The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-10-09
MUCH MINING NEWS Of
MULLAN AND VICINITY
UNUSUALLY GOOD GRADE LEAD
AND ZINC IS FOUND IN
CARBONATE HILL.
lMullan Progrcss)

! W. J. Perry is this week engaged in
hauling the compressor plant at the
Star mine from the mine to the Nor.
ming No. tunnel where ii will be
placed in position underground in the
big station.
Work Progressing at Silver Cable.
| William Mills was In Mullan sew
eral days this week from the Silver
Gable mine. He reports work pro-
crossing rapidly on the new tunnel
being driven by the company on the
west cropping Of the vein.
Lucky Friday Working.
Work was resumed this week at the
Lucky Friday mine in the Mullan
district. The property has been clos
ed for some time. 1t shows some ex-
tremely rich ore in the Surface work.
ings. It Is located near the Hunter
mill
Survey at Fanny Gremm,
Alfred ], Dunn. late postmaster of
Wallace. was In Mulan this week
with a surveyor doing some work on
the Fanny Gremm property in which
he IS interested 1t is located near
the You Like mine of the Federal
company and considered a valuable
piece of ground.
Quite Metropolitan.
The city is having the names of the
streets of Mulan placed on the new
cement sidewalks at the street cor
ners. Tho names will be in the corner
of the pavement in colored concrete,
reading End and Earle avenue, 3rd
and Earle and 4th and Earle,
Supplies to Silver Cable.
Jack Chisholm, manager of the Sill
yer Cable mine was in Mullan this
week after supplies. He returned to
the mine Thursday morning in Flynns
auto with several boxes of powder
which 1t was necessary to have at the
mine in a hurry. The trip was made
to the summit over the old road with
out mishap.
Contract on Comstock.
The Comstock Copper Mining COM
pany has awarded a contract for Gu
feet Of tunnel work on a property
northeast of Burke in line with the
Mullan copper belt. The property is
owned by Otto a. OLSON, John II.
Nordquist of Wallace and c. W. An
derson and A. Swan Of Burke.
Mullan Pioneer Visits City.
George Renkert of Spokane is In
Mullan this week making prepare
J tons for performing the annual as
scssment work on the Military group
of mining claims located at the head
Of Military gulch northeast Of Null
; Ian of which he was one of the origin
al locators, and Is still a heavy own
err Mr. Renkert for several years
past has lived on a farm owned by
him near Spokane.
! Hiuh Grade in Carbonate Hill. g.
A vein Of high grade galena and
zinc ore was this week opened in the
Carbonate Hill property near the rs"
, bridge east Of Mulan on the south
, side of the river The vein shows s
inches wide Of high grade steel ga
lena and about inches wide OF yellow
rosn zinc The new strike Is about
400 feet from the portal of the tun-
. mel The property Is being worked
under contract to John Holm, one of
, the owners, A large amount Of de-
velopment work has been done and
7 considerable ore Of milling grade in
both lead and zinc values have been
, opened up. The ore is in a dark
green quartzite not found in any 9TH
err section of the Occur dAlenes ex-
cept small belt on the south side Ut
the river The Carbonate Hill has
opened the dixie at a depth of 700
feet.