The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-12-23

per OF much high grade ore. Approx
mately $4,000 in ore has been shipped
similar in character and carrying val
ues corresponding with Last Chance
shipments, and is thought to be the
continuation of the same rich ore
shoot
"To the west is the Bryan mine, in
which the Day brothers, owners Of the
famous Hercules mine, are the princi-
pal owners and which is quite extern
siveIy developed. It has three adits
with vertical range of 500 feet; a
2000-foot lower crosscut has been
driven and is connected with the lev
els above by raise A splendid show
ling of milling ore has been blocked
out together with quantities of ship
ping ore, of the same general char
acter as the Last Chance and other
properties mentioned The formation
| is composed of Burke and Revett
quartzite. 1t is said operations will
be resumed on the Bryan at an early
date.
Silver Cable.
| Further west and near the summit
of the Bitter Root range in the strike
of this continuous dyke is the property
of the Silver Cable Mining company,
with as fine an outerop of ore as can
be found in this remarkable ore zone
The vein has been explored and open
| ed in three tunnel levels, and large
bodies of high grade silver-lead and
] zinc ore have been exposed on each
level, zinc predominating. Plans for
a first class concentrating and flota-
tion plant, costing $4,000, have been
announced by the management. Con-
struction will begin as early as posi-
BILE in the spring The Silver Cable is
without doubt one of the connecting
links between the Wallace and the
Saltese districts. 1t Is the most i'm
portant strike that has been made in
the district, in so far as it demon
strates that the mines of the Montana
slope are direct continuation of the
great ore bearing veins of the Burke
and Mullan side
The Copper Belt.
South of Saltese about miles, par
alleling the great divide, is what is
known as the copper belt. Upon it are
located many valuable groups from
which much high grade copper and
gold ore has been shipped A number
of cars of ore were recently shipped
from the Richmond and the st. Lawr-
ence mines, running as high as 20 per
cent copper and So in gold. A 1000
foot lower erosscut tunnel has been
driven on the Richmond This is now
completed, giving vertical depth of
500 feet. The vein has been crosscut
and a large body of commercial ore ex-
posed. Much development work has
been planned for the winter, and the
mine will be put in shape to resume
shipments on much larger scale in
the early spring.
"The long crosscut tunnel which is
beinS uIlNeH 10 open the monitor
mine at great depth, the portal of
which is near Adair, and the bore of
which is 6 by 5 feet in the clear, has
been extended 600 feet. 1t is expected |
1t will have to be run 5000 feet to get
under the old Monitor workings on the
divide between Montana and Idaho |
which will give vertical depth Of
1900 feet. The early development of |
this property consists of a shaft near
the summit 700 feet deep from which
10000 in ore has been shipped. The
forest fires of 1910 destroyed the plant,
shaft and all surface improvements.
Permanent development through the
ong tunnel will be started at once
1.-THE country rock, vein formation
md naturalization are all Identical
With those of the big producers on the
IDAHO slope, and which are divided
'nly by an imaginary line. 1t is the
opinion of prominent mining experts
md biologists who have carefully ex-
mined these properties and are ia
niliar with the conditions existing.
hat depth only is needed to develop
re bodies that will in time rival in
reduction of precious metals the
reat Occur dAlene mines"