The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-28


mise at this time of becoming
steady producer Of rich silver mineral.
Vienna Mine.
Forty miles east of Banner mine, in
Custer county, the old Vienna mine,
an extensively developed property OPP
Grated In the sos and credited with
production Of several million ounces
of silver, was again operated during
the year with a small force Of men, and
| is said to be showing encouraging EVIL
dence of new ore resources and residue
bodies Of mineral that can be handled
at a profit under modern milling meth
DDS.
| The Silver King, Solace and other
veins In the same region. noted for
their high values in dry silver ores.
made large production in early day
operations. These properties are also
ATTRACTING the attention of capital at
this time and negotiations now in pro-
gress promise to result in a revival of
mining interest at that point.
Yankee Fork Mines.
At the Yankee Fork district, 40 miles
further north, the General Custer
Lucky Boy, Badger, Dickens and
other mines were noted producers Of
rich silver gold milling ore in the
early history of that district and are
credited with total yield Of $4,000
OOO but have been practically idle for
the past Is years. New development
and prospecting efforts in this vicin-
H ty have disclosed some interesting
results during the past two or three
years, particularly at Bachelor Noun
tain and at the Montana mine on Jor-
dan creek. The latter property was
purchased and equipped with an aerial
tram connected with the Golden Sum
beam mill, which was purchased by
, the same people, and is said to have a
handsome resource of silver gold mill
ing ore.
| The Bachelor mountain prospect
shows some very high values in both
silver and gold, consisting Of re-
placement of silicious rhyolite forma-
! ton, and may prove an important
source of precious values with further
development
| A new strike was made during the
year at the Hermit mine near Slate
creek, another tributary of Salmon
river, on the opposite side Of the can
yon where three feet Of lead ore was
recently reported on good authority,
and is said to carry 200 ounces Of sill
yer with So per cent lead and $500
gold. per ton. This discovery is close
to the former operations of the Silver
Rule mine, which yielded several hun
dred thousand ounces of silver-lead
ore in the early day operations.
Ramshorn Mine.
Further down Salmon river at Bay
Horse district, after an idleness OF
about Is years, interest was revived
during the year in the old Ramshorn
mine and a crew of IL men employed
sorting and shipping broken ore re-
serves This is one of the best devel-
oped silver mines in the state. II
carries pronounced steep pitching
fssure vein In black slate formation
and has a dozen long adit tunnels
driven on its course with a maximum
face depth Of 1900 feet. The property
is reputed to have produced several
million ounces of silver from past OPP
erations, and to have a measurable
resource at this time of 10000 tons OF
ore, containing average values Of loo
LOUNGES silver and about per cent cop
per. The vein filling Is principally
spathic iron with spots and bands OF
clean grey copper mineral, and is said
to be the deepest known development
of grey copper ore.
Selected carload shipments of the
clean copper mineral have been made
occasionally in the past operation OF
the property that yielded 100 ounces
silver and 25 to 30 per cent copper pei
ton. The product has to be hauled &C
miles by wagon to the nearest rail-
way shipping point at Mackay, and
the advancing price of silver is re-
sponsible for the renewed interest in
the enterprise, which seems likely to
become an important source Of white
metal from the present tendency of
the market.
There are numerous other properties
with quite extensive development In
some instances and splendid prospects
In others that were put out of business
by reason of the low price of silver
prevailing since the early '90s in this
Custer county district and also in
Butte, Lemhi, Boise Gilmore and Owy-
hee counties, that offer attractive
chances for further development and
exploitation If the present inclination
of the government is carried out and
the price is fixed on silver at around
81 per ounce. These, II developed,
should materially add to the big vol
ume Of silver production in Idaho de-
rived from our associated leads silver
ores which now provide the principal
source of supply.
Power for Jarbidge.
(Wells, New, Herald)
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