The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-04-01
SENATOR MINING CO.
USE GREAT EASTERN
Develop the Flynn
Group at Great
Depth
PORTAL BY RAILROAD
Within a Month Compressor
and Complete Equipment
Will be Installec
TINE SENATOR Mining company,

TIME SENATOR Mining company
which has a bond on the Flynn
group and which has heretofore
prosecuted development Of the
Flynn ground through the workings OF
the Star Mining company, has adopt
ed a new plan of operations which
will give the company a much more
desirable outlet and at the same time
permit exploring the ground at great
depth Announcement of this plan
was made by Ed Ehrenberg, manager
of the Senator Mining company, yes
terday Acting for the company he
has secured the right to use the low
er tunnel of the Great Eastern Mining
company and this will be extended in
to the Flynn ground. John Furst, a
former resident of this city, now re-
siding in Seattle representing the
Great Eastern company, was expected
here yesterday to meet Mr.. Gutenberg
and close up the agreement covering
the use of the tunnel The portal of
the tunnel is near the railroad track
at point about half way between
Black Bear and Mace. The tunnel is
about $500 feet in length. 1t has sew
eral turns in it which render it inn
practical for permanent use, but these
will later be overcome by driving
straight through to the surface, max
ing the portal a little above the pres
ent one, and which will transform the
adit into a first class working tunnel.
Equip for Development.
The Senator company will proceed
just as soon as weather conditions are
a little more favorable to install a
compressor and all other necessary
equipment, and it is hoped that within
a month to begin the extension Of the
Great Eastern tunnel into the Flynn
ground. The company has an ease
ment under which it could use the
Black Bear tunnel, but as the rights
under this are secondary to the Flynn
Group Mining company, which is now
operating there, Mr.. Gutenberg stat
ed that it was decided that it would be
more satisfactory to operate through
the Great Eastern even though it will
require running possibly 1000 feet fur
Their to reach the vein. There the
company will have exclusive right and
he free from any possible conflict of
interests.
Two Flynn Veins.
There are two main veins travers-
ing the Flynn ground in an easterly-
westerly direction, both of which show
up strongly on the surface. The best /
~. 10 3 l.at
Iron Silver claim, where the vein is /
exposed for a distance of 500 feet. The |
ledge is a mass of siderite, while in a
shaft sunk on the vein shows consid- /
cradle phyromOrphite or phosphate of /
lead To cut this vein it would be ne
cessary to run approximately 5000 feet
southeasterly from the end of tn.
Great Eastern tunnel. The other vein
is north of the Iron Silver and crops
out strongly for long distance. This
vein can be reached by the extension
Of the Great Eastern tunnel in ap-
S4OO feet. Both these ex-
tensions are being considered by the
of the Senator Mining
but at this time Mr.. Ehren-
which course will be adopted. Event
ually both veins will be explored, and
the showing on both justifies the ex-
pectation that large ore bodies will be
exposed.
Attain Great Depth.
In securing the Great Eastern tun-
mel the Senator company has secured
IN ideal outlet for the great mine
which the company expects to devel =
D. The portal is within a few hun
bred feet of the railroad on Canyon
creek, in the heart of one of the bust
est mining sections in the district. An
other and highly important advantage
The Great Eastern tunnel has over the
star is the fact that the vein will be
tut at a depth of about $500 feet, fully
1000 feet below the. Star level If the
expectations of the Senator company
De realized and a large ore body en-
the great ore reserves
made accessible above the tunnel level
would prove a great mine alone, to
say nothing Of the possibilities Of ore
development below. These were the {
that led the manage n
nent to take up the Great Eastern
proposition. The showing exposed in
he crosscut from the star was very {
In the last 40 feet con-
siderable ore had been encountered {