The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-01-07
MINING EXHIBIT FROM COEUR UALENE
DISTRICT IS READY FOR SHIPMENT
1T WILL MAKE SHOWING AND is CERTAIN TO ATTRACT
MUCH ArTENTIoN-MR. SCH WEIRD TALKS OF HIS WORK
IN THE D AT THE FAIR


d'Alene district for the Panama Pa
ciiic exposition Is now assembled in
this city and will be shipped over the
Northern Pacific tomorrow. The car
will stop at Standpoint and receive the
exhibit from Bonner county. Another
stop will be made at Spokane where
the exhibit from Idaho county will be
received, also several boxes of ore pre-
pared In that city by parties interested
in Idaho mines. From Spokane the
car Will proceed direct to San Fran
cisco, this being the final shipment OF
ores from the state. Edward Schwerd,
who has had charge of collecting the
exhibits, has been here several days
rounding up this final shipment and
will now proceed to San Francisco
where he will arrange the Idaho min
.ng exhibit in the great mining build
ing and will remain in charge Of IL
during the exposition. In general
terms Mr.. Schwerd expressed himself
is well pleased with the showing made
from this county, and said that the
display would unquostionably be
credit to the district, However, he
was disappointed at the lack of inter-
est shown by the owners Of smaller
mining properties. In this respect
Shoshone county Is behind other min
ing counties, in all Of which the own
ars of prospective mines were eager
TO be represented. In this connection
Mr. Schwerd desires it to be known
that owners Of mining property who
have not prepared an exhibit can still
De represented by shipping It, freight
prepaid, addressed to the Panama Pa
life Commissioners, Idaho building
SAN Francisco.
The Coeur d'Alene Exhibit.
Practically all of the big operating
companies have prepared splendid eX-
hihits, and also quite a large number
Of development companies, The same
plan has been followed in all the
mines, showing samples Of ore and the
vein filing from the groupings to the
lowest levels and the various mill pro-
ducts from the coarse jigs to flota-
ton. Following is list of the com
panies represented with the number OF
boxes indicating the size of the ship
iment:
! Interstate -Callahan--One chunk OF
ore Weighing 1000 pounds, 60 per cent
zinc; five small boxes of ore and one
box of mill products.
Tamarack- -Custcr-One chunk OF
lead ore Weighing 1900 pounds; fouI
boxes of ore and mill pl oducts.
| Success-Three boxes.
Hercules-Two boxes weighing l2OU
pounds each and one box of mill pro-
ducts
Hecla-Two boxes weighing 900 and
1900 pounds, and mill products.
Marsh-Two boxes of ore.
Benton--Three boxes of ore.
Green Hill -Cleveland-One box
Weighing 900 pounds and mill pro-
ducts.
Black Bear--One box weighing 500
pounds.
Morning-Two boxes weighing aOC
pounds each and mill products.
Snowstorm-Two boxes Of ore.
Monitor-One box Of ore.
Bunker Hill & Sullivan-Eleven
sacks, complete exhibit.
II. e. G. M.--One box of ore.
Stewart-Three boxes Of ore.
Arcadia, one box antimony ore; Cas-
tie Rock, three boxes; Sidney, one box
Nabob, two boxes; New Hope, one box
Empress, one box; Idaho Northern
three boxes; Paragon, two boxes; Fri
day one box; Giant Ledge, one box
Golden Chest, one box; Belmont, on,
box; Highland Surprise, two boxes
Ray Jefferson, two boxes; Hypotheek
two boxes.
In addition to the above there are {
large number Of smaller boxes weigh
ing from to rs pounds.
Collecting Exhibit Big Job.
Beginning his work a year ago las
May, Mr.. Schwerd has been on the joI
continuously, visiting every county II
the state having any mining prcten
tions In Gilmore, Blaine, Custer, Ban
mock, Owyhee Boise, Adams, Wash
ington and Idaho counties most of hi
travelling was on horseback and the or
samples were packed to the railroad
The display of minerals from tn
state will include in their variou
forms lead, zinc, copper, gold, iron, an
Itimony, tungsten, Molybenite, telluriun
potash, nitrate tripoli clay, phosphate
sheet mica, Fuller's earth, buildin
stone, sand, lime. brick and asbestos
Along with these exhibits will b
, shown more or less geological feature
, having bearing upon their occur
. renee. During the exposition Nj
Schwerd will be on hand at the ldah
, exhibit to talk to interested parties o
> the opportunities Idalo has to offer
t the way of mining and give them ac
3 cess to data he has collected, map
= and other records that will throw ligf
on the particular subjects in whic