The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-09
Idaho Mine Output
Estimates By Bell
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of the world at large, particularly
europe and this country. could absor
the lead production of all our mine
for several years, to catch up with tn
previously established consumption fo
this purpose.
1t is anybody's guess when norma
business conditions and prices wi
again prevail. but when they do, loo
for the development of another recor
demand for lead ore, and with the es
tablished liberal principal of profi
sharing and bonus payments in tn
Occur dAlenes, 1t is likely that an,
temporary reaction induced by presen
unsettled conditions will be later over
come and prosperous times again pre-
vail throughout this field.
Idaho Continental.
One Of the most notable improve.
ments of the year in lead-silver ore re-
sources was made at the Idaho Con
tinental mine, where, in addition to a
good output, limited amount of new
development progress has enhanced
the ore bearing character of this prop
erty enormously, by demonstrating
with a series of short cross-cuts and
drifts, connection between it's sup
posedly three separate ore shoots into
one persistent channel and the extern
sion beyond a short fault of several
hundred feet of good Stopping ground
to the south which, together with the
proven persistency of the vein in good
ore groupings 1000 feet north of its
main lower adit tunnel portal, indicates
a persistent channel of galena mineral
nearly mile long. This mine is stu
ated rs miles from the railroad at Port
hill, in Boundary county, near the Can
adam line. Its isolated position has
greatly retarded it's progress. 1t ship
ped, by motor truck haulage, over
rather difficult route, concentrates and
crude ore containing 100000 pounds
of lead with $4,000 ounces of silver
in 1918.
Its clean galena ore is almost identi-
cal in type with that of the Occur
dAlene district in clean quartzite
resembling the famous ore
bearing Burke horizon of that district.
Its wagon road embraces mud flat
and overflow river bottom a mile long
and a rugged glacial canyon road. 1t
has been built, however, on uniform
maximum grade of four per cent with
a view to its ultimate equipment with
a shay railway and the rapid expan-
sion of the ore resources of the prop
erty affords the most promising en-
for the consumation of |
this improved means of transportation |
Federal Company on Wood River.
In the Wood river district of Blaine
county the Federal Mining company
If Wallace continued it's efforts until
September to solve the serious metal
urgical problem involved in the treat
nent of their extensively developed
IRE resources of the North Star mine
md at that date had gotten their 150-
on mill working to a favorable point
# extraction and making a good pro-
uction of 40 per cent zinc concentrates
This mine has developed large ore
'Odies of relatively rich zinc-lead ore
arrying values around IA per cent zinc
With eight per cent lead and eight
unces silver in ore bodies up to 20
eet thick and proven for several hun
red feet in length and depth.
This decidedly interesting ore depos-
is complicated at the metallurgical
nd by the fact that the rich CONNER
ial mineral values are associated with
n excessive proportion of arsenical
ron sulphide and some antimony. In
september the slump in the zinc mar
ct made it practically impossible to
market the product and the operation
vas suspended. A year ago this same
ompany was fortunate in picking up
What appears to be a winner in the
Orm of q mine known as the indie
on a parallel vein to the
North Star. less than a mile distant,
Which is in decidedly sharp contrast
o the Star, in that it's ore values are
free from zinc and decided
Y sim~l and easy to treat, consisting
of sheared quartzite, with
crystalline galena and little
write.
This property has been developed
With six levels; its main feature is
n ore shoot about 80 feet long with
maximum width of 80 feet The
property is equipped with a small mill,
IS old development has been material
y extended and from this work, with
cry little stopping, has made daily
PRODUCTION Of rs tons of high grade
hpping mineral in concentrates and
rude ore carrying 80 to so per cent
cad with over two ounces of silver to
ZACH unit of lead. The enterprise gives
lecided promise Of a successful ana
mine with further develop
nent. 1t proposes to drive crosscut
rom the deep level of the Star mine
o the Independence vein, a distance
u little over 5000 feet, which will
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