The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-01-30
SHERMAN ORE SHOOT
IN LOWER Tunnel
Strike Proves Ore
Body at Great
Depth
WILL MEAN A NEW MINE
Another Case of an Old Mine
Coming Back.-Idle for
Many Years
WILL MEAN A NEW MINE

n lower tunnel of the Sherman
which has since proved to be
OF great importance. This drift is
being run to open the large ore body
that has been developed in the tun-
mel 500 feet above and is also expos
ed in the Oreano crosscut, and it was
estimated that by extending the low
err or what was formerly known as
the Hidden Treasure, tunnel about 900
feet, this ore shoot would be encoun-
tered. While there was of course the
possibility of striking ore before the
objective point was reached, the
striking of ore as above stated came
rather as surprise. The drift has
since been extended probably rs feet
and the ore shoot now fills the
entire face and is probably con-
siderably wider The strike was
made some 600 or 700 feet east
of the ore in the tunnel next above
and is believed to be new ore shoot,
although 1T is possible that it is the
same shoot extending to this unex-
pected length. But whether it is a
new shoot or the old one, the strike
proves a great ore body on the lwest
tunnel level, which is probably at
depth of 1900 feet from the surface,
where the outcrop of the vein shows
galena, and two intermediate tun-
nels are in commercial ore. Thus an
o1 hou Ia,
come back and will soon become one
of the big producers of the district
Formerly the Union.
"A quarter of a century or more ago
what Is now known as the Sherman
was called the Union and was owned
by the Occur d'Alene Mining & Con-
Finch and A. B. Campbell. both now
dead, were the controlling factors.
After spending a large sum in de-
velopment work. buildings and equip
ment, and constructing a mill for the
treatment of the ore, operations prov
ed Improbable and work was discon-
tinued never to be taken up again by
the Finch & Campbell syndicate.
About that time Finch and Campbell
struck the bonanza ore body in the
Standard and the Union mill was
transferred to that property, the same
MILL though greatly enlarged and i'm
proved, that is now owned by the Fed
eral company Some two years ago a !
bond and lease on the old Union was
obtained by Charles McKinnis, Harry |
r. Allen, Axel Swan and possibly 9TH
ers. They organized the Sherman De-
velopment company and drove
crosscut from the Oreano into the
Union ground and encountered fine
body of lead and zinc ore. After de-
veloping this for several hundred feet,
work was transferred to one of the
old tunnels 500 feet below, where de-
velopment was equally successful A
raise was made from this level for al
most 100 feet in high grade lead ore,
in places IA feet wide.
Reorganize Company
About this time negotiations were
taken up with E. R. Day for the con-
troll of the company in consideration
Of financial advances sufficient to pay
100000 due on the bond and to devel-
op the property to the extent OF plac-
ing it upon productive basis. These
negotiations were successful and in
carrying the terms into effect the cor
porate name of the company was
again changed or rather the Sherman
Lead company was organized to
which all holdings of the old company
were transferred. BY this arrange
ment Mr.. Day secured 81 per cent OF
the stock Of the new company, Tor
which he has made and is making the
financial advances named above. The
lower tunnel of the Sherman Is
short distance below the Hercules,
from which power is obtained. The
striking of this ore proves vast
amount Of ore above, while thf devei-
opment Of neighboring mines at great
depth gives assurance of equally good
results when 1t becomes necessary 10