The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-11-16
STRIKE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE MADE BY
NORTHERN LIGHT COMPANY, Pine CREEK
FEET WIDE, GRADE-THE
COMPANY WILL PREPARE BUILD DEvEL-
SHOOT
of thee

Ben u, Harmon, manager OIL the
Northern Light Mining company, was
in the city Tuesday and gave some
interesting particulars regarding the
we'll known Pine creek property. The
Northern Light is opened by a shaft
from the surface 400 feet deep. On the
eco and 400 levels three veins have
been cut and explored to a consider
able extent, resulting in quite large
amount of ore being exposed, includ-
ing lead, zinc and copper and all ac-
companied by more or less silver. The
showing has been regarded very. sat
isfactory to the management. suffi-
cient to justify consideration of milling
facilities. 1t is singular fact that
the large vein upon which the North
ern Light was originally located has
remained practically untouched during
all the years the property has been
held, and this fact adds interest to
the important strike that has just been
made. This vein crops out strong and
Is mainly quartz with more or less iron
on the surface, but shows no mineral
values. While doing the representa-
tion work on this ledge another vein
was accidentally discovered about 200
feet north, which showed galena with
high silver value practically on the
surface. The ledge was small COM
pared with the first, but the rich show
ing of ore naturally caused the work
to be transferred to it, and from that
day to this the small vein with two
others which have been cut from the
shaft have monopolized attention,
Crosscut Original Vein.
A few months ago Manager Harmon
decided to run a crosScut to the orig
inal vein on the 400 level, being the
first move that had been made toward
proving its value since the work was
suspended soon after the ground was
located. 1t is needless to say that he
is highly gratified with the result of
the work. The vein was cut at almost
the identical point indicated by the
survey, showing that it is very regular
in it's downward course. The cross
cut proved the vein to be 26 feet wide.
over five feet of the width, or fully
ne-fifth, along the foot wall is solid
ore of lead and zinc in about equal
parts. There are ,streaks of lead that
appear to be steel galena, other
streaks of high grade zinc, and other
streaks are combined similar to the
Douglas ore and which will probably
require the electrolytic process to re-
cover the values. The remainder of
the ledge is made up of lead and zinc
in a form which will probably permit
of separation by concentration, all of
good milling grade. An assay of an
average sample gave the following re-
suit; Lead, rs per cent; zinc. 9.5 per
cent; silver, 20 ounces.
Drifting East and West.
For the next few months the explora-
tion of this big ore body will receive
the attention of the company. Drifts
will be run, in fact are now being
run east and west and all indications
point to the development of an ore
shoot that will rank among the big
ones of the district The strike was
made under the adjacent hill at a depth
of 600 feet and greater depth is OBJ
tanned as the drift advances west. BY
the first of March it is expected that
the showing of ore in this Vein alone
will require the construction of a mill
of large capacity, plans for which will
be decided upon by that time. 1t
should be borne in mind that much ore
has been exposed in the other three
veins on the 200 and 400 levels, and
altogether it appears that the Northern
Light will be in a position to begin
production with an enormous tonnage
in sight.
Controlled BY st. Paul Capitalists.
OF the capitl stock of the Northern
Light company, 100000 shares are
sented by Mr.. Harmon, the manager of
the property leaving 100000 shares in
the hands of scattering stockholders.
A quick demand was created by the
news of the big strike and considerable
trading was done in 1t during the past
week, the price advancing from cents
to or 10, and little If any can be
obtained now at the advanced price.
Tuesday T. C. Borg, head of the Borg
Furniture company, Dr. M. c. Welch
and Tom J. McGrath, treasurer Of the
Northern Light company, all of st.
Paul, arrived and will spend several
days inspecting the property.
Company Has Large Holdings.
The Northern Light company owns
large group of claims, and in addi-
tion has the Bobby Anderson group
adjoining under bond and lease, the
consideration being $4,000. The Bob
by Anderson has considerable ore ex-
posed and is regarded as property
of real merit The vein upon which
the big strike has just been made is
understood to pass through the Bobby
ground, and its acquisition adds a
valuable asset to the holdings Of the
Northern Light.