The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-03-11
SINK TO 400 LEVEL
At CHICAG0-BOSTON
Work in 2OO-Foot
Shaft Started
Today
CROSSCUT KILL BUCK
Good Showing of Ore on the
100 and 200 Levels--Im-
portant Enterprise
CRossCUT KILL BUCK

~ OMPARED with pre-war times,
the amount of new develop
ment work going on in the
Occur d'Alene district is very
limited this in spite of the fact that
the high prices of the metals and the
assured market for many years pre-
sent an inducement for the opening up
of new ore deposits that has seldom if
ever been equalled in the history of
this district. This anomalous cOndi-
ton is explained chiefly in the high
cost Of mining Most of the develop
ment mining enterprises are carried
on by stock companies through the
levying Of assessments, the stock gen
orally being held by people of moder-
ate means who find it impossible to
meet the levies necessary to prose-
cute the work under the present ex-
cessive cost of mining. Most of these
companies are therefore idle, but all
hopeful that there will soon be a re-
adjustment which will permit them to
resume activity. Under these condi-
tons it is especially fortunate that
several big development enterprises
are going forward directed by men
who have the financial resources to
meet the unusual costs, spurred on
by the reasonable expectation of large
return on the outlay.
The Chicago Boston.
one of these which is Of particular
interest to the people of Wallace is
the go-Boston, situated only a
mile and a half west of this city and
within half a mile of the railroad. The
control of this property is now held by
John A. Percival, of New York, presi-
dent of the Interstate-Callahan com
pany Work on the Chicago Boston
has been progressing in limited way
all winter, preparatory to undertake
ing the thorough exploration of the
property in the spring. This prelim
mary work has now been completed, /
the shaft is unwatered and work in /
the shaft started this morning. The (
shaft is 200 feet deep and it will be /
sunk 200 feet further as rapidly $
possible, making a total depth Of 400 .
feet. At this point the vein that has
already been explored to a consider
able extent at the 100 and 200 levels 4
will be crosscut and further explored, .
with every reason to expect the de-
velopment Of a large body of ore The
ore showing on the 100 is good, and on
the zoo it is decidedly better and the
showing on the 400 is expected to
prove the Chicago Boston to be a
great mine.
The Kill Buck Vein.
But the plans of Mr.. Percival are
not limited to the exploration of the
Chicago Boston ground. He also con- 7;
trolls the Kill Buck group of claims ]
joining the Chicago Boston on the {
west and south and covering a paral- !
lei vein, one Of the early discoveries, {
and from which quite extensive ship
ments of lead-silver ore were made s
many years ago. simultaneously E
with the development of the Chicago i
Boston on the 400 level a crosscut
vein, plan that embodies possibilities II
Of finding an ore body quite as i'm 4
portant as the Chicago Boston. Alto 7
gether it is an enterprise Of the first a
Importance, for its success not only
means the development of another
arge producing mine, but will also
prove the value of mineral section ,
hat may rival the most productive
sections Of this great and rich mineral
district. h
Conditions Favorable. I
Naturally Mr.. Percival did not I'M C
lertake this big enterprise until his t
had made thorough o
geological Investigations Having sat t.
SIZED himself of the merits of the I
property. his plans contemplate push t.
ng development as rapidly as posi- p
lie although the unsettled conditions p
ollowing the close Of the war caused K
same delay It may be stated, how E
,ver, that everything is in readiness o
o carry out his plans Although Mr.. e
oercival is best known in this district n
is the head of the Interstate-Calla- 1
ian, the Chicago Boston is his own p
personal enterprise wholly independ V
mt Of the big zinc company. c. W. Il
Newton. manager Of the Interstate fl
is directing the work. The Is
property is we'll equipped for pushing il
he work with the utmost speed Sink g
ng started this morning and about "a h
men will be employed