The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-15
BIG CREEK MINES
OF GREAT PROMISE
COMMENT ON MANY PROMISING
PROPERTIES UNDER DE.
vELoPMENT.
(Wardner NeWs)

(Wardner News)
Near the mouth of Big creek and in
what Is called the dry ore belt Is the
Yankee Boy mine, from which large
quantity Of ore has been produced
The development consists of series
OF tunnels and while leasors are busily
engaged taking out ore from the upper
workings, d. w. Price and associates
are driving a crosscut tunnel from the
level of the creek. to be about $500
feet in length, which will give approx
imatey an additional 500 feet depth
when the vein is intersected.
The width of the vein is about six
inches to about four feet and the ore
consists Of galena varying from 80 20
40 per cent lead, gray copper giving
returns when sorted for shipment
from $50 to 40 ounces Of silver.
In running The lower crosscut tun-
mel blind vein Of gray copper was
encountered, but at present no work
is being done to open up this vein as
the main object Of the leasors is to get
under the old workings. However, the
ore is said to assay well.
The PoIaris.
One Of the first mines operated on
Big creek was the Polaris mine, locat-
ed in 1884 by the late Senator w, B.
Hepburn and others. The character
of the ore resembles closely that Of
the Yankee Boy The property is at
present idle and on account of the
death of Senator Hepburn it is not
known just when operations will be
resumed there.
Western Star and Others.
Other properties in the immediate
vicinity are the German American,
Anderson group, Cullickson properties
and Heller properties, On the juno
tion of West Fork of Big creek with
the main stream we find the Western
Star where considerable development
has been done Recently a tunnel was
started on the east side of the creek
to reach prominent outcrop in that
side of the property. George Sparen-
berg is finishing up a contract let tc
him some time ago.
Bunker Hill Extension.
On the west fork of Big creek are
located a number of promising prop
critics such as the Rockford, Corona,
and several groups of claims owned
by individuals. One giving great
Il alo,z !,
date show is the Bunker Hill Exten-
sion Mining company group of which
Carl Ahrenander is manager and Spo-
kane parties are heavy holders. A
contract Of 100 feet has just been COM
peted and preparations for work dur
ing the winter on this splendid prop
erty are under consideration.
The Blue Bell.
Coming again to the main branch
of Big creek the Blue Bell mine is
found on which the owners, Chicago
people, are driving a long crosscut
tunnel which they expect will inter-
sect the vein almost any day The
present contractors speak very en-
eouragingly of the present formation
in the face of the tunnel.
Maenee Brothers.
A mile further up the creek the
Magnee brothers are the owners of
promising group of claims. These
claims form the link between Bunker
Hill and Sullivan mines and the Liston
Mining company, which is one of the
most interesting properties in the dis
trict, largely on account of the i'm |
mense surface showing. This proper
ty has already deseredly attracted |
attention and ELECTED much favorable |
comment from experienced mining |
men during the last years. The pro-
perty is reached by a good wagon road |!
from the railroad, a distance of about T
four and one half miles A sidetrack |
was put in at the mouth Of Big creek |
for the convenience of the operators
on Big creek and vicinity,
The liston.
The country formation exposed on
the Liston Is Revett quartzite. Since
the disastrous forest fires of 1910 tim
Der is somewhat scarce but there is
plenty of water available for domestic
and mining purposes. Concurrently
with the construction work on the sur
face the underground development of
the vein on this property has con-
stantly nroceeded and there ie everv
on hand of the close prox-
unity of an ore shoot.
According to the calculations Of the
NJ Baumgartner, who is also
The largest SHAREHOLDER the next 100
FEET should bring the face of the drift
lnder the shaft where the ore body is
to be located Many string
srs with fine ore have recently been