The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-06-06

you suspect contains tungsten
molybdenite, tin, quicksilver, man
ganese, chromium, platinum o
mica, send sample to the Idah,
school of mines. state university, Mos
cow, where it will be examined, and i
found to contain any of these miner.
ais, blank forms will be sent to fill ou
giving detailed information, and late,
geologist will make careful ex-
animation of the property and analyze
the ore lin order to determine it's COM
mercial value. This work has been
undertaken by the Idaho school of
mines at the request of and in CO.
operation with the United States geo
logical survey in order to meet the
urgent demand of the United States
government for these metals. Pros
pectors and miners of Idaho are there
fore urged to assist in this work both
as a patriotic duty to their country
and also as means of having their
properties examined by capable geol-
ogists If they prove to have any of
these minerals in commercial quanti-
ties, their development and profitable
operation will follow without delay.
Tungsten on North Side.
Considerable tungsten ore has been
produced on the North Side lin the vi
cinity of Murray, notably by the
Golden Chest, and it is believed that
this property with capable manage
ment could be developed into a steady
producer Many other properties along
Prichard creek are reported to show
more or less tungsten and justify fur
ther investigation. An important dis
covery of tungsten was made a few
weeks ago by Colonel Chester T. Ken
nan on Pony gulch which promises to
develop into the biggest tungsten de-
posit in the west. The vein is la rye
and eight feet or more next to the
F1nging wall is made up of straaks
of scheellte in the quartz The dis
covery was made on what was fjrm-
erly known as the Fay Templeton
The vein was uncovered years ago in
the course of placer operations, but
the character of the ore was not re-
cognized and even If it had been it
possessed no value at that time Tung-
stem in the Coeur d'Alenes has never
been found except in the form of
scheelite and the ore here is said to
be the highest grade found in the west.
The demand for tungsten by the gov
ernment should stimulate the search
for other deposits on the North Side.
Manganese and Tin.
Manganese is quite common in many
Of the mines of the Occur d'Alene
district, but it has never been found
in commercial quantity or in workable
form. However, the war demand has |
created much interest in the metal
and discoveries have been made which |
encourage the hope that manganese |
may yet be turned to commercial pro-
fit in this district The desire of the |
school of mines to secure samples of |
these war metals should induce all /
having ores of this kind to send them |
in.
Tin ore has been found along the
North Fork and it's tributaries in the |
form of float carried down in the /
gravel wash, but no determined effort |
has been made so far as known to
find the source from which it came. T
Tin is now worth about 81 per pound.
Practically all that is consumed in the /
United States is imported. The sup
ply is short and the extensive use Of 1
the metal insures a steady and pro-
fitable price after the war
Send in Samples.
The plan of the Idaho school OF
mines to encourage the discovery and
production of these war metals is con-
tanned in the following letter:
"To make available the rare
mineral resources of the state of
Idaho the University Of Idaho
geological survey in cooperation
with the United States geological
survey is planning to spend the
summer in a search for certain
minerals needed in carrying on the d
war.
"The following minerals are in
great demand for munition manu-
facture Tungsten minerals, i
molybdenite, tin (cassiterite),
quicksilver (cinnabar), mangan-
ese, chromium. platinum, mica
Shortage Explained.
TN former years a large prop
ortion of these minerals has been
imported from foreign countries.