The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23
EAST COEUR D'ALENE
HAS BRIGHT FUTURE
MONTANA MINING ENGINEER
SHOWS GREAT POSSIBLE.
TIES OF SECTION.

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BESdt hllHulB fuuuSuy III mOHldIld dus
Idaho and the big results that hav'
accrued are watching with interes
tho increased activity in the proper
ties o. the east Occur d'Alene district
Of Montana. where some of the best
loo9ing and most promising bodies OIL
ore exposed In the west have beer
found
Panics and forest fires have done
much to retard but nothing has stop
ped all the work In the properties
there. Much exploration work lis now
under way In that section, and great
deal more Is planned for the winter
and early spring. While the district
has not become so widely known as
some others in the northwest. on ac-
count of the unusual interest In older
section. and its possibilities are not
fully realized, yet mining men. in
Guiding number of noted experts,
agree that the future is bright with
promise for the East Occur d'Alene
section and predict that the develop
ment to be done there In the immedi-
ate future will mean great deal for
both Montana and Idaho. John r..
Leland a mining expert well known In
Colorado, and the farther west states,
has thoroughly examined the district
and made a report In which he says In
part:
Il have visited the camp and con-
ferred with many Of the best mining
men there. | have seen nearly all the
greatest mining camps of America
grow from the trail to the railroad
stage, and there is not one district
among them all that gives the prom
ise held out by the East Occur
d'Alenes for the amount Of work done;
In this statement I am corroborated
by some Of the best mining men of the
west. This district is not located away
on a desert beyond the reach of wa
ter, wood or transportation, but is
within easy reach and amidst all the
comforts of life. A statement cover
ing some OF the work on the best de-
veloped claims. the ore bodies and
conditions should give ample proof to
those interested and the possible in
weston. The splendid indications also
Indicate the truth of general belief
that the veins of the Montana slope
are direct extension of the wonder
full Occur d'Alene lead and copper belt
Large Area.
THE East Occur d'Alene mining dis
trict embraces an area of about 20
miles square, situated in the western
part OF Montana, extending into the
eastern part of Idaho about miles.
Two great trunk lines of railroad run
through the district, the Northern Pa
cific and the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul. Beautifully situated in the
center Of this district and on these
railroads is the town Of Saltese. Pack
er creek from the north and Silver
creek from the south form their june |
ton with the st. Regis river within
the town limits, thus affording both |
wagon and railroad facilities to all the |
leading mining properties within the
district. Saltese has population at
of about 500, which will prob
ably be doubled in 1915; the town has
I'll the hustllng qualities of the typical
western mining camp and is the CEN
er and principal shipping point for
he district.
THE East Occur d'Alene mining dis
rict has in the past year come to the
lotice OF capitalists and mining men
u prominence and is now attracting
8 much attention as the Occur
PAlene district proper, where so many
ividend paying mines have been de-
eloped There is not a better miner
liked district than this In the world.
he entire district is covered by two
reat mineral belts or zones. in each G
I which are many lodges, all having u
general course of northwest and b
outheast, all coursing fissure- like 2
trough the district These lodges are c
'ithout doubt the same as upon which v
0 many successful mining operations a
ave been conducted in the Occur Il
Alenes. There are hundreds of min e
lg locations In all directions from S
altese, within the district, some OF o
hich probably will be put upon S
aging basis in 1916, and many pros
ects are to be seen In varied stages e,
development. Leaving Saltese and p
,ing up Packer creek in northerly A
rection, one comes to some of the m
ore prominent lodges in the follow It'll
6 order: 81
THE Hemlock ledge is about one OF
I'd half miles north of the town Of
Id upon II are located several groups la
claims which are being developed an
his ledge has an average width of 40 90
ct on the surface and has a Gaping be
iron carbonates, carrying values in
yer and a high percentage OF lead. W,
le Hemlock mine has been equipped 10
tn boilers, hosting engine and alb
mps. A double-compartmen shaft 10,
s been sunk to depth of $50 feet; mi
the bottom Of the shaft crosscut las
$ been run to the footwall which mi
owed the vein TO be 65 feet in width err
d showing heavy naturalization all Gle
rough. A drift has been driven $50 ,
i in an easterly direction, following Ids
4 foot wall md 10 pnu vartinoiIy $50 GO