The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-01
MINERAL WEALTH OF SUNSET.

This has been a favorite theme Of
the Miner, and 1t is possible that some
readers who are not personally ia
miliar with that section have taken the
statements Of this paper regarding the
Sunset district with quite large grain
of allowance But the fact remains
that Sunset is rapidly verifying the
most enthusiastic predictions, and il
will not be surprising if 1t eventually
becomes the banner ore producing sec
tion of the Occur d'Aiene district, The
Interstate Callahan has already reach
ed a point that places 1t near the top
among the worlds greatest zinc mines
and 1t Is no idle assertion to predict
that It will eventually take the first
place. Nor Is its output limited to
zinc for while circumstances have
been such that IL has been more profit
able to push development and produc-
tlon on the vein in which zinc largely
predominates. the company also has
large bodies of lead which Will place
the property among the large lead pro-
ducers also. Other Sunset properties
which have proven ore bodies, but
which have not become regular pro-
ducers, are the jefferson, Sunset
Tuscumhia, 1dora. Virginia and
others Of which less has been
heard. These properties have long
been recognized as certain pro-
ducers when development work
had been sufficiently advanced and
railroad transportation Is available,
These alone would insure a tremend-
Gus tonnage and maintain enormous
payrnlls, and fully Justify all the
claims set up for the future of
Sunset
But the last few weeks have greatly
enlarged the possibilities of mineral
production in this wonderful section
and warrants the belief that the half
has not vet been told As an illustra
ton of what is being done and what
may still he expected, the Sunset Ban
ner IL q fair example. Two or three
months ago in doing assessment work
streak of high grade lead-zinc ore
was encountered Subsequent drifting
showed a rapid increase in the ore I'M
til now there is about three feet, with
the nost favorable indications that It |
body Another example is the Carlisle,
a single claim which a few weeks ago |
was sold to the Ray Jefferson. Pat |
ented years ago It has remained UNI
disturbed and had never been regarded |
as possessing exceptional value Since
the sale two old tunnels have been
cleaned out and other work has dis.
closed continuous ore shoot 800 fee
long and leasers are now busily en-
gagged sacking ore for shipment An
other example Of Sunsets unknown
wealth is the Beebe group. three pat
creek west Of the Idora. These too,
were patented years ago the work up
to that time showing nothing in the
way of commercial ore. The old tun-
nels had caved in and underbrush had
grown up that almost obscured all evil
dencc Of former work. A few weeks
ago one of the owners decided to do a
little prospecting and almost the first
stroke Of his pick found ore and before 8
he stopped a vein over thirty feet wide +,
with five feet of commercial ore was T.,
uncovered, and the vein has since been d,
located the length of the three claims. j.,
These recent discoveries in connec- i,
ton with the great ore bodies that
have long been known make clear the o
basis for faith that is in Those who p
forecast the future greatness az the c
Sunset section. II is veri+t lo min .
eral storehouse, and it will one day :
rival and possibly lead all other Sc v
tions Of the Occur d'Alenes. II