The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-01
PLANS TO PLACE PATUXENT IN POSITION
TO PRODUCE ORE BODY IN S|SHT
CHANGE FORTUNE ORIGINAL OWNER ENABLES HIM TO
DEVELOP AND EQUIP PRoPERTY-sHoSsNe CON-
PARED CALLAHAN

perty in the district that can show
as much ore and which has had as
little publicity in proportion as the
Patuxent. In the short time it has
been under development a crosscut
drifting has proved a continuous ore
shoot for a distance of over 700 feet
with an average width of three feet of
good milling ORE both lead and zinc.
The depth of this ore shoot will pro-
bably average 300 feet, enough ore
practically in sight to cause the man
ager to begin planning for mill, and
yet there are doubtless many people
right here in Wallace who flatter
themselves upon being fairly well in
formed on the location of mines of
the district who cannot give the loca-
tion of the Patuxent, nor the name
of the controlling owner and the man
who directs its development
The Patuxent is a consolidation of
two of the oldest groups of claims on
Nine Mile, the Patuxent and the EN-
pire. State. The first was principally
owned by James f. Callahan, who aoW
holds control of the combined pro-
perties, and the second was owned by
Jay Wemes, both of whom with ham,
mer and drill devoted many long years
to their development. 1t was while
working on the Empire State that Mr..
Callahan and Mr. Wemes were the
victims of a premature blast from
which they miraculously escaped with
their lives and which is responsible
for the defective hearing of the form
er and for serious injury to the latter.
Both pulled through this and many
other perilous experiences and difficult
ties, and both have since been favored
with fortune to an extent which en-
ables them to proceed with develop
ment of their original claims in a
manner quite in contrast with the la
borious hardships which characterized
their efforts in pioneer days. Recall
ling these incidents of early day min
ing gives a touch of romance to the
story of Patuxent and strikingly il
lustrates the tricks of tickle fortune
in dispensing her favors to those who
woe her in the mines of the west.
Callahan and Patuxent.
James r. Callahan, who as stated
above is the majority owner AMI inan
ager of the PatuXent, is the largest
individual stockholder in the Inter
state Callahan, the bonanza zinc mine
which bears his name and which is
distributing $3,000,000 year in divi-
dends and which could probably dou-
BILE that amount if it had the milling
capacity and which it probably will
have at no distant date. Mr. Callahan
holds seventy odd thousand shares
out of total issued stock of 100000,
from watch it is plain that he does
not now find it necessary to seek out
side capital to finance his mining en-
terprises. He is therefore planning ox-
tensive development Of the Patuxent
and is also giving serious considera-
the leasing of one for the treatment
Of it's ores. And it may be stated here,
in order to give striking comparative
idea of the properties, that there is
more ore in sight in the Patuxcnt to-
day than there was in the Callahan
mine vt the time Mr. Callahan agreed
to consolidate with the Interstate.
The Patuxent ore, however, is of low
er grade at it's present stage.
The Patuxent.
The, ratuXent Is developed through
the main tunnel of the Rex and it is
understood that this working agree
ment also includes the use of the Rex
shaft when required for opening the
Patuxent ground at depth. This
means that a short crosscut from the
bottom of the Rex shaft will afford
means to explore the Patuxent ore
shoot at depth Of 500 feet below the
present tunnel level, and assuming
that the ore holds good at that depth,
and it probably will show up better
the Patuxent would have a known ore
body 500 feet deep and 700 feet long
with an average width conservatively
placed at three feet This does not
take into account the Empire State
vein, from which considerable ore was
produced many years ago and which
unquestionably possesses great value,
With this promising outlook ahead, it
is easy to understand the basis upon
which Mr.. Callahan is laying his plans
to place the Patuxent In position to
produce. At the present time the Pa
tuxent company is employing IA men
and the work just now is mainly
driving crosscuts to prospect the
ground adjacent to the vein, having in
view the adoption of plans for the
permanent operation of the mine