The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-02-27
SHOsHONE CONTINUES
BANNER COUNTY FOR
MINERAL PRODUCTION
Continued from page 80

the Morning. Is in coarse crystals, Sim
liar 70 the galena and readily separ-
ated by concentration, affording a
separate low grade shipping product
itsslf that pays nice margin over
freight and treatment most.
AS matter of fact this mine car
ries a wide zone of naturalization that
has not been half tested out even at
the No. tunnel level. It's ore bodies
are characterized by overlapping or
roughly parallel pipe shaped shoots
through zone Of country zoo feet
thick, and in some respects resemble
the irregular ore mass occurrences OF
the Wardner lode, with the exception
that the ore channels are nearly YER
teal
The walls are tight and especially
and if given the advantage of an elf
cinet up-to-date management there is
every prospect that the Hunter would
develop one of the most important
tonnage resources of profitable lead
silver concentrating ore in the whole
district.
A short distance below Mulan the
Alice mine was opened during the
wear and made number of carload
shipments of clean high grade lead
silver concentrates.
This deposit occurs in a zone of in
tensely crushed euartzite formation,
due to the Osburn fault disturbance
and very much resembles in this re-
spect the conditions surrounding the
Stewart and ontario ore bodies below
Kellogg
The Alice produces very clean min
eral and its further exploration and
development may result in finding a
prohtable ore channel as was expert
enced at the Stewart mine
Adjoining the Alice to the west, the
Mayflower and Hector groups are be-
ing developed through long crosscut
tunnel In favorable ore bearing ground
with some very nice showings of min
eral already cut on the Mayflower
ground.
snowstorm Mine.
AT larson the Snowstorm mine en-
ioyed a prosperous year of production,
new development and equipment and
under the present management its af-
fairs have been pushed in a true and
energetic Greenough manner that have
characterized it's past history.
A lot Of money has been spent In
transforming the ola teaching plant
to an up-to-da concentrating mill of
225 tons maNimum daily capacity, and
while this work has involved con-
siderable outlay OF money. every fea
ture of the old mill that could be usef
has been taken advantage of, The wa
ter line has been rebuilt and put in eX
cellent shape for permanent service
and the remaining ore resources o.
the mine, both oxidi2ed and sulphlde
ere being transformed into profit IN
the most economical manner possible
The concentrating process has taker
a good deal Of experimenting and adj
iustment but is now believed to be
brought up to as high a degree of eff
flciency as is possible on such finely
disseminated soft sulphide mineral II
such a hard gangue. and the recover,
now being made compares favorably
with the best results on similar ores
anywhere in the world.
While the output of this mine the
past year is not as large as its forme'
record. II does not fall far short of IT
and will exceed the average annual
production since shipments first com
mcnced, while the mine stih contains
large reserves of mineral that can be
prohtabIy handled under present metal
prices.
Development work has continued al
the fourth level and raise has been
made from No. 4 to No. 3, connecting
with winze from No 3, which dis
closes a downward extension of the
main ore body TO considerable dis
lance below No 3, through which 1t IL
expected Il profitable tonnage of milf
ing ore will be derived. Preparations
are now being made to sink from No
4 In the main vein between the two
faults that have interrupted the min
eraiization for the purpose Of deter
mining the virtue of eminent gaoIogi-
cal OPINION in regard TO the occur
renee Of the main ore channel at fur
Their depth.
(Continued next week)
y M . W.