The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-29
HECTOR FINDS COMMERCIAL ORE IN VEIN
THAT WAS |NTERSECTED MONTHS AGO
FOUND VALUES IN ZINC AS WELL AS LEAo-ee
GINNING MAY EXPLORED BY DRIFTS EAST AND
wEsr-coNTNuE MAIN cRosscuT.

The Hector seems about to develop
into n mine in a rather unexpected
manner. For many weary months the
| company. under the management of
| Arthur George, has been engaged in
| driving a crosscut to reach the greet
vein that crops out strongly on the
| divide between the South Fork and
| Canyon creek, the crosscut being drly-
en- from the South Fork side about
| three miles east of this city. This
| great crosscut has now penetrated 1900
| feet and the news of cutting the vein
| Is daily expected The crosscut in
| the face shows galena here and there
and through the cracks In the rock a
| sort Of lead slime is seepine through
These indications of an ore body along
with the large amount of water and the
knowledge that the eresscut has
reached point where the vein may hc
expected forces the conclusion that tho
vein is not far away
Another Vein Has Commercial Ore
But the story here to be told has to
do with another vein in the Hector
one that has escaped much notice for
many months, but which has now sud-
denly become a big factor in the de-
velopment of that property. When the
long crosscut had been extended 1850
feet a vein was intersected which
proved to be about forty feet In width
and along the hanging wall of which
was about seven feet of good looking
ore Drifts were run about fifteen feet
on 1t both east and west, and while the
showing was highly promising, it was
J assumed that lead was the only value
and as that was too low to make 1t
especially attractive, the work there
was abandoned and the crosscut con-
tinued to reach the big vein. When
4 that feat is accomplished 1t has always
been the intention of the management
to take up the further exploration of
this vein. However, a week or so ago
parties who are interested in the Hec-
L tor in company with Mr.. George, the
work were so impressed with the
showing it was decided to have assays
made to determine all the values 1t
contained. The result Of these assays
r was as surprising as it was gratifying
=, Good Values in Zinc as Well as Lead.
Had the management suspected that
=, the zinc content in the ore was as great
as that of lead, it Is probable that the
:, situation at the Hector would be quite
, different from what it is today. Here
T.. is the result of the assays:
~ Sample No. l, taken from a strip OF
>, about a foot along the hanging wall
IN Gold, 0l ounce; silver, $40 ounces !;
lead 15.9 per cent; zinc, 1876 per cert.
no Sample No. 2, taken from streak
=, about the middle of the face of the
ia drift: Gold, .01 ounce; silver, 2 ounc-
I. les; lead, SO per cent; zinc, 1914 per
&C cent.
Sample No. 3, fair average across
the back, about seven feet in width:
Gold, .01 ounce; silver $50 ounces;
no lead, l1.S per cent; zine S.4 per cent
on With this sort of showing the man
d. agement realized at once that If il
.ie continued to hold its own with devel-
d opment, they had an ore body that
Oh would compare favorably with some
ne of the dividend paying mines of the
c' district, so 1t was decided to explore Il
''F further.
lH Will Start May l..
ce In a conversation with Manage,
do h,N t.,I tl,at h.,h
," ordered two cars and another machin,
iV drill and on May / he would star
drifting both east and west on thi
vein. BY fall he expects to have de
termined the extent of the ore shoe
Sufficiently, and If the showing seem
IA. to warrant the money is in sight 70
the erection of mill While the vei
ha is fully forty feet wide Mr.. Georg
itv says the commercial ore at presen
in consists of seven feet next to the hang
,as ing. Along the foot wall there Is
Ia, little ore and more or less scattere
,se through the vein, but not of com
ing mercial grade. AS the drifts advanc
ore the vein will be prospected by cross
raw cuts and it is regarded as not improh
md able that an ore shoot may come in o
tbe the foot wall, particularly in the we!
fer drift.
an Continue Main Crosscut.
,od The work in this vein will not inter
ro fere with the extension Of the Ion
,d, crosscut to the north vein. It will
on pushed ahead as rapidly as possb
me ana aouit'ohai men, masking seven
; all, will be put to work in the drift
Zip
are The chief objection to the ma wi
tn, is going to the devil Is that he is di
ale posed to loiter along the way.