The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-13
MUCH SHIPPING ORE
IN CH|CAGO.bOSTON
Important Strike
on 2OO-Foot
Level
LOOKS LIKE A BIG MINE
Ore Shoot in Lower Tunnel
Shows Improvement
With Depth
LOOKS LIKE A BIG MINE

11IE REPORTS Of striking a big
body of ore on the 200 level OF
the Chicago Boston, which have
been current during the past
week. are fully confirmed from re-
liable sources. The ore was encoun-
tered a little More than 200 feet from
the shaft and soon developed into a
full face Of high grade ore that would
be shipped direct to the spelter. In
fact the ore was wider than the face
of the drift, as disclosed by a shot
into the side which proved it to be
ten feet wide, fully six feet of which
was Of shipping grade. The drift has
since been extended probably 20 feet,
all Of the distance being in ore. and
most of 1t such as described. A day
or two ago the face was still all Ore,
but not as rich as first encountered,
although there was evidence that the
high grade ore was coming in again.
An interesting feature of the ore is
the silver content, which is said to
average about an ounce to the unit
of lead. Work for the present is con-
fined to the drift, which it is pre-
sumed will be continued at least as
far as that on the 100 level, which is
in ore for 200 feet and the face still in
ore.
Upper Levels.
When the Days took hold of the
Chicago Boston this big lead ore
shoot had been developed fdr 800 feet
in the lower tunnel. Considerable
shipping ore is on this level and
throughout it's length for a width Of
twelve feet it will average per cent
lead. 1t was this that attracted the
Days and after securing an option on
control Of the property shaft was
Immediately started to prove it at
depth. At 100 feet depth the ledge
was crosscut, showing the same large
ore body, but of better grade than in
the tunnel. A feature Of the ore on
this level was the occasional appear
ance of a little gray copper along with
the galena, and at one place there was
enough to give a very high value in
silver to a considerable body of the
ore. After exploring the vein for
some 200 feet, the shaft was sunk
another hundred feet and the vein
again crosscut with the result above
stated.
Looks Like Big Mine.
Although the section of which Lake
gulch is part has long been tabooed
by the experts, which has made 1t
difficult to induce the investment OF
capital for the development of that
forbidden ground, still there has al
ways been few nonconformists who
persisted in leaving the beaten trails
and seeking mineral deposits where
they could not exist according to the
rules evolved by superior wisdom
based upon years of experience and
technical training. One of these was
Cyrus w. Gossert, who for s or 10
years hammered away on the Chica-
go-Boston, dividing his time between
driving drifts and crosscuts and
rustling money to keep the work 60
ing. In the aggregate he raised much
money and spent 1t, as evidenced by
the amount of work accomplished on
the Chicago Boston and the equip
m6ht on the property. Ard he was
successful in developing an ore body
which promises to add another great
mine to the district, and may possi-
bly, be the. means of finding others In
that long g-neglected section.