The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09

noiliai ore resources at the AIho
tunnel level 700 feet deep. but the a,
Neiophent at the deep 5000 foot entr
iooo feet deep was retarded throuebo,
the year by a shortage of labor
Leasors on the Red Bird mine na,
clayton in this same county, shinne
iorty car loads of 40 per cent lea
ore with 80 ounces silver.
Mining in Gilmore District
III 'he Gilmore district the Pitts
oursh-ldaho mine completed the in
staiiatlon of $50 horse power Daisf
engine plant for the operation Of u
compressor, hoist and pumps. Th
new 7O0-foot level was opened whar
an excessive flow of water was o.,
c0untered that greatly retarded nro
uuctioh' This has now been substan
tlaiiy overcome and the new leve, +
making a production of ore of sune
r'or quality to any level above an,
sui completely oxidzed. indicatins
that IN spite of the excessive flow ~
water encountered that permanent IVA
Ter troubles are due to leakage from
a 5000 drain tunnel that crosses the
ore course of the Pittsburgh Idaho a,
ies 4oo-level condition that may be
cured by deepening and cementing the
oraln and relieve the excessive numn.
ing costs involved
The adjoining Latest Out mine made
one OF the best productions of its his
tory during the year. This companv
is also operating the adjoining Gilmore
compahys property under lease
through the, long drain tunnel "A a
depth of 900 feet under the surface of
the mountain where rich lead silver
ore has been encountered and num-
Der OF carload shipments have already
been made.
Salmon City Mines.
Fifty miles west of the Gilmore dis
,rict some interesting new copper ore
developments We're made on the Har-
nony mines, the Pope -Shenon min
md the Torney mine, where adit tun-
lei developments have been made to
lepths varying from two to three hun
lred feet These properties are three
II four miles apart in the same gen.
raj strike, in pronounced sheared fis-
ure veins, contained in silicious
chisty walls of Pre- cambrian forma-
ions, very much resembling the
'ritchard formations of the Occur
'Alenes. They exhibit ore courses
'arying from two to ten feet wide,
With average values of three to four
er cent copper and made a combined
rtput of six carloads of crude ship
ing ore during the year that gave
melter returns ranging from five to
7 per cent copper They are all con-
eniently situated within five to 10
1iles of the railroad at Salmon City
nd give decided promise of develop
1g into valuable resources of good
Upper ore.
A remarkably interesting deposit of
lrc lead mineral is now being devel-
FED on Carmen creek, 10 miles east
Salmon City, and is being equipped
18th mill of 200 tons daily capacity.
bis deposit exhibits a surface expos
re 600 by 900 feet in area of what is
elieved by the owners to be a silicious
,neous formation. Numerous swallow
lrface cuts over this area to a maxi
um depth Of Is feet exhibit rich
ringers and bands up to two or three
,ches of fairly clean zinc sulphide
18th a fair proportion of galena and
dissemination of iron pyrite, togeth-
: with zinc and lead mineral through,
lie body of the rock. The whole mass
said to carry paying value in gold
Id silver in addition to its base ore
'ntents. and while it's volume is I'M
oven, it certainly carries the surface
of broad dissemination of
orkable zinc-leaa minerl
Cobalt In BIackbird District.
West of Salmon City, SO miles in the
lackbrd Copper district the Haynes
tellite company of Kokomo, Indiana,
'e the owners of very interesting |
I'd extensive group of claims carry
g rich veins and deposits of cobalt |
llphide ore. The property was oper-
ed throughout the year with a crew
IL to Is men, is equipped with
n stamp mill and concentrating |
bles for preliminary testing purposes
I'd made an interesting production
high grade concentrates which were
tipped to Kokomo for further treat
ent. A compressor plant furnished
,wer for machine drills and several
inbred feet of new adit tunnel de-
slopment was accomplished on the
rike of the main ore body, together
it'll systematic crosscuts proving the
,currence at the point of operation
=, the company's extensive property of
zone of cobalt sulphide bearing min
al from so to 100 feetVide carrying
" values for concentration through
1t it's width and a definite pay course
high grade ore.
The owners of this property are also
le owners of the patents on a series
metal alloys, under the name of
tellite, which is said to be superior
,nduct to tungsten steel The enter