The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-05-04
ACTIVITY ON BIG CREEK
A BUSY SEASON AHEAD
MANY PROPERTIES WORKING
AND OTHERS PREPARING TO
RESUME OPERATIONS

Big Creek Is rapidly advancing in
Importance as a mining. section and
possibly 1t will eventually duplicate
the record of Pine creek, the merits
of which are now so well established
that its future Is secure. II. requires
time. some money and the unyielding
staying qualities which characterize
the American prospector to unlock the
treasure vaults of the mountains
These elements Will succeed there as
they have in other sections Of the
district. In fact they have in some
cases succeeded already. For years the
owners, and recent development in The
lower workings Indicate that the fu
ture of the property will be far more
productive than the past. Across the
gulch from the Yankee Boy the Big
Creek property Is shipping high grade
silver ore from an upper lease, ale
the management of the Big Creek com
pany IL preparing to develop the
ground lower down with every assur-
ance of finding a continuation of the
rich ore bodies now being worked
above.
On the Yankee Boy.
The raise thet Isl being driven by
the Big Creek Leasing company to
connect the lower level with the next
above will probably be completed this
month, as 1t Is reported that only
about 100 feet remains. This will give
excellent ventilation and enable the
company to develop the rich ore body
which was encountered in the raise and
also to extend a crosscut to 1t from
the lower tunnel. The distance be-
tween the two tunnels Is about 600
feet, distance which probably in
Gates the height of the ore shoot under
lease Since striking the ore in the
raise the company has shipped two
carloads. A new compressor is soon
to be installed to take the place of
the one now in use, when electric
power will be substituted for gasoline,
Occur dAlene Exploration
AT the forks of the cerek, ON the
west side, the Occur d'Alene Explora-
ton company Is engaged in the devel-
opment of a group of claims of unusual
promise. The vein shows up strong
oil the surface, and the limited amount
of exploration work on the vein has
given satisfactory results The drift
Is now being extended under the d.
rection Of Harry Granville and the
showing is most encouraging. Some
Wallace owners in the property are
Otto A. OLSON, DR.. H. e. Hanson,
Frank Bland and Herman j. Rossi.
The Western Star
Work il going steadily on at the
Western Star under the management
of George Sparenberg, one of the large
stockholders of the company The
shaft which is being sunk from the
lower tunnel is now down more than
40 feet II is following the vein, which
~ steadily widening as depth is gain
ed and also the amount of ore is In
creasing. The ore Is copper and is
quite uniformly distributed throughout
the width of the vein, which is now
fully six feet 1t is the purpose of the
management to sins the shaft 60 feet,
when If the showing continues favor
able gasoline hoist viii be installed
Bunker Hill Extension
Carl Arenander manager of the
Rnnlxnr not AZ
pany the property of which Is located
on the west fork of Big creek, is re-
pairing the wagon road preparatory
to getting in supplies for an early re-
sumption of operations, new bunk
louise has been built, the old one hav-
Ing been carried away by snowslide
during the winter, Development work
up to date has disclosed considerable
zinc ore. The company expects to in
stall compressor before long.
Big Greek Notes
1t is stated that arrangements will
soon be made to resume operations ON
the Blue Bell under the management
the supervision of Carl Magnee
The Occur d'Alene Empire company
will soon let another contract to ex-
tend the tunnel which Is to crosscut
the vein. The property is located on
the west fork and repairs on the road
must be completed before supplies can
be taken in
II is also reported that work will
also soon begin ON the Liston. This
property is largely owned in Spokane
and has been quite extei sively devel- |
oped with most encouraging results
Altogether there is now much min.
ing activity on Big creek and the pres
ent year will no doubt be the banner
one for that section. 1t is a most at
tractiVe field both on account of what
has already been accomplished and the
prospect of further important dis
coveries in the famous Wardner min |
eral belt which crosses it.