The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-09-23
BIG CREEK MINING CO.
IMPORTANT WORK
RICH ORE IN UPPER WORKINGS
LARGE DEPOSITS HELD BY
COMPANY BELOW.

Big creek has long been noted for Its
output of high grade silver ore. Tween
ty years or more ago Dennis and True
Blake opened up the Yankee Boy vein
and with their own hands sorted and
shipped ore from it that made them
Independent. The property js still
owned by Dennis Blake, the surviving
brother, and in later years has been
and is now being worked by various
~leasers, all of whom have made money
after paying a good royalty ~ the
owner, and recent developments in the
lower workings indicate that the
greatest values are yet to be obtained.
Across the creek and a little below
the Yankee Boy, and apparently IN tie
same mineral belt, Is the property OF
the Big Creek Mining company. The
upper workings of this property nave
been under lease for several years, and
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while indirect reports have from time
to time been heard to the effect that
much rich ore had been opened up,
nothing In the way of definite in
formation has been given out by any
one authorized to speak for he lessee
or the company. However, a circular
letter has just been issued by g. Scott
Anderson, president and manager of
the Big Creek Mining company, which,
while not going into details regarding
the operations Of the lesae, says
enough to indicate very clearly that
the lease is proving highly profitable
and that greater things may be x
pected when the company opens the
ground It retains below. The letter
from Mr.. Anderson to the stockhold-
ers follows:
To the Stockholders.
1.-The great improvement of he min
ing properties in the Big creek district,
and the almost unprecedented record
of the value Of the shipments from the
operating properties, has brought us
many inquiries from the general stock
holders of the Big Creek Mining com
pany, and to avoid the task of reply
ing to such as have asked for inform
alton about our enterprise, We have
concluded to send out a circular let
ter to all who may be interested in the
same.
1.-The property has been under lease
for the last two years and over, dur
ing which time the lessee has expend-
ed considerable time and money in
prospecting and developing the mine,
In his efforts to bring the proposition
Into such a condition as would make
II a paying enterprise.
Regular shipments are now being
made, the returns from which are
netting the operator good values, and
the results are attracting the atten-
ton Of the general mining public.
-Four large ears of ore have been
sent to the smelter from the Big Creek
mine since the LIST of July, and Its
high value in silver must be very
gratifying to all who have holdings In
the property and should demonstrate
to all who are interested in the pros
perity of the mines of this section.
that the Big creek district is proving
its merits at a much earlier date than
even the most sanguine have anticl-
"This particular ore zone, which Is
without doubt a continuation of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan, which
lies to its west, in its wonderful
strength of continuity has extended
into and through the Big Creek group
and directly into the Yankee Boy on
It's east. a property which has the rep
of shipping the highest grade
ore that has been produced in
the entire Occur d'Alene district. Elk
and continuing in an easterly
direction through the Polaris and
hence onward for miles and miles,
md thus proving itself n of the most
powerful and meritorious mineral
in entire district,
"You can thus see and analyze the
'uture possibilities of the Big Creek
company enterprise. 1t is
lbout to come into it's own, and we be-
ieve that the real merit of the prop
,rty remains undetermined.
"The main object in leasing the up
Ter workings of this property (re-
as we did all the territory be-
ow the lower ~tunnel) was to put the
property into active operation and
a way to continue develop
nent, and at the same time effect such
n arrangement as would yield the
ompany a reasonable royalty.
1T is the purpose OF the manage
nent to begin to place Big Creek stock
n the market and offer a reasonable
mount Of the treasury stock to such
$ may desire to invest, thus creating
treasury fund that will enable the
ompany to operate upon the ore
boot which has been disclosed in the
Ower tunnel and which Is developing