The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-09

ance more than the natural indications
placed by God In his peculiar planning
of natures universe to guide him, he
passed from, a small pay chute of ga
lena into barren rock-with no assur-
ance save his own confidence, with no
adjoining properties to examine and
encourage him to keep on--he delved
ahead. Not one man in ten thousand
would have risked his money under
these circumstances and fewer men
would have builded future plans of
operation on the basis of its showing.
1t was this unprecedented pluck and
grit and his preconcerted plans of con-
centrators and railroads that first
proved the richness of our ores and
the practicability of their shipment.
And to him is due the rapid invest
ment of capital in this section more
than to any other one individual.
We now return to our continued ex-
animation of the Tiger. Going on
toward the face we find continuous
ore body. Entering the other tunnel
referred to we find the showing equal
ly as good.
ION the other side of the gulch, and
directly opposite the Tiger, we are
shown a prospect-yes, a prospect in
every sense of the term--undoubtedly
a strong ledge, but with surely but
faint promise of the wonderful prop
erty we have today In the Poorman,,
for such 1t was.
I'VE visit from day to day the var
ious prospects of each and every
gulch, few in number, but quite a
proportion of them looking well and
some resembling the Tiger in general
formation and favorable indications.
This was the condition of things.
| We looked at the situation in a gen.
eral way, from mining standpoint.
If Tiger, with thousands of tons of
ore in sight, with the brightest pgo-
misses for exposing millions more, why
not others? And If such is to be, and
these canyons will develop mines on
either side and each and every one
trending towards and flowing into
Wallace, why not a city? We reason
the matter over and over again and
decide to settle in Wallace and strive
for the realization of our predictions
Soon the Poorman sprung into the
arena and attracted the attention of
the outside world with her mountain
of galena. She challenged capital at
a high figure. His mastery hand
compes surrender and the effect of the
transfer was soon seen in the enter
prising appearance of the mine and
its wonderful productions. This was
just the beginning. Prospects grew
into discoveries, discoveries into mines
and mines into producers, until soon
the unparalleled output of the Occur
d'Alenes was heralded from section to
section and today she stands promin-
emily before the whole country as one
of the safest points for the invest
ment of capital
I'VE go now from point to point in
our extensive mining field extending
from Wallace miles upon miles in any
direction and we point with pride to
the display of mining industry. We
recall the little pieces of ore in front of
our tidy little postoffice A few pieces |.
of galena, its luster deadened by a /
of zinc, placarded
Ore from the San Francisco mine,'
and | remember well the jeering re-
marks made Of this prospect and re-
cord with pleasure it's attractions to
A. M. Esler. who saw In it worth and
promise, and today 1t shows a net
monthly output from this property's
extensions of $4,000.
$50 might We go from one to ano- :
Their and follow them from their first
inception and embryo condition to Q
their present standing of uneoualed h
output. Nor has there been an end to q
the new discoveries of this class of O
properties. As time advances we add q
more rapidly to the list. Scarcely n
has the announcement Of one PASSED =
rom our lips ere another springs into 6
existence. Today we give to the as a
onished but anxious and curious pub In
ic still another late development I,