The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-30
EAST CALEDONIA MINES
RAISE FROM 500 LEVEL
REPORTS FROM OFFICERS GIVE
FULL INFORMATION REGARD.
ING THE PROPERTY.

Following the custom OF the COM
pany to keep stockholders fully in
formed on It's operations the East
Caledonia Mines company Is out with
a report covering operations since the
last assessment. The report Is signed
by Herman J. Rossi. president, and
Franklin Pfrman, secretary. Accom-
panying the letter Is also a report to
the directors from Rush J. White,
mining engineer and manager Of the
East Caledonia. The two reports are
here given:
Officers Report.
'Slnce our last report we have done
making total of $40 feet on what is
presumed to be the vein. Some slight
showing of lead has been found but
none OF commercial quantities. We
cannot feel satisfied with the identity
OF this vein with the vein on the 400
foot level, however, until we have es-
tablished connection between the
600-foot level and the 400 foot level at
the point where the ore showed on
the latter level BY running raise
between the two we can solve the
doubt and this is the work we have
outlined and propose to follow In the
immediate future.
1.-THE great increase in the cost OF
mining operations since the develop
ment of this property was begun has
riade It matter Of serious considera-
ton at all times whether the work
should be prosecuted or left until after
the war and more settled conditions.
II the property were operated solely
by tunnel we would not likely, dur
ing the war, have pursued the devel-
opment work even so far as we have
gone, but the great expense of un-
watering the shaft and reinstalling
machinery and equipment below the
collar of the shaft, once 1t Is allowed
to Ill with water has been the de-
Gliding factor for continuing the dew
elopment work In spite of war condi-
tons. The cost of running the raise
proposed to the 4O0-foot level is, in
view of the extra cost of unwatering
above mentioned, an economical thing
to do at this time, and your directors
feel that this work should therefore
be done and have levied a further as
sessment of one cent per share tc
cover the COSTS
AT the annual meeting scheduled tc
be held on April /. last, there were
not sufficient proxies on hand to con.
stitute quorum. The meeting was
adjourned for another two weeks ant
less than a majority of proxies were
at hand at this meeting and therefore
the meeting could not be held The
directors were disappointed in this, es.
pecially as they would like to have tn,
views Of the stockholders In regard tc
the policy of the work done and to bt
done In the future.
"ln the report of our engineer SEN
out under date of June 30, last year
our engineer reported of the 40O-foo,
level:
This work has opened ore In
greater or less quantity for length
of over 100 feet, in one or two places
as much as eighteen inches of % per
cent lead ore being exposed. This ore
is bunchy in character. however, and
so far cannot be said to be of CONNER
cial grade, although we have sorted II
or Is tons OF 25 per cent ore from
the ground broken in drifting.
1.-The showing, however, both as to
grade and quantity OF ore. is by far
the best that has been made in the
mine and the fact that improvement
has been steady from the surface down
leads one to hope that commercial ore
may be found with deeper work
1T is the continuation Of this ore
that we have hoped to find on the
6o0-foot level. From the experience
In other mines in this region we had
and have every reason to believe that
this ore would continue downward and
under more settled conditions OF the
ground in depth. would prove to be in
commercial quantity. Until this raise
Is run from the 600-foot level to the
400-foot level we cannot have any de-
finite opinion as to the merits of the
property"
Mr.. Whites Report.
Il beg to advise you that there has
been done on the 600-foot level of
your property $40 feet of drifting on
what We believe is the vein. There
have been several small showings of
lead, in quartz vein similar In all
respects TO that which carried the ore
on the 400-foot level, but none nearly
40 large as on that level. The vein
is much less broken up. and is in
its proper position with respect to the
%c0-foot level, as we had hoped it
would be.
1.-The fact that the ore was not
found as expected throws some doubt
on the identity Of the vein and makes
II necessary to raise through to the
400 foot level 70 prOye certainIv vhe-