The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-11-20

Lltthi dilHNuEH Ho NOISE IS nlduc ABOUT
It. Some production and shipment OF
ore and considerable development are
In progress all the time at dozen or
more places. True there Is no large
crew at any one place, but in the ag-
gregate there Is q considerable num-
Der Of men employed within a very
few miles up and down the creek
a portion Of the Big creek section
Is apparently in the Bunker Hin &
sullivan mineral belt Another por-
ton is in the dry ore belt, yielding the
highest grade Of ore In the camp.
Following is a brief resume of some
OF the work going on. beginning IN
the lower part of the creek, on the
west side
Silver Values Exclusively.
Leascrs on the property of the Bis
Creek Mining company are running ID
crosscul tunnel about 1900 feet above
the creek and near 500 below upper
workings on the same property 1t is
time, Several shipments Of ore have
been made recently and in years pa st
from this ledge. The value of the ore
is exclusively in silver and Of high
grade.
Above and adjoining on the south
is the AS" group This Is owned by
Mrs Ellie Heller, very early pioneer
woman of the Coeur d'Alenes Recent
work there was In following stringer
Of gray copper, ore characteristic Of
the locality
Extensive Crosscutting.
Charles Gullickson Is developing 4
group Of seven claims above the "4S"
He Is one of the old timers of B.,
creek, having been identified with thai
section for more than 20 years. He
has a tunnel on the property over 600
feet in length.
The Empire Mining company is en- !.
gagged in driving long crosscut to get
under big groupings on The surface.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan exten-
sion company, composed principally Of
Kellogg people, is also engaged In
driving a long tunnel
The Rockford Mining company, Of
which Walter Hanson Is secretary, is
composed largely of Wallace people
Work Is soon to begin here. Some
time ago this company lost heavily
in surface improvement by snow
slide
Work Is under way at the Western
Star, of which George Sparcnberg is
one of the principal owners. Recent
ly he put in supplies and expects to
work there during the winter The
present work Is in crosscutting, though
there is said to be more or less cleau-
ing up to do on account of caving
ground.
The Blue Bell Is being developed by
contract work. Much contract deve-
lopment has been done there in the
past few years The property has a
big surface showing and long cross
cut tunnel has been run. half mile
or more. to open. Good results may
be expected here at any time.
Carl and Leonard Magnee have a
group of claims about the Blue Bell
They are steadily developing, One
tunnel on the ground is 800 feet in
length
Two Well Known Properties Idle.
The Pawhattan, some distance fur
ther south, and prominent some years
ago, Is not being worked at preseng
II Is said to have more or less ore
at various stages of It's development
and to have generally good showing
The Liston too is idle just now but
will probably not remain so long. II
has been extensively developed by the
Baumgartners Its big surface show
ing and results of underground work
are said to give ample encouragement
producing mine.
Old Property Revived.
On the east side Of the creek, above
the Yankee group, Is the Iron King.
John Pelkes, j. B. Cox and other KcI-
ogg people are interested in this.
Work will be carried on here all winte..
Old timers will remember this prop
srty as having been worked In the
early days by Senator Klein of Mur.
ray and later of the South Side. More
han 100000 worth of development is
said TO have been done
Yankee Group Gave Safe Returns.
Three groups of leasers are workin,
on the Yankee ledge. This is the
property Of Dennis and Mrs. True
Blake. Prior to the death of True
Blake, a few years ago, the two
about quarter of century. They
orothers had worked the property for
made periodical shipments of high
grade silver ore. With diligence and
,arcful management they accumulated
/, competency for life from the direct
product and safe and conservative in
pestment.
Three Leases.
Not desiring to mine further,Den-
1js Blake. the remaining brother, con.