Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-27
BELL TALKS OF MINES
OF COEUR D ALENES
Fire stu Threatens Surface WORKINGS
OF Great Mineral District--Non-
dcrrul Lcad-SilNcr Properties.

perrnanency Of lis great mineral Wcalth
Speaking OF the devastating nlc INA
mas destroyed a large part 81 Waliac'
ard stiI threatens the entire SURFACE
mining and milling equipment OF th'
Occur d'Alencs. MT Bell says that th'
forest n-e that resulted In burning
Wallace was situated over mgr
mountain three miles distant ana hdi
been raining shower ot ashes ana
charcoal through the still air FOR a week
previously, famed by an uniaNoraoi.
gale ON Aug 20. the dense Forest oi
blazing trees rained such a shower OF
i've emhcrs over the town that in
spite of its splendid water facilities the
condition became most serious ana II u
a marvel the town was not totally
destroyed. I'm common with the other
towns In the district the danger is yet
Imminent. az the season has been so
extremely dry that nothing but heavy
rain can qucnch the burning thinner
and save the situation
FOR a local topographic comparison
of the Occur d'Alcne district says Mr..
He'll. "imagine tho steep slopes of Bling
ham canyon so denscly clothed with
second growth pine that you could not
sec bare ground and the high RIDGES
with "A virgin forest OF big timber with
all the mills and hosting works OF the
district I'm the pit OF the deep shaped
canyon bottoms and with half dozen
uncomfortable forest fires burning at
All noints Of the compass within rR-
dius OF 10 miles. the seriousness OF the
situation In Idaho's grcst mining DIS
trict viii be appreciated.
PRODUCING MILLIONS.
''The Occur d'Alcne mines up TO
week ago were producing as large
tonnage Of ore as at any period Of their
past history and Judging from the re-
suits now being obtained In their deep
est DEVELOPMENT viii he able 20 con-
tnue their great yield indefinitely, and
while the profits being made are not
quite rs good as formally owing TO the
Increasing cost OF very deep mining
and the artificial market for lead ore,
tho quantity OF ore mined viii permit Of
annual ptonts that viii run well into
the millions. and as these mines pro-
duce the cicanost and most desirable
smelling mineral found anywhere In
the world the prosperity Of Idaho's
leading mineral districts seems safely
entrouched FOR another generation and
viii be rapidly revived n il should be
put totally out OF business by the
present disaster.
The most Ftrlking results OF recent
development as indicating the apparent
inevhaustiblllty Of the ore deposits Of
this district have tecn made in the
Wardper section where the Bunker Hill
and the Sullivan mine is now under
cutting it's famous Cameron ore body
at the No u level. $500 feet measured
on the dip below the apex Of the vein
which demonstrates Il to be not only
thu deepest hut tho largest assure lead
orc deposit that has ever been found In
mining history. This great ore channel
In tho Cameron stope at the eleventh
level. 80 feet above the present dcVcl-
opment shows n dimension Of 80 TO
i25 feet In width by over 700 feet in
length.
Low IN ZINC ORE.
Il, has been producing 800 tons OF ore
a day Tor the past two years and has
get only been mined up five or six
floors above the level which will give
an idea Of its magnitude The aver
age tenor OF the mill feed produced by
this stope Is about II per cent lead and
ounces IN silver with less than $40
OF ] per cent zinc The gangue is
crushed quartzlte and siderlte with
practically no iron sulphidc or other
Objectionable minerals. which consid-
ering its size makes It what Is prob
ably the richest body OF Iead-silver
mineral ever discovered with an ulti-
mate tonnage possibility at further
depth, as indicated by the new No. 10
level that alone makes some OF the
other famous producers Of the Occur
d'Alenes look small by comparison but
forms only one Of several big ore chan
nols OF this great property
The footwal OF the Bunker Hin
vein or more broadly speaking the
Wardner lode which has been the sub
Jet Of constant legal conflicts for the
past 20 years Cnow, however, per-
manently settled by compromise) has
until very recently been considered the
limiting plane To- the north Of com
rercial ore In the Wardner forma-
tons Recent geological study and a
Al ~ mi nVF IL
optimism has shown the error Of this
conclusion. as the uninviting footwali
formation of the Wardner lode has
within the past year given Shoshone
county three brand new mines OF frst
magnitude. each with a present de-
veloped ore producing capacity and
output Of $4,000 per month and up
wards with possibilities Of rapid ex-
pansion in ore producing capacity
ARE PROBABLY OLDER.
These newly recognized lateral fis-
sures are probably older gcologically
than the Wardner lode and have been
faulted by II. They include the Francis,
Caledonia and Senator Stewart veins.
nnd there rs such q marked and strik-
Ing similarity in the silver values. the
mineral hlliug and structural features,
between the Jersey hgsurc and Sierra
Nevada veins on the hanging wall side
Of the Wardner lode. together with the
HuuoeN exact comparison IN strike and
dip as to leave little doubt Of their
relation or identity with the Francis
and Caledonia veins.
The Francis fissure was discovered
Al the No 10 level NJ the Bunker Hin
mine, where II was first thought to
be small spur from the main lode:
at the eleventh level however IL made
an Irregular stope 500 feet long Il
was again cut In the new No. y level
and has been drifted on for 100 feet
and shows o. width Of 10 to % feet.ncar-
y half OF which is clean. coarse era med
shipping galena ore. Its strike rs al
most exactly at right angles to tho
Nardner lode with a strong dip To the
southeast and its conspicuous display
OF white vein quartz readily suggests
the probability Of its being tho big
gcst faulted end Of the famous SHOOK
um or Jersey assure In the hanging
wall country which has yielded several
millions Of dollars In the past
CALEDONIA MINE
The Caledonia mine is being opened
on "a powerful nssure that crosses the
Sierra Nevada road between the town
y Wardner and Doadwood gulch. about
1000 feet north Of the Wardner foot
wall. II has the same strike and din
as the Francis vein, aud is now de-
Nclopcd by "a 50O-fopt incline SHAFT with
two levels al 800 aud 500 feet deem
Considcrabl Bile ore was shipped last year
from the e0-foot level which was
largely carbonate OF lead. carrying ma
uNe silver and spots NJ silver chloride