The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-08
WEST NINE MILE IS RAPIDLY ADVANCING
AS A MINING SECTION Of IMPORTANCE
PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT SHOW sATIsFAcr-
DRY REsULrs-sEVERAL OLD PROPERTIES AGAIN Ac.
CONSIDERABLE

. There appears to be no limit to the
mineral possibilities of Nine Mile, The
east fork which boasts of the Inter
state Callahan, Tamarack & Custer,
Success Rex and Patuxent may in
time find it's record duplicated on the
west fork, q section whose record SO
far has been restricted to good pros
poets. The formation and general
fcharacter of the veins on the west fork
are just as favorable to ore deposits as
on the east, and to a great extent
the same mineral belt is found there.
With the exception of the Mayhower,
there has been no persistent develop
ment ON the west fork in recent years.
The MayaoWer is understood to have
opened considerable body of good
milling ore in the upper workings, and
the showing in the lower tunnel where
work is now concentrated Is meeting
with much encouragement. The COM
pany is well equipped with compressor
and all necessary facilities At the
head of the west fork the Treasure
Vault last year sunk shaft 200 feet
which is reported to have disclosed
a good body of milling ore and would
probably be in the productive class
except for disagreements in the COM
pany But with the exception of these
two companies little has been done
in late years in the way of permanent
development.
Old Properties Again Active.
The last few weeks have witnessed
a decided change in west Nine Mile,
and old properties which have long
been idle are again on the active list
All of these have we'll defined Veins
and more or less ore has been ex-
posed, and the buoyaney of the lead
and silver markets has encouraged
their owners to further effort.
The Nine Mile Mining company,
which quite extensively developed its
property many years ago, AMI which
succeeded in opening body Of good
ore, resumed operations a few weeks
ago. The work now in progress is in
an upper tunAel which is connected
with the lower The purpose is to
explore the vein with the view to more
intelligent work in the lower levtl.
The lower tunnel is just above the
creek and the dump is across the
Northern Pacific tracks, giving ii ideal
transnortatiOn facilities
Just across the creek is the West
Nine Mile company's property, refer
encc to which is made in more detail
in another column. After many years
of idleness, with the exception Of an
nlal assessment work, this company
has now affected financial arrange
e ments with Butte people which seem
] to assure it's development. Work is
e now being done under contract and
< plans are being made for modern
: machinery and equipment.
: Log Cabin Has Ore.
y Adjoining the West Nine Mile End
4 on the same side of the creek is the
] group of twelve claims owned BY the
; Log Cabin Mining company. One
s shift has been working on the Log
Cabin for several months, and the
= showing is most encouraging to say
) the least. For several weeks stringers
, Of ore have been cut crossing the
= tunnel, and if they were punched
= little more they would form a good
n body of milling ore. Andy Linn who
e has charge of the work, regards them
s. which he expects to cut any day. The
tunnel is in about a thousand feet and
|, is passing through Burke quartzite.
n Will Install Compressor.
r So encouraging is the showing at
g the Log Cabin that the company has
decided to put in compressor in or
= der to more rapidly develop the pro-
0 perty. In order to meet the expense
r of this improvement, the company is
offering treasury stock, which is being
rapidly taken up, The company has
G about 100000 shares in the treasury,
= and it is probable that when sufficient
n stock has been sold to meet the ex-
e pense of the improvements planned,
- the price of the stock will advance.
n 1t is significant that most of the stock
: is being taken by practical miners
e who are familiar with the showing on
d the Log Cabin. The new compressor
a will probably be run by electric power,
: although it is possible the company
1t might have sufficient water power to
It serve the purpose. Connection with
= the electric power line could be read
y lily made at the Maytlower, just across
n the creek.
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