The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-01-28
LEASE Of TUSCUMBIA
NOW IN OPERATION
WELL KNOWN SUNSET PROP
ERTY WILL SOON BE IN
OPERATION.

TuScumbia Mining company was held
at the Ryan hotel Tuesday evening for
the purpose of ratifying the lease of
the company's property TO Gus Ehren-
berg and Albert Nelson All directors
were present as follows: George May
president of the company, Stevens
vile, Mont; G. W. Dougherty, vice
president; Morton Webs er secretary
treasurer; and d. L. McGrath, all Of
Wallace; Thomas Corcoran of Tekoa;
D. ]. Whaley of Stevengville, Mont,
and A. A. Whaley of Kellogg. The
lease was approved and signed as at
first drafted with the exception that
the date when the lessees are required
to be ready>to begin milling ore was
extended to May Is, and further that
all ore that can be milled at a profit
must be removed from the mine and
milled. No restrictions are placed on
the lessees as to how and where they
shall work. The lease runs for two
and a half years. Mr. Ehrenberg came
up from Spokane to confer with the
directors on any points of difference
and all were settled with perfect salts
faction to all concerned
Will Use Idora Mill.
While no announcement has been
made on the subject, it is understood
that Mr.. Ehrenberg and Mr.. Nelson
will use the Idora mill for treating the
ore from the Tuscumbia. The mill is
connected with the lower or No. tun-
mel by tramway. The tunnel is start
ed on Idora ground and is held under
lease by the Tuscumbia company
Practically all the ore that has beer
run through the mill came from the
Tuscumbia ground white the property
was under bond and lease to the ldora
It will be necessary to make a number
Of changes in the mill and generally
Give II an overhauling before placine
II in operation This work it is under
stood will be undertaken at once II
order to have the mill ready Tor pusi'
ness on May Is.
Two Veins on Tuscumbia'
There are two veins on the Tuscum
, bia and development work up 10 thl
q time has been largely confined to tn
sn,aIler or south one. raise ha
o hean made from No to No. 2 tunnel
o distance of $50 feet About mldWa
, of this raise drift was run shor
distopce on the vein which disclose
n about IS inches of almost clean o, m
Q and several feet of ore of good tnl''
O tho Grade The vein shows both lea
+ ord zinc the latter predomnating' In
v, mill is equipped to make close sep
! eration of the two metals. In additio
d 70 developing the known ore ooui'
&c botveen the two levels, the tunnel WI
,r o,so he extended to the north ven
,e This vein is apparently much large
,e +hor the first and is practically a
t. zinc
d. Good Pro operty in Good Hands
Gus Ehrenberg is no stranger to u
or mining industry in the Occur dAlene
ID He was for a period of years n'ahas
J. ~ the old Frisco mine and Is a hi'
re of wide experience in mine opera.'o
or He has many friends in the distri
it who will welcome him back TO :.
We Occur d'Alenes His associate "
r Nelson, is a capable miner OF long a
a varied experience. 1t was he VINO n
ly the contract to put through the lu
lie cumbia raise and he knows eNac
he rrhot NAV be accomplished in the
ne Grafton Of the lease WIN Conn. =,
on tion of fair price for zinc i IS =. ,,
MS prediction that TIE lease o., OF the ms :,
p cumbia will prove profitable 10 ~
on narties to the deal.