to the stockholders is
not to dispose of their stock now.
when the property Is In such favor
able condition, and II they are in a
position to secure more stock. to
do 80.
Less than 100000 shares Of treas
ury stock have been used for devel-
opment work and there still remain
over 100000 shares In the treasury
of the company to be used for fur
ther development and the equipment
OF the property with all necessary
machinery for the handling OF this
large body OF ore which is conceded
by mining saen to be of a CONNER
cial value
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
Aatinnony In Demand.

In response to urgent requests
from eastern antimony consumers
the Stanley mine at Burke has ar
ranged to ship another carload OF
antimony ore next week. 1t will not
be a. rich az It's predecessors but 1t
Will be sorted from second class ore
70 average IS per cent antimony or
bettsr.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
IDAHO.SPRING GUICH.
Driving Long Tunnel to Tap Shoot
Of Copper Ore.

OF Copper Ore.
r. A. McVitty of Mullan reports
that the Handspring Gulch COM
pany is driving 700-foot crosscut
tunnel to open up its ledge at a
depth of 600 feet under some hand
some ore showings opened by a
short tunnel and two shafts. The
ore is copper and assays from about
3 to IA per cent with good silver
values in addition.
The mine Is near Iron Mountain
Mont, and lies between the Little
Pittsburg and King and Queen prop
critics both Of which shipped consid-
erable ore In 1892.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-03-28
BLACK BEAR FRACTION.
Wine From Upper Tunnel Shows
Shipping Ore.

shipping Ore.
Besides pushing its long crOsscut
tunnel, which will eventually open
up it's ledge to depth of over 1000
feet, the Black Bear Fraction COM
pany has been for some time deepen
ing the winze from its uper tunne
close to the Frisco company's east
end line. This tunnel and winze
show big body of carbonate ore
with an 1S-inch streak of high grade
shipping stuff. The winze is now
down 100 feet and the paystreak is
as strong and wide as ever in the
bottom.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-01

Womb Not Commit Himself.

There is a we'll known msn in wash
irgton, a man of such conservatism
that he is rarely known to answer Il
plain yes or no" TO the most triV-
iaI question, says Harper's Monthly.
on one occasion two women Of his
acquaintance were discussing this pc
culiarity Of the clubman, when n Of
them announced that n was willing
90 wager that she could make the con-
servative individual say no fatty.
The wager being accepted, she ad-
dressed the clubman thus:
Let me see, Mr.. Robinson, you are
a widower, are you not?'
"As much a widower, madam he
answered with a polite bow, "as it is
possible for a man to be who was
never married"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-11-01
Pointed Paragraphs.
Chicago News.

Often a man imposes on himself when
he taxes his memory
A man isn't necessarily generous because
he gives himself away.
Poor coffee furnishes grounds for much
domestic dissatisfaction.
Much OF the charity hat ought 10 be-
gin at home doesn't begin anywhere.
Instead OF calling a man a liar It is more
polite 20 say he is unhistorical.
The farmer is the most independent per-
son on e~arth-when his wife is away from
home.
A man never realizes what a sponge he
is until he falls into a puddle of water
and mops it all up.
It's so much easier to congratulate "A
man on his success than II is to sympa-
thize with him in his misfortunes