The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-10-09
NEW STRIKE OF MUCH IMPORTANCE TO
ENTIRE NORTH SIDE MINING DISTRICT
MISUNDERSTANDING HISTORICAL OF BIG LEDGE
PROMINENT FOR MILES ON NORTH SIDE

(The stories below. giving detailed
accounts Of the strike and showings
at various stages Of the work on the
Goldback, at Murray. are of more
than ordinary interest and Importance
to the Occur d'Alene mining district
They are written by one who has
watched and studied the development
of the camp from its beginning, and
who has personal knowledge of what
he writes. In itself the strike Is of
vast importance to the North Side
and the entire camp. but it's benefits
may be far-reaching In demonstrating
an unquestioned pay shoot in great
ledge, little developed at any point,
but known to cut the country for a
long distance. The first section Of the
story was written about September
and that which follows about six
days later, or during the early part Of
the present week. Every days work
seems to give important results, and
progress of development will be
watched with much interest.-Ed)
Murray, october 8.
There has been decided improve
ment in the strike on the Goldback
reported in The Miner of September
25. There is now, or was on Wednes-
day, four feet of galena ore. across the
ledge, and this is almost shipping ore
being only mixed with some IRON The
strike was made about 10 days ago
by Albert Otto, who was doing assess
ment work for the Fairwell claim
Formerly the assessment work was
done in tunnel from Goldback
ground on the west side of Cougar
gulch in order to get depth on the
Fairwell, owned by Mrs. Mary c. Ma
son of Wallace, Albert Otto and 9TH
ers, but as the tunnel only revealed
quartz and iron, Mr.. Otto thought he
would drop down into the gulch pro-
per and do some work there In a
couple of days he struck the Goldback
ledge and opened up the galena ore.
This strike caused the owners to take
the two men working In the GoldbacF
tunnel out of the tunnel to the scene
of the galena development, and they
were joined by John Docktor on We'd
nesday and they soon had four feet
of glistening ore in the bottom of the
gulch, with neither wall, but plenty
of ledge Gaping on either side of the
ore Therefore the width of the ledge
here was undetermined on Thursday
morning, but the cover was being ta-
ken off as fast as men could do 1t.
with a promise of from 6 to 8 feet OF
ore beneath across the ledge, II not
more, as the ledge Is II feet wide In
the main creek tunnel 500 feet dis
tant. The strike is the sensation Of
Murray for the time being as 1t is d.
rectly in the suburbs and stream OF
visitors has been going to and from
Cougar gulch ever since 1t was made
The lucky owners are John p. Shee-
hy of Wallace, John F. Murphy Of
Mullan, A. l.. Scofeld of Los An
geles and John Docktor of Murray.
Mr.. Docktor is now experimenting the
work of development which Is cut In
the center of the gulch, which will cut
the ledge feet below the gulch level
and demonstrate whether the body Of
the galena goes down to that extent
AS the gulch Is rather flat, no depth
can he obtained by tunnel and even
IL the long tunnel now In 800 feet
from Prichard creek, with drift OF
$50 feet on the ledge, Is continued 125
feet, only 10 feet of depth would be
obtained. Hence the exploration OF
the ledge at the place where the ore
has been found must be done by shaft
Plenty of timber is available.
Later Account Of Showing.
Murray. October 6.
The above was written for last
weeks Miner. Since then the work OF
running cut up to the ledge has
progressed On Monday evening II
had not only reached the ledge, but Il
had passed through II feet of addi-
tional material, composed of blue
Quartz, heavily mineralized with black
iron and what is termed gold pyrites
and some galena streaks This mass
is considerably oxidized and looks very
much like gold-carrying muck. Nc
panning however. has been done, the
desire being to push across the entire
ledge, the width Of which Is as yet
unknown 1t will not be ascertained
until the end of the week. On Mon
day evening there was II feet of new
ledge, tale gouge (cleavage) OF two
inches and Ave feet of first class (say
so per cent ore) galena, with about
six inches of clean shipping stuff. How
much wider the galena part Of tht
ledge is will not he determined until
the cut Is run through. The ledge al
present stands perpendicular, with q
slight incline to the northeast. In
tto Dr}oLarJ croa1y t,,vunI dtpnod