The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-11-27
Mine INSPECTOR BELL TELLS BOISE OF BIG
NINE PRODUCTION IN THE COEUR D'ALEMES
PROSPEROUS coNDTioN-ouTPuT GREATER BEFORE
-HEAvY ORE SHIPMENTS AND BIG PAYRoLLs-soIsE
BOYS GOOD REORGANIZATION ENDED

He recently opened the old Sierra Me-
yada, which was notable producer
Of rich silverl lead ore about 20 years
ago. but had been abandoned as work.
ed out since that time After fully
re- opening this old mine he finds ex-
tensive pillars that were considered
low grade ore In those days carrying
about 10 per cent lead and half an
iounceHef silver per unit of lead with
resource amounting to something like
500, 900 Of this class of ore now In
sight that ID being profitably handled
under present day methods and prices,
mr. Peoples has equipped the
property with a mill Of $50 tons daily
capacity, and employees SO men and
is shipping between 400 and 500 tons
Of concentrates per month.
Hypotheek Extremely Promising.
THE Hypotheek mine, fully six miles
west of the most westerly producing
mine OF this district, and in the dis
credited Prichard slate formation, has
developed fine showing Of rich lead
carbonate ore at depth of 700 feet
that promises to assume bonanza pro-
portions as work progresses on 1t ut
further depth and promises to largely
increase the probable productive area
at this extreme west end of the Occur
d'Alene district.
The Nine Mile Mines.
"The Nine Mile mines also In the
slate formation of the Beaver dis
trict, just north of Wallace, have
made remarkable development Of
zinc lead ore within the past year and
this section now has three mines. The
Success, Tamarack and Custer, and In
terstate- Callahan, and mills In opera
tion employing about 600 men and
producing 5000 tons of shipping Leaf
zinc mineral month.
Interstate Callahan Zinc and Lead.
"The Interstate Callahan mine at
this point has opened one of the finest
zinc ore showings ever discovered in
the northwest at a depth Of 1900 feet.
This great ore body is high grade In
zinc and is now proven for nearly 900
feet in length at a vertical depth OF
1900 feet and Is from to 40 feet
wide.
1.-THE present low market for zinc
ores and high freight rates leaves lit
tie profit from it's treatment, but the
property contains two other shoots
that are rich in lead which can be
more profitably mined when develop
ment has farther progressed.
Burke District Goes Forward.
"The Burke district is maintaining
Its record as a rich lead silver pro-
Queer with several new discoveries
that promise great results and VIII
greatly increase tonnage in the near
future.
Mulan Makes Progress.
"The Mullan district is also more
prosperous than ever and the equip
ment of the new National Copper ore
body between the Hunter and Snow
storm with a mill of 500 tons daily
Capacity winch is HOW lleStily NolHpiNe"
ed, will maintain and increase the cop
per silver production of this part of
the district The Morning mine al
this point, with daily output of 1000
tons Of ore, is now making money
under the present management. This
property has a remarkable ore devel-
opment and is showing its creates
strength in it's bottom level It con
tains the most refractory mixture OF
lead silver zinc iron ore that has ever
been found In the state and probably
in the northwest, but by persisten
effort on the part of the management
a process has been evolved that now
recoveres a good PERCENTAGE of values
from such a base ore, and the mine
is now paying good dividends.
Boise Boys Invention.
Encouraged by President Harry l.
Day of this company, young BOISE
engineer. George Fl. Wyman. Jr., has
adapted flotation process for separ-
ating mineral values, principally zlhc'