The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-30
FOR TREATMENT OF
COMPLEX ZINC-LEAD
Will Prove Great
Benefit to Entire
District
BOOM FOR PINE CREEK
Work to Begin Early This
Year--Enters Lead Manu-
featuring Field
BOOM FOR PINE CREEK

of the Occur d'Alene district as
a New Year greeting is that the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan company has
officially announced that it will erect
an electrOlytic zinc reduction plant at
Kellogg at an initial cost of 100000;
that plans are now being prepared so
that they will be in readiness to begin
construction as early in the new year
as practicable, depending upon con-
structiOn costs, and it is expected
that the plant will be in operation
within two years. probably much
sooner if conditions prove favorable.
From a purely mining standpoint it is
perhaps the most important news that
has come to the Occur d'Alene dis
trict in many years; in fact, no news
comparable with it is now recalled,
for it means that the problem of sue
cessful treatment and market for the
large deposits of complex zinc-lead
silver ores has at last been solved,
thereby opening the way for profitable
operation of numerous mining proper
ties which for years have been wait
ing and hoping for relief which is now
assured.
Pine Greek Has Its Day.
The most direct beneficiary of this
great Bunker Hill enterprise will be
Pine creek. where there are numerous
properties developed to the productive
stage. but which for years have been
idle on account of the difficulties in
the way of treatment of their complex
ores The Bunker Hill & Sullivan
company has long been engaged in
making extensive laboratory tests of
these ores in an effort to work out a
successful method of treatment, and
the announcement just made is con-
elusive that its efforts have been sue
cessful. It will be the electrolytic
process. but it is safe to assume that
the Bunker Hill specialists have work
ed out new features that will make
that process more effective so far as
Pine creek ores are concerned. Be
sides the ores of Pine creek. the plant
will provide means for treating the
complex lead-zinc ore from the Star
mine. which is under option to Bunker
Hill people, thus assuring the develop |
ment of another large mine IN TINS
section. Aside from these, there are
numerous other zinc producing mines
in other parts of the district, notably /
on Nine Mile Beaver creek and above I
Murray. which will share in the bene-
fit that will follow the establishment
of this great enterprise for it will no
doubt be the plan of this progressive
company to enlarge its facilities 10
meet the productive demands of the
district
Enters Manufacturing Field.
Colncident with the announcement
regarding the zinc plant is the further
announcement that the Bunker Hin
company has become interested IN the
Northwestern Lead company OF Sc
attic. which manufactures lead pipes
lead sheets, lead traps, bends and var
ious lead supplies used in PLUMBING
Plans provide for greatly expanding
the field of this company so that Bum
ker Hill lead in the form of manutacI-
ured products will find its way lhlo
all the western states. When the zinc
plant is operation it is believed ina
the Bunker Hill will follow the same
policy and enter the zinc manutactur-
ing field also. It is recalled that ABOUT
the time the lead smelter was unuer
construction President Bradley inu-
mated that the Bunker Hill company
might find it desirable to engage III
the manufacture of lead pigments ana
perhaps other lead products at hel-
loRg. and there is reason to peheVe
that this suggestion will eventually DE
carried out. It is also possible ina,
the extensive experimental work tla'
the company mas been carrying on TOT
several years may result in some rad
ical changes in the methods of ore re-
duction
Means Much to Kellogg.
The assurance that zinc reduction
plant will be established at kellogs
has already made its influence felt IN
property values. and caused the people
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