The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1908-10-01
Many Important Strikes of Ore Result
from Increased Work and Several
Mines are Preparing to Ship on
Completion of Railroad


tungsten zinc and other valuable metals large and paying quantities.
where hundreds Of prospecting the le and mountains pin
ming their all in their faith that in few years the district will
rival not other section; where railroad is being built
and will be completed by the first the year. giving excellent
poon facilities reducing the Of doing business and of developing
the mines and prospects, where line supplying nearly 10000
will be built at supplying at nominal COST
such the condition Of the Summit and Eagle mining districts
forming the northern portion Of the Occur Ane country
This section has been handicapped greatly past by lack Of
transportation faces those having supplies taken have had
cent pound $40 for hauage but this will not last
months longer the Idaho Northern will have its line completed
Murray and Paragon in 80 days 8
The surface rock rich in free milling gold turning ase depth
reached Below this lead and silver found and when great
depth reached there every indication that the dgs will in many
cases bearing 1t is true that small portion Of the district
greatly shaken past ages but this only small part Many
have visited the district and said that while there little rich
the surface would pinch with depth This has been dprovd in
several instances the striking perhaps being the Granite and Allie
ledge which contains "a feet Of good concentrating ead silver and
"copper" 100 feet below the bed of Granite This 1000 feet
below the lower tunnel the Bear Top which has
half million dollars worth Of lead in sight at the present time
These properties about three miles apart. f..
The walls nearly all Of the mines have the greatest
development work done clearly Defined and the
veins have contact leads which considered good sign by experienced
mining s@ e=s 544 KS s.ssf.s- 80 ..3t
Pchard the bed the creek which bears his Going
Of the mountains he told others his find and there
the district Pchad led the but winter time lie could
find the place where he had first made the discovery The miners
believed that they had been caed and for Prcads life
danger number of the gathered night with the expressed
hanging the whom they thought had buncod them
Pchar pleaded that he would be able find the place again given
time which he did, and millions Of dollars in gold later
from the district he had discovered.
In the early eighties number Of gold stamp mills built
and there in the vicinity Murray about ninety spe mostly
tenstamp mills number Of these old mills have crushed
hundreds of thousands Of dollars free milling gold but
them running for various the principal being that the
gets base depth reached necang concentrating machinery
being installed and heretofore the transportation facilities have been
expensive The Of the stamp mills and the numbers Gold
Chest 2O Golden Reward 20 Granite To- Buckeye 81 Mother
lode King TO- Yosemite TO- Daddy O Lyon, B. and another
small one. F&A& sK9&&K4&6fs1 i
the Pilot mne half mile from Murray. gold and silver
found that assays 600 TO the The rich ledge only few
inches wide but pays wonderfully we'll for working In the Emma
group, which Joins the Pilot single pocket found that Melted
1.-The 600 in pure gold On the Neither lode in the early
miners found quartz foot thick and four feet
square, immensely rich in gold They put in cabin and guarded IL
aous charging fifty cents for people look At it, They offered
for their nd but they worked themselves and made $500
more than this amount. .ass D.
The dAlene Nugget, Vol No. l. March Is, 1884,
ltains following item William NJ Sutherland Of the
ledge the head Of Beaver has ledge from 5 feet to
wide in sight and be traced the surface for distance Of
feet number Of assays have been made with the results varying
$1,000 The rock yields about IS per cent lead and the
first discovery Of galena in the mines.' M % e s3a
With the completion Of the Idaho Northern railroad several oi the
properties including the Bear Top Monarch Black Horse and Chicago
London will begin shipping to the clte Some has al
greater part the profits will be general holiday when the road
completed and grand celebration is being planned be held
Murray.