The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-05-13
able to look after it on both shifts.
The Mine.


The Mine.
AT the present time underground
work is confined to tunnel No. 2, about
$50 feet above the camp. This is now
in about 100 feet Most of this dis
tance has been driven between two
parable veins about SIS feet apart and
which have the appearance of great
mineral zone which may merge into
one vein with depth. For the last 100
feet the north vein has been followed
showing a continuous shoot of milling
ore which improves in grade as the
drift advances This is supposed to be
the famous Callahan vein. In tunnel
No. l, 430 feet above, the ore shoot
has been followed for several hundred
feet much of it being shipping grade,
both lead and zinc. In the face of
the drift in No. the ore shoot Is about
of shipping ore The face of the drift
in No. has now just about reached
a point under the ore in No. l and the
improved quality indicates that ore Of
shipping grade will soon be encount-
cred on this level. This drift is still
about $50 feet from the east end line
To Get Great Depth
A few months ago the Ray Jefferson
company bought the Carlisle claim,
lying below the camp and covering a
vein running north and south showing
a shoot Of zinc ore in two tunnels for
a distance of about 800 feet This
claim is now under lease and zinc ore
is being sorted and hauled to the rail-
road for shipment. The main Ray
Jefferson vein crossed the north end
of the Carlisle and no doubt interseets
the Carlisle vein. Manager McGrath
is just now starting what will be the
main working tunnel on the Carlisle
ground to crosscut his main vein and
which will give depth below tunnel
No. / of fully 1900 feet. He expects to
find a big ore shoot when the vein Is
reached at point where the two veins
intersect. From the portal of this
tunnel the mill which will be located
at the junction of Beaver and Carbon
creeks will be easily accessible by
tram.
May Have Mill This Year.
Work in the lowest tunnel will be
crowded as rapidly as possible, as will
also further exploration of the ore
bodies in No. 2, and it is expected that
by fall the mine will be in position to
furnish ore for mill, but this point
will be settled beyond a doubt before
the mill is erected. The site for the
mill is an ideal one and can be easily
reached by railroad without an excess
sive grade. And the question of a rail-
road is not worrying the manager Of
the Ray-Jefferson, for he says that as
soon as the necessity exists the money
will be forthcoming to build it,
Mig Mine in the Making
No one can visit the Jefferson
without being impressed with the fact
that it is the making of a great mine
Nor is it limited to the ore-bearing
veins that have been here mentioned
It's large group of claims cover other
veins Of known value which may prove
of even greater value than those to
which the company is now giving its
attention. The company holds the key
to Carbon creek as an outlet for Its
and the same may be said of
Beaver creek should 1t at some future
time desire to make its main opening
from that side, while the Carbon flat
affords ample room for almost any
purpose that may develop in the cours"
of mining operations. The company is
financially strong and with Its large
and valuable holdings it ia reasonable
to expect it to eventually take its place
among the big producers of the dis
trict.