The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-09
MINING OPERATIONS
ON LITTLE NORTH FORK
MAY START koRk ON HAND
SPlkE-RAINBoW-LINFoR
SOON TO START.

Stockholders Of the Little North
Fork Copper Mining IL Milling COM
pany, more famillariy and certainly
Handspike, Will meet in kellogg on
October IL to elect directors and to
discuss and decide On plans for a re-
sumption OF operations. The company
owns six claims on the Little North
Fork, about IL miles from Linfor, on
the Murray branch of the O.-W. X. q
N. According TO information from
parties who have visited The property,
the development work consists OF two
tunnels, the upper one OF which has
been driven about 1900 feet and has
disclosed considerable copper ore
which carries values also in both sill
yer and gold. The lower tunnel is in
about 1900 feet and is said to show
from foot to a foot and a half of
copper ore. All work has been done
by hand and it is possible the COM
pany will install a gasoline compress
or if 1t is decided to begin work. DR..
I. t. Mason is president of the Hand
spike company.
Riverside.
Another property on the Little
North Fork Of great promise and OF
which DR.. Il. r. Mason, Of Kellogg, is
also president is the Riverside. 1t is
owned by the Riverside Copper Min
ing company, evidently misnomer,
for as far as can be learned there is
no evidence of copper. while there Is
an excellent showing of lead silver
ore The property is developed by a
crosscut about 500 feet long which
has intersected the vein, showing 1t
to be about or 5 feet wide with
about Is inches OF what Is reported
to be excellent silver ore. When
work was suspended some two years
ago the company had on the ground a
compressor, boiler and hoist, but on
account of war conditions this equip
ment was not placed in position. No
plans for resumption have been an
nounced, but it is not likely that
property of such promise will remain
idle much longer.
Rainbow.
In the same locality is situated the
property of the Rainbow Mining COM
pany. This company has been work.
ing steadily during most of the year
and it is understood that 1t will con-
tine operations during the winter. A
tunnel is being driven on the vein and |
1t Is believed that an important ore
shoot will soon be encountered. Soon |
after starting to drift from the 600
foot crosscut a considerable body of
lead-silver- zinc ore was encountered,
and more or less ore has been found
In the drift continuously. The object
i've point is under large iron out.
crop, where a commercial body of ore
Is confidently expected. The company
is well equipped for development,
having good commodious buildings,
driven by gasoline en-
CINE and all other facilities necessary
for a property at that stage. George
Austin, formerly of this city, now of
Spokane, is manager of the Rainbow.
Much of the stock of the company is
held in Occur d'Alene.
Linfor.
All the foregoing properties are on
he upper Little North Fork, ranging
rom 10 to IL miles from the railroad. +,
over down, five miles from the rail-
Dad and reached by a good wagon
DAD, is the Linfor Copper Mining !,
ompany, originally known as the ,
Horst Powell and later as the Empire. :
'he Linfor company expects to have +.
he mine and mill in operation soon,
nder the personal management of .
Villain Beaudry, for many years the
manager of the Stewart. Details of
he plans of the company were given :
n a recent issue of the Miner The
uccessful operation of the Linfor !,
will do much toward bring
lg the mineral resources OF the Lit
e North Fork to public attention
nd viii give substantial encourage
tent to the properties here mention
d and others not now so we'll known.
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