The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-27
SEARCHING FOR TUNGSTEN OCCUPIES
ATTENTION NORTH SIDE PROSPECTORS
DISCOVERY OF BUTTE MAY PROVE OF MpoRTANcE-THE
GOLDEN CHEST HAS 20 MEN EMPLOYED TAKING OUT
TUNGSTEN-TERRBLE-ED
CBy Adam Aulbach. Murray, Idaho0

past week has set the No tn Side Wild.
This time Butte Creek furnished the
senation Alexander Rosander was the
miner who braved II degrees below
zero to bring the rich ore to town to
show it to Chester T. Kennan. who
promptly pronounced it the genuine
stuff He also crushed and panned out
a piece, 4 ounces in weight, and OBJ
tanned ounces of scheelte. Mr.. Ken
nan stated that this was as good as
the best taken out Of the Golden Chest
mine. Mr.. Resander was highly graft
fled and was congratulated on all sides.
He, however stated to the writer that
while this was very satisfactory it yet
remained to be demonstrated whether
quantity was present to make 1t a
shipping proposition. He went on:
THE ore comes in and pinches out.
! have been following a small vein or
spur in my effort to reach the main
ledge which, l think, Is close by. In
fact l am sure it cannot be far off,
and | expect to strike 1t before spring.
Yet it Is slow work for one man to
bore into a mountain. l am now in
$50 feet. or course | feel very much
encouraged to find that have scheeitc
already and now expect to get m re
of it when | get into the main ledge.
was not looking for that kind of ore,
but only lead or zinc. W. A. Smith,
the dentist Of Wallace, is interested
with me. Our group of claims join the
Idaho Northern group. The location is
about one mile up Sheridan gulch, on
Butte Creek. / can walk to the mine
in about an hour or so from Murray
when the snow Is off the ground. Now
walking is pretty stiff proposition.
- We are located on the same mountain
spur as the Golden Chest, mile due
north, I believe, but not related to it
mineraloglcally."
The Third Tungsten Discovery
Mr. Rosauder's find is the third de-
|yelopment of scheelte ore so far dur
ing the present winter directly east of
Murray and near the Golden Chest.
The first reported strike was made in
the Silver Dollar group, a lead-silver
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lie and this must be sent to some reduc-
10 tton works Of Colorado for concentra-
-, tiop. when a market will be easily
found Nevertheless. the strikes are
.' important at the present time as proof
T. that the ore is unite generally dis
1t ,lbutod ana thu. local reducrio,
u works may he iusfifed in the near
" future The temptation is surely
=" strong enough if price is any criter-
y ion Clean scheelite concentrates are
1t now worth $4,000 a ton. stated, but
:, really from $4,000 to $500 a ton for
-" the highest grade Bids are from $50
81 IN AK q unit--a INIT being 20 pounds.
!" If is said no other metal or mineral in
the history Of mining has made such
~ rantd and high advance in price in
few months The extraordinary de-
'' mand Is steadily outrunnig the sup
nIv Notwithstanding that Colorado
=" and California. Of late years regular
producers. are delving and scratching
for every pound of the ore.
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