The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
THE NEW YEAR OPENS WITH INCREASED
MINING ACTIVITY ON THE NORTH SIDE
CLAIM OWNERS NEcLEcTNo ANNUAL ASSESS.
MENT WoRk-vETERAN pRospEcToR or DELTA MAY
HAVE VALUARL ORE DEPOSIT.
(Ry Adam Aulbach. Murray, 1daho)

(Py Adam Aulba
D. w. Jackson Of Delta, the .coloya.
civil war veteran who Is as hale art
hearty now as the average man Of 50
although he covers 66 years, has en-.
tered upon the year nineteen fourteen
with the prospect of making a snus
little fortune If his developments Of
Deer creek, a tributary Of Beaver
creek, do not. deceive him. For q
good many years he has been explor-
ing ledge on Deer creek by tunnels
The property has been under optioa
\ number # times for the galena
found there. but 1t always reverted
back to the owner, and he has stuck
to 1t Ike a poor relation. For some
time he has been taking out a pecul "
KIND OF ore, and he dec ares ther, IL
lots of 1t, which consists Of dark
blue quartz and a cream colored ma IS
splattered over 1t and running through
1t. The latter has the appearance Of
being tungsten, so-called, scheelite
technically speaking, but no test has
been made. There Is also some spar
and much crystallization in the speci.
mems brought to the writer However
all is not gold that glitters, and some
hardened limestone occasionally has
the appearance of scheelite, particu-
larly dolomite, Hence an assay will
have to determine the character of the
rock. II tungsten, declares Mr.. Jack
son, he will prosecute the work more
diligently upon the property than
heretofore.
Wallace rsrties Interested.
j. NJ. Savage and .. a. P'inlayson,
with two associates, have a contract
to run 200 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 a little east
of Delta Wallace parties are reported
to have optioned the group, and are
responsible for the work being done,
Valuable Claims Relocated.
The small amount of snow on the
ground on New Years eve prornpto !
quite number Of miners to hike into
the hills to secure some good claim,
upon which the annual labor had II j
been performed, Some excellent pros.
poets were thus relocated, a number
OF them upon which many thousands
OF dollars had been paid for the groun
and many more thousands spent for
development work, Another property
was saved 10 a Spokane company ir
'he nick OF time. One Of the compan-
les that is reported 70 have forfeltej
its holdings had some valuable lora
tons on Bear gulch The relccator.
were there promptly at midnight On
New Years day representatives Of the
company went up there to start work
but they found the relocators on tn.
scene, notices properly posted, ana
ready for any emergency The repre-
sentatives Of the company, II is said.
took a look around and departed fo,
home. The relocators state that moi
q lick Of work was done on the rron.
erty during 1913. As the law Is yer,
plain with regard TO annual labor. VI
'.le can have reasonable kick com
ing IT he neglects TO comply with n
plain letter Of the statutes.
Wo'i, Resumed on e;ver Dollar.
The owners Of the Silver Dol,a,
group on Idaho gulch, upon which ths
recent good strike was made, have
resumed work in the tunnel 70 deval-
op the shoot Of ore encountered.
Option on The King.
Some Colorado miners are negotist-
ing with the King company Of Louis
vile, KY, for a working option on the
,ompany's property, two miles west o.
Murray. The property has had con-
siderable development work done on
It, all the way from 1884 to about
1895, and much gold was taken out of
The tunnels by lessees after the origin.
company was forced against the
wall by indifferent operations. The
last work done by the lessees was in
2 shaft at the entrance Of the main
trnnel This was put down 30 feet
IN the ledge, and rich ore found all
hn way down. but as the water could
not be handled without expensive
machinery operations ceased
Besides there were nc reduction fa.
'iities for the base ore. Some chunks
AIKEN out were pure galena. The
Wallace railroad runs over the
property, and If substantial hoistipg
works are ever erected and ample
slipping ore found the feright on ship.
nents would not cut much Of a figure.
Nj the surface ores were more valu
y le for their geld contents than the
,ase sulphidesr at lea5, that is what
he management in early days based
heir hopes Of success on. and let the
iulphides GO down the creek.
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