The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-10

MS tlihe Is spent in continuous rounds
% MS possessions. But the Oueen
Bess is bank that undoubtad,v cor
'aihs millions OF readily convertible
values and when his commemorative
plans have matured he will be the or
iglnator and director of one of the
greatest mining projects in British
Columbia.
Loves the Game.
nave often been asked why Cum
mhgham persists in developing all
these wideflung properties; why he
does not devote himself to tearing the
inside out of Queen Bess and leave
the others to their fate. The answer
lies In the fact that he enjoys his
work and would. / am thoroughly con-
WINGED, rather be where he is, employ
ing large numbers of men at high
wages, building up the country to its
former state of prosperity, than spend
MS time in enjoyment of the flesh
pots OF life in the best hotels on
earth' He Is generally acknowledged
the pest man for the country" that
ever stepped off the train at Sandon
ana he is as popular as any man can
nope to be who comes into daily con-
tact with organized labor. He is a
man of his word and the hardest
worker l have ever known in those
hills. If there is any man who really
deserves success, it is Clarence Cum
bingham, soldier of fortune, optimist
and magician of those rugged. beau
tlful mountains. AS matter of fact
optimism is the whole answer. He
possesses 1t in quantity with enough
to spare to ginger up" his associates
and miners. who many times would
have quit in the darker days.
Mines Early History.
But, to return to the mine. In the
earlier days it had been extensively
developed with six surface openings
tunnels Nos. l, 2, 3, 4, and TO- No
3 is approximately $50 feet from the
apex of the vein on the summit of the
ridge; No. 10, the lowest level, is
about $50 feet deeper. Nos. /, 2, 8 and
levels are short tunnels above No. 5.
not of much importance to present
development. The mine was complet-
ed connected from No. 10 up to No.
and from No. to an outlet above.
Below No. 5, intermediate levels Nos.
g. 7. and had been rum thus open
ing up the mine to lated development
in a manner most gratifying to pres
ent owners. The situation is i'm
portant as providing the reason for
Cunninghams ability to develop such
heavy producer in so short a time.
The last work done by former owners
on No. 5 was about $50 feet of drift
ing in an easterly direction. 1t was
entirely unsuccessful and no signs of
ore appeared anywhere.
Bonanza Shoot Struck.
When Cunningham took hold, his
first work, and it was no easy task,
was to clean out the old workings
and retimber many of the drifts and
in No. and before his fouth set of
timbers was necessary had run into a
clean body of silver-lead ore three
feet wide. The original find still
stands on the hanging wall side of
the vein and Is one of the prettiest
sights l have ever seen in the district
The drift was continued for 440 feet,
every inch in ore of shipping quality,
and with an average of at least feet
so far as 1 could judge. Cunningham
figures upon an average Of feet and
since he ought to know more about 1t
than I do. Slopes were carried up
from No s toward level No. and so
far as l could judge are up around
100 feet.
Values Are Phenomenal.
Out of that space probably $750,OO0
worth Of clean shipping ore has been
taken and there is still 23O feet to go
to reach the surface. That sounds
like a heavy tonnage, but in reality
it is not. The ore runs about $125
perton as it comes from the mine, so
that 5000 tons must have been ship
ped to realize three quarters of a mil
lion dollars. Shipments are being
at the rate Of 500 tons
value Of around $62,500.
After starting his slopes above No 5,
Cunningham started work in interme-
date drift No. 6. which Is 1875 feet
below No. 5. He struck the same ore
body at the point he expected to and
drfted for $50 feet upon clean ore
that Is as much as five feet wide.
Here, then, is a block of ground, say
500 feet long, 1875 feet deep and with
average width of two feet. 1t has
been proven upon all sides and is alb
solutely intact. II you figure six Gu
bic feet of galena in place to the ton,
you will be somewhat impressed if
you take pencil and paper and figure
out what that block of ground con-
tains. l can't make it less than TO-
900 tons, worth $125 per ton. That
means $2,500,O00.
Possibilities Are Great.
After placing this block of ground