The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-07-25
TARBOX HAS A GREAT
0REBODY0N THE 300
Ore Shows Steady
Improvement
With Depth.
: TONNAGE FOR A MILL
Preparing to Utalize Water
Power--Great South Vein
Timber Assets.
TONNAGE FOR A MILL
"HE TARBOX mine, near Saltese,

"HE TARBOX mine, near Saltese,
Mont, in what is frequently re-
ferred to as the East Occur
dAlene district, has been very
much in the public eye during the past
few months, due to the development
of the 500 level of great body of
lead -silver-zinc ore. being a continu-
alton of the ore shoot which has been
opened successfully on the levels
above Many Wallace people have
visited the Tarbox during the past few
weeks, men who are accustomed to
seeing large ore bodies and who know
the conditions under which this class
of ore is usually found; men who are
not misled by that pardonable enthus-
iasm which at times leads the miner
to enlarge upon the amount of ore
and it's mineral content. These visit
ors have invariably returned Impress
ed with the enormous ore body already
exposed and the tremendous possbil-
tiles of it's further development A
common comment from these visitors
Is llldt lllG Il dlpOA Is ucSllutu W NC
another Bunker Hill & Sullivan, and
that if it had been situated on this
size of the state line, that is, within the
Coeur d'Alene district proper, it would
have long since been placed on atpro-
ductive basis. 1t was these reports
that induced a representative of the
Miner to visit the property last Fri
day and Saturday, not alone to see the
ore body which is the subject of so
much favorable comment, but also to
learn something first hand of the sur
face showings, the equipment of the
property and the plans which are now
being worked out by the management
which should make the Tarbox a pro-
fit Garner before the end of the year
Tarbox's Original Owners.
The Tarbox mine was located in
1885 by e. X. Tarbox. who was grub
staked by Richard and William Dax-
on the former of whom is manager Of
the Tarbox company and the latter
is employed at the mine. The discov-
tly was at a poiiit t"o Vi INV
hundred feet east of the present
working shaft. The ledge has a great
iron Gaping, Characteristic Of Occur
d'Alene mines, and the outcrop Is
plainly discernible on the opposite
side of the canyon and has been iden-
titled for the length of three claims,
or $500 feet. The property is situated
on the east fork of Packer creek,
three miles from Saltese, and is
reached by a good wagon road. In
1890 the Tarbox Mining company was
incorporated for the purpose Of devel-
oping the property From that time
Richard Daxon has been president
and manager of the company, and he
has been ION the job during the in
tervening years with determination
and persistency born Of absolute faith
in the merits of the property. He
has had many difficulties to overcome,
and at times has had to suspend op-
erations on account Of financial PAN
les and industrial depressions, but he
was always quick to resume when the
conditions became more favorable. It
is pleasing to note now that he ap-
pears to be on the last lap Of the long
race and that he and Tarbox share
holders will be amply rewarded at the
finish.
Opened by Shaft.
The canyon in which is located the
Tarbox is rather wide and the hills on
either side are not Of the precipitous
kind which favors development by
tunnel. Along the west side Is a
bench and it is upon this that shaft
has been sunk to a vertical depth of
500 feet, and from the 800 level a
winze is now being sunk to depth OF
200 feet, giving a total vertical depth
Of 1000 feet. This winze is now down
practically 100 feet, being sunk on the
foot wall and at 200 feet 1t will ne
cesstate prosecuting about rs feet to
the vein. Judging by the steady i'm
provement that has taken place as
depth has been gained, and this ap-
plies to the amount of ore. the grade
and to the less disturbed condition of
the quartzite formation, one may rea-
sonably expect further marked i'm
provement when the vein is reached
on this level, probably considerable
ore Of shipping grade Another feat
ure on the 500 is the appearance OF
copper and 1t is regarded as probable
that this may prove an important and
permanent factor on the 1000. The
copper is accompanied by consider
able gold.