The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-09-16
GREAT SHOOT OF LEAD-S|LVER ORE FOUND
IN PARALLEL VEIN ON CH|CAGO-BOsTON
ORE DISCLOSED IN AND THIRD TO BE RUN
PROBABLY KILL BUCK vEN-HleH GRADE SILVER
ORE IN ORIGINAL VEIN

uiy IL Is eNAueHt lIldl dHpllef seCtluH
A of the Coeur d'Alene district is about
4 to be added to the productive terri
p tory, and as in the case of other Sec
I tions unnecessary TO mention, 1t Is
o one that in measure has been ta-
I booed by the wise ones. But in spite
of this, development work has been
intelligently carried on with confid-
! ence mistaken, with the result that
| today there is ore in sight to justify
the prediction that another great min
F eral zone will soon be adding its long
concealed wealth to the output of the
district and enriehing the fortunate
owners. The scene of these new de-
velopments is Lake gulch about
mile and a half west of this city, ard
the property upon which these import
ant disclosures have been made Is that
of the Chicago Boston Mining COM
Ipany, of which Cyrus w. Gossert is
manager. The ground held by this
company was originally known as the
Tin Cup. other ground has been add
ed to the original group, and the pro-
perty is now one of the best equipped
in the district for prosecuting devel-
opment.
Ore Deposits in Two Veins.
! For good many years the property
has been steadily developed by the
Chicago Boston company, with occa-
cin efo
Guilty to raise money to carry on the
work The vein was located by pros
pect tunnels and the fifth of these cut
the vein at a depth of about 200 feet
Drifting from this crosseut has dis
closed an ore shoot 1870 feet long that
varies In width from 2 " to feet. The
ore is gray copper and runs very high
in silver No ore has been shipped on
account of the low price of silver and
the expense of sorting and delivering
the ore to the railroad. Tunnel No.
Is being run to the vein and will cut
1t at a depth of upwards of 600 feet.
The vein should be reached in very
short distance now Evidence Of it's
approach is indicated by stringers of
ore coming in the face which are
wonderfully rich in silver
The workings here described en-
brace what Is commonly known as the
old Tin Cup property, and the show
Ing made certainly indicates that
great body of rich silver ore is soon
to be exposed But there Is another
vein on the Chicago Boston ground.
parallel to this one and about 300 feet
away that is the main subject of this
story and which will be a revelation
to many who are presumed to keep
posted on the progress of mineral de-
velopment in this district.
The Kill Buck Vein.
Many years ago in the early days of
lead mining in this district the XIII
Buck was one Of the best known and
was regarded as one of the most
promising properties on the South
FORK 1t was located on the west side
or Lake gulch and a great mass of ga
lena was discovered practically on the
SURFACE. Considerable ore was ship
ped from the property at that early
date, and 1t Is stated that considerable
ore is now in sight on the property.
put subsequent work failed to devel
op permanent ore body with depth,
for reasons that will probably soon be
made clear. The Kill Buck and the l
Chicago-Boston join end lines prac-
tlcally in the bottom of Lake gu1ch
out all efforts to locate the Kill Buck
vein on the east side of the gulch fail =
ed until some four years ago, and then
u was through one Of those lucky in
cldents which have so often plaved y
IN important part In the discovery of >
mines in the west. About five years I
ago when the flume to convey the wa ,
-ers or Lake creek to the Hercules mill y
N this city was being built, one of .
me workmen noticed spring lust
above the flume from which there was (
In unusually strong flow of water and '
which ne thought should not be allow a
sd to go to waste. He put in a couple
II shots to open the ground about II 3
md then piped the water into the
Tune The next spring when the {
breakup came a great landslide oc- 3
'urred below the spring which uncov- ?
'red ledge Of great promise and
which was at once pronounced the XIII :,
suck vein on the ground of the Chi :,
ago Boston company = =
Find 12 Feet of Ore. -
Manager Gossert evidently fully Z,
'rasped the importance of the acci- r,
Iental discovery and immediately "
ook steps to prospect it. A crosscut iB
vas run from No. tunnel, referred to II
.bove, which cut the new vein at fl
hallow depth and within about so
eet Of the Chicago Boston end line {,
dining the XIII Buck, and disclosed is
2 feet of good milling lead d-silver ore ri
much Of 1t Of clean shipping grade p
lie then went about 900 feet further N