The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-08-12
ON mont. STANDARD
Concentrator Needed to Handle Large
Part Of the Exposed Ore Body.

detailed report on the property Of the Montana Standard
Mining company has been drawn and submitted by Engineer
Fred Merriam Of this CITY, This report is most encouraging and
is to the following effect
The property Of nine claims and covering about 300
feet along the vn From the ocrop Of the Maggie claim three
of been mined and shipped netting the company
excellent profit The No tunnel driven to tap the ledge at
depth of about 100 feet end considerable amount Of taken
out At this point the ledge badly broken from
face sliding that decided lower tunnel The later
tunnel cut the ledge depth Of about 200 feet below the No
and exposed an ore body at GO feet in length and
ing feet in width although places the ledge six feet
This still in place and be mined as mill is in
stalled.
third tunnel was run to tap the ledge at depth Of AIS feet
below the No. and the ledge about 1880 feet from
portal Here the body dfted for about 60 feet
and about Is inches of shipping and from II feet Of con-
centrating ore exposed.
AT the end of this 60 feet Of drifting the ore was cut by
strong running northery and southery direction Be
yond this point the north relocated the vein and the
drift the extended 100 feet and in small punches
encountered but not in paying quantities.
So far body of ore has been developed showing foowa
60 feet horizontally and 65 feet vertically between tunnels
No. and g. This would make total footwa Of &c. 800
square feet The place will about eight cubic feet
to the ton Therefore for each foot in width there is 4612
Of ore which will average least per crude shipping
ore, the balance being concentrating.
AS the value the best judgment is to be formed from that
taken Of the 60 feet Of drift which is upon the dump
This drift eight feet high the time this piled up
and showed Is shipping about 100
Of concentrating From of both taken
ago. the former is estimated be worth $40 ton net at the
railroad and the latter $3.50 ton the dump providing the
company had concentration.
Good bearing float has been found upon the Maggie claim
upon the east side Of the small gu about 500 feet east Of the
present body and there undoubtedly another body Of
that vicinity.
The of extraction Of this will vary according the
amount opened up probably $3.50 for shipping and $3.50
ton for concentrating will be outside figure with
body 60 feet to 100 feet in length after the has been
posed and raise run to connect the three levels =
Mr. n
There few propsecs that offer greater mining opportun
tiles than this must be remembered that the greater part Of
development work has been DONE and that this work has de-
veoped great deal Of which is still left in the mne The
Of this unusually rich and be shipped at great
profit Also all indications point to be found with
further prospecting This cannot be called surface deposit
it has now been depth Of 700 feet nearly the
level and this level is richer than the upper
workings.
II look for mine in this property and wish the best Of
success in further prospecting. Very truly yours,
G. F. o. MERRIAM" 4