The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-04-24


W. Carbonate Hill today and by
" May l the company will
have a full force of about 25
men employed. This announcement
was authoritatively made yesterday,
and marks another important step in
the resumption of mining in this dis
tr,c Earl Greenough, mining engi-
Spokane, will give his person atten-
ton to the direction OF operations. He
came up Monday and is now on the
g. ound. Supplies have been ordered
and all preliminary work is being done
preparatory to beginning operations
without further delay. Mr.. Greenough
will remain at the mine for the pur-
pose of pushing development with all
possible speed. With this in view he
will adopt the bonus system of pay
for all underground men. The details
of the system have not been fully
worked out, but it may be stated that
the bonus will be ample to prove an
incentive to extra effort by employees
and to attract the most capable men.
The basic wage will of course be $4.25
per day. Twenty five men will be en-
ployed. The company has provided
excellent accommodations for the en-
poyes, the boarding house being mod
lIsn in A Atv,t
ed dry room with baths is provided
ard sleeping accommodations are the
best.
Crosscut at 400.
When work was suspended by the
Icaho- Carbonate Hill company on ac-
count of war conditions, the shaft
was down something over 400 feet.
Work will not be renewed in the shaft
for the present, the purpose now be-
ing to croSscut the vein at the 400
! level The shaft is on the footwall
side Of the vein. station has already
been cut preparatory to prosecuting,
and it is expected that the vein will
be encountered within a few feet The
vein is approximately 100 feet wide,
workings, and much confidence Is felt
that this crosscut will disclose a large
body of ore. In sinking the shaft ore
was encountered almost from the
start and has been practically con-
tnuous in varying amounts. The ore
| is both lead SILVER and zinc, forming
in Independent shoots and presenting
no difficulties in separation.
Has Large Holdings.
The organization Of the Idaho Car
bCnate Hill Consolidated Mining COM
pany was the outgrowth of the con-
solidation of the holdings Of the Car
Donate Hill Mining company and the
Idaho Giant Mining company through
the acquisition of those properties by
| w. D. Greenough. The consolidated
company owns IA patented claims and
~ unpatented, aggregating total of
473 acres. Considerable ore had been
developed on the Carbonate Hill
ground and much work had been ac-
complished in the way of exploring g
and proving the ledge Upon taking
over the property the consolidated
company enlarged and practically re-
constructed the lower Carbonate Hin
tunnel cut large underground cham
Der in which has been installed a
modern hoisting plant and from this
level has sunk the accompaniment
ST aft from which the crosscut will
now be run Power Is obtained from
the old Snowstorm compressor, con
nected by a pipe line 10000 feet in
length. The plant of the company is
near the IS" bridge. on the Northern
Pacific, and about three and hall
miles from Mullan.
The officers and directors of the
Idaho Carbonate Hill Consolidated
Mining company are w. D. Greenough
Of Spokane, president; Alfred Thomp'
son, M. P, of ottawa, Canada, vice
president; A. w. Witherspoon, O
Spokane, secretary treasurer; Herber
Wheeler, of Seattle, and Dr. r. A
, Griffith, of Chicago.