The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-03-13
Nine Mile and Sunset Districts
of the Occur dAlenes
ANNUAL REPORT RosT. BELL. STATE MINE INSPECTOR

ness affairs during the year after
long seige of negotiation and COM
i menced an energetic campaign Of fur
ther development and equipment.
This enterprise has obtained long
lease on the milling plant owned by
the Rex Mining company, situated just
below the Success mill on Nine Mile
above Bradyville, which has been con-
nected with the mine by long over
head wire rope tramway and has ca
pacity for treating 400 tons Of ore per
day. This milling equipment was
nearing completion at the time Of my
visit In December and expected to
start operations shortly after the first
of the year with an initial tonnage Of
200 tons per day, which Is expected to
be gradually increased to the maxi
mum output of 400 tons per day during
the year.
The ore deposits Of these combined
properties are Of most desirable
character and extent and present de-,
velopment conditions Of the mine in
sure further important expansion Of
ore reserves by additional work at the
Custer lower tunnel level.
The main ore shoot In the lamar
acl is 1876 feet long and 10 feet wide.
developed through an adit tunnel at
depth Of $50 feet below the surface. It
presents a magnificent channel Of high
grade concentrating lead-silver ore In
which fat streaks OF clean shipping
mineral are found.
This same ore shoot has been cut by
the extension of the old workings of
the Custer No. tunnel. where 1t Is
/, shown to be IL feet wide and nearly
half of its width in first class ore car
rying about 60 per cent lead and three
fourths Of an ounce of silver to each
per cent lead.
The No Custer tunnel is 5000 feet
long and includes lot of poorly d.
rected prosecuting and drifting work
by the old operators in their efforts to
find this ore body. which was missed
together with the downward extension
OF the old Custer ore channels, lying
several hundred feet further east, hut
whose successful development at this
deep level. with the present knowledge
Of the faulting system and the ore
bearing virtue of this formation that
has been demonstrated by the opera
ton of other property nearby. there Is
little doubt but that the old Custer
ore channels. worked in the early davs
of the district. which are credited with
a total OUTPUT that yielded over half
million dollars in profits from the up
| per workings, will again be recovered
land greatly enhance the value and
TONNAGE capacity Of the combined pro-
perties.
Interstate Callahan Mine.
! on the opposite side OF Nine Mile
embracing very large group OF pat
ented claims that include the direct
western extension strike of the fam
fous Hercules assure. the Consolidated
Interstate Callahan Mining company
we'll financed institution, has prose-
cuted an extensive and thorough CAM
paign of development throughout the
year, including the completion Of a
crosscut tunnel $500 feet long that cuts
/ the main vein of the property 1900
feet deep and at point 400 feet under
the lower tunnel Of the adjacent Cal
lahan ore development with which It
has recently been connected. This
work disclosed splendid ore channel
! that has been drifted upon for $50