The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-08-26
CLEARWATER PLACER CO.
DEVELOP RICH GROUND
PREPARING FOR HYDRAULIC MI
MING ON LARGE SCALE NEAR
MOOSE CITY.

William Fable, president of the In
dependence Placer company returned
from the Clearwater last Saturday,
where he has been for the past few
weeks i'm connection with the big pla
Ger enterprise now being carried out
10y the company For many years the
company has held a large and valu-
able tract of placer ground along In
dependence and Moose creeks. just
below the old gold diggings at Moose
city Last spring financial arrange
ments were effected by which the
company was enabled to undertake the
development of the ground, the plans
Involving the expenditure of about
$4,000 this season and the same
amount next year. when the company
expects to have a surplus left of about
$4,000 as a working fund. 1t is ex-
pected that by this time next year the
work will be completed and that ac-
tual mining will begin in time to make
a substantial cleanup before the sea-
son closes next year. The company
took in a saw mill last spring, all ne
cessaiy buildings have been construct
ed and much progress has been made
in carrying out the plans of the COM
pany
Ditch Two and a Half Miles Long.
The ground will be opened by a bed
rock flume, which will start only about
300 feet below the ground that is to
be worked, which will have ample fall
to handle the waste and a good dump
below Work has not started on the
bedorck flume yet attention now be-
ing given to the construction of a
ditch which viii be $1,000 feet long or
about two and a half miles. This
ditch win be two feet wide in the bot
tom, three feet at the top and 80
inches deep. About 5000 feet of this
has been completed, much of the
ground being of character that per
mitted the use of pillow and scraper.
The right of way for the remainder of
the ditch has been cleared and level |
cd From the lower end of the ditch !
the elevation of which will give a
head of l67 feet, pipe line 500 feet in |
length will convey the water to a |
point available for hydraulic mining. /
II is expected that the ditch viii be
by the last of September /
and it is probable that weather con-
ditions viii force a suspension of the
work soon thereafter until next spring.
Yield 30 Cents Per Yard
According to a conservative estim-
ate. based upon thorough and careful
the ground should aver
age 30 cents per yard. although if it
should pay only half that amount the
should be able to make
arge profit with the facilities it will
nave for handling economically a large L
.ardage. The ground is situated just
below the old diggngs at Moose City,
amous as one of the richest of the !
arly-day placer camps. Speaking of
he old camp, MIR. Fable says that 7
here is no doubt that the old diggings
ould be probably worked by dredg- r
lag, and there is plenty of ground to
Justify such an enterprise if it were }
ossible to deliver the heavy dredg d
lg machinery which is impossible
ow However, the state wagon road
hat is now being constructed from q
reer on the Clearwater river,
trough the section drained by the
.orth Fork of the Clearwater to a ii
with a road at the head of
ish creek, in Montana, will probably
'llow Kelly creek and pass very near v
loose City This will probably be
impleted within the next two years, -
hen it will be possible to bring in
.edging machinery Mr. Fable says
iat part of his companys ground
,uld also be handled by a dredge.