The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-05-22
THE TERRIBLE EDITH,
IT'S BIG POSSIBILITIES
RELlMlNARY DEVELOPMENT is
MAKING GOOD RECORD
AND SHOWING.

James Wood of Murray has been
spending several days in Wallace with
his brother. Lyman He is here on
business in the district court.
Mr. Wood is pioneer resident of
Murray. He is one of the principal
owners in the Terrible Edith mine and
spends the greater part of his time
working on the property.
Nothing to It.
Mr.. Wood says there is nothing to
the report of a consolidation of the
Terrible Edith and Golden Chest,
printed last week and talked about
more or less except by those directly
concerned. "This winter, over at Muir
most any old report"
On account of the railroad tie-ups
little ore has been shipped from the
Terrible Edith this year. Work, how
ever, on the property has been pretty
steady. 1t will be some weeks yet be-
fore the railroad has repaired it's wash
outs and is in shape to handle Muir
ray ore. A number of carloads will be
ready to ship as soon as they can be
handled by the road The wagon haul
to the railroad Is about mile over q
fairly good down-hil grade. The Ter
rible Edith has been profitable occa
sional shipper of lead and zinc for
some years past
Deep Opening Not Difficult.
The Terrible Edith will eventually
be opened from a practical creek level
and ore will be economically handled
and shipped just as it is by the big
plants on the South Fork and tribu
taries Now the mining is by hand
drlling sorting, always expensive, is
necessary, wagon haul is added and
no immediate financial return is
available from the lower grade ore
which must accumulate on the dumps,
And still. with all this handicap, the
Terrible Edith has been fairly steady
and profitable producer.
Approximately 1000 feet additional
depth can be had on the property if
opened from level near the railroad,
and this with tunnel of reasonable
length.
Self Development Slow and Excep-
tional.
OF course 1t is slow and hard pro-
position to bring about and pay for
deep development, power and conccn
raj NJ nj a r1tc oar n n
preliminary development of mine. It
is rather exceptional to do this any
where, especially in the Coeur d'Alenes
on usually low grade product. The
Hercules and Mammoth. under cap
able management and with some bet
ter than the average ore, successfully
met the expense of their developmnt
and great growth after some quantity
of ore was found in place. Other big
money makers of today required n
considerable outlay Of advance money
for development and machinery be-
fore they were money makers. IT
looks like possibility for the Ter
riblc Edith to be in the self-developing
class and to grow big solely on its own
resources. But all of this would be
greatly hastened If economical hand
ling of the mines product and modern
equipment were provided with ad-
vance money. No one can question
that the mines record and it's known
ore reserves with present development
amply Justify deep work.
Steady Production Needed.
Even one steady producer, doing
business every day in the year, would
be Of immense benefit to the North
Side. There would be numerous 9TH
ers very soon, for there is no good
reason why there should not be busy
mines and mills in the vicinity of Muir
ray. It is not for lack Of ore.