The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-04-04
One of Them Lead
Silver, OneGray
Copper
TWO MORE THIS MONTH
Ore Body Proved 100 Feet
East and West Faces
All in Ore
TWO MORE THIS MONTH

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"A Creek Mining Mir, company Tues
day. This shipment will av-
erage not less than so per cent lead
and an ounce of silver for each unit
of lead. The company has carload
OF gray copper ore ready for ship
ment which will be loaded as soon as
a car can be obtained which will
probably be today, Mr.. Anderson,
president and manager of the COM
pany considers a conservative esti-
mate of the value Of this car is $3.50
per ton, silver and copper combined
The company expects to be able to
ship at least two more carloads of
ore during the month of April, and
hopes to be able to maintain this re-
cord throughout the year, that is two
carloads per month.
Shoot Opened for 100 Feet.
1t will be recalled that when the
it showed a good grade of milling ore
with numerous streaks of high grade
for a width of II feet or more. Drifts
have now been run east and west
for a distance of 100 feet and in both
faces the ore Is just as good as where
first encountered, and in the west
drift it is better. There Is con-
tinuous shoot of lead ore along the
foot wall and in places. as at the
place of intersection, lead-siver ore
occupies the entire vein. Without
anything to indicate the change great
shoots or lenses of gray copper come
in alongside the lead, altogether maxi
ing continuous. ore body for a dis
tance of 100 feet and apparently, as
disclosed by crosscuts, maintaining
the same width as disclosed in the
main crosscut. How long this shoot
will prove to be and what will be its
is a most interesting question which
development work alone will deter
mine.
Slopes Look Fine.
Slopes have now been opened for
the full length of the explored ground
and fine showing Of ore is exposed
the entire distance. The company
has just added a second hand Jig
which handles the finer material that
passes through a grizzly upon which
the ore is dumped as it comes from
the mine. The larger chunks which
pass over the grizzly are washed and
hn Nd tn1 70
recovering the shipping product the
company is in shape to handle the
product of the mine at its present
stage of development. The company
at this time has IL or IA men on the
payroll.
Looks Like Great Mine.
The progress Of development Of the
Big Creek, from the grass roots down
to the present lowest level, a depth
on the mountain Of not less than 1900
feet, admits of no other conclusion
than that it Is the making of great
mine. Just as the showing OF ore In
No. tunnel showed great improve
ment over that in No. /, so has the
showing in No. 3 improved over No.
p. The gray copper shoot is larger
and richer, while lead, which was
found to a limited extent in No. 2, has
now become a factor of first import
ance. 1t is possible that the next
adit level may witness change even
more radical. That the lead ore body
will go down and probably show
large increase in size may be accept
ed as certain. for to do otherwise
would be contrary to the established
rule in all other lead mines of the
district AS to gray copper there
were many who predicted that it
would be found to have disappeared
when the vein was cut in No. 3, while
as a matter of fact there Is more
gray copper on that level and Of
higher grade than was ever before
found in the mine. The next tunnel,
| No. 4, will be not less than 500 feet
below No. 3 and there seems to be
no reason in view Of what has already
transpired to doubt that the rich sill
ver- "copper" ore will be found on that
layel also