The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-10-19
STRIKE OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE MADE
ON 800 LEVEL IN EAST VEIN Of HECLA
FOUR SOLID STEEL GALENA-sAME PROVED $50
FEET ON NO. 3 LEVEL AND RAISE 600 FEET
MINE PRACTICALLY DUPLICATED

The Miner has learned from a
source which it regards absolutely re-
liable that within the last few days a
strike was made in the Hecla mine
which confirms statements heretofore
made, namely, that the development
Of what is termed the east vein would
practically duplicate the mine. The
east vein was encountered some four
Years ago by a crosscut from No. 3
tunnel, which is the lowest adit of the
mine, and the discovery of large and
rich ore body parallel to the original
deposit at once enlarged the possi-
bllities for the future development Of
the mine. Little was heard of the
strike at the time, and the little that
has been heard since has given the
public only a meager conception of its
Importance. AS there was and is an
abundance of ore in the old workings
to more than provide for the milling
facilities of the company, there has
been no necessity to mine the ore in
the new vein. 1t has, therefore, been
steadily explored to determine it's ex-
tent and no ore has been removed be-
yond that which has been necessary
in the course of development. 1t Is
now learned that this exploration
work has resulted in opening new
ore body which in quality equals and
possibly surpasses the old one Whlch
has already made the mine famous,
and which promises to equal 1t In eX-
tent, The shoot has been proved
length of $50 feet on the No 3 level,
and from this level a raise has been
made in ore 500 feet The ore is
strictly lead silver much of it steel
galena, with hardly trace OF zlnc.
Same Shoot on the 900.
The 900 level of the Hecla is just
900 feet below No. 3. Information
was received yesterday that a cross
cut on the 900 had encountered the
east vein and disclosed four feet OF
solid steel galena and that the vein
had not ben crossed, and hence the
full width of the ore had not been de-
termined. In order to grasp the tre-
mendous Importance of this strike II
should be borne in mind that it is goo
feet below No. and it is safe to as
sumo that the entire distance Is ore
Add to this 600 feet of ore that mas
been actually proved by the raise
from No. 3 and there is back OF ore
1900 feet in height and OF proven
length on the No level of $50 feet
And this not all The original Hecia
vein has been explored to a depth OF
1900 feet below No. tunnel and the
ore shoot on this lowest level Is zooo
feet long. 1t is reasonable to assume
that the east vein will be equally per-
sistent at depth, which will add 'oV
feet in its downward course, and II Is
equally reasonable to assume that Ihe
length of the shoot will show an III
crease corresponding to that OF the
original.
Will Mine at Greater Depth.
II would be a mistake to assume
from the foregoing that the Hecia mas
reached the limit of depth at whlcf
profitable mining can be carried on
On this point it is only necessary u u
refer to the Tiger Poorman, on ao'
Joining ground which operated pro
fitably at a depth of 22O0 feet and un'
der conditions much less faVoraoi'
than those with which the Hecia ha'
to contend. The lowest level Oh ''i'
Hecla is now 1900 feet and the sho"
ing of ore is better than was tou"'
on any of the upper levels. Taxing ''
Tiger Poorman as a standard anu
is more than probable that create
depth can be profitably attained 'h'
Hecla still has 600 feet below the 10"
est level and two great parallel or
bodies to draw upon the east oii'
practically untouched and the OTIS
inal one containing known ore re
serves sufficient to last for a perio'
of years with the present Milling {"