The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-11

1 While 1914 was an unusually off
year. in which conditions We're eX-
tremely adverse TO the investment of
money in speculative lines. there Were
nevertheless some important discover
les made that further establish the
permanence and possibilities Of our
mining industry and demonstrates the
remarkable variety of its inorganic re-
sources of commercial and bust
ness creating nature, The greatest ac-
tivity along these lines was work In
close association with our best exam
Piles Of mining progress in the Coeul
d'Alene district, where considerable
activity was manifested along devel-
opment lines in spite Of the hard
reaching Importance to the future OF
this field as a source of extensive min
ing activities and payrolls.
Burke Mines.
The most gratifying results Of the
year In Shoshone county was the sue,
cessful intersection and opening of the
famous Hercules vein through a tun.
mel nearly two miles long, where al
4 expansion of its great ore bodies t
still greater lineal extent has been dis.
closed. ..s .... .. ..
on the opposite side of the gulch
the Hecla mine has also demonstrated
that the pessimistic view expressed In
former years by experts of early eX-
haustion at further depth will have t
be revised, as the length Of ore courses
and increase of silver and lead values
available in this mine at level with
in GOO feet of where the ores Were
slated to quit by the high grade ex.
perts of former years, by the adjoin.
ing Tiger Poorman examples in con.
nection with the Hercules results, has
put this famous old division of the
Occur d'Alene district back on the map
in such force as to make any such mis-.
givings us to its staying qualities seem
to have been very premature and Ill
founded and probably points to an err
ror Of judgment in the Tiger case as
well as others, as it is a recognized eX-
perience in deep mining operations OF
the world at large, that a change in
formation, while often locally choking
and otherwise affecting the value Of
an ore channel, does not necessarily
kill it Off
The adjoining Marsh mine, while
only operating during the ia It five
months of the year for milling pur-
poses, produced almost if not quite as
much mineral from its two bottom
levels as it did for the whole years OPP
eratons of 1918, which is a high tribute
to the increased quality and quantity
of ore encountered in it's bottom hori-
IONS. During the latter nalf of The
year this property has been undergo
ing a plan of special development anG
equipment with a new vertical work
ing shaft with a modern electric hoist
capable Of handling the resources OF
feet.
These splendid new ore resources
have stimulated interest in the imme.
diately surrounding territory and sew
eral very promising enterprises are In
course of active development in this
locality that are very likely in the
near future to bring in new sources OF
ore.
Burke Is unfortunately situated as q
living place for the community that is
necessarily involved in the operation
Of these big ore bodies and the princi-
pal outlet points of their development
situated as they are almost in the
business center of the town, which is
situated in a gulch not over 100 feet
wide with two lines Of railroad and
their attendant switch backs tracks
makes decidedly crowded situation
pitch of over 80 degrees and the
scientifically equipped and arranged
modern mine terminal buildings Of the
Hercules company, with the attend
ant electric tramway connections, had
to be hung on the bluffs in most in
stances and have involved an enorm-
GUS outlay, and in connection with the
ether companies has resulted in
c'owding some of the town property
out of the canyon.
The handling and storing of the ne
cessary large quantities of powder in
such situation is a difficult problem
to safely overcome, which, together
with the attendant snowslide risks in
the spring months presents many nat
ural hazards and dangers at the sur
face that 1t seems impossible to get
away from or safely provide against
. Nine Mile Mines.
At Nine Mile creek, in the strike Of
the Burke system of assures to the
west, the years results of develop
ment and production has more than
made good the early promises of this
interesting feature of the Coeu1
d'Alene formations. The principal
Nine Mile operations include the Tam
arack Il Custer Consolidated, the In
terstate- Callahan ore body and the
Success ore body and are all located in