The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-02-08
COPPER KING STRIKE HAS HELD PUBLIC
ATTENTION IN DISTRICT DURING WEEK
EVERYTHING THAT A LARGE AND PERMANENT ORE
SHOOT HAS BEEN ENcoUNTE NTEREp-coMPANY WILL BE-
GIN SHIPPING ORE ONCE.


to be the talk of the district. The
company has kept open house since
the big ore body was uncovered and
there has been steady procession of
visitors up Deadman gulch to confirm
the strike with their own eyes. And 1t
has invariably been confirmed. Men
of recognized experience and judg-
ment in mining have examined the
showing and have pronounced it the
most important strike that has been
made in the district for a period of
years, and unqualifiedly state that 1t
possesses every characteristic In the
way of formation vein material and
ore to justify the prediction that the
strike marks the beginning of great
, mime.
, The Copper King is one of the early
, locations in the vicinity of Mullan,
} and after opening up a nice shoot of
ore near the summit on the Canyon
creek side of the divide, most of the
) subsequent years have been dvoted to
; locating the ore shoot through a long
lcrosseut driven from Deadman gulch
l on the Mullan side of the divide. These
. efforts included drifts, crosscuts and
5 RAISES both east and west of the main
. crosscut, nearly all of which produce
t ed encouraging results but failed to
, disclose the ore body.
+ Diamond Drill Finds Vein.
/ Finally 1t was decided to prospect
+ the ground with a diamond drill. A
t hole was started from a drift west
+ froma the main tunnel. At about 800
$ feet the diamond struck a mineral
lied formation, which brought en-
tcouragement, but nothing more. AT
), 4S0 feet the long sought vein was en-
Eeountared and for as feet 1t was In
ore three or four feet of which, as
- hnear as could be determined from the
: crushed core, was of the same grade
that has Just been struck, and the bal
- ance of lower quality, but of milling
- grade. The pressure of the water
- finally forced the drill out of the hole
- before the hanging wall had been
70 reached. Having found the vein, steps
80 were at once taken to drive q crosscut
20 to 1t. This was run to a point about
a 400 feet east of the diamond drill hole.
m Considerable lead was found dlstrib-
uted through the vein where encoun-
tered, and this improved as the drift
:" proceeded Soft ground, however.
20 Tendered it necessary to turn the drift
ga toward the hanging wall to avoid the
Nv Nv necessity Of timberng. After drop
ping considerably south the drift was
- :, headed direct for the diamond drill
." hole, apparently about midway be-
:" tween the walls of great mineraliZed
~ ~ zone so or 60 feet in width.
- Strike Ore Shoot.
In conversation with Julius p. Hall
mining engineer, who visited the Cop
per King this week, it was
learned that the ore seems to
WV stand obliquely across the vein, as IL
swinging from the hanging to the foot
on wall a situation which he says is not
n.y. uncommon in the mines of the district
10 Since cutting through it the ore is be-
n ing followed toward the foot wall and
drift is also being run back toward
is the hanging wall. The distance be-
10 tween the two faces yesterday even
ill mo was renortad to ha ahou+ or feat
ne Mr. Hall stated that there was fully
ne two and half feet of galena that as.
Is says between 80 and 35 per cent lead
o. IL ounces Of silver and per cent zinc
OF and about feet of low grade mil
feed. The strike was made at a poin
n about 1875 feet from the diamond drill
he hole. 1t is 1000 feet vertically below
lr- the ore in the upper tunnel and abou
lin 1900 feet on the dip of the vein, which
90 conveys an impressive idea OF the i'm
will mense stopping area if the shoot proves
continuous, and everything indicates
er- that it will. 1t is 1900 feet from tn,
he strike to the west end line of the Cop
Der per King
of Sorting for Shipment.
ON Manager Harry ingalls, is losing n,
time in preparing to turn the ore in
to profit. Ore is being sorted 70
shipment and there is now about /
tons of high grade on the dump.
M the present showing holds good tn
company will be able to pay all ex
gg penses of development through or
of shipments, and it is possible the com
md pany might consider building a smal
liar mill at the mine after development ha
is proceeded far enough to justify i
md There Is a good wagon road, all dow
uc- hill, to the railroad a distance Q
of about two miles, and switch is al
,les ready in at the mouth of Deadma
Ugh gulch to accommodate loading.
ar Yesterday evening Mr.. Ingalls, CAV
ary the following assays obtained fror
,m- ore sorted for shipment and from
lip lsample across the face Of the drift
rms feet wide; Shipping ore: Lead,
tied per cent; silver, 10 ounces; zinc, 9.2
ade per cent; iron, 12 per cent; silica,
lln- per cent; copper, trace.
Sample from feet across the face
Lead, 20 per cent; silver, 7 ounces
and zinc, per cent; iron, 10 per cent
silica, IS per cent: copper. per cen