The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-08-26
FORTUNE FOR BURNS
IN BIG BRYAN STRIKE
Seven Feet of Good
Ore In Lowest
Tunnel
AN "INOUISITIVE SWEDE"
Follows a Seam in Eootwall
and Strikes a Bonanza
Burns May Sell

ITO way 0Ch
"HE strike on the Bryan, to which
reference was made in the Min
er last week. appears to be the
most important mining devel-
opment that has been made in the
East Occur d'Alene district in many
years. Additional particulars have
been obtained from Charles Burns
one of the owners. and who
was in charge of the work
when the strike was made Mr.. Burns
with several men had been engaged for
several weeks in cleaning up and re-
hmbering in places the lower tunnel
which had not been used for several
years and was therefore in rather bad
condition. This tunnel is connected
with the intermediate tunnel, 400 feet
above, by a raise There is a good
showing of ore in the intermediate or
No. ? tunnel and this was what Mr..
Burns was after, his purpose being to
bring the ore down through the raise
and out through the lower tunnel for
shipment He was not looking for ore
in the lower level, which had been
extended about 1900 feet along the
hanging wall. finding some ore, but
not enough to get excited about In
fact the results of work in this tunnel
had been disappointing which prob
ably explains why the Bryan has been
idle for several years.
Alongside the Ore.
In the language of Mr. Burns had
it not been for the persistence of an
"inquisitive Swede," the strike that is
now the talk of the district would not
have been made, at least at this time.
This scandinavian miner was engag-
ed in replacing a set of timbers which
had rotted and in removing the post
on the foot wall side he noticed a
seam from which was seeping water
strongly discolored with oxidized iron.
He wanted to do little work there,
but Mr.. Burns being in a hurry to get
the tunnel in shape in order to begin
mining the ore above, gave little atten-
ton to the showing and told him to
go ahead with the retimbering that
there was nothing there. However,
the next day Mr.. Burns was called to
Wallace, and before his departure the
'inquisitive Swede" got his consent to
put in a few rounds at the point in
question. Mr. Burns was detained
longer than he expected and upon his
return the second day he found two
Or three mine carloads of ore on the
dump and upon going into the tunnel
'ound that the little crosscut toward
II
III excellent milling ore, with streaks
IF high grade running through it car
wing high values in silver, which is
of the Bryan ore. The
work demonstrated that the tunnel
lad been running alongside the ore
With every indication that the shoot
S a long one.
Ore in Three Tunnels.
In the intermediate tunnel, 400 feet
bove, with which the lower tunnel
$ connected by a raise, there is
-ood showing of lead silver ore, and
rom which Mr.. Burns was arranging
o make shipments. Three hundred
eet above the intermediate is an
Their tunnel in which ore running
Ugh in silver has been found in
trong vein of iron and quartz. The
triking of this big body of ore in the
owest tunnel practically proves the
of the ore between that and
he intermediate, and with a strong
reliability that commercial ore con-
Inues above the intermediate almost
2 not to the upper tunnel
Plans Change.
The striking of this great ore body
as naturally changed the plans which
IT. Burns had in view when it was
lade The Bryan is owned by Mr.
burns and f. r. Day, the latter own
lg a little more than half. Mr.. Day
isited the property last week and is
eported to be so greatly impressed
18th the showing that he will pro-
eed with its development Mr.. Burns
ad secured a lease on the property
nd believed that he could make a fair
rofit on shipments from the inter-
rebate tunnel in spite of the long
'agon road haul to the railroad at
altese. It is reported that he is now
the sale of his interest to
Ir. Day at a figure that will bring
i'm a comfortable fortune, a consum-
iation which his many friends hope
ill be realized