The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-05-18
JEFFERSON MINE WILL Be READY
FOR PRODUCTION BY MIDDLE Of JULY
MUCH ORE IN SIGHT AND FACILITIES PREPARED
HANDLING OF IT-FRAME OF
cHNERY is BEING DELIVERED.

swelling the ever-increasing mineral
output of the Coeur dAlene district,
and the man to whom the credit is due
for this achievement is D. l.. Me-
Grath, of this city, the man who for
10, these many years has not only PIN
ned his faith to Beaver creek and
Sunset, but who has worked as few
men have to show ups the mineral
wealth and prove that his faith was
we'll founded. Like all men who un-
dertake extensive mining operations in
rugged and isolated section, Mr.,
McGrath encountered many difficult
ties and possibly disappointments, but
he never wavered in the course he had
laid out. He was fortunate in hav-
ing associated with him a group of
Mssoula men who combined a strain
Of sporting blood along with implicit
confidence in McGrath. They backed
him to the limit and made occasional
trips over here to look over his work,
always returning with the conviction
that McGrath would win out in the
end, and he did. He made a mine of
the Ray-Jefferson, and while doing 1t
continued to add new ground to Its
holdings, acquired a millsite and val
liable water right and much ground
for yard room and building purposes.
After opening up the great ore bodies
of the Ray-Jefferson he recognized
the value of the Carlisle claim cover
ing an independent lead, and he was
also confronted with the necessity of
raising a large sum to build mill,
build tramways and provide other ex-
pensive equipment to place the Ray
Jefferson on a productive basis. 1t
was then that Coeur d'Alene men who
control large capital came into the
company and now exercise control Of
it, but to Dan McGrath is due the
credit for having made the Ray-Jef-
ferson and bringing the bonanza Car
isle claim into the company's hold
ings.
Great Known Ore Bodies.
The Ray-Jefferson joins the Inter-
state Callahan on the west and pre-
sumably has the extension of the fs-
nous ore shoot of that mine, also two
other veins which are probably ex-
tensions of the great zinc producer.
These are the original Jefferson
veins, and have no reference to the
Carlisle, which is far down the hill
and follows a northerly and souther-
ly course, nor does it include other
known mineral bearing veins which
are in evidence within the extensive
pany No. 1 tunnel of the original
Ray-Jefferson workings has disclosed
an ore shoot at a depth of $50 feet
which is known to extend to the sur
face. This tunnel is connected by a
raise with No. 2, on which the ore
shoot has been proved for 400 feet.
This tunnel is 432 feet below No. /,
which gives a depth on the ore shoot
of so feet From No. 2 a crosscut
has been run south which intersects
two parallel veins showing large ore
shoots, one of which has been drifted
upon 300 feet and the other 100.
The Carlisle.
The Carlisle vein has been explored
both east and west from the crosscut
for a distance of 400 feet, showing
continuous shoot of lead and zinc ore
from to 10 feet wide, all of good
milling grade with frequent punches
Of high grade A new compressor and
the Carlisle This claim was bought
less than a year ago and has proved
a big addition to the mineral re-
sources of the Ray-Jefferson.
Plan of Operation.
Plans are rapidly being carried out
to have the mine properly equipped to
deliver ore as soon as the mill now
under construction is completed. From
No. tunnel Of the upper workings a
gravity tramway will be built to con-
meet with a large ore bin near the
boarding house. The bin Is now be-
ing built and the tram will soon be in
course of construction. The gravity
tramway, by which the weight Of the
loaded car going down draws the
empty car back, was quite common in
the district before deep mining rem
dered them useless. The tramwav
will be 14OO feet long.
While this is going on a raise will
be made from the Carlisle tunnel to
the surface, a distance on the vein of
ESQ feet. This raise will be trans
formed into a mammoth underground
ore bin, to which ore from the first
bin will be trammed about 600 feet.
This ore will be accessible through
the Carlisle tunnel, which is praetic-
ally on level with the ore bins at
the mill. The distance will be 21OO
feet and the ore will probably be
handled by electric motors. All the
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