The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-12-12
RICH STRIKE GIVES
OLD CAMP NEW LIFE
PLACER CAMP AT hALNEUR is
AWAKENED AGAIN GY RE.
CENT DISCOVERIES.

What is regarded by mining men as
one of the richest strikes ever made in
the northwest has just been discovered
in the Malhcur mining district, near
the old placer camp of Malheur, where
a s0-mch vein Of blue porphYrY ore
carrying gold values which assay up to
several Thousand dollars per ton have
been uncovered. Since the news of the
, that section of the country has been
staked out and men have begun pros
pecting on their own account. hoping
, to strike ii rich. as it is believed the
main ledge which fed The early placer
mines. has been discovered.
Frank Johnesse, the we'll known mi
ming expert visited the camp the past
week and returning home brought sew
, eral pieces of the ore with him in
which free gold can be plainly seen
and he believes the strike is one which
means great things for the mining in
dustry of the northwest and predicts
that Malheur will make Il good camp
says the Boise Capital News
The strike was made on a crosscut
at a depth of 40 feet in property own
ed by the DreXel Mining company of
Vale the strike being made about two
weeks ago, The first high grade ore
was struck by the third shift on the
crosscut and the vein which has since
been followed for some distance, shows
gold scattered evenly through it with
all indica tons of continuing instead
of being a pocket Several assays talk
en- shows that the ore runs from $1,000
to $500 per ton. from the first strike
to the last piece of ore taken from the
vein.
Old Placer Property.
The rich old camp of Malheur was
first worked as a placer camp in the
early COS, the source of gold being
from belt Of porphyry dixie dunning
through the country in a northwest
and southeasterly direction and about
1000 feet wide. In places this carried
values from 81 to SO per ton and sew
eral large surface deposits were milled
at profit, An anthracite belt flanke
this belt to the southeast and close TO
this last fall a dyke Of hard blue por-
phyry was found parallelng the big
dyke which showed gold values on th'
surface ranging from SO to So per ton.
A 4O-foot shaft was sunk along the
/ hanging wall of this dyke, which show
ed fair gold values all the way down,
but water was encountered and the
company owning the property was not
in financial shape to continue the work
and offered to sell at small figure.
The property was visited and eXamin-
ed by several mining engineers and re-
ports were made of a favorable nature
but without avail.
| One of the experts who visited tho
property advised that the vein be cross
cut and about two weeks ago 7. L.
Johnson. the chief stakeholder in the
company. started to follow the advice
and crosscut from the bottom of the
shaft toward the hanging wall 1c
soon encountered the high grade ore
which set the miners in the camp wild
with excitement and caused several to
begin prospecting for themselves.
The property lies on the southeast
slope of the Malheur mountains, which
| is a spur of the Blue mountains. They
are covered with deep sub soil or
| wash which makes the country diff
cult to prospect for leads. However
since the big strike, two parallel veins
or dykes have been uncovered showing
ore of similar character, which pans
well in gold.
The climate in the. camp is very mild.
the snowfall is light and II is expected
| there will be a big rush to the camp
this fall and that u large amount Of
prospect work and development VIII
be carried on throughout the winter.
The mine lies six miles south and
west and In the same mineral zone as
the Rainbow mine in Mormon BASIN
which is owned and operated by tn"