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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
WEST FORK NINE MILE
A PROMISING FIELD
LOG CABIN COMPANY WILL Ex-t
rLoHE TWO VEINS AT
GREAT DErtN.

| The success which has attended the
persistent and Systematic development
work on the east fork Of Nine Milo
may be duplicated on the west fork
Of the same stream before another new
year is ushered in ANY one who Is
| familiar with the work that has been
done on both forks in years past Will
agree that the east fork had no ad-
vantage over the west IN prospective
mines prior to recent years. during
which time east fork prospects sud-
denly passed from good prospects TO
dividend paying mines. But 1t should
be borne In mind that during the past
few years when the east fork has been
the scene of great activity. there has
been practically nothing doing on the
west fork. Yet this same west fork Is
crossed by a n,inera! belt that contains
some Of the great mines Of the district.
and the work already done gives am
pie assurance that depth will disclose
great ore bodies of commercial value.
Work Begins on West Fork.
But there Is now evidence that the
| long period of inactivity on the. west
fork Of Nine Nile Is to be succeeded
by a period of active development. In
fact work was this week started by
the Log Cabin Mining company under
| the direction Of Sam Linn, of thla city.
one Of the heavy stockholders :, This
property consists Of IL claims on the
west side Of the west fork, and the
group covers two we'll defined veins
about 400 feet apart for a distance If
over 1000 feet. One Of these veins Is
unquestionably identical with that OF
the Nine Nile Mining company which
Joins the Log Cabin on the east ANA
which has exposed considerable ore ot
fair milling grade. On one Of these
veins a short tunnel has been run,
Showing little galena and a well n,ia-
|eralized vein filling
viii Cut Both Veins. -,
Being fully convinced that depth VIII
expose orc in paying quantities. thu
company has evidently worked on tn.
tilcoIy ttldt D'tH Illll' anu money
would be saved by driving a crosscut
tunnel to cut both veins at great
depth. This tunnel is now in between
700 and 500 feet and the work Just
started will be continuous until tho
first vein Is encountered The railroad
crosses the ground a short distance
from the mouth of the tunnel, plenty
of timber on the claims for mining
purposes, and in every respect the
company is well situated fer develop.
ing and operating a mine.
The stock Of the company Is princi.
pally owned by Sam Linn and W n.
Hanson Of wallace, John Fink, fcrn1-
erly Of this city, now Of Los Angeles,
and other Los Angeles people, some
Of whom are rated very high Anan-
cially
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
J. 3. GREEN RETURNS.
Former Wallace Man Representing
Machinery Company,

]. B. Green, for many years resi-
dent of the Occur d'Alene district and
connected with several of the big min
Ing companies, now residing in Seat
tie. arrived in the city Wednesday. Mr..
Green Is the inventor of a machine
designed for saving fine gold and rare
minerals frequently found in placer
deposits. The patent rights for this
machine he has sold to the Monarch
Engineering company Of Seattle and
Mr.. Green has himself taken an in
terest in that concern. This company
will place the gold saving machine,
called the Green amalgamator, on the
market. The company also manufact-
ures the Monarch concentrator. which
Is something on the order of the Will
fey table. and he is here now to in
troduce 1t in this district.
Mr.. Green states that his company
manufactures everything in the line of
mining machinery. AS an example Of
the heavy machinery turned out he
referred to the mammoth rolls used a.
Concrete, WASH, which have capac-
ity Of crushing 600 tons per hour.
These rolls were designed by Howard
D. Mcleod, manager of the Monarch
company, !,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
NINE NILE MINING co.
TO RESUME OPERATIONS
FORMER WORK EXPOSED TWO
FEET or MILLING ORE IN
A RAISE.

Q. II, Linn. an cid timer IN the
Occur dAlene district, and who clean
ed up a comfortable fortune in hi:
mining operations here arrived In tbs
city this week He returned recently
from California, where he not only re-
gained his health, but also acquired
some valuable land In the famous San
joaquin valley and also another tract
in Santa Cruz county But with all
that Mr. Linn could not lose the lure
for Occur 4 Alene lead. and he Is back
here now for the avowed purpose of
devoting much Of his energy to max
ing the west fork Of Nine Mile a rival
of the east fork as a mineral produc-
cr His family is still in California
and it will be necessary for him to re-
turn there before his plans can fully
mate,aliEe
Nine Mile Mining Company.
More work has been done by the
Nine Mile Mining company in the way
of development than by any other
company on the west fork The lower
tunnel. driven to crosscut the vein, Is
about 5000 feet in length This tun-
mel was run much farther than neces-
sary, owing TO an unexpected change
in the dip of the vein, which was fin
ally located by a raise of 2S0 feet. A
"inze from the upper tunnel joins this
raise completing connection between
the two levels a distance of about 500
feet The vein at the point Of inte.-
section shows about two feet of mill
ing ore. Mr.. Linn visited the prop
erty Tuesday and brought down sam
pies of the ore, including one chunk
10 or II inches in diameter and in lift
ing it one would think II was solid
lead, 1t is the purpose Of the com
pany to begin work on the property
at an early date, and the showing Of
ore indicates that it will soon be In
position to be classed as a mine
An Old Gold Location.
Mr.. Linn says that early assays Of
the Nine Mile ore showed gold value
as high as s12. In this connection It
Continued on Page g
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
HYPOTHEEK DIRECTORS
HOLD A MEETING
MANAGER SUBMITS REPoRr-AN
ASSESSMENT OF I CENT A
SHARE Is LEVIED.

A meeting of the directors of the
Hypotheek Mining company was held
at the office Of the company in the
Eagle block last Tuesday. Those
present were w. w. Davidson of
Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, president Of
the company; ]. H. Guenther of Spo-
kane. vice president; Otto A. OLSON
Of Wallace, secretary. and ]. H. Kerns
Of Moosejaw, director. p F. Rogers,
manager of the mine, was also pres
ent. The only business Of importance
transacted was the levying of an as
sessment of cent per share on the
outstanding capital stock
The directors went down to the
mine yesterday to make an inspection,
after which they will proceed to their
homes
Managers Report.
Manager P. F. Rogers presented a
report to the directors showing the
amount of work accomplished and
present condition of the mine, to-
gether with a financial statement Of
operations. This was approved and
ordered printed in circular form for
distribution to stockholders. The fol-
lowing extract is made from the re-
port:
Since our last report, issued Mo-
vember 5, the west drift on the 700
foot level has been driven a total dis
tance Of 40 feet, leaving 60 feet yet
to be driven. Then a crosscut will be
run, into the foot wall Of the vein un-
til good, solid ground is encountered
and a suitable place to cut station
and start our permanent three-com-
partment shaft.
"The improvements to the old shaft
and hoisting equipment ordered made
by the state mine inspector have also
been done.
I'm driving this drift west the vein
showed up fairly strong and we'll de-
fined for some 250 feet and some ore
was encountered. The last 80 feet
uIlN Gil Has DccH III d very HdIu dHu
tight slate formation and the vein
pinched down to about three inches
wide. We expect to have the balance
Of the drifting and prosecuting COM
pleted about January 20. when we will
start on the sinking and raising of the
shaft and push this work to completion
with all possible speed distance Of
700 feet to the surface and at the same
time sink to the 9O0-foot level.
I'm the meantime we are preparing
plans and specifications for the mill
and tramway and obtaining competi-
tive figures of costs so that at the time
when we have completed the shaft 70
the 900-foot level and conditions war
rant, we will be in position to give
the orders for the necessary machin-
cry and equipment and let the con-
tract for their erection without loss Of
time.
TN order to carry on the work 20
the best advantage 1t will be neces-
sary to levy an assessment Of one cent
90 mills)"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
THE MOONLIGHT.
Work Directed to Locate Vein Cut Out
by Fault.

by Fault.
Upon cutting the Moonlight vein in
the long crosscut several months ago,
a drift was started east on the vein
which was continued for about 200
feet. At that point fault was en-
countered and after passing through
1t the vein was lost. This same fault
was cut several hundred feet back ii,
the crosscut, and knowing the diff
Guilty and uncertainty Of picking up a
vein under such conditions, the man
agement decided to adopt a plan that
renders it's location certain. Going
back in the crosscut tunnel has been
started which Is following the east
side Of the fault and will continue un-
til the vein is found. This tunnel Is
now in about 30 feet and good pro-
gress Is being made.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
STROBE SHOWS HOW ORE CONTRACT
DEPR|vES COUNTY Of JUST REVENUE
he ALSO ASKS SOME POINTED QUESTIONS
GANlzAToN AND OPERATION GREEN HILL.
CLEVELAND COMPANY.

attorneys, and in fact everything seq
arate except the president and mana =
ger, If for no other purpose than to ex-
c!ude Federal stockholders from any
knowledge or participate in the af-
fairs Of the Green Hill Cleveland COM
pany?
/ Taxpayers VitalIy Interested.
The annual loss to the stocl1hold
ers of the Federal company by reason
Of its outrageous contract for the sale
Of its ores to the smelter trust is about
$3.50 600 annually. varying with the
price Of lead. 4 suit is now pending
in the supreme court Of the state #
New York in which the minority stock
holders are seeking to annul this ills-
gal and unfair contract and to divert
this loss TO its proper channels. That
Is, to place II in the possession of the
stockholders, and by so doing the state
Of Idaho, shoshone county. its cities
and schools, will reap their Just pro.
portion Of taxes on this amount per
annum, dating from the year 1909.
Comparing these taxes with other pro-
ducing mines of the district II would
reach the sum of sse,ooO if paid when
due Adding to this amount the ac-
crued penalties and costs it would now
amount to approximately $4,000.
Every taxpayer Of shoshone county
and the state Of Idaho is directly af.
fected by the non payment Of this
just tay and is vitally interested fin
ancially in the annulmant of the IN
just contract now existing between the
smelter trust and the Federal Mining
and Smelling company and should Join
Issues with the minority stockholders
Property Owners Make Up the Loss
Taxation Is the source Of revenue #
all civilized governments and The bur.
den of taxation should fall equally up.
on all according to wealth and advan-
tages, whether individuals or corpora
tions.
Five hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars Of taxable profits on ores mined
by the Federal company are being "a.
ken out of the state annually and put
into the pockets of the smelter trust
by reason Of the unjust ore contract.
and the property owners Of Shoshcne
county and the state Of Idaho are ma
king up this loss from their own pock-
cts. Is there time when patience
ceases to be virtue
4. NJ. STROBE.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
Mullan. Idaho, January 6, 1918.


To the Editor Of The Miner;
During the last few months / have
from time to time contributed severl
signed articles to the local press deal
ing with subjects pertinent to the mill
ing industry Of this district, and espe-
cialy with the unfair methods pursued
oy the smelter trust. the Federal Min-
ing 6, Smelling company and the Unit
ed Stores company in dealing with IT.
company boarding house methods de-
duction of accounts from the pay
checks of it's employees, and so forth.
These various subjects I have dealt
with in more or less detail and it Is
now my purpose to again present som :
Of the facts already touched upon in
a more condensed way in order that
the public may not be blinded or the
issues involved considered lightly
A Leading Question.
Is it true that Mr. Day, assisted by
Mr.. Brownell, former president Of the
Federal Mining and Smelling COM
pany and predecessor of Mr.. Day,
forced the Green Hill Cleveland Min
ing company Of which Federal owns
but so per cent, to ship It's ores to the
smelter trust under the original fraud
ulent blanket contract. in spite Of the
fact that it's terms provide that only
the companies Of which Federal owns
IS per cent Of the outstanding stock
shall be subject to its provisions?
If SO, why did Mr.. Day do this wh.n
he knew that under the terms Of the
fraudulent contract Green Hill-C Cleve-
land would sustain an annual loss Of
approximately s12o,ooo?
Another
Why is it necessary FOR Mr. DAY,
after Incorporating the Green Hill
Cleveland company under the laws Of
the state of Nevada with dummy d.
rectors. the Incorporation laws IF
which state do not hold the individual
stockholders personally liable as do the
laws of our own state. and which also
allows the officers of corporation .
hold Office for a period Of three years
without reelection or change when the
laws of Idaho require an annual elec-
tion Of officers, to maintain separate
Offices, In building in which he him
self derives profit from the rentals,
separate books Of account, engineers,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08

not abandoned the North Side. bur
only sought temporary work to Re.
plenish their resources to enable them
to look after and develop, their Prop.
critics here.
Contract or Kyle Grooe,
a contract TO run 100 feet cfstunnsl
on on what is termed. the Kyle srEup, on
Vandetta gulch, was secured ~ Ben
r. Morgan from the Portland, Ore,
company which owns the property.
Mr. Morgan and H. r Hall have laid
in supplies 70 begin the work
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
NEARING SUNSET VEIN.
Another Week Will Probably Reach II
on the 400 Level

Reports from the Sunset mine state
that the crosscut from the shaft on the
400-foot level has been run about 100
feet and that the vein should be
reached within the next week or ten
days. The progress Of this crosscut
is being watched with much interest,
and it is generally accepted that If the
ore shoot continues to improve or IS
as good as the showing on the 200,
extensive deep development will be
started at once and facilities provid-
ed for Grating the mine on large
scale.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
THE LAClEDE.
Changes in the Vein Are Regarded as
Favorable.

The Laclede vein, which Is being
drifted upon and which had swung too
much to the south, has within the last
few days lined up in an easterly and
westerly course. and coincident with
this change streak of mineralized
quartz has made It's appearance in the
face along the foot wall. These
changes, along with the generally
favorable appearance of the face of
the drift, are regarded as encouraging
indications of the approach Of an ore
shoot.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
Wallace rsrties Interested.

j, NJ. savage and ., A. Finlayson,
With two associates, have contract
to run zoo feet Of tunnel on a group
of quartz claims at the head Of Alder
gulch. which opens out into Beaver
creek from the south side, little east
of Delta. Wallace parties are reported
to have optioned the group, and are
responsible for the work being done
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
THE HAPPY DAY.
Work Temporarily Suspended Win
Completion Of Contract,

Completion Of Contract,
The contractors completed their
work on the Happy Day a few days
ago and nothing Is now doing on the
property. No further work will be
undertaken until early spring. ! The
works at the Happy Day are exposed
TO danger from snowslides. and as
much snow is likely to fall during the
next few weeks, the company decided
for that reason alone to take no
chances AS soon as the conditions
are favorable in the spring It is the
intention Of the company to proceed
with the development IF the property.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08

Z. II pattiscn, secretary Of the
Hea dlight Mining company, IA In tho
city on business in connection with
The company Mr.. Pattison IS also
heavily interested in the Hector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
INHERITANCELAW
OF STATE UPHELD
Supreme Court Passes on Sec
tion Relating to Payment of
Tax on Estates.

Washington. Jan. 5.-That section of
the Illinois Inheritance tax law pro-
hibiting safe deposit companies from
transferring deposits of dead persons
to executors or administrators with
out retaining a sufficient portion to
pay Inheritance tax is constitutional,
according to a decision of the supreme
court.
In the case of Anna Lepina the su-
preme court today decided that aliens
who may have lived in the United
States for years are subject to de-
portation should they visit their for
eign homes and after three years re-
turn to this country and engage in i'm
moral practices.
Fence posts without a fence are no
on public lands, the court
decided. In another case the court
also decided that states may tax their
citizens on the par value of stocks
held in corporations in other states.
Harold Cramer, aged II, of Chicago,
whose hand was mangled by the ex-
plosion of a decorating cap he
picked up on the street and ''hit with
a hammer" will get more than $4,000
damages from a contracting firm by
a supreme court decision.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
STATE SOLDIERY
Gets ULTIMATUM
Must Conform to New Order or
Be Deprived of Federal
Financial Assistance.

Washington, Jan. 5.-The war de-
partment has issued a circular, No. 13,
announcing a decision of Advocate
General Crowdefthat the militia forces
of the. country must conform in organi-
zation to the standards of the regular
army or be deprived of all federal
financial support.
The decision is of greatest import
ance to militia as well as the govern
ment. because few il any national
guard organizations are now able to
meet the requirements, and if the gov
ernment is to be able to make use of
the militia in an emergency there
must be a sweeping change in state
or radical modification of
the militia act. which requires that
the state militia be organized into
brigades and divisions, the former to
be commanded by a brigadier general
and the latter by a major general
The war department discovered
there was a great surplusage of high
ranking officers in the militia, and
that major generals were commanding
mere brigades and brigadier generals
regiments. State authorities were war
ranted in mastering out either a major
general or brigadier general and STATS
II they were without necessary men
TO compose a division or brigade, the
decision concludes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
NATIONAL BOARD
HOLDS OFFICIALS
Hermann and Bruce Reelected
President and Secretary of
Baseball Commission.

Cincinnati. Ohio. Jan 3. - Prominent
personages in organized baseball, in
cluding members of the national COM
mission. representatives of several
minor leagues and club owners In the
tEo major-leagtes are sheEe--to-eon-
slider among other things the claims
Of the recently organized ball players
federation and the encroachment of
the Federal league on organized base
ball. The first business Of the commits
sion was the reading OF the annual
reports OF Chairman Hermann and
Secretary Bruce.
August Hermann was reelected
chairman of the national commission
and Bruce was again chosen secre-
tary Governor Tener of Pennsyl-
vania was present as a member OF the
commission. N1agnates OF minor
leagues will meet in joint session with
the national commission and tomor-
row the two bodies will meet a com
mittee from the players federation
II appears the cofcensus of opinion,
among the minors. that
the majority OF the demands OF the
p ayers will be granted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
KERMIT ROOSEVELT Is TO
WED DAUGHTER OF ENVOY

Richmond, Va, jan 5.-Persona let
ters received here from Madrid by
friends of Ambassador Willard report
the engagement of the ambassadors
daughter, Miss Belle Willard, to Ker-
NIT Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roose-
velt
The wedding. it Is said. will take
place in the spring, probably here in
Richmond. the home of the Wizards.
Miss Willard, Kermit Roosevelt, and
his sister. now Mrs. Richard Derby,
were guests of the Willards on long
motor trip through Virginia and end
ing at Hot Springs little over year
ago Miss willard was one of the
guests last winter at the wedding in
New York of Ethel Roosevelt to Mr..
Derby, but the romance between the
Virginia girl and the brides brother
was not suspected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
WILSON AT BILOXI KIRK
Unexpecte Visit Surprises inhabi-
tants of Little Southern Town.


Pass Christian, Miss, Jan. s.
President Wilson yesterday surprised
the little town of Biloxi, 25 miles from
the presidents cottage here, by drop
ping in unexpectedly at the services
of the First Presbyterian church
there.
The little church was not filed
when the president and his famaly ar
rived but, word of their coming
spread rapidly through the village and
soon all the seats and available stand
ing room were occupied. The sermon
contained no reference, implied or
otherwise, TO the president As ths
latter left the church a crowd that
had collected outside gave him cheer.
The president looks forward to q
busy week He is benefiting so much
by his vacation that each day he is
tackling more and more the documents
and data of various sorts which he
brought with him for leisurely study.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-05
BOYCOTT ON EGGS Is
BEGUN AT ST. LOUIS

St Louis, Mo-, Jan. 5.-An egg con-
sumers' strike which is to last a week,
was inaugurated today by the peoples
league, with membership of 1000.
Eggs have been reduced five cents as
a result of an advance announcement
of the boycott, say leaders of the move
ment.
Washington, Jan. 5.-At least 10 per
cent of the poultry and eggs produced
in this country go to the dump. crema-
tory or some other place not meant
for foodstuffs. declared Chief Denning-
ton of the food research laboratory of
the department of agriculture He esti-
mates the loss from waste at s75,00O,-
600 annually.