The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-01-23
NORTH SIDE
GOLD MINES
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Of the placers Of the North Side the
camp has an Independent source OF
revenue which altogether at the min
imum at the present. cannot fail to
improve with better transportation
conditions.
The Gold Quartz Interests.
These, although as old as the pla-
GERS, have had many ups and downs
and writer who attempts to be ex-
net and truthful would say the downs
have been more pronounced than the
ups. This also has been no fault OF
the mines themselves; they are here
as inviting as they ever were. Strip
ped as they may be Of some OF their
rich outcrop and robbed of a poo
ket" or two, the main ore bodies
are untouched. No other gold camp
perhaps, has had such an experience
Of mismanage and waste as this
one. One excess followed another,
like q run OF fate. With q few clean
ups from the gold-spsckled quartz
and ali seemed to be over. The baser
ores soon put stop to nearly all
milling. There were NO methods Of
concentration and no transportation
and none OF the managers appeared
ITO know or care what they were up
against. Development, too. was hap
hazard and extremely faulty and
where water power was available at
the time, expensive steam energy
was installed. Hence a gradual de-
cline and close down. This. however,
produced good results In one respect
Tor owners desired to know some
thing about their properties. Ex-
ploration work began in real earnest
and to this may be attributed the
splendid results at the Golden Chest,
which, with It's 3500-foot lower tun-
mel has unfolded mine that prom
ises to be the homestake OF Idaho.
II managed with the tact and skill
large properties ought to be con-
trolled. The mine alone, worked to
It's capacity would invite a railroad.
Its ore reserves are practically un-
limited. It Is merely matter OF
economical mining and reduction.
The 20-stamp will now installed with
capacity OF about so tons a day,
is however, quite inadequate to re-
dice the mountain of quartz ready
for ME jaws Of the rock breakers.
At the Mother Lode Hill, one OF
the most prolific gold producers In
the SOS from pockets" and crop
pings, there are three 10-stamp mills
all OF them idle for number OF
years. AS the mills cover mountain
veinad with lodges carrying large
bodies OF quartz Of a base nature.
nothing further is required for a re-
sumption of operations than good
management and an addition Of mod
ern concentrating machinery. Large
tonnage can be created from this
mountain OF sulphurets az consider
able ore is almost pure enough to
pay for the transportation without
sorting. The developments there
during the past five years are promis-
ing enough to warrant the belief that
the Hill will become steady produc-
er again upon the arrival Of the rail-
road.
The Golden Reward mill Of 20
stamps is located on bunch Of ii
claims along upper Adder gulch, a
mile north OF Murray. The mill Is
q modern one and the best equipped
with machinery OF any in the camp.
The claims are not thoroughly ex-
plored, but the groupings justify the
belief that a resumption OF work
will soon demonstrate the existence
Of large ore body. The mountain
is literally covered with quartz, but
a mill tunnel is necessary to cut the
ledge or lodges from which 1t was
shaken with depth. This can be done
with small outlay and the mill be
put into commission.
The so-called jenkins property at
The head OF Trail gulch Is represent
ed by q 1O-stamper 1t faces the
coming to Murray as he be-
gins to climb the grade to the North
Side metropolis. 1t had very sue
cessful career while In operation on
free quartz but when the baser rock
turned up the mill was closed down.
Disagreement also with the owners
ii l9-20ths of the Crown Point mine.
from which rich quartz mainly came
made the shut down complete. Fran
lis Jenkins owns the mill and 1870
II the Crown Point. n patented
,laim. The Crown Point has a T.
DOT ledge of fine milling quartz and