The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-31

comparatively free from zinc sulphide.
Recently, however, some ore consist
ing of a mixture of sphalerite and ga
lena was found in the Oronogo vein
of the Hecla NINE This lead-zinc ore
is now being milled separately, so as
not to mix with the clean lead-silver
ore which constitutes the bulk OF the
output of the Hecla. The Hercules
ore has always been noted for being
exceptionally high in lead and silver
and remarkably free from zinc. Some
of the richest slopes ever opened In
the Occur dAlene are being worked
In the Hercules mine, and although
the property has been developed to
considerable depth, very little zinc
sulphide has yet been encountered. III
addition to the Hercules and Hecla
mines, the Burke district also in
cludes the Green Hill-Cleveland, Fris-
co, Marsh. Black Bear, Gertie. Dom
Paul and other properties.
Kellogg Wardner.
The Kellogg Wardner (Yreka) dis
trict embraces the region surrounding
the towns of these names, and in
cludes the famous Bunker Hill & Sui
llivan mine. The ore Is chiefly argen-
tiferous galena, very little zinc hav-
ing as yet been found in any of the
mines of this district Like most OF
the other deposits of the Occur
d'Alene, these consist of unreasonable
veins in pre- Cambrian sediments
along fault assures Some of the de-
posits contained rich oxidized silver
lead ore near the surface. The Bun
ker Hill & Sullivan vein Is said to be
the one vein in the Occur d'Alene
that showed a prominent outcrop The
ores of this district are less complex
and easier to mill than most of those
| in the Occur d'Alene During the
summer of 1917 the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan company completed its new
lead smelter at which custom work
will also be done, at Bradley, near
the A. S. & r. company to prevent the
Bunker Fill company from smelling
| it's ore The existence of a custom
lead smelter in the heart of the Occur
d'Alene will be of special benefit to
the operators of small mines. Some
years ago one of the most productive
veins in the Kellogg Wardner district
was lost at fault intersection, and all
subsequent attempts to recover the
faulted segment of the vein have fail
ed. Recently operations have beer
started to explore the ground under
and adjacent to the town of Wardnel
| in an attempt to find a continuation
of this vein, and of other rich ore de-
posts formerly worked in the vicinity
The principal mines of the district are
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan, Caledonia
Stewart and Last Chance. The Sierra
Nevada and the Alhambra have re-
Gently reached the producing stage
Pine Creek.
The Pine creek district is new an6
important The district embraces the
region included within the drainage
basin of Pine creek and it's tributaries
distance of IL to Is miles. A branch
| line of the O.-W. r. & N. is now be-
ing constructed up Pine creek. The
ore deposits are replacement veins oc-
cupying fault assures or shear zones
| in the Prichard slate. The veins are
associated with basic dikes While
they resemble the other veins of the
Occur d'Alene in their broader geo
| logic relations, they differ from the
lead silver veins in many respects, as
for instance, in the general occurrence
Of fine grained intimate mixture of
sphalerite, galena and pyrite in the
typical ore; the fact that the ore de-
posts are confined to the Prichard
slate; the frequent absence of well
defined walls; and the more frequent
occurrence of the ore in shear zones.
The principal mines of the district are
the Constitution, Highland Surprise,
iiyPotiiOOh, ~N"pob, DouSidS, ANOl luell
Light and Amy Matchless groups.
Most of these properties have been
making regular shipments for some
time in spite of the handicap of a
long wagon haul over bad roads to the
present shipping point on the Wallace
branch of the O.-W. r. & n, the near
est point of which is at the mouth of
Pine creek. In addition to the lead
zinc-silver ores just mentioned, this
district contains two productive anti
mony properties, the Star Anthony
and the Occur d'Alene Anthony
mines, 1t is only within the last year
or two that this district has come in
to prominence as a producer, although
the presence of veins in this locality
has long been known. During the past
year the Anaconda Mining company
has been purchasing local ores for
treatment at it's Great Falls plant. The
district owes much Of its present ac-
tivity and bright future to the fact
that its complex ores have found
market.