The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-12-03
FINCH CAMPBELL WILL DRIVE A LOWER
TUNNEL ON STAR GROUP IN THE SPRING
SYNDICATE OWNS OTHER VALUABLE PROPERTY IN DISTRICT
WHICH MAY BE oEvELoPEo-FEDERAL GIVES UP
BOND ON

bond on the star group VIII propaplS
result in bringing the tlnch & Camp
bell syndicate back into the Occur
dAlene district as an active opera
tor. 1t may be stated as q definite
fact that the Star will not remain idle
long; in fact plans have already been
decided upon for the further develop
ment of the property in the early
spring. The Star joins the Morning
IN the west and upon taking a bond
on the property about year and q
half ago the Federal plan of develop
ment involved extending tunnel
from No. tunnel of the Morning,
from which raise of over 400 feet
was made into the Star workings The
owners Of the Star have opened
large body of low grade ore, and the
Federal hoped to encounter the same
shoot on the No. 5 level. ore was
found, but not in the quantities ex-
pected. A raise was made on the vein
INTO the old workings which disclosed
a good ore body, and which ordinarily
would have justified taking up the
bond. In the meantime, however the
decline in the price of lead had set In
and the situation generally Indicated
an uncertain market. For this reason
II Is understood that the Federal gave
up the bond and permitted the Star to
revert to Its original owners.
viii Explore Star at Greater Depth.
The owners of the Star are e. H.
Motfitt of this city, the Finch 6
Campbell interests, Clarence Cum
ningham, and a number Of Spokane
people. The control rests in Finch 4
Campbell, who are represented by Il
H. Mofitt. 1t was under Mr.. Moftitts
direction that the Star was developed
up to the time the bond was given to
the Federal, and the work now con-
templated will be under his superVi-
sion, The work Of the Federal was
over 400 feet below the present work
ings, and while 1t is understood that
the Star people would be privileged
to continue exploring their grouno
through No. tunnel Of the Morning
there is no assurance that they woulo
be permitted to have permanent use
of that opening in the event that the
mine should reach the productive
stage. 1t Is for this reason that the
Star owners will continue their work
from the head Of Grouse gulch, which
insures an outlet for the mine. Ac-
cordingly a new tunnel will be started
in the spring which will cut the vein
400 feet deeper than the tunnel from
No. 5 and upwards of 800 feet below
the present workings. To reach th'
vein 1t Is estimated that this tunnel
will have to be driven $500 and pos
sibly 5000 feet
Other Finch & Campbell properties.
Finch e. Campbell were among the
early operators in this district, end II
was here that they achieved their firs'
big successes in the Gem and Stan
dard mines and which laid the foun'
dation for the success that has FOL
lowed their operations not only ir
mining, but In other fields OF INDUS
trial enterprise. with the sale Of tho
Standard mine to the Federal com
pany years ago, Finch g. Campbell
practically withdrew from the Coeu'
d'Alene district as active mine opera
tors. But they still retained extensive
mining interests here in addition tt
the Star, and it is not improbable tha
their renewal Of development OF ina
property the coming spring may leat
them to further activity on other pro-
perties which they control.
Tho Union,
It has been many years since any
thing has been heard Of the Unior
mine, but in the early '90s 1t was on
of the prominent properties of the dis
trict and has the distinction of beint
the mine which received the first trail
load of miners from the copper re
, gions of Michigan in the early stage
Of the labor troubles Of 1892. At tha
time the Union, which Is located
short distance below Burke high VI
on the north side of the canyon, an
which Is owned by the Occur dAlen
Mining and Concentrating company
Finch e. Campbell concern, ha
. been quite extensively developed,
large boarding house had been bull
? and a gravity tramway constructe
from the mine to the railroad II
8 also recalled that the Standard mi
: was in reality built for the Unio
mine, but about the time of It's com
Y pletion Finch e Campbell struck tn
I big ore shoot which made the Stan
r dard mine, and almost coincident wit
Y that strike the grade of the ore in tn
e Union deteriorated to a marked de
4 gree. Thereupon the Union mill be
: came the Standard and the great sue
g cess Of the Standard mine overshad
: owed the Union and practically noth
n ing has been done toward the devel
opment Of the property from that da