The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-09-28
IDAHO 8 Los ANGELES
MAY SOON HAVE ORE
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR
DEEP DEVELoPMENT--PRE-
PARE FOR WINTER.


The Idaho & Los Angeles Mining
company, Of which John W. Fink Is
president and manager has accom-
plished much development work since
resuming operations some two years
claims, seven of which are patented
lying across the divide at the head OF
the east fork of Nine Mile. Its adj
joining neighbors are the Black Jac6
ON the east, the Interstate Callahan
on the north, and the Red Monarch on
the west and south. The vein is par
allel to that of the Interstate Callahan
The early work on the Idaho Il Los
Angeles was done on the Nine Mile
side, but about a year ago 1t was de-
cided to transfer to the Beaver creek
and extend short tunnel which had
teen started on the vein. A few in
ches of zinc ore was exposed in this
tunnel and this continued for 100 feet
or more at places being six or eight
ore was apparently the top of an ore
shoot Since leaving this ore the vein
has continued strong and regular
varying in width from a few inches
to the width of the drift. The drift
il now in 1900 feet and is approaching
ground under a point near the summit
of the divide where the vein has been
disclosed by shallow tunnels and
which shows much oxidized iron char
acteristic of the mineral bearing veins
of the district. Since leaving the
ore above described little lead and
zinc has from time to time been en-
countered, and much confidence Is felt
that another shoot will be found with
in the next 100 or 200 feet.
Start Lower Tunnel.
The original Idaho & Los Angeles
group of seven claims are patented.
Last year the company located nine
claims lying south and west of the
original group, which make valuable
addition to the company's holdings.
In doing the ANNUAL assessment work
for these claims This year a lower tun-
mel has been started $50 feet vertically
below the present tunnel, which Is in
tended to be the main outlet to the
property. This tunnel is started high
enough to allow room for dump on
the company's ground. 1t is not the
intention of the management to do
more than the assessment work at
this time, which will extend it about
so feet. 1t is by feet in the clear
The portal is only about 500 feet from
the compressor plant of the Red Mon
arch company ar6 is connected by a
good trail The Red Monarch COM
pany has compressor plant with a
ments, and when the Idaho & Los An
seles company j.: Dis it desirable to ex
tend this tunnel power nan be oh
tanned from the Red Monarch at a
reasonable rate, good wagon road
to the Red Monarch and the
Beaver creek railroad now being con-
structed win be within mile and 2
half of the Idano & Los Angeles
Supplies for Winter.
During the past week or two a sup
ply of track iron air pipe and pow
der has been delivered at the pro-
perty sufficient to last during the win
ter, and next month a corresponding |
An addition has been built to the
boarding house, sheds built and
arge amount of mining timbers ami |
Ire wood has been gotten out for
winter use All these preparations are
necessary on account of the heavy
now which prevents traffic during the
winter Four men are employed in
edition to Mr. Fink The location II
u the Idaho & Los Angeles and the
moving made by present development
ntitle it to rank among the most pro-
nising properties in that favored sec
ion. The directors of the company /
re John w. Fink, ri. II. Howes, John |,
A. J. Dunn, all of Wallace, n
nd Hiram Leithead, of Los Angeles
he stock Of the company is held al \
lost wholly in Wallace and Los An g
eles.