The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-06-10
TAMARACK 8 CHES. REPORT
Company is in Shape to Make Regular
Shipments andis Completely Equipped


While definite action has been announced with regard
to the purchase of the holdings Of the Custer Mining
the directorate of the Tamarak Chesapeak company is
orally understood that attempt will be made consolidate the
two companies and unqualified recommendation this effect
made by President Harry Day of the Tamarak company in
his report the stockholders 1t annual meeting held in Spo
kane Saturday. This report shows the company be position
to ship extensively all the necsear bins and sorting
plant having been completed While both boarding and bunk hou
for large force of have been erected The election
officers resulted follows President Harry Day. vice pres
dent Eugene Day. secretary Rohrock directors E. H.
Knight Dan P Bagne, G. Fred Krazer John H. Wourms Ed
Boyce and j. ]. Day.
The report of the president from July 1906 follows part
1.-The property of the Tamarack Chesapeak Mining
pany situated the east fork of Nine Mile creek about 10
miles northeaster from Wallace and lies principally the west
slope flank uf Custer Peak.
The improvements owned made the property of your
company comprise boarding house. completely equipped with
comodatons for Is and bunk house to accommodate Is
bins with sorting she'd capacity sufficient handle modr
ate tonnage Of 200 tons day. These the most subsan
ta improvements owned by the company and constructed
under the present management
The company also log house the Leonard claim;
blacksmith shop TOOLS mine cars track venang pipe, fan;
also quantity Of mining timber tagging and plank for further
stopping whenever it becomes The company has
bins at the head Sunset branch of the Northern Pacific railroad
for loading shipments which may be hauled to that point
The deveopmet of the copanys property consists of
ateras approximately 200 feet long the Monroe claim and
shallow shaft and drift end of Chesapeak claim the No.
daylight tunnel the Chesapeak claim and the No. Onta
rio tunnel which to date the main working tunnel the
property and which has been extended the vein about 8 feet
beyond the Tamrane side line into Custer ground This tunnel
approximately 1900 feet length and with the Leon
ard tunnel of the Custer group by raise and driven by
the Custer from the Leonard level about @ feet vertical depth
beneath Also there each claim the of deve
opment work required by law in the shape of tunnels shafts
open cuts
Since the depression business following the panic of 1907
has not been deemed advisable attempt any large work. The
property accordingly closed down for number of months
shortage Of water prevented the of air for power which had
been previously purchased from the Custer property adjoining
During the past raise from the center of the Taarack
chute the line between the amaack and Custer property has
been made with view Of asertanng the position of the apex
the surface This raise completed early April and shows
the the vein almost exactly where had been appox
mated The raise carried in for about 0 feet when
the vein encountered the large north and south ure known
throughout the district the fault ssure Little
found from the intersection upward to the surface.
AT the present time work being done the Tamarack
ground but drift is being westerly from the Custer
ground to extend 80 feet into the amarack ground accordance
with contract formerly entered into between the respective
About SO feet stopping has been done in the Tama
rack side Of the shoot and shipments made which gave
TURNS according to statement The underground workings tim
bers and all openings in excellent condition also the
surface improvements of your company.
The completion of the Taarack raise has demonstrated the
advaby Of carrying out the plan heretofore tentatively consd
cred by board of decohe purchase Of the Custer
adjoining AS Tamarack stockhoder we'll the principal
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H. E. M. ORE RUNS 81 PER CENT
The car of ore which was RECENTLY shinned from to T.