The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-14

- in performing the last sad
rites" in connection with the
old Standard Mammoth, official
~ known as the Mace mines of the
Federal company, 1t is true that the
known ore bodies are exhausted and
that the Green Hill Cleveland, their
immediate successor, has met the fate
that must eventually come to all
mines. With the exhaustion of the
resources and abandonment of the
Green Hill Cleveland, Of which the
Federal company was half owner and
which was mined through the old
Standard Mammoth workings and
with Standard Mammoth equipment
the pumps were raised from the Stan
dard- Mammoth shaft and final fare
well was taken of the famous old
property. But mines have been known
to come back" after having apparent
y run their course and having been
consigned to the list of has beens. 1t
Is possible, and even probable, that
the Standard Mammoth will prove to
be one of these, and will again take
rank among the Districts great min
era producers and repeat her magni-
licent record covering period OF a
quarter of a century. At any rate
the Standard Mammoth has not yet
given up the ghost and will not until
an extensive plan has been carried out
having in view restoring the property
to renewed life and production
Will Prospect Ground North.
In conversation with Frederick Bur-
bidge. general manager of the Federal
| Mining & Smelling company, yester-
day, he stated that the company owns
ground extending 1900 feet north OF
the Standard Mammoth vein to the
| holdings Of the Tamarack & Custer,
and that it Is known that several veins
cross that territory, but whether they
contain ore Of commercial value re-
mains to be determined. For this
reason he stated that 1t would be un-
wise to abandon the property without
first exploring this ground. 1t Is there
| fore proposed to drive crosscut north
from No, tunnel level Just when
this work would be undertaken he was
unable to say definitely, az there Ii
considerable cleaning up to be done
about the old workings which must
be completed before the crosscut is
started. However, It win not be long
before the work begins. No. tunnel
Is the main outlet to the mine, 80 far
as handling ore Is concerned, and IL
140 feet below the Mace tunnel
through which the men enter the mine
and the level upon which Is located
the hoist.
Great Mineral Possibilities.
The ground to be prospected by
this crosscut is in the heart Of one OF
the richest sections in the Coeur
dAlene district and possesses wonder
full possibilities of mineral develop
ment. 1t will be run at depth from
the surface Of probably 1900 feet, and
should 1t cut vein corresponding to
the Standard Mammoth the ore
would reasonably be expected to pay
practically to the grassroots. Some
Of the richest lead silver ore ever dis
covered In the district was found on
the Mammoth near the surface and It
was the shipment Of this ore that paid
for the development Of the mine ami
made millionaires Of the owners. The
decision Of the Federal management
to drive this crosscut recalls the in
teresting fact that the original cross
cut on the Standard, what has since
been known as the Mace tunnel, and
which cut the bonanza ore shoot, had
no surface showing to Justify It and
was run under circumstances some
what similar to those under which the
Federal company now proposes to
prospect the ground to the north.