The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-04-15
BIG BODY Of HIGH GRADE ZINC ORE IN
CALLAHAN VEIN RUNS Is TO 35PER CENT
STRIKE MADE IN cRoSScUT FROM NO. AND BELOW
WoRKINes-sTRlkE RECALLS HOW voLNEY vii.
HANSON PARTED WIT II VALUABLE GROUND

There seems to be no limit to the
possibilities Of mineral development in
the Interstate Callahan mine Before
the consolidation the Callahan had
been proved to be a mine of great
value, and since the two properties
bodies of such magnitude and extent
chat 1t now ranks among the worlds
greatest zinc mines. The great ore
shoot that has made the Interstate
Callahan famous was opened from the
Nine Mile side although practically all
of 1t Is in the Callahan ground. but is
Independent of what Is commonly
known as the original Callahan vein.
The ore shoot is 1900 feet long and
from five to forty feet wide in No. 1
tunnel extends practically to the SUR
face, a distance of 1000 feet. and has
been proved to depth of $50 feet by
shaft from No, 4. So much has been
said and written about this mammoth
ore body that the impression might
easily prevail that this Is all there ts
TO the Interstate Callahan property,
when as matter of fact there are
three other known veins, In two OF
which commercial ore has been found.
Another Big Ore Shoot
! The Callahan mine is opened from
the Beaver creek side, and 1t is prob
able that the difficulty of transpor-
tation was an important factor in
bringing about the consolidation which
gave the Callahan an outlet on tho
| Nine Mile side. But be that as 1t may,
! the fact is that a fine shoot of silver
lead ore had been developed on the
Callahan from which $4,000 worth
of ore had been shipped being hauled
| by wagon over the summit and down
to the railroad at Bum station. An
otheer tunnel had been run several
hundred feet below which found TIE
ore shoot, but which had changed
largely to zinc. Some time after the
consolidation and after the big zinc
ore shoot had been found, a crosscut
was started in the Callahan ground
from No. 4 tunnel for the purpose OF
cutting the Callahan vein on that level.
This was driven about 500 feet, but
| foil tn bo
crOsscut was started which encounter
ed the vein after running about fifty
feet and disclosed an ore shoot ten
feet wide that win run from 25 to 35
last week and proves the continuity OF
an0ther great ore shoot in the Gala
han mine. The strike is directly under
the original Callahan workings and at
an additional depth of about $50 feet.
VoIney Passed Up a Good Thing.
| An interesting story is told in con-
nection with the now famous Callahan
mine which again illustrates the
freaks Of fortune in mining. In the
old days when the camp was new and
some of us who still try to appear
young were young in fact, Volney
| Williamson, who Is now rated a milf
ionaire, was among the hord of hun
CRY prospeCtors who pinned their faith
to Sunset. Among his other holdings
| Volney had fraction lying between
the Mountain Goat, now the Ray
jefferson, and the Callahan In tho
course of time he drifted out of tina
district, and arranged with Jim Gala
han, now the largest individual owner
| in the Interstate Callahan, to do his
Iassessment work each year. Jim did
the work faithfully and well, but year
after year passed and he heard nothing
from Volney. Finally the papers be-
gan to tell of his phenomenal success
| in mining operations in British Co
lumbia and then in other parts Of the
world Six ciphers were required to
express his wealth and he was known
as the representative of English cap
italists in big mining deals in South
Africa, Australia and Mexico. Ten
years elapsed and Jim Callahan, still
holding down his claims on Sunset and
incidentally taking care of Volney
| IWlliamson's fraction, went to Spokane
for a little recreation from the strenu-
Gus life and it so happened that Vol
Iney Williamson dropped in about the
same time. The two old friends were
delighted to see each other, and after
the usual greetings Jim remarked:
I"How about the assessment on that
fraction, Volney? l have ten years
charged up against you" That was
easy for Volney He laughed and said,
go. I've got all the money I need, jim
take the claim and call the debt paid :"
Jim Callahan took it, although to tell
the truth he would much rather have
had the cash at that time than tho
fraction Well, to end the story, that
Traction is now part of the Callahan
mine and undoubtedly contains the