The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-07-20
FEDERAL COMPANY SECURES
OPTIONS ON ALL CLAIMS BE-
TWEEN MACE AND MULLAN.
WILL DEVELOP PROPERTY
New owners Of Mines viii Make One
Great Workings OF Thsm Ali-Pur.
chase Price 10 Not Known, but Was
Undoubtedly Heavy--increased Out
put Should Result.

Mullan, July 9.-tSpecial. 1.-The
deal In the history of the Occur
d'Alene country has been consummated
by the Federal Mining company by
the purchase of all the property be-
tween the Morning mine at Mulan and
the Helena Frisco mine at Mace. The
deal Includes about 30 or more claims
and has been purchased under the
lease and bond plan on long time
option. Five per cent of the pur-
chase price is understood to have
been paid.
The claims purchased are along the
line of the Morning and Frisco mines
and include continuous group OF
claims, with the single exception of
the Iyanhoe property which Is owned
by stock company composed prin-
cipally of Mullan men. The claims
included In the deal are the Star: the
group consisting of the Morning Star;
the Morning Star fraction and the
Josie owned by Finch & Campbell Of
Spokane. i. II. Moffatt of Wallace,
Clarence Cunningham of Alaska and
Youngstown. Ohio people: the Iron
Silver claim. n quarter interest In
which is owned by Mrs. Pat Flynn of
Butte. a quarter by Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Carthy of Cataldo. an eighth by the
Flynn group company and the remain
ing three -eighths by unknown parties.
the West Flynn group owned by
Joseph Whalen Of Wallace and inis as
sociates. and the Helena Frisco COM
pany's holdings-the Black Bear, the
Back Bear fraction the Grover Cleve-
land. the Ben Harrison. the So Mote
It Be, the Moonlight. the Badger, the
Gem 0raction). the San Francisco. the
Gem of the Mountains. the Josie ana
the Chief claims. A deal is also un-
der way for the Ivanhoe claims, but II
has not yet been perfected.
Three Miles Of Claims.
This immense group of claims COW
ers territory on the line of the
Morning and Frisco mines about three
miles in length. Active development
work will be prosecuted from botn
ends of the ground from the Frisco
tunnel cevel at Mace, where the de-
velopment work will be extended east,
and from the No. tunnel level Mt
Mullan. from which point the work
will be extended west.
On the Frisco end the main vein sys-
tenn Is supposed to lie south of the
old Frisco workings, and the new de-
velopment will prove or disprove this
theory before II has extended far. On
the Mulan end the Federal company
has started operations on the Star
group In the lower tunnel. dug by the
Star company at the head of Grouse
gulch. In this tunnel large bodies OF
ore have been opened on the western
continuation of the Morning vein sys-
tenn and the company is making ac-
tive preparations TO ship ore from
these workings. Until connections
can be made from the No. tunne
workings of the Morning mine. the ore
will be hauled to Mullan by team
Some OF 1t will be shipped In th'
crude state and some will be tested
In the Morning mil.
II the vast amount of property un'
der option meets the expectations o.
the purchasing company. the Fedora
people will own the largest group o
claims on one continuous vein system
In the district and will eventual.
make underground connection betweei
Mullan and the Mace mines.
The purchase price of the combined
group OF claims cannot be learned. bu
II is known to be high and should th
options be taken up at the expiration
OF the time rimit 1t will be the larges
purchase OF mining property ever mad
In the Occur d'Alene district and vii
be the means of increasing the pres
ent great output of the district.