The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-07

TO the Salt Lake smelters, that has
averaged about 5000 tons a month.
Better Than Ever.
This mine is in splendid physical
condition and has better ore resources
at this time than at any period in its
history. The long Cassock tunnel.
which taps the ore zone 900 feet ver-
tically below the present workings,
has been extended into the mountain
5000 feet where the geological condi-
tons encountered, in the main opera
tons above, are found to have eontin-
ued decidedly normal. A limited
amount of prosecuting has so far
been done from the main tunnel since
the ore zone was encountered and
work has disclosed an interesting body
of the typical sulphide ore encounter
ed above, and also another interesting
vein of sgalena mineral, which is en-
closed in the granite core of the noun
tain that has been penetrated. It
seems; from the limited exploratory
work in the zone, that this great prism
of ground 900 feet high between this
new deep level and the main opera
tons of the mine above the Albert
tunnel, is likely to afford an import
ant horizon of productive ore ground
which, while involving considerable
further expensive development outlay,
gives eminent promise of extending
the life of the property indefinitely.
Copper Ore Shipped.
Forty eight cars of crude shipping
copper ore embracing some carloads
of high grade mineral, have been for
warded from Mackay during the sum-
mer from the Reid and Davidson pro-
perty at Copper basin, about 80 miles
west of Mackay. This property now
known as the Copper basin, under the
being energetically developed with a
considerable force of men and it is
thought by local authorities that it is
likely to prove an important factor in
the production of Custer county cop
per ore in the future.
One of the most interesting dis
closures. of the year in the Mackay
district has been the remarkable sue
cess obtained from a lease on the
Kennedy group of claims adjoining
the Empire property to the west. This
mer under lease and produced 65 cars
of ore containing good shipping val
ues in lead and silver and largely min
ed from a big glory hole quarry at the
surface. This interesting deposit has
been taken over by the United States
Mining & Smelling company of Salt
Lake city who have a crew of men at
work pushing an intelligent plan of
deeper development at this time, and
the new work in the form of an adit
tunnel, now in 500 feet, has already
disclosed two ore bodies in addition to
the original source of shipping values
operated during the past season.
Signs of Permanently.
This deposit is of more than usual
by virtue of its geological en-
which are such as to give
quite definite evidences of deep seat
ed permanency to the ore occurrence,
as they do of a broad belt
of heavy bedded blue limestone form
alton that is. cut with wide intru-
sion of soft decompOsed porphyry.
This porphyry zone is nearly vertical
and 40 to 60 feet wide. 1t is easily
mined and discloses three bodies of
Soft brown iron oxide relatively rich
in lead carbonate mineral and carry
ing good silver values The ore bod
les show major dimensions up to 20
feet in thickness and while this width
is not all shipping grade. it promises