The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-12-24

COMPANY FEET AND AT 700 FEET
pEPTH-LooKs BIG, PERMANENT ORE BODY
COMPANY IN GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE.

Last Saturday evening six feet of
good milling ore was struck in the
T Amazon Dixie mine, situated just
across the Idaho Montana divide, in
/ Montana. This is regarded as one of
the most important strikes that has
been made in this district in recent
years, and while the extent Of the ore
shoot remains to be determined, To
ken in connection with the showings
/ of ore that have been made in the up
per workings Of the property, 1t Is
reasonably certain that further eX
ploration will place 1t among the big
mines of the district. The vein where
the ore was encountered is between s
and feet wide. and fully 6 feet of this
width Is lead silver and zinc, ore of
good milling grade most of it being
the former. There are occasional
streaks or chunks of clean ore. The
lead and zinc are not in close combin
alton, but are easily separated and
the entire face presents an ideal con-
centrating ore.
Where the Ore Was Found.
The Amazon Dixie vein was cut
some time ago by a crosseut almost
5000 feet in length. After drifting on
the vein a distance of about rs feet the
vein was cut out by a fault To pick
up the vein again was the problem TO
be solved and for this purpose Fred
Merriam, mining engineer of this city,
visited the property and changed the
course Of the drift about GO degrees
which was followed for a distance of
160 feet when the vein was again
picked up with the result above stat
ed. The ore was struck at a depth Of
about 700 feet on the vein. The fact
that a crosseut 500 feet above has orc
and for several hundred feet on the
surface ore has been uncovered leaves
no other conclusion than that an ore
shoot of great value has been enc1un.
tered on this lower level That there
J will be a marked Improvement in tbs
size and quality of the ore body Is in
dicated by the fact that the drift mus
be extended several hundred feet be.
fore getting under the best showing or
the surface.
Well Equipped Property.
The outside equipment and build
ings of the Amazon Dixie are the bes
and most complete to be found in con
nection with any mining property il
p the district in process Of development
They include well built and commodi
Gus buildings for the company offic'
and residence Of the manager bunl
/ and boarding house. blacksmith ant
machine shop, air compressor waite
power which includes large reservoi
and pipe line, sawmill, extensive shed
for mining timbers and wood, A horst
handles the cars underground. Thes
outside improvements represent al
expenditure Of 100000, and give th
!. premises an appearance of perman
ence not usually found at a mine il
the early stages Of it's Development
FROM prospect to Mlne.
The man who equipped the Anna
zon- Dixie and brought it to it's pres
ent stage of development is Wesle,
Everett, the manager He has beer
on the job since the Amazon Dixi
was a prospect hole; in fact, he sum
the hole and then followed it up b.
stripping the vein for several hundre'
, feet showing up practically on tn
surface one of the most remarkable
ledges that has over been seen in thi
D district in which rich surface show
: ngs are not uncommon. This was II
1906 or 1907. Mr. Everett and his as
4 sociates organized the Amazon -DiXi
, company which he has financed from
5 that time to the present. The work o
, development wa well under way whel
Il four years ago the great forest fir
b cleaned up all the outside property o
: the company and so crippled it fnan
: cially that it was almost two year
before 1t was In position to take u
the work again.
- Company en- Solid Basis.
: It was Mr.. Everett who devised
/ system that enlisted the support O
S eastern capital to the extent Of pro
viding the necessary funds to carr
g the enterprise to Q successful conclu
= sion, and he states that there is noN
e practically 100000 in the treasury Q
- the company available for further ex
e ploration work And he IS going to d
the exploring. While there is ever
evidence of mine, he proposes t
prove it before talking mill or takin
any decisive steps toward a plant fc
= ore treatm ant The ore will be
+" sight before n mill is erected at til
Amazon Dixie. However, he is m
throwing any orc over the vast
dump. Yesterday he completed
track and bin which will aceommo
n date the ore that is taken out as tn
h drift advances The mon from tn
y mine have been engaged in this out
d side work since the ore was struc
I1 r,.i4L 4I,tc ooy,, plotnd +ha drift wi