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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.

Alma RayMining Co.-Levied Janu-
airy IS, Il mills, payable February IS
to Chas. Weigand, secretary treasurer
Kellogg. Delinquent sale March Is.
American Commander Mining G.
Milling Co.--Levied February |, 3
mills, payable March Is to J. II, Burns,
secretary treasurer, Mullan, Delin-
quent sale April 80,
Big Greek Mining Co.-Levied De-
cember II, mills payable January
Is to w. w. Smith, secretary. Wal
lace. Delinquent sale February 10.
Postponed to March Is.
Bullion Mining Co.--Levied on De-
cember 10. mills, payable January
treasurer, Wallace. Delinquent sale
February II. Postponed to March 10.
Chicago Boston Mining Co.-Levied
November T. "a mills, payable De-
cember II to w. S. Bangs, treasurer,
514 California building, Tacoma. Wn.
Delinquent sale January II. Postpon-
ed to February Is.
Occur d'Alene Anthony Co.-Levied
January 16, S mills, payable February
is to C. NJ. Powell, secretary treasur-
err, Pine creek, Kellogg, Delinquent
sale March r.
Copper King Mining & Smelling Co.
Levied January Is, 10 mills, payable
February Is to II. w. ingalls,, secre-
tary treasurer, Mullan. Delinquent
sale March IS.
East Caledonia Mines Co.--Levied on
December 10, 1 cent, payble Janue"y
II to Franklin Phrman, treasurer,
Wallace. Delinquent sale February
26.
Friend Mining Co.-Levied January
1912 mills, payable February Il to
William Schierding, treasurer 3O5 Eli
ers building, Spokane, Delinquent
sale March 8.
Hill Mining & Milling Co--Levied on
February /, l mill payable one-third
March II, one third April II, and one
third May II, to W. H. Baldwin, sec
rotary, Kellogg. Delinquent sale on
June II.
Highland. Surprise Con. Mining Co.
Levied November 10, / cent payable
December 10 to Chas. Weigand, secre-
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
ENROLL IDAHO LABOR
WAR RESERVE SERVICE
STATE DIRECTOR TO APPOINT
COUNTY AGENTS AS HIS
ASSISTANTS.

o. G. f. Markhus, state director of
the public service reserve, started his
work Saturday of enlisting ldahos
quota of 900 volunteer mechanics to
aid in building merchant ships. by
sending out letters to all the chair
men of the county councils of defense,
asking each to call meeting immed-
lately and pick out some person to
represent him in their county.
When these representatives are
chosen, Mr.. Markhus expects to have
received the government supplies of
blanks and cards for enrolling in the
service, and with his complete state
organization as a working force, he
will start the ball rolling.
"The reason we have not got in ac-
ton sooner" said Mr. Markhus, Sat-
urday, was on account of the con-
fusion in regard to the state director"
But now that this matter is settled.
the director expects to waste no fur
Their time.
Four Minute Men.
Four minute men will assist In
spreading the gospel, and enrolment
for mechanical service will be with
the county representatives Of the state
director The applicant will indicate
the kind of mechanics in which he Is
proficient and then await orders from
the county inspector as to where he
shall go.
Mr.. Markhus emphasized the fact
that in enrolling for volunteer work
in shipbuilding, the men are not to go
to the coast cities, and not to go any
where until directed by some federal
officer or himself.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
BIG CUSTER COUNTY SALE.
U. S. Smelling People Take Over Lead
Mine Near Mackay.

The A. W. Canaday group of mining
claims, lying in the vicinity OF the
Horseshoe Copper company group OF
claims, and the vast mining holdings
of the Empire Copper company, fig
ured in a real money transaction this
week, says the Mackay Miner, when
the United States Smelling & Refining
company, one of the biggest mining
concerns of the west, paid over to A.
w. Canaday, in spot cash. $4,000,
to satisfy an option held by P. j.
keenan,.
This group of claims came into
prominence during the past year
through the operations of Mr.. Keenan,,
who was operating under a lease and
bond. Ore shipments aggregating ESQ
cars were shipped from the property
during the past year, and Mr.. Cana
day, the locator Of the ground, re-
ceived in excess of the cash payment
made yesterday, some substantial roy
alties from the ores shipped.
BY the payment Of this sum the
ownership of the ground passes from
A. w. Canaday to the U. S. people and
P. j. keenan,, who, it is understood
are now equal partners in the posses
sion of this most valuable and prom
Using group of mining claims.
The ores from the property are OF
the lead carbonate order. The deposits
come between lime and porphyry and
are massive, the work proving the
deposits to be extensive and capable
of immense production.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
RED MONARCH.
Strinsers of Ore in Crosscut-Encoun-
ter Ore in Drift.


ter Ore in Drift.
According to a statement made last
week by Conrad Wolfe, president OF
the Red Monarch Mining company, the
crosscut which is being extended from
the first vein has recently encountered
numerous stringers of ore, varying
from half an inch to several inches and
carrying values from $21 to $122 per
ton. The crosscut has been advanced
$50 feet beyond the vein, and the face
is about 1900 feet from the side line,
within which distance two more veins
are expected to be cut Speaking OF
the drift on the first vein, Mr. Wolfe
saws in a letter addressed to the
stockholders:
considerable ore has been encoun-
tered in the course of drifting on the
footwall, but not in paying quantities,
as it is contained mainly in stringers
and punches. Indications encourage
belief that large bodies of high grade
ore will be encountered soon.
"As receipts from the sale of stock
have been insufficient to finance the
Operations. the board of trustees or
dered that the remaining two assess
ments should be levied and collected
as soon as possible.R
The Red Monarch is situated in Bea-
yer district, in Missoula guch, ano
about mile and half from the Bea-
yer creek railroad.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
OF QUICKSILVER
ORE FOUND IN IDAHO
USES HAS CAUSED
BIG DEMAND-WHERE 1T is
FOUND IN IDAHO.

1T is obvious that there should be
a systematic way adopted to advance
the prospecting for one of our COM
mercial rare metals, commonly known
as cinnabar ore says Edward
Schwerd, in the Boise Statesman.
Quicksilver mining is somewhat on
the decline in keeping up to the de-
mands made on this metal as to the
supply in first hands does not exceed
80 days requirements. This is a con-
dition that should not exist when we
have first hand information that Gin
nabar occurs in most of the western
mining states.
Increased production is now ne
cessary and it is up to the miner and
prospector to find this ore and it is
up to the investing public to assist the
prospector to put cnnabar deposits on
a paying basis.
Extraction Is Easy.
"Cinnabar is readily treated and the
extraction of quicksilver from the ore
can always be made at the mine. You
have no complex mineral contents to
deal with. 1t is a question of roasting
your ore and properly condensing the
fumes, having nothing to handle but
the finished product for market.
Most of the rich surface quicksil-
yer ores of California have been eX-
hausted. At present California ores
are yielding about seven pounds OF
quicksilver per ton Of ore treated, OF
less than ne-half of 1 per cent
THE present price of quicksilver
ranges from $115 to $3.50 per flask o.
rs pounds These prices should hole
for some time to come. This, in itself
should be an incentive to the pros
Ipector to get busy.
Quicksilver in Idaho.
1--WE have some quicksilver ores il
Blaine, Lemhi, Custer and Vale,
counties Little is known outside o
the Valley county deposits.
"Cinnabar occurs in Commercial
quantities at what is called the Fer
creek deposits in the Yellow Pine min
ing district, Valley county, Idaho. TN
district is reached from the railroa
terminus at Cascade, travelling over
good wagon road 70 miles to the dis
trict.
"The deposits cover known area Q
one half a mile wide and one mile,lon
and occur as broad bands of quart
enclosed between lime rock an
quartzite These bands vary in Widt
from 20 to 800 feet and the minera
cinnabar is deposited in stringers an
small veinlets throughout the bande
structure. Some of these stringers oc
cur as parallel bands and have Wldt
of from a few inches up to five feet
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
AJAH.
Vein Shows Steady Improvement as
Drift Continues West.

Since cutting the Ajax Vein through
the Dom Paul tunnel drifting has
been extended west about rs feet. In
this distance the width has increased
from about three feet at the point OF
intersection to over six feet, and
maintains all the favorable indications
of an ore body. The vein filling Is
quartz and quartzite, with consid-
cradle sprinkling of galena through
out. The drift is extending west to-
ward the common end line with the
Hercules and at a depth of about 1900
feet. In the meantime prosecuting
has been started from the bottom of
the 200-foot shaft from the Moonlight
level and which is expected to cut the
vein any day.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

Lead Crystals Mining Co.-Annual
meeting to be held in Wallace, Satur-
day. December 20, at 900 p. m.-John
e. Steen, president. Adjourned to
April q.
Slovenian Mining Co-Annual meet
ing to be held in the Gyde-Taylor
building, Wallace, on Saturday, Feb
ruary 49, at 1880 p. NC. w. Dough-
erty secretary.
Sunshine Mining Co.-Special meet
ing to be held in the Gyde-Taylor
building, Wallace, on Friday March
%, at 1870 p. M, for the purpose of in
creasing the capital stock of the COM
pany.-G. W. Dougherty, secretary.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14

The accompanying table gives the
quotations of silver, lead, zinc and
copper as obtained by the Engineer
ng and Mining Journal and which are
generally specified as the basis OF set
lement in ore contracts with the
melters. The quotations published In
he daily press are usually higher for
the reason that they represent sales
in small lots, while the figures here
given are based on large transactions
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
Was II Wholesale hypnotism?

Il don't know whether you would
call it wholesale hypnotism or what
but we kept our eyes on those fright =
ened Norwegians as they came down
the mountain, and l was so scared
inside didn't know what to do, but
outwardly l was as calm as preacher
on a Sunday morn. When the first
man reached me through the path l
made in the crowd, / told him to drop
his blanket and remain there. As
each of the 13 arrived, they did the
same. When all were there l started
ahead of the line and told Sweeney to
bring up the rear, and we marched
those 'scabs' to the train and steamed
out of the station with never hand
raised"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
SOMETHING TO ADMIRE.

Try it once, after that you'll like 1t
and repeat the work without urging.
What? A house thoroughly cleaned
of all rubbish and litter from attic to
basement, including closets, with the
chimneys all swept and stovepipes re-
newed and well fastened and protected
by metal collars where they enter the
chimney or pass through a partition.
Yes, give 1t at least one trial.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
RENEW YOUR SToVEPIPE.

Is there small rust spot on the
outside Of your stovepipe? Then get
a new one, for stovepipes begin to rust
on the inside. A small spot outside,
therefore, means a much larger one on
the inside. Small sparks through lit
tie holes or breaks in the stovepipe
often cause large fires.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
Daily Quotations Of Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper
Which Are the Actual Basis Of Settlement

and are generally determined from re-
ports made by producers and selling
agencies. Both the New York and St.
Louis prices Of lead are given. the Diff
ference being due mainly to the differ
ence in freight between the two points.
The quotations for spelter are for
prime western brands. To arrive at
the New York price add II cents per
100 pounds to the st. Louis price.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
IDAHO SCHOOL OF MINES
MEETS EFFICIENCY OF WAR
SHORT AND INTENSIVE COURSE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRAD
uATES-THE PLAN.

To meet the war situation the Idaho
school of mines has been authorized
by the university faculty to change
its curriculum so that the freshmen
may be available for Industrial service
this coming summer.
THE problem of the school of mines
in relation to war service is far from
being a simple one" says Dean Francis
A. Thomson, of the Idaho school of
mines.
"All of our sophomores and juniors
are off to the war and we have but
one senior left and he has already en-
listed and awaits his call to the avia-
ton training camp. We have a large
and vigorous freshmen class and the
problem is how shall we train these
men that they will be of greatest pos
sible service.
Can't Take Long Course.
"On the basis of a long war, and
this is absolutely the only basis to
plan for, the present freshmen will be
drafted before he has been two years
in college, if indeed in the meantime
congress does not lower the conscrip-
ton age, it is practically out of the
question to expect him therefore to
think in terms of the average four
year academic or technical course and
if this is the only choice the college
can afford him then he Is likely to
either to enlist in the army or navy
at once, or to go to work for a year
or so, with the view of getting to-
gether little money before he is cal
led to national service.
Support War Department.
while it is necessary to maintain
the four year course for those who
for any reason are not subject to
draft or who are sufficiently calm
minded to plan for two years of COL
lege followed by an indefinite number
of years of war with two more years
of college after the end of the war
if they survive it is my opinion that
the number of men in this class will
be small. A second line of service is
to assist the war department in train
ing selected men from the national
army for special service of one kind
or another and the school of mines
has already pledged itself to this work.
We feel, however, that in the main
the situation will best be met by the
maintenance of technical vocational
courses of six to twelve months dur
alton planned to prepare young fell
lows just out of high school for a
year or so of service as substitutes in
industry, in place of the young tech
nical men, practically all of whom are
in France or on their way there.
War Emergency Measure.
I'VE propose therefore to give tt
these men and to any other higf
school graduates who may care to en-
ter an intensive course in geology
and mine surveying. We shall have t.
waive some prerequisites but at the
same time subjects taken will coun
toward the degree course when thu
war is over or if peace should uneX
pectedly come. The work to some
extent will have to be empirical ant
the course will be entirely unconven
tional but what of that if by thi'
means we can be of service to thu
state, to the nation, and to the caus'
of democracy? 1t is frankly a wa
emergency measure and like man.
emergency measures will doubtless
furnish partial Precedent for procedure
in peace"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14

behind. Sweeney and | stood there
unarmed, in the midst OF crowd that
could have Knocked us over with a
rock and rolled us down the mountain
side and no one would have been the
wiser
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
JOSEPH P|NKHAM WAS
SCARED IN STRIKE 1882
HE AND CHARLES SWEENEY
RESCUED STRlkEBREAkERS
AT UNION MINE.

Joseph Pinkham, of Boise, one of the
most prominent and highly respected
pioneers of Idaho, celebrated his saith
birthday last week. He was in a
reminiscent mood and recounted to a
reporter some of the thrilling expert
ences of his eventful life. He was for
many years one of the active leaders
of the republican party in idaho and
served as chairman of the state COM
mittee. For many years he was Unit
ed States marshal of Idaho, and it was
while serving in this capacity that
Mr.. Pinkham admits that down in
his heart he was afraid" The eXper-
fence he refers to occurred at Burke,
where he had gone to the relief of
bunch of strike breakers in the Union
mine, now called the Sherman. This
was in the strike of 1892 His deputy
who accompanied him was Charles
Sweeney, now deceased, who had pre-
viously been a prominent mine opera
tor at Wardner and who subsequently
organized the Federal Mining e.
Smelling company and of which he
was long president and general man
ager. That was a long time ago and
it is quite natural that Mr.. Pnkham's
memory should be at fault in some
particulars. However, the story as
told by him on his birthday which re-
calls vividly the exciting days in the
early history of the Occur d'Alenes:
Confronted 500 Strikers.
According to his story, Patsy Clark
and John Finch were operating a
mine out of Burke at the top of a
mountain which was about mile
straight up from the station. They
had employed 10 men who were con-
sidered "scabs" and as a result the
mine was surrounded by about 500
angry miners, says the Statesman.
Judge Beatty. United States judge,
called the marshal and told him the
owners had sent word that they would
have to have protection for these men.
"These men have got to come out of
there" said the judge.
"How am I going to do it with 500
angry strikers around?" asked the
marshal.
Il guess you can do it, said the
Judge, and that ended the matter as
far as he was concerned
Il thought over the matter and tried
to devise some way to get those men
out. The railroad was in the hands of
a receiver but l knew we could get a
permit for a train, so l sent for my
deputy, Charles Sweeney, and told him
| wanted him to order an engine and
one car to take us from Wallace to
Burke the next day.
How many men are you going to
take?" asked Sweeney.
Two Go, and Unarmed.
Nobody but you and me- l added
and then told him my plan. Neither
he nor l was to go armed. At this
Sweeney demonstrated and said he
could easily get 25 men to go with us
but / explained that that would of it.
self cause the strikers to be angry
and that our only salvation was to &C
absolutely unarmed. l then telephon
ed the mine guards, there were four OF
them, to meet me with the men wher
! got off the train.
I'VE got our car and were the only
passengers. When we got off the
train the men were crowded so thick
at the foot of the mountain that they
had to make way for us. DoWr
from the top of the mountain came
the 10 'scabs,' the guards remaining
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
Mining and Development
Companies of the Occur dAlenes

Assessments Levied Meetings Called Delinquent lss-Oongs Of
Companies of Special Interest to All Stockholders.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14
Two Big Ore Shoots
Big Creek Company
Continued from Page ~

the other gray copper, the latter being
absolutely free of lead,
High Silver Value.
Yesterday assays were obtained OF
samples of the gray copper ore, sam
pies carefully taken by an expert and
the results must be highly gratifying
to every stockholder in the company
A selected sample from streak four
or five inches wide returned 9z9.l
ounces of silver and Ill per cent cop
per The other sample was an aver
age of the entire width of four feet
The sample was taken with great care
for it was desired to determine from
it whether the entire shoot would pay
to ship. This sample returned 56.S
ounces Of silver and 8 per cent cop
per.
Looks Like Great Mine.
1t was Is years ago that G. Scott
Anderson took over the Big Creek
group of claims and started out to
make a nine That was in 1908 and
from that date down to the present
time he has been on the job. In one
of his first letters written with the
view to financing the property he
made this prediction regarding Big
Creek "This is going to develop the
richest ore shoot ever discovered in
the Occur d'Alenes." Has Mr. Ander-
sons prediction proved true? There.
is certainly reason to believe that II
has Not only is the ore wonderfully
rich, but it is already proved to be
very large body and all indications
point to it's being much larger than at
present disclosed. The present show
| ing is 1900 feet below the surface and
throughout that distance the contin-
uitv of the ore has been well estab-
lished. The tunnel in which the strike
was made is 700 feet above the creek,
which means that that much further
depth may be gained by another tun-
mel.
| lntelllgent wlHiH9.
The development of the Big Creek
mine from it's inception affords an i'm
pressive example of the result of sys-
tematic and intelligent mining. When
Mr. Anderson took possession of the
Big Creek it was merely a prospect
hole on the vein high up on the noun
tain From this was taken samples
that assayed $50 ounces in silver. His
first move was to drive tunnel Whlcf
gave a depth of about 100 feet below
the discovery to prove the vein. Coco
ore was found and several carloads
were shipped from this tunnel. An
other tunnel was driven 500 feet be-
low No. /, in which was found still
better ore. Between the company an(
Ileasers fully 100000 worth of ore wal
| shipped from this level The mex
, step was tunnel No. 3, which has jus
, cut the great ore shoots above describ
ed. Thus it will be seen that eacl
step in the development of the prop
) erty was taken in regular sequenc
and was fully justified by results al
ready achieved.
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