The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-03

at the earliest possible date. AL
though slow to win recognition, Pine
creek has now proved it's merits and
its future is assured. 1t is a large
section, much larger than most people
realize, and the time will come when
it's tonnage will rival that of the most
productive sections of the Occur
d'Alene district.
Mining at MulIan.
During the year the. old reliable
Mullan mines, the Morning and Hun
ter, continued their large production
and further development of both dis
closed large ore reserves which insure
many years of profitable operation.
The most pleasing achievement, how
ever, was at the National. The ex-
ploration of the vein on the 1900 level,
as well as on intermediate levels and
on the levels above the main tunnel,
have opened up large ore bodies of
improved grade, and the operation of
the mill during the past three months
has shown substantial profit. With
the completion of improved facilities
for delivering the ore from the mine
to the mill which will permit enlarged
milling capacity, there seems to be a
reasonable certainty that National will
enter upon a period of profitable op-
Grafton. Another enterprise of great
Importance to Mulan inaugurated
during the past year was the consoli-
ldation of the Carbonate Hill, Idaho
Giant and Boulder Creek properties.
The preliminary plans for beginning
extensive plans for the development
Of the combined property have been
completed and work will go forward
at once with energy. The year also
Midnight, a property practically sur
rounded by the Morning group and on
a parallel vein. which promises to
soon add another producer to the rec
ord of Chloride hill.
On Canyon Creek.
Although the close of the year wit
messed the final exhaustion of the
Green Hill Cleveland mining opera
tions on Canyon creek as whole were
decidedly satisfactory Enlarged ore
reserves at the Hecla and Hercules
and assurance of continuation at great
depth were the outstanding features
n{ fyIyn a
properties. Among the near mines
the Sherman, formerly the Union, Il
perhaps the most conspicuous Quite
a large amount of ore has already
been exposed on this property, whiel
was abandoned many years ago as
failure, and the plans for it's further
development which are now beint
carried out promise to speedily trans
form it into a producer. Numerous
! properties in the vicinity of Burke
, particularly and also at other point
, along the canyon are under develop
ment, and it seems certain that thi
famous mineral producing section VII
maintain it's prestige for many years
: Nine, Mile.
> With the close Of the year came tn
p ofieial announcement that the grea
/ Interstate Callahan ore body had beel
: proved to a depth of practically 9o
e feet below the working level, giving
t total depth of this great ore body iron
Z the surface 1900 or 1000 feet. IN
8 high grade quality of the ore is main
e tanned as is also the great size OF tn
, shoot Additions and Improvement
during, the year have increased tn
+ milling capacity of the company an
!. greatly reduced the percentage of loss
The Tamarack G. Custer completes
v the remodeling of the mill on Canyol
a creek and the construction OF tn
a tramway connecting it with the mine
Beaver Creek.
The Beaver creek railroad was com
a pleted early in the year, as was ais
q the Raw Jefferson mill. After a brle
!, run the Ray Jefferson company foun
= If necessary to carry out an extensiv
n nlan of deep development in order I
, onerate the property economically, an
a nending the accomplishment OF thl
+ the mill has been closed down. In
h acquisition of control Of the Amazon
4 Manhattan by the Days was immedi
= atelv followed during the ciosin
h months of the year by the construc
I. zion of a tramway from the mine
u the Ray-Jefferson mill, and 1t is ex
- nected that operation of the propert
"a will begin within a. few weeks.
: strike of Importance was made by th
"a Red Monarch company, on missouri
,r gulch. High prices have operated
# retard development work on Beavf
n creek, but such work. as has been az
4 compIished has generally proved sal
r. Iisfactory Senator Clark has contir
% ued work on the Sunset all the yea
n and has recently been rewarded b
u striking large body of ore on tf
II 1000 foot level. Much ore, lead an