The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-03-18

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x Pittsburg capitalists, Patrick
Brady has secured an option on
the Olympia group of claims
and the Rose claim adjoining on the
east and within a few days will begin
development of the combined proper
ties. The Olympia group consists Of
y claims lying on the west slope of
the east fork Of Nine Mile and joins
the Green Hill-Cleveland, and is own
ed by Mrs. A. G. Kerns. The Rose
claim is situated practically on the
summit between Canyon creek and
Nine Mile and is alongside the Green
Hill claim Ed Sullivan, of this city,
owns seven eighths of the Rose and
the other eighth is owned by Walter
II. Hanson and John F. Murphy. The
option on the Olympia is for $150000
and on the Rose for 100000 and runs
until July l, 1921, the terms provid
ing for payment in full on or before
that date and for certain stipulated
development work. In general terms
the ground lies westerly of the Fed
eral holdings and joins the Tamarack
& Custer on the north, location that
is at once favorable for important
mineral discovery for it is within the
great Burke mineral zone that eX-
tends across Canyon creek and Nine
Mile. Mr.. Brady has been working
on this proposition for almost a year.
and announced Tuesday that his efforts
had been successful and that the
funds are now on hand to carry out
his plan of development.
crosscut from Headlight.
The vein that it is proposed to de- I
velop outcrops for about 700 feet, 500
feet of which is on the Pacific claim /
Of the Olympia group and some 200 /
on the Rose claim. Tie most i'm
portant disclosure is on the Rose, I
where a shaft has been sunk on the /
vein 100 feet showing much carbon /
ate ore in a ledge 80 feet wide. AS a
means of exploring the vein at depth t..
quickly and economically, a company
has been Incorporated called the Bra
dy Development company which has
secured a lease for two years, with
the privilege of five, on the workings
and plant of the Headlight Mining
company. This plant consists of a
compressor and other necessary .
equipment. The plan is to drive a
crosscut from the Headlight workings
to a point under the Rose shaft dis
lance of about 1900 feet and which
will cut the vein at about the same
depth. This crosscut will pass
through the Cleveland and Green Hill i
claims, owned by the Federal com
pany, and for which right of way has d
been secured. Upon reaching the
vein on the Rose claim, drifts will be
run both east and west. Mr.. Brady :
says he expects to begin work within
the next few days, employing about
IA men.
Notable Litigation.
The taking over of the Olympia
group and the Rose claim and plans
for their development recalls thar
years ago the Olympia was the sub
ject of litigation that for years occu- 7
pied the lower courts and finally
reached the supreme court of the -.
United States, a prolonged and ex-
pensive procedure that indicates the =
great prospective Adlue Oh the SIOuuu
in dispute. The litigants were Clar- .
ence Cunningham, the same who has :
now amassed a great fortune in min .
ing operations near Sandon, British >
Columbia, and the late A. G. Kerns
Mt Cunningham held a bond on the
Olympia and had spent quite large
sum in the development of the prop n
erty The questions involved in the u
would require long N
story to narrate, and it is sufficient to =
say that the final decision was in ia
vor of Mr. Kerns, who became sole 6
owner of the Olympia ground and
which upon his death became the
property Of Mrs. Kearns.
The Rose claim was located more
than 80 years ago by Ed Sullivan. ~
who is still the chief owner The fine >
surface showing and that disclosed in =
the shaft. sunk practically on the G
summit, give every evidence that an G
important ore body will be exposed r.
when Mr. Brady's plan for deep devel-
onmenf is carried ont