The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-11-26
REGULAR SHIPMENTS
FROM PARAGON MINE
NORTH SIDE PROPERTY MAKING
GOOD REcoRD-FEW MEN
ON THE PAYROLL.

l.. w. Stedman, manager OF the
Paragon Consolidated Mining COM
pany, was in the city yesterday, and
in response to inquiries gave some
very interesting information regard
ing the operation Of his property,
which is situated on the North Side
a few miles above Murray, The Par
agon group was located by Mr.. Sted-
man some Is years ago, and the ex-
tensive development work that has
been done In the intervening years
has all been accomplished under his
management. Minnesota capitalists
are associated with him in the owner
ship OF the property and the company
Is a close corporation. Like most de-
velopment companies, the Paragon
has had its financial difficulties and
has passed through them with credit
unimpaired When money was plen-
tiful the work went on with rush,
and with a rush the work stopped
when there was no money, which In a
few words tells how the credit of the
company was maintained But imam
cial troubles now seem happily over
for the mine Is now paying for Its own
development and leaving ~ surplus
besides.
~ ".. Economical Management.
The present operations are confined
t. what was formerly known as the
Chicago e London property but which
has now been consolidated with the
Paragon. 1t Is located at the mouth
of Paragon gulch and Is connected
with the Black Horse mill by a short
tram The present operations are
through a shaft go feet deep, from
which drift has been run liz feet
below No. tunnel. Stopping Is In
progress on a fine shoot of ore, three
feet Of which Is practically solid and
much of which could be sorted for
shipment, but for the present 1t Is
more economical to run all of ii
through the mill. Commercial ore has
been found for 700 feet above the
present level from the shaft that Is In
tunnels No az, 3 and 4. From No.
II cars of ore have been shipped.
Mill Does Good Work.
When preparations were being made
several months ago to start the mine
the company expended about $4,000 II
repairing the Black Horse mill which
~ hoe ,,ndar loaea Two JJortz iig,
were put in, fine rolls and other addi
tons to the equipment which have re
suited in making an so per cent re
covery Of zinc which Is the chic
value IN the ore, and in making per
feet separation of the zinc and Leaf
and high recovery of the latter TIL,
mill is Iun by water power which ais
furnishes power for two air compress
ors which operate the drills and pump
The same water power also operate
an electric light plant.
Small Force for Mine and Mill,
While making no pretentlons as al
efficiency expert, Mr.. Stedman 4
nevertheless making an cxceptipna
record in the way of economical op
GRAFTON The mill is running only on
shift Of 10 hours, and the total payroll
far both mine and mill Is Z men be
sides himself There are two men il
the mine with one machine drill
hoistman who trans the ore to tn
mill. Two mill men and a mining en-
gineer who acts as foreman and doe
the assaying. Mr.. Stedman himself i
on the job all the time cni sees tina
there is no lost motion in any de
partment,
Ore Shipments.
Ten shifts of 10 hours turn out /;
car Of concentrates which average a
per cent zinc The railroad Is abou
1000 feet from the mill, which neces
states wagon haul of that distance
Three cars are shipped per month anC
sometimes four. Three cars have al
ready been shipped this month an,
another is ready for shipment
The Paragon Consolidated owns A.
claims, half of which have been pat
ented, A special geological report or
the property was made some time age
and the same geologlst examined the
formation of upper Nine Mile. He
pronounced the general characters.
ties Of the two sections to be the same