The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-07-24
RICHMOND ORE SHOOT
LOOKS GOOD ON 500
EXPLORATION AT DEPTH SHOWS
MOST SATISFACTORY
RESULTS.

An interesting letter mas just DeeH
issued by J. e. Codd, Of Spokane, pres
ident of the Richmond Mining, Milling
& Reduction company, which goes in
to considerable detail in describing
the condition of the Richmond mine
and plans for further development.
Much interest is now centered in the
copper belt around Adair, due largely
to the operations Of the Richmond
and to the deep crosscut being run by
the Montana Idaho company, the re-
suits of which will have direct bear
ing upon the future of that district.
Mr.. Colds letter, under date of July
II, follows.
To the Stockholders.
Now that the copper situation Is
clarifying, stockholders of the Rich
mond Mining, Milling & Reduction
company are naturally DESTROYS of in
formation regarding present condi-
lions at the mime, and the prospects
for the future.
'The most important development
work in the history of the mine was
started some months ago and Is still
In progress. Insofar as immediate
production or development of ore Is
concerned, practically all Of this de-
velopment to date has been dead
work." that is, shaft sinking and lat
eral work required to open the mine
on a larger scale and in greater depth
That part of the work by which no
immediate exposures Of ore could be
expected Is now largely completed.
"A shaft was sunk 225 feet below
the main tunnel, or 370-foot level, and
the new 600-foot level Is now being
opened. A crosscut driven to the vein
width, and with the best defined walls
in evidence anywhere in the mine. The
entire vein filling Is well mineralized.
and along the south wall is from 2 to
inches of very high grade ore. Drift
ing has been started along this wall.
Throughout the mine it has been
found that large lenses of high grade
are generally connected by these thin
stringers of high grade, and the COM
pany's engineer and other engineers
familiar with the property believe that
this condition continues not only to
the 500 level, but far below it.
THE management has planned to
drift on the vein for fully 1000 feet on
the 900 level This drift should cut
the downward extension of all the ore
bodies opened above.
Top of Sulphide Zone.
ut is gratifying to note that this
high grade stringer opened on the 900
level is principally sulphide ore, and
bears out the correctness of the the
DRY of the company's engineer that
this new level should cut the top of
the permanent sulphide zone. Drift
ing on this level may at any time
break into an ore body of utmost i'm
portance.
"On an intermediate level between
the $40 and 210 levels, a crosscut Is
being started which is expected to cut
within a short distance, the downward
and westerly extension of the big high
grade ore shoot opened last year on
the $50 level. and which was stopped to
a slip which cut it off, Exploration
work apparently solved this slip zone
and has shown that this Is apparently
very long. rather flat Lying ore body
continuous except where minor slips
have slightly displaced it. Important
results are expected from this work
soon.
development of adjoining proper
ties is also helping to prove up the
Richmond. On the eastern extension
of the Richmond vein the st. Lawr-
ence company has opened shipping ore
right up to the Richmond end lines, at
a depth of $50 feet below the Rich
mond $40 level.
"'The Montana Idaho Development |
company continues to drive its deep
level Monitor tunnel and has just |
raised an additional $4,000 to expend |
on this work after having already ex
pended more than $250O00 on the tun-
mel
Monitor Crosscut.
"A crosscut from the Monitor tun-
rel is now being driven to tap the ex-
tension of the Richmond vein in the
Montana Idaho ground where 1t
crosses out of the western end of the
Richmond property This crosscut
has evidently reached the casing of
the Richmond vein. at the point where
the Montana Idaho engineers expect