The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-13
AJAX PROPERTY GETS
SPLENDID ORE BODY
Fifty-FOot Body Discovered
Which Promises Much for
Idaho Company.
TO The Tribune,

| Special 10 The Tribune.
SPOKANE. Wash. March l2.-Oro OF
quality and quantity. declared by com
| petent mining men TO be equal 10 tho
showing in the No l tunnel OF the Her
! cules mine. has been uncovered in the
new tunnel being driven on the Ajax
property in the Coeur d'Alene district.
The owners are negotiating for tho use
of one OF the Moonlight company's tun-
nels, which with 500 feet OF extension.
VIII permit the development of this ore
body at depth.
The vein was uncovered 200 feet in
from tho portal of drift below the old
workings. and the ore body has been
crosscut for distance of Hfty feet. A
drift 10 the east. now in 100 feet, has
been in orc the entire distance on the
hanging wall. Tho face shows eighteen
Inches OF quartz, carrying 20 per cent
of lead.
George r. Trask. United States min
Hypotheek property and the owners are
SO highly pleased that arrangements are
now under way TO do more exploitation
work. Reporting on the Kingston prop
erty, In the same district, where $4,000
has been expended on a power plant and
other equipment. Mr.. Trash says this
Will mean an increase OF 300 per cent
In efficiency, Rega riding the work on
must be done TO disclose the ore shoots
This work Is now under way.
pat Patrick ,ls,, Burke; owner OF the Jack
ton OF the Black Horse mill and direct
ed certain repairs prior To the use OF the.
plant to to handle the lower grades of The
grade shipments are being made by
sleigh to Eagle. on the Idaho Northern.
- Reports from Wallace, Ida, are that
increase its capital, for the purpose.
probably, OF adding TO its holdings and
atso securing n position among quoted
stocks on the New York exchange.
Announcement is made that the East
Occur d'Alene company has discovered
ore in its tunnel IL is said TO have a
fun face Of chalcopyrites. The tunnel
given evidence almost all the way
Prepare tions are being made to equip
the Transcontinental property, near Null
inn nnd macb,ns mac ws'n oo!fr Tb hoist pump
being sunk directly on the ledge is dou-
BILE compartment and about fifty-two
6on. des, deep dna at present Work Is being
chinery. Arrangements have been made
for the financing OF the company BY
eastern parties.
on two levels OF the Idora mine on Sun
set peak. according to John WinkeIs.
president OF the company. The samples
n,a nave a weight g and sheer, that pro:
silver respectively. The strikes were
made on the first and second interme-
diate drifts. seventy-hve and 225 feet
respectively. below the level OF the upper
tunnel. and about 200 feet east of the
winze. Ore was followed in throughout
the lengths OF the drifts. Much of IL Is
of shipping quality.
Louis Vanzac. president of tho Del
Rio Mining company. and Albert Pages
OF Paris, France. who is heavily inter
ested. have just concluded an inspection
OF the property near Elk City, Ida, and
are now planning for extensive develop
ment: Peter A. Haines, superintepd- |
ent. has come 10 Spokane to purchase
machinery and supplies. The working
force VIII be increased. The main tun-
mel; now In $50 feet has n depth OF $50
a distance OF 100 feet.