The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-03-21
MINING INDUSTRY Of IDAHO.
(By r. N. BELL, State Mine Inspsctor).
Hercules Mine.

The famous Hersues mne short distance above Burke
has maintained steady output throughout the year and con
tlhaes IN elegant shape from top to bottom Its No. tunnel
development was extended to the the course of the
assure ana encountered new shoot OF good concentrating
mineral 300 feet long, which gives the property remarkable
strong prospect for further development depth This great
ore channel has shown uniform expansion tonnage capac
y with each level in which it has been cut The main ore
shoot at the No. level 700 feet long and addition to the
discovery farther west the north and south fault that
accompanied the ore body has become bearing at this level
and shows handsome shoot Of mineral 10 feet wide and
100 feet long at right angles to the normal strike Of the
The finger shoot that added to the body at the No.
level has proved at the No. level be the richest end the
main channel, which adons and extends the former
length of the body 100 per cent If the shoot
recently encountered farther west No. should follow the
rule of improvement with farther depth and the gangue
of the vein between these two deposits in the No. tunnel
of such kindly nature that than probable that this
space will also fill with ore the mine will have body
1000 feet long when it is encountered with the tun
mel now being undertaken from Burke
The Hercules Company during the year obtained control
the Humming Bird group Of claims and have started the
sructon of crosscut ad to be two miles long by the
time it reaches the extreme limits Of the channel The
mouth of this tunnel with its high crib dump forms foot
wall to the Main street of Burke which probably the most
congesed town in the universe situated it is in the
canyon with per grade that only $50 feet wide
the bottom and carrying, besides the big ummng Bird dunn
and large hotel the tracks of the Northern Pacific and Ore
gon Washington railroads. The l1ummngird tunnel is al
ready driven 5000 feet in the direction Of the Hercules
body and will afford quite important start to the mae in
that respect 1t WILL when completed give the Hercules add
ona depth of 800 feet and promises to put in sight reserve
of that will last the property at its present producing
pacity additional ten years longer.
The Hercules company has to considerable IN
relieving the dangerous conditions the Main street of Burke
by lowering the elevation of the dump and relieving the pres
the high crib wall that retains it. This site for hel
long tunnel will involve the cost of hauling the waste matera
down the railroad until the ore bodies
counered and slopes opened up when it be taken
of filing The company is equppng this tunnel in up
todate with all the modern convenences and another
district tunnel record for speed likely to be made during its
construction When completed this No. tunnel of the
Hercules mine will be the third drainage tunnel in the Coe
dAenes to have length Of two miles and illustrates the g
capital risk involved in the deep development Of bodies
the district However, the deposits of this property av
shown such uniformly increasing value with development
DEPTH together with the fact that the adjoining Tigeroor