The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-14
IDAHO 8 Los ANGELES
NEARING AN ORE SHOOT
AT LEAST ALL INDICATIONS
POINT TO COMMERCIAL
ORE SOON.

John w. Fink, manager of the Ida
no & Los Angeles Mining and Milling
was in the city Tuesday and
returned to the property yesterday
morning. lie came out to the wagon
road at Dobson Pass on skees, the
snow at the mine and on the summit
being about feet deep. This, how
ever does not interfere with mining
operations, as supplies of all kinds
were put in before the snow came,
timbers and fire wood gotten
out, and everything placed under COW
er and in snug shape for the long WIN
ter The ground of the Idaho & Los
company lies on both sides of
the divide between Nine Mile and
Beaver creek and joins the Interstate
Callahan on the south, covering par
allel vein East of it is the Black Jack
and the Days, and on the west end Is
the Red Monarch, controlled by Con-
rad Wolfe, of Spokane, which has a
well equipped plant and is being
steadily developed. Work on the Ida
no & Los Angeles is being prosecuted
from the Beaver creek side.
Long Drift on the Vein.
Having disclosed the vein near the
top of the mountain by open cuts and
prospect tunnelsy showing values in
lead and zinc, during the past year or
more work has been concentrated in
driving a tunnel to get under this
surface showing. Near the portal of
the tunnel several inches of zinc ore
was encountered which proved con-
tinuous for over 100 feet, varying in
thickness from 3 to or 10 inches.
Since then the vein has remained
strong and regular showing at times
both zinc and lead 1t has now been
advanced nearly or quite 1900 feet
leaving 900 or 400 feet to go to get
under the surface showing, when ii
will have attained depth of probably
1000 feet Unfortunately the severe
cold spell in November, before the
ground was covered with snow froze
up the pipe line which supplies power
to drive the fan, and forced a suspen-
sion of work in the tunnel for want of
ventilation.
Cut Vein Below,
The ore described above has
every appearance of being the top of
an ore shoot and in order to explore
it further a crosscut was started a
short time before the freeze-up about
$50 feet below the main tunnel. Since
work in the main tunnel
two shifts have worked in the cross
cut, and a day or two before Mr.. Fink
came down the vein was reached at
a distance of so feet and at depth of
about so feet. Drifting was just start
ing, the face showing the vein the full
width of the tunnel and along the
hanging wall there was to 6 inches
Of oxidized zinc ore. The balance Of
the vein is quartz and quartzite, with
numerous crevices and seams of oXi-
died iron. The showing is highly sat
Isfactory. The point Of intersection is
probably 200 feet west of the ore
showing in the tunnel, and much con-
fidence is felt that an ore shoot of
value will be found be-
fore the drift is under the ore above.
Ownership of the Property
The control of the Idaho e. Los
Angeles company is held in this city,
John Callahan being the largest own
er. A large number Of stockholders
live in Los Angeles and other points
in California. The directors of the
are John W. Fink, John
Callahan, H. e. Howes and A. ].
Dunn, all of Wallace, and Hiram Lett
head, of Los Angeles.