The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-25
SENATOR CLARK |NSPECTS SUNSET
AND EXAMINES OTHER PROPERTY
ZIG BODY OF LOW GRADE oRE-wLL EXPERIMENT TO FIND
METHOD OF TREArMENT-MAY PURCHASE THE
PORTLAND AND rUscUMelA GROUPS.

Senator w. A. Clark of Butte, ac-
companied by his assistant secretary
Harry Goddard, arrived in the city
last Saturday afternoon in his private
car attached to the regular Northern
Pacific train from Missoua. The seo-
ator was met at the station by Robert
Hodge, superintendent Of the Sun
set mine, and the two Immediately en-
tered waiting hack and proceeded at
once to the mine. distance of or
nrles, near the summit of Sunset peak.
The senator stepped from his sumptu-
Gus private car to the waiting hack
with step more quick and elastic
than that Of most men of half his
years. He remained at the mine that
night and until late Sunday evening.
when he returned to the city. He re-
turned to Montana Monday morning,
his car being attached to the regular
outgoing Missoula train at $50.
Pleased With Sunset Showing.
Just prior to his departure Monday
morning, in conversation with a rep
resentative of The Miner Senator
Clark expressed himself as we'll pleas
ed with the results Of development
work on the Sunset property. A large
body of ore had been exposed, but the
senator said it was low grade and the
first problem to be solved before un-
dertakng more extensive plans of de-
velopment was to determine a prac-
tical method of profitable treatment
Of the ore. The ore consisted of both
lead and zinc with low values in sill
YER and to find process that will re-
cover these values economically is the
problem to be solved. Experimental
tests will be made, and while the SEN
ator did not say so, the inference was
that when a satisfactory process has
been found. there will be no further
delay in making the Sunset a produc
tive mine.
No Change il, Present Work
Asked if the experiments with the
ore he proposed to make would result
in suspending the present operations,
Senator Clark said they would not;
that the development work would
continue. but that the shaft would not
be put down any further al this time.
The shaft is now down 400 feet and
drifting is in progress both east and
west on that level with frequent
crosscuts to prospect the vein.
May Acquire Additional Ground.
The inspection of the Sunset mine
was not the only thing that occupied
Senator Clarl<'s attention while on
Sunset peak. Most Of Sunday was
spent in looking over the property Of
the Portland Mining company, which
IS the western extension of the Sun
set vein and the Tuscumbia which
joins the Portland property on the
west and is q continuation Of the same
vein The Tuscumbia people have
offered their property to Senator Clark |
at 2 definite figure, which also in
cludes the Toughnut. under bond to
the Tuscumbia. and he made a careful !
examination of the underground work |
ings in which much ore is in evil
denrp. while there IS no proposition |
for the purchase of the Portland group |
under considera ton. it is known that |
it can be purchased. 1t is owned by |
George B. Markle, now residing in |
PENNSYLVANIA, and much development |
work was done by him many years
ago.
Tunnel From Beaver Creek.
Should Senator Clark purchase |
these properties and it is by no means |
improbable that he will eventually do |
50, his purpose would no doubt be to
develop the combined groups by
tunnel from Beaver creek. The ore
showing in the present workings of /
the Sunset, Portland and Tuscumbia ,
groups leave no doubt as to the per-
manence Of the ore shoots with depth,
and it is believed that the deep devel-
opment of them as here suggested |
would open up tremendous ore bodies
and give the combined properties rank
among the greatest mines of the
Occur dAlene district.