The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
BIG DREDGING OPERATIONS ON PR|CHARD
SAID TO Be BACKED BY GUGGENHE|MS
GROUND THOROUGHLY PRosPEcTEo SUMNER WITH GOOD
REsuLTs-JAcK WAITE HAULING RATE OF 15o
TONS PER MoNrH-TW CARLOADS AT STATION

More than two carloads of ore have
been hauled from the Jack Waite
mine to Waite station during the last
two weeks and cars have been ordered
for its shipment to the smelter. The,
heavy snowfall has placed the road
in ideal condition and ore Is being de-
| livered from the mine to the railroad
at the rate of 100 tons per month. The
ore shipped will average IS per cent
lead or possibly better. Development
of the Jack Waite is showing very
satisfactory results, and the company
is now considering the erection of
small mill in the spring, which seems
to be fully justified by the present ore
exposures and the prospect for con-
tinued high prices for lead. About 20
men are employed at the mine.
Big Dredging Enterprise.
There is a feeling among the peo-
pie of Murray that amounts to a
conviction that the Guggenheim Ex-
ploration company has taken over the
large tract of placer ground covering
Prichard creek for practically its en-
tire length and that the extensive
prospecting operations last summer
were carried on by representatives OF
that company. The tract extends
from the mouth of the creek to its
cn, n a{efon ~ aha
and with two exceptions embraces all
the ground adjacent to the stream.
Many years ago the ground was con-
Isolidated through the efforts of Barry
N. Hillard and sold to Boston capital
lists, who organized the Occur d'Alene
Mining company, which has since held
the vast property, but has done no
mining.
Last summer E. s. Wyatt, a mining
man of California, devoted about four
months to thoroughly prospecting the
ground along Prichard creek He used
| two Keystone drills for the purpose
and employed about 80 men, the work
going on day and night. He started
| III at lDdSlG dnu SXSlGuldLICdlly SuHh
prospect holes to bedrock, and from
rimrock to rimrock from that point
to the old Mother Lode mill above
Murray. The depth to bedrock Is said
to have ranged from 10 to % feet. The
samples were taken from the drill
holes at regular intervals from the
surface down and carefully tested. 1t
was the intention to prospect the
| ground still further up the creek, but
| bad weather rendered this impracti-
cal.
Guggenheim Enterprise.
While no direct information could
be obtained by any one on the subject,
the people of Murray, including men
who generally know what is going on.
have no doubt that the Guggenheim
Interests are back of this preliminary
work, and one of these informed The
Miner that he had direct and reliable
information that a dredge would be
placed on the ground as early as pos
sible in the spring How extensive a
dredging plant it will be is an open
question, some claiming that 1t will be
comparatively small with the view to
more thoroughly trying out the ground,
while from another source it is claim
ed that plant that will cost not less
than 100000 will be put afloat. 1t
is claimed that the seasons prospect
ing proved so satisfactory that it
leaves no doubt regarding the certain
ty of rich returns, and that therefore
there is no occasion for further ex-
perimental work. In any event the
people of Murray are confidently look
ing forward to definite and extensive
dredging operations on Prichard creek
next season, and this opinion is sup
ported by the large scale upon which
preliminary work was carried on last
season.