The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-05-29
EXCELLENT REPORTS
CONE FROM JARb|DGE
NO WELL DIRECTED WORK DIS
APPoIkTINc--coLD ORE OF
SIMPLE TREATMENT.
Jarbidge, New. May 10.

To the Editor of The Miner:
The Flake mine still holds the spot
light in the Jarbdge district and If
he high grade shoot continues TO i'm
lirove under development as 1t has
curing the past week 1t must soon
'mmand the attention Of the mining
World which its showing justifies. In
sinking the winzc II was the intention
Ito keep alongside, but not to cut into,
llle high grade streak. But after the
last round of shots the whole bottom
e the Wine seems to be In ore that
iands no assay to prove that II will
r. hundreds Of dollars to the ton. The
bags who are working in the mine say
ihst nearly every piece picked up
siasys gold visible to the naked eye
ard lots Of 1t. II Is characteristic Of
tire Flake high grade that the visible
gold Is not only In the seams and the
trcvices but is sprinkled all through
t',e rock.
irh Grade Gets More Plentiful.
/ Ia not alone the rock in which
.a.pn can see the free gold that Is rich
ilnNever. The writer Is keeping as q
~ee' mir the gold from panning
trs,i, in his presence of a piece of
tiaxie ore in which not a particle of
the yellow metal was visible The ore
was hard quartz that did not look
over promising and as the panning
proceeded 1t was surprising to see
the long string Of coarse gold that
came from about two tablespoonfuls
Of pulp. 1t was evident that the rock
would assay several thousand dollars
per ton.
AS opened up in the 50-foot drift
and the winze for q depth of 35 feet.
the rich shoot has heretofore averaged
about IL inches in width, but II the
showing in the bottom of the winze
continues with greater depth the fig
ures for the average will have to be
revised upward.
Flake Developed Under Difficulties.
Like so many Of the Jarbidge pro-
perties the Flake has been handi-
capped by lack of money to properly !
work the mine. AS matter of fact,
Dilts and Jones were given half in
terest for running the 512-foot tunnel
which opened up the vein close to the |
high grade shoot. In turn they gave |
c. w. Searles of Cripple Creek, an
interest for money to keep them CO.
ing. Now that they have proven they |
have big mine and that the high |
grade shoot is extensive, money to
work on a better and larger scale will |
soon be forthcoming from a deal re-
Gently made on block of the treasury
stock
Buckeye Has Wonderful Ore.
The Buckeye group, one-half mile
south of town, but 1900 feet higher in
altitude, is considered by many to BE-
one of the coming properties of the |
camp. Many beautiful specimens,
with gold showing at every angle
come from the Buckeye, but up to the
present the high grade streak Is mar
row. The vein has been stripped and |
exposed for distance of 1900 feet and /
varies In width from to 10 feet
Three distinct ore shoots are found
on the surface. The mountain is very
making 1t unusually ad.
for economical mining
Tunnels on the vein make about foot
for foot.
The first tunnel on the Buckeye
now In 212 feet. was started about
half way up the hill and an ore shoo'
was encountered before it was 90 fee
In. This ore shoot Is so feet in length