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

MORNING WILL HAVE FULL FORCE EMPloYEo-HEclA
ADDS MEN AND INCREASES oUTPuT-FRsco is EXPECT
ED TO START sooN-LEA0 OUTLOOK

After an dleness Of many months
the Morning mine at Mullan will soon
be in full swing again. Within the
last week 80 or more men have been
aGded to the force of about 40 which
was already engaged in placing the
mine and mill in position for resump-
tion. The number of men now en-
ployed is probably 1875, and while ore
Is actually being broken in the mine,
most oil the men are still engaged IL
getting the big plant in condition for
full operation This work includes both
mine and mill and is progressing rap
idly. The force will be steadily in
creased as additional men can be
used 10 advantage, and it will be only
matter of few days until the usual
force is employed, about 500 men, and
the mine will be shipping its regular
output of lead and zinc concentrates.
The starting up of the Morning is es-
pecially gratifying to the people of
Mullan who through its idleness have
been made to feel the effects of the
curtailment of output more severely
than those of any other part of the
district. Already the town feels the
beneficial effects of the resumption
and the people are justified in looking
forward to a season of good times.
HecIa Again Normal.
The low price Of lead forced the
Hecla to curtail it's output last sum
mer to the extent of working only five
days a week and at the same time
greatly reducing the working force.
This condition prevailed until last
week when the increase in the price
of lead which has been advancing for
several weeks with the apparent pros
pect for a steady market caused the
management to put on additional men
until the normal force Is now en-
ployed This means that the Hecla Is
now employing 1855 men in the mine
and mill However, the output of the
mine will not be quite up to the for
mer standard, as there will be no Sun
day work
Frisco May Soon Start.
Although no further announcement
has been made by the management
regarding the Frisco, it is understood
that additions and changes are being
made as rapidly as possible in the
mill and that everything will soon be
in readiness to place the old property
among the list of producers again The
strike made on the 2200 level short
time ago is understood to have deyel-
oped into a large body of ore, and that
in other parts of the mine much zinc
ore has been found which the early
operators of the property were unable
to handle profitably owing partly t.
the fact that there was not as good
market for zinc at that time as there
is now, but mainly because there was
no method known by which the lead
and zinc could be separated and Z
values recovered. The wonderful ad-
vance made in mineral separation and
recovery through flotatiOn, together
with the enlarged use of zinc, account
for the return of the Frisco to the ac-
tive list as it no doubt will be in
short time.
Stewart Increases Output
The Stewart is also responding to
the improved lead market and an
nouncement is made that the output
will be incresaed to a point that Will
bring the earnings of the company up
to $125,OO0 per month. 1t is assumed
that this will involve the employment
Of additional men, thus adding to the
prosperity of the Kellogg -Wardner
section along with increased dividends
to stockholders.
Marsh Overhauls Mill.
While the management declines to
make any announcement regarding
the plans of the company so far as
resumption of mining is concerned it
is evident that the Marsh Mining
company whose property is near
Burke, is making preparations in that
direction. The company's mill at
Black Cloud, two and half miles
from this city, on Nine Mile, is being
overhauled and remodeled ana Iiucll
new and improved machinery added
which will result in increasing lts
capacity to the extent of about so tons
per day.
The Lead Market.
These evidences of renewed activity
in miring are directly due to the ad-
vance in the price of lead, which for
the last week or more has been quot
ed around $415. This is good price
and its maintenance will insure steady
operation and inspire increased efforts
In all parts of the district in the de-
yelopment Of new properties. II
should be borne in mind, however
that the improved market for lead
like trat for zinc, is due wholly to
foreign demand and that there has
been little il any Improvement In the
domestic market, the market which
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