The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-03-21

uuctlOu. Inc occur u AitHc uistiiNt
Is extensively mineralized, and while
the discovery of important new ore
bodies in recent years has been slow.
there still remains some splendid ore
prospect problems to work out which
may bring in other large producers as
they progress. This line of dead
work has been decidedly retarded for
the past two years in the newer en-
terprises, outside of the producing
mines, by reason of excessive operat
ing costs.
Smaller Lead Producers.
Besides the four larger lead produc-
ers of the Occur d'Alene district other
Individual mine yields ranging from
1.OOO, 900 to 100000 pounds of lead
we're made by the following mines:
Tamarack & Custer Consolidated, sew
Ell months operation; Interstate-C Cal
lehan (by-product from zinc ore);
Greenhill- Cleveland, Gold Hunter,
Douglas, Stewart, Rex. Constitution,
Success, Jack Waite and Hypotheek
mines, all of which were more or less
actively operated, and in several in
stances showed definite promise of
continued operation.
The Mullan district, in addition to
the heavy production results of the
snonded through superior manage
ment at the old Gold Hunter with
splendid new ore development that
insures continued production. The
Midnight vein, between the Morning
and You Like, was new lead ore
development of the year of decided
promise. The promising lead-zinc ore
resources and the Carbonate Hill were
put under an intelligent plan of de-
velopment to determine their perman-
ency and some encouraging results
were obtained in the copper deposits
of this same vicinity.
One of the newest ventures or the
year was the active development and
equipment of the Amazon Manhattan
Carbon creek slope of the Beaver creek
district, which was taken over by the
Day interests, and is being extensively
operated and equipped with new mine
plant and aerial tram connection with
the Jefferson mill at this time.
This property discloses an ore shoot
over 500 feet in length, of good big
stopping width, and relatively rich av-
erage values in both lead and zinc,
and gives decided promise of shortly
becoming an important producer of
lead ore.
Beyond Murray, the Jack Waite
mine was quite actively operated I'M
der intelligent management, and pro-
duced over 100000 pounds of lead in
clean crude ore shipments. This mine
has extensive development on a big
well defined quartz flied assure, with
some very handsome shoots of clean
ealena and high grade concentrating
ore. The values are low in silver and
the wagon transportation problem is
a rather serious drawback to the profit
end of the operation. A small mill is
well warranted by the splendid ore
resources it now exhibits.
On Nine Mile creek, after being ac-
lively operated during the year with
substantial lead as well as zinc pro-
duction from old slopes, the Rex mine
was closed down in the fall for lack
of ore, and the deeper development of
the Success mine at present seems to
be proving unsatisfactory. The future
of this particular part of the Occur
d'Alene field, however is assured by
the splendid deep development at the
Interstate Callahan and Tamarack &
Custer enterprises, as well as some ex-
cellent promise of several other at
tractive ore prospects, particularly at
the Sunset and Ambergris mines.
Considerable good lead ore was
shipped from the socalled dry belt be-
tween Kellogg and Wallace, where the
Big Creek Leasing company made
steady shipments and handsome to-
tai output. AT the close of the year
the deep tunnel of the Big Creek Min
ing company, under the management
of G. Scott Anderson, was completed
to the vein and cut the ore shoot at
$50 feet additional depth below the
600-fo level, at which the mine has
been operated under a small leasing
plan during the year with some of the
richest silver ore shipments of the
district. / am reliably informed this
deeper work has recently encounter
ed seven feet of clean lead mineral,
which it is believed will all stand
shipment as crude ore by reason of
its relatively rich associated silver va
lues.
This stretch of the Occur d'Alene
formations has a number of fine pros
poets and its geologic structure gives
definite promise of better ore bearing
conditions as greater depth is OBJ
tanned in the more favorable underly-
ing quartzite rocks that are known to
exist in that vicinity
Zinc.
The premier zinc mine Of Idaho,
ranking third among individual pro-
1ucers in the United States, continues
10 be the Consolidated Interstate Cal
ahan mine in the Nine Mile section
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