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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-11-18
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
MINING CO.
WORK DURING WINTER
HAS WELL LOCATED GROUND
ABOVE BURkE-lN SHAPE
FOR WINTER WORK.

The Excelsior Mining company,
which owns a group of claims about 8
miles east of Burke and upon which
considerable development work has
been done has completed arrangements
to prosecute work during the winter.
All necessary supplies are on hand and
conditions are favorable to making
cut which will encounter the vein at
depth of 800 or 1000 feet A recent
recheck of the survey shows that the
vein should be reached in approxim-
ately 400 feet. The property is equip
ped with substantial cabin, blacksmith
shop, tools, cars, trackage, ventilating
pipe, etc. The Excelsior is joined by
the Old Veteran, Great Western and
Occur d'AIene Champion, all of which
are active except the Great Western
where work is temporarily suspended
Officers and Directors.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Excelsior Mining COM
pany the following officers and direct
ors were elected Thomas Ryan, presi-
dent Charles Eckel, vice president
Charles Criswell, secretary and mana
ger; c. Fred Kratzer, treasurer; G. w.
Guild, director.
Charles Criswell, manager of the
Excelsior, is a practical miner of wide
experience both in the development of
new properties and in connection with
and energetic, and under his direction
the stockholders may be assured that
the best results will be obtained with
the facilities at hand.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT.
Work Being Done With Rush Before
the Close of the Year.

Much belated assessment work is
now being done in all parts of the dis
trict. 1t is stated that camp of about
10 men has been established at No 3
tunnel of the Snowstorm. the men be-
ing engaged doing the annual work on
group of claims lying east and north
of the Missoula, These We're located
by the Snowstorm management about
the time the company took an option
on Missoula Copper, and the work now
Is an interesting reminder of the ex-
citement that centered in that local
ity about a year and half ago.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
THE HECTOR.
The Favorable Showing of the Past
Few Weeks Continues.

Few Weeks Continues.
If the Hector ledge should be cut
about this time the news would be a
joyous Christmas greeting to a large
number of stockholders, and particu-
larly would it be to Arthur George, the
manager, who has forced the long
crosscut ahead with optimistic energy
that is entitled to liberal reward. Mr.
Georges optimism is not of the unrea-
soning kind, for he has tangible evil
dence for the faith that is in him, and
which is being strengthened every day
by the encouraging showing in the
face of the tunnel. The break or fault
which appeared in the face several
weeks ago and which is in line with
the course of the crosscut still contin-
ues and shows an increase in minerali-
zation. A recent assay gave 81 per
cent zinc and IL per cent lead The
most reasonable conclusion is that this
is break from the vein, from which
the zinc and lead comes, and also ac
counts for the increased flow of water.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
THE KILL BUCK.
Crosseut Has Just Passed Through
the Polaris Fault.

The extension or the Vulcan tunnel
into the Kill Buck ground, an enter
prise that has been frequently referred
to in these columns, has probably over
100 feet to go to reach the Kill Buck
vein, but the work so far has not been
without interesting features. The
crosscut has now passed through the
Polaris fault, which has been definite
ly located by the geological survey
from Big creek to Placer creek. The
fault was disclosed in the old upper
workings of the Kill Buck, where it is
about 30 feet wide. In the Vulcan tun-
mel where 1t has just been intersected
it is 1872 feet wide, and it's composition
is almost wholly crushed quartzite. 1t
has evidently been under tremendous
pressure, the material being squeezed
together in a compact mass that is i'm
prvious to water.
About 30 feet has now been run
since leaving the fault. The formation
is quartzite and much iron is being
encountered 1t is expected to reach
the vein soon after the first of the
year.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
GIANT LEDGE COMPANY
WILL SINK 200 FEET
NEW SHAFT COMPLETED AND
WILL BE EXTENDED TO A
DEPTH OF 400 FEET.

Charles r. Taylor manager and one
of the largest owners of the Giant
Ledge Mining company, accompanied
by his daughter, arrived in the city
last night on the delayed Murray train
and will leave this afternoon for his
home in Spokane to spend the hoil-
days, expecting to return after the
first of the year. Mr.. Taylor was in
excellent spirits befibting the season.
remarking that he would leave the
state with the comfortable feeling that
he and his company owed no man
dollar, and with the further satisfac-
tion that work on the Giant Ledge
had reached a point that gave assur-
ance of ample returns at no distant
date in keeping with the heavy ex-
penditure required for it's development
Under these circumstances he left for
his home to spend well earned merry
Christmas
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

Hecla's Great Dividend Record

Last Monday the Heca Mining paid dividend
l OF 10 cents per share amounting 100000 This
dividend record for the
dividends paid by the $575500
figures is gratifying sight
to duplicate them, and that with
market for lead the high dividend
viii be maintained Some time when
agement quoted saying that
could cents share
price of lead advanced
been $540 The
optimistic of the favorable conditions
Heca stock has steadily
Wallace stockhoder refused
company is preparing to install
electric hacage a
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

mitted to name two directors of the
Biack Bear Pursuant to this clause
two Black Bear directors, Fremont S.
Rowe and George H. Gushing, have
resigned, and M ]. Sweeny, president
and general manager of the Rex Con-
solidated, and E. P, Howard, of New
York, have been elected in their places,
The other directors are Peter Bernier,
president, of Wallace Otto Griee, of
Portland, and S. d. Lemieux, of Black
Bear, L. L, Brainard, of Wallace, re-
mains secretary of the company.
A meeting of the directors will be
held in a few days to outline a definite
plan of operating the Black Bear mine
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
NEW BUNK HOUSE.
Ray Jefferson Company Replacing One
Destroyed by Fire.

Manager d. L. McGrath says that
only half shift was lost on account
Of the fire that destroyed that COM
pany's bunk house on Carbon creek
last week. Men slept the first night in
the compressor building and other
emergency quarters and the next day
tents were provided which are now
being used for sleeping accommoda-
tions. In the meantime lumber is be-
ing delivered on the ground and the
construction of new building on the
site of the old will go forward as rap
idly as weather conditions will permit.
The bunk house at the Ray-Jefferson
was a considerable distance from the
boarding house, compressor and other
buildings, none of which was damaged.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
Use Rex Mill.

It is probable that a mill will be
constructed by the Black Bear COM
pany, but no definite plans have been
made to that end In the meantime
ore from the Black Bear mine will be
treated at the Rex mill, which is now
being used under a month to month
lease by the Tamarack & Custer.
While the extensive development Of
the Black Bear has disclosed a large
amount of ore, it is understood that
considerable preliminary work must be
done before ii can be mined econom-
ically. The main tunnel is said to dis
close an ore shoot 1000 feet long, on
which two raises 900 feet apart have
been made a distance of 200 feet, both
of which show ore all the way.
The option provides that whatever
profits are derived from the operation
of the Black Bear shall be paid to the
stockholders to the amount of 75 per
cent. The dividends apportioned to
the stock in escrow are to be held in
the First National Bank, and If the OPP
ton is finally exercised these will go
TO the Rex Consolidated company, ex
cept the amount in excess of rs per
cent, which will go to the Black Bear
stockholders.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

III. M. Mumford, of Glyndon, Mimi,
a heavy stakeholder in the Chicago
Boston Mining company, operating on
Lake gulch, was in the city several
days this week and inspected the
company's property
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

Mirages are due to refraction and re-
Election from layers Of air of different
density, such as are often formed above
wide expanse of level country in
warm weather.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

Fossils are considered an aid to coal
Certain fossils indicate
the presence of high or low grade coal
This is especially true in the Grand
Mesa coal bearing region of Colorado.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
DOUGLAS MINING Co,
UNDERLEASE AND BOND
PINE CREEK PROPERTY OF MUCH
VALUE SOON TO BECOME
A PRODUCER.

At meeting of the directors of the
Douglas Mining company last Thurs-
day evening an agreement was enter
ed into with J. o. Elton, of Anaconda,
Mont, by which the company gives
him lease on the property "or q term
of three years with an option 10 pur-
chase upon the payment of $4,000
within nine months from the date If
the lease, to be followed by payments
of $4,000 every six months thereafter
un,J the full amount is paid. The
fui chase price is on a basis Of 80 cents
per share for all outstanding stock. of
which there is 853,500 shares, making
the t. tai purchase price $25G,050. I'm
der The terms of the lease Mr. Elton
paid $1,000 in cash and In 90 days is
o"!isated to spend not less than $500
Ger lnonth in the development and i'm
proyelnent of the property and at any
time that ore Is being shipped he must
spend at least $500 per month in the
actual development of ore bodies On
all ore shipped the company will re-
ceive a royalty of SO per ton. This
deal with Mr.. Elton was the outcome
Of an agreement entered into by y. j.
Dunn and stockholders of the Douglas
majority of the out
standing stock, embodying substan-
TALLY the same terms and covering a
period of 30 days to permit an EXAM
ination of the property
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
GOLDEN CHEST CAREFULLY EXAMINED
BY MINING ENGINEERS AND BIOLOGISTS
TUNGSTEN TO THE AMOUNT $4,000 SHIPPED
DURING FEW wEEKs-soME VALUABLE iNFoRMA.
ToN CONCERNING TUNGSTEN ORES
(By Adam Aulbach. Murray Idaho)

, (By Adam Aulbach. Murray, Idaho)
MURRAY, Dec. 19.---While no re-
suits are yet apparent from the re-
cent visit of the mining engineers, one
of whom Is still here, 1t Is known that
two of them--Rush White and Roy
Clarke--made careful measurements of
the Golden Chests upper works, en-
bracing even chutes, wines, drifts and
surface excavations where they could
be reached, and afterwards mapped
them; taking about 100 samples from
the old works. This duty covered a
weeks work of the two engineers, and
they then departed. Chester T. Ken
man, the geologist and mining engineer
of Colorado Springs, Colo, has made
frequent visits to the property during
the past month, and has posted him.
self about as thoroughly on the Chests
past doings, present condition and fu-
ture possibilities as the two other en-
gineers. Messrs, White and Clarke, al
ways working jointly, are supposed to
have performed their labors in the in
terest of one party, so far unknown.
Mr. Kennan is here in the interest of
Coloradans
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

Gasoline engines can not safely be
employed underground in mines, unless
the exhaust gases can be conducted by
pipes of the mine.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
Will Soon Be Sinking.

Speaking of the Giant Ledge, which
is situated about miles above Muir
ray, on Granite creek, Mr.. Taylor stat
ed that the raise from a crosscut driv-
en- from the bottom of the old shaft
was completed on December /. This
raise has now been transformed into
a two-compartment shaft through
which the property will be developed.
The shaft is completely timbered, the
timbers being supplied from the COM
pany's sawmill, and all that remains is
the erection of the gallows frame and
installing the hoist and power to be-
gin operations through the new open
ing. This work will be completed by
the middle of February, when the
shaft will be sunk 200 feet additional,
making total depth of 400 feet, from
the bottom of which a crosscut of As
feet should cut the vein. AT the bot
tom Of the old shaft there is II feet of
good milling ore and the quality has
shown marked improvement with
depth Mr.. Taylor is therefore conf
dent that he will find a splendid body
of ore on the 400. In addition to this,
in running the crosscut to make the
raise vein carrying feet of shipping
ore was cut, the course of it being to-
ward the main vein at an angle of
about As degrees.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
Much Ore in Sight.

The Douglas is on Pine creek and it
consists of 7 patented claims and 8
fractions. 1t has been developed by
series of tunnels, all of which show
ore, and the lowest one exposing a
ore shoot 700 feet long and
varying from to 10 feet in width. A
raise connecting this tunnel with the
one above is in ore, and a shaft has al
so been sunk from the lowest level $50
feet which also discloses much ore.
The chief value in the ore is zinc, but
its complicated character has for years
baffled all efforts to treat 1t success
fully, but the difficulties in this respect
are now believed to have been over
come.
Mr.. Elton is employed in the metal
lurgical department of the Anaconda
company, and this fact together with
the success achieved by that company
in the treatment of complex zinc ores,
probably accounts for the published re-
port that the Anaconda company is
back of him in the Douglas DEAL 1t
may be stated, however, that the re-
port is not authorized by any of the
parties concerned. Mr.. Elton is well
known in the Coeur d'Alenes. He is
graduate of the mining department OF
the University of Idaho, and was con
nected with mining operations in this
district for several years, the last po-
sition he held here being superintend
ent of the Success mine, going from
there to Anaconda.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
New Directors.

Under the terms Of the agreement
the Rex Consolidated company is per-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
MAY Build Joint Tunnel.

Another theory advanced is that
eventually the Northern Pacific and
the Milwaukee will unite in putting a
tunnel through the mountain above
Mullan for their joint use and that
both will close the gap between TINS
district and their branch lines at
Occur d'Alene, practically making
these their main lines. This is prop
ohlv the most logical solution of the
situation.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

coupled with another competitor In
the field. may be sufficient to induce
the Northern Pacific to consider re-
linouishing It, Should this deal be
consummated the prediction is confid-
entlv made that another tunnel would
penetrate the Bitter Root divide and
that the Milwaukee main line would
mass through the Coeur d'Alene dis
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
BEAR DEAL
IS NOW CONSUMMATED
PLANS CONTEMPLATE MAKING A
PRODUCER OF BLACK BEAR
AT AN EARLY DATE.

The long pending deal through
which the Rex Consolidated Mining
company secures a bond on the con-
troll of the Black Bear Consolidated
Mining company was consummated in
this city last Friday, the terms of
which were agreed upon last August
by Peter Bernier. president of the
Black Bear, and representatives of the
Rex Consolidated in New York. In
conformity with that agreement the
Rex company deposited $4,000 in the
First National Bank of Wallace last
August as the first payment for the
treasury stock, the same to be avail
able to the Black Bear company upon
deposit in the bank of sufficient per-
sonal stock which with the treasury
stock would give the Rex an option on
control of the Black Bear. The ne
cessary stock having been delivered to
the bank, the option became effective
last Friday and the $4,000 turned over
to the Black Bear
Terms of the Bond.
For the 250,0OO shares of treasury
stock the Rex Consolidated company
agrees to pay As cents per share, or
$123, 500, in the following installments:
Cash $4,000; $4,000 per month for four
months, $4,000 per month for four
months $1S,500 in nine months, and
the balance, $4,000, in 10 months Un-
der the terms of the agreement the
Rex Consolidated company can not ex-
ercise it's option on the individual
stock, which is held in escrow, until
payment In full has been made for the
treasury stock.
The stockholders have optioned
about $780, 900 shares, or practically half
their holdings, for which they will re-
ceive 27 cents per share, 5 per cent
payable on or before March 1, 1916, Is
per cent September l, 1915, and so per
cent January 2, 1917.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
Where Demand Comes From.

The demand for tungsten at the
present time comes from the steel
works of the United States almost ex-
clusively 1t Is peremptory; cost be-
ing no consideration apparently. Prior
to the war, some time, the Krupp
works of Germany had discovered its
valuable properties, in almost every
thing appertaining to munitions, par
ticularly guns of every calibre and pro-
jectiles and penetrating power to bull
let's, and made them smaller. To all
guns small and large, 1t gave strength
and durability. Rapid firing became
possible without heating the weapon,
and its life was immeasurably pro-
longed. The allied nations found this
out, and demanded the same charac-
ter Of weapons and munitions from the
American factories and steel works.
Hence the demand for tungsten ores
no matter what the price. The de-
mand, of course, Is a windfall to the
II mountain states west of the Miss
issippi river. All of them have tung-
sten ores in one form or another
The Tungsten Family.
There are four members of the tung-
stem family. Scheelite calcium tung-
state) is the head, commercially speak.
ing. Wolframite (manganese and iron
tungstate) comes next; then huebner-
lite manganese tungstate), and ferber-
ite Cron tungstate). Seheelite is a
creamy or white ore, and is found in
pure white quartz or with iron and
lead sulphides. 1t is not confined to
gold ores, but may be found in any
mining district. Wolframite, huebner-
lite and ferberite are generally found
in sparlike quartz, and each at first
glance has the appearance of flakes
of coal, but under a glass will shcw
brown or purple. Huebnerite in con-
centrated form shows brilliantly pur-
pie, and is scintillating. 1t is to the
interest Of every prospector to study
the four minerals, as they occur quite
universally in all the mountain states.
Their immense value is not alone ac-
centuated by the present European
war, but will be further increased no
doubt by war preparations elsewhere
and preparedness for war in our own
country. In 1911 there were 1899 tons
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
Shipping the scheeIite Ore.


While no results are expected for
several months from any of the par
ties, the mine is being actively search
ed (gouged would perhaps be an ap-
propriate term) for its scheelite ore,
the price of whlch-reported here--is
said to have made another jump of
$4,000 per ton, giving the mineral a
value of $4,000 ton. This information
was given In a letter to mine owner
here during the week. The letter came
from Spokane, but may have been bas-
ed on rumor. 1t is hardly probable
the price would be run up $4,000 in one
flight. All the old works of the Chest
are carefully prospected, and every
pound of tungsten found is brought to
the surface in sacks AS the ore is
very brittle, the effort to get it out of
the quartz in the walls of the tunnels
and drifts entails much loss, although
canvas Is spread to catch every grain,
and drills had to give way to gads.
Even with this change. it was neces-
sary to put hand jigs in the lower tun-
mel to separate the ore from the
quartz and get it in as clean a state
as possible, water being run down from
an upper tunnel in a pipe. 1t is esti-
mated that there will be shipped by
the end of this week about $4,000
worth of ore The main storage cham
ber, however, where the ore was
thrown years ago will perhaps not be
cleaned out at this time, as it is very
dif1cult and dangerous to remove the
overhead muck
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
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