The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-10-21
MINNESOTA COMPANY
NINE MILE PROPERTY
BEING EXTENSIVELY DEVELOP.
ED UNDER DIRECTION OF o. 3.
WALLACE - THE VEIN.

o. b. Wallace who organized the In
terstate Mining company and under
whose management a large amount of
development work was accomplished
prior to the consolidation of the COM
pany with the Callahan Mining COM
pany, is now engaged In developing
another property also on Nine Mile,
which may duplicate his former sue
cess further up the creek. II Is worthy
of note also that associated with Mr..
Wallace are Minnesota men, some of
whom were with him in the Interstate
and are still stockholders In the con-
soidated property 1t Is easy to I'M
derstand why they were ready to join
him In another mining enterprise on
Nine Mile No man In the district has
made a closer study Of that particular
section than Mr.. Wallace. 1t was he
who made the first lode location there,
the Black Cloud, from which he made
quite extensive ore shipments in the
early DAYS and which In later years
was operated in conjunction with the
California Joining 1t on the west and
an extension Of the same vein. And
after lapse of years Il Is an interest
Ing fact that the property he now has
under development Is on the safe vein
which he discovered quarter Of
century ago.
Minnasota Mininu Company.
Mr.. Wallace and his associates will
soon meet in Minneapolis for the pur-
pose of organizing a company TO con-
tinue the development now under way,
and 1t Is probable the company win be
called the Minnesota Mining company
It's holdings consist Of large group OF
claims lying west Of and adjoining the
California and Monarch and which
covers the veins of both those prop
critics. The present work Is on what
was formerly known as the Atlantic
and the strong and mineralized vein If
Enthusiastically the California The
course of the vein as disclosed by q
tunnel 800 feet long as well as the
large outcrop is in perfect line with
the vein on the California from which
ore has been stopped to the surf
intervals for distance of probab
1000 feet A large amount of ore has
been shipped from the California and
Black Cloud, and 1t is reported that
preparations are being made to resume
operations at an early date. The I'M
foreground workings showed the
ground to be very much broken, a con
dition that does not exist across the
gulch on the ground of the Minnesota
company.
What Has Been Accomplished.
Upon taking over the Atlantic and
adjoining property last spring, Mr.
Wallace began at once to enlarge the
old tunnel which had been driven on
the vein for distance Of 500 feet and
also lower the grade. This work has
now been extended about 900 feet, the
tunnel reconstructed large enough to
meet all requirements of the future.
The bottom has been taken up AMI
maintained on uniform grade, and at
about 600 feet the new grade being so
much lower than the old that new
tunnel was practically being run un-
der the old one Under this condition
the large amount of timber necessary
to hold the roof of the tunnel rendered
1t economical to change the course and
run alongside the old tunnel the ball
ance of the distance, about $50 feet.
When this is accomplished crosscuts
will be run both north and south to
prospect the ground. The formation is
an ideal quartzite highly favorable to
ore The characteristic feature of the
vein is a thick tale streak intermingled
with quartz and quartzite which assays
3 or per cent lead. Recently reddish
oxidized matter has appeared along
with this and assays show that this
carries per cent zinc. The mineral
values in the vein together with the
favorable formation strongly indicate
a large ore body, but 1t is possible that
greater depth may have to be attained
to find 1t.
Preparing for Winter.
Within the last few weeks black
and dry room has been built
and extensive sheds erected around the
portal of the tunnel. A supply of mine |
timbers is being snaked down, which !
will be framed or worked up into lag |
ging and piled under the sheds for
winter use. The old California board
accommodate the men employed by
the Minnesota company. The tunnel is
being extended under contract to Joe
Thomas and three shifts are employed.