The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-01-06
GOLDEN CHEST At MURRAY HAS LARGEST
OF TUNGSTEN ORE IN HISTORY Of MINING
SHIPMENTS BEING RUSHED RESPONSE TO UNUSUAL DEMAND
HIGH GRADERS GET AWAY WITH THREE SACKS
TUNGSTEN FoUN WITH GALENA
(By Adam Aulbach, Murray, Idaho) .

was only one saloon left in Murra!
and the proprietor, Charles Melroy
complied strictly with the law by clos
ing down on the sale of liquors at mid
night on the S1st of December Al
might have been expected, up to thu
very minute before the new year was
ushered in there was a thirsty croWC
bfore the bar. Some had been laiG
away long before they were deprived
of the cheering cup" and others call
ed for "another round" when the law
stepped in with the warning, INC
More" Still others had made provi-
sion, at least temporarily, against toe
much drouth by laying in supply OF
bottled goods. The saloon had been
practically cleaned out of all choice
brands. At all events the shelves were
barren
In the main opinion appears to IA
yor the new law. There was a time
in the early history of Murray lin the
S0s), and little later, when this was
not so. At one time there were As sa-
looms in the town. OF course this was
in the golden days, when u gold
quartz mills were in operation and the
placers were worked. The last saloon
to close its doors was in the building
occupied by Dutch Jake" and Harry
Baer in "a and 49,
The Tungsten Shipments.
Just how many tons of scheelite ore
have been shipped to date from the
Golden Chest mine here is not known
to the writer These shipments COM
menced last month and the latest was
made on the 31st. The latter was of
four tons, clean ore, SIS sacks, with an
exact weight of 1850 pounds. At no
time was full carload sent out, nor
was the ore sent as freight, but as ex-
press, which, in a measure, reveals
the valuable nature of the mineral
tation. The first shipments were made
to the Wolf Tongue reduction works
at Boulder, Colo. The shipment on
Friday, the 31st, was also tagged for
Boulder, but Rush White, who is the
general manager of the Golden Chest,
residing at Wallace, telephoned to
Robert Horn the local agent to
change the tags for some other des-
tination said to be steel company at
Pittsburg. 1t appears that all the
steel companies, making munitions,
are bidding against each other, and as
Sam Green, the owner of the Chest Is
now in the east he has taken advan-
tage of this state of affairs and sold to
the highest bidder. If report may be
credited, this shipment went way
above $4,000 ton.
Another Strike.
There are now Is men employed at
the Golden Chest, working in three
shifts, with Sam H. Tinker as fore
man. All of them are engaged in tax
ing out scheelite. Last week the larg-
est pocket or deposit of the ore ever
found in the mine was made, and not
only is the ore found in the drifts OF
what is known as the Klondike cham
ber. but clear down to the level OF the
main tunnel, known as the Idaho. Ihls
would indicate that the ore has peen
found for over 300 feet, from the
Klondike chamber to the Idaho tunnel
level. The writer is informed by Ches-
ter r. Kennan, the Colorado geoioglst
and mining engineer, that this Is the
largest body of scheelte ore ever
found anywhere in the history of min
ing, except at Alfalfa, San Bernardlno
county, California, where the ore was
almost solidly punched and worked
out, the mine not producing any more
The writer is informed that Mr.. Green
telegraphed from New York to put az
the miners that can be worked in the
Chest and ship the ore as fast as pos
sible.
High Graders at Work.
A local sensation was created this
evening when it became known tha'
three sacks of scheelite ore had as
appeared from the Golden Chest MILL
The ore is sacked in the Idaho tunnel
in quantities of from $50 to 200 POUNDS
to sack, according to its purity:
is then put in a mine car and run 70
the Chest MILL about 1000 feet. Here
it is stored temporarily until SUI
ficient number of sacks accumulate 70
make shipment, and then the SACKS
are hauled to the Murray depot ano
placed in a box car and locked. Inree
sacks of ore at the minimum Weigh'
of $50 pounds each, valued at $l'oo
pound, lowest present price, means
loss Of $675 When this correspond
ence was mailed the ore had not peen
recovered, there being too many trachS
in the snow at the mill to follow the
footsteps Of the highgraders some
years ago the Pilot. mine was similar
ly raided in broad daylight ana three
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