The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-07-18
RED MONARCH SHOWS
STEADY IMPROVEMENT
SHOOT 200 FEET LONG PROVED
BY RAlSES-SooN CUT AN -
OTHER VEIN.

Conrad Wolfe. -. Spokane, presi.
dent and manager of the Red Mon
arch Consolidated Mining company,
came up Tuesday evening and visited
the property of the company yester-
day He was accompanied by T. J.
Guth, hardware merchant of Odessa,
Wash, who Is large stakeholder in
the Red Monarch and who inspected
the property for the first time and
was apparently much pleased with
what he had seen. The Red Monarch
Is situated on Missoula gulch. a trib-
utary of Beaver creek, and the portal
of the tunnel is hardly a mile from
the railroad at Carbonite. The COM
pany owns very large group of
claims which include several very
promising veins. at least three of
which have been or will be cut by
the crosscut which has occupied the
attention of the company for the past
two years This tunnel is large and
provided with a 24-inch track of heavy
rails, the idea evidently being to make
it the permanent outlet to the mine.
The first vein was cut few hundred
feet from the portal The second was
cut at 1900 feet, upon which a drift
has been run about 900 feet, showing
more or less ore all the way but which
has been very much disturbed by a
fault The main crosscut was con-
tinued while drifting was going on,
and the face of the crosscut is now
in over 1000 feet. 1t is expected that
the third vein will soon be cut, when
the attention of the company will be
given to the development of the ore
that has been exposed in the secon
vein.
Will Start Third Raise.
A few weeks ago a nice shoot of
ore was encountered in a raise started
or the second vein a short distance
from the crosscut. The raise started
on little ore and at so feet it changed
into almost three feet of high grade
galena. The raise is now up about
175 feet, continuing in good ore which
Mr.. Wolfe says will average three
and half feet wide The ore carries
good values in silver, running about
8 or 10 ounces for the width given,
while picked samples of lead return
from rs to 80 ounces. There is some
zinc, but lead is the main factor. An
other raise has been made west of the
first for a distance of 10 feet which
six feet wide and averages fully as
good as in the first. This with the
showing that has been developed in
the first raise, Mr.. Wolfe says, proves
the ore shoot 200 feet in length. While
at the mine he gave instructions to
start another raise 200 feet east of
the first one which is expected to en-
counter an equally good showing of
ore and thus prove an ore shoot 400
feet long. AS the elevation increases
above the drift the ground becomes
less disturbed from fault movement
and the ore improves in grade.
Will Extract Ore.
Mr.. Wolfe states that no ore is be-
ing taken out except such as is neces-
sary in the course of exploratory
work. However, as soon as the cross
cut is completed to the third vein,
unless he should strike commercial
body of ore, the entire force will be
concentrated on the ore that has been
exposed in these raises and the mine
placed in condition for production.
The mine is ideally located for opera
ton, and the possibility of important
mineral development in addition to
that already accomplished is very
great. The development of the Red
Monarch up to date represents a large
expenditure, and Mr. Wolfe naturally
feels much gratified with the prospect
of an early return on his investment.
Eighteen men are now employed by
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