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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
GUT OF 50 CENTS PER 100
PRICES OF EXPLOSIVES
APPLIES TO 40 PER CENT AND
sTUMPlNG PoWDER-oTHER
PRICE CHANGES.

Powder has finally been caught in
the wake of falling prices, and while
the cut is not large it is nevertheless
encouraging and inspires hope that
further reductions will soon follow
Large consumers of explosives receiv-
ed notice this week from the Dupont
Powder company advising them that
reduction in the prices of high ex-
plosives would be effective on No
vember %, but the extent Of the re-
ductiOn was not stated However il
was learned from f. f. King, general
representative Of the Dupont company
in north Idaho and eastern Washing
ton, that the cut in price was only so
cents per hundred or SO per ton and
applies only to 40 per cent gelatin
and stumping powder, there being no
reduction in the price of go per cent
gelatin. Forty per cent powder is
commonly used in the ordinary min
ing operations of this district the so
per cent being used in breaking ex-
ceptiOnally hard rock and also occa-
sionally by men who figure they get
powerful explosive under ordinary
conditions As applied to the prevail
ing local prices, the reduction means
the price of 40 per cent gelatin is
now s25.15 per 100 pounds in ton lots
and s2565 per 100 pounds in less than
ton lots; stumping powder, II per
cent s21.40 per 100 pounds in ton lots
m rr-r..
price of GO per cent gelatin remains
s2S.65 per 100 pounds in
ton lots and s2915 per 100 pounds in
less than ton lots Following its usu-
al custom. yesterday the Wallace
Powder company the local dstribut-
ing agencv, sent out formal notice of
the reduced price.
Former Changes in Price.
This is the third change in the price
of explosives made this year, the 9th
err two being increases. on March |
the Dupont company advanced the /
price $3.50 per 100 pounds or $50 per I
ton. the reason given being the rap
idly increasing cost of raw material"
It is presumed that the reduction of (
so cents per 100 pounds just announc
ed is due to the decreasing cost of raw
material. but evidently. as viewed by
the manufacturers of powder, the de-
crease is not progressing now as rap
idly as the increase was on March 1.
The second change in price was eff
fective on September 1. This was an
advance of s1.15 per 100 pounds in the
prices of 40 and 60 per cent gelatin.
and $3.50 per 100 pounds in the price
Of II per cent stumping powder, I'm
the advance the Wallace
Powder company stated that it was
made necessary lowing to the recent
increase in freight rates"
After making the reduction Of so
cents. the price of powder still shows
a net increase of S215 during the
year and retains the price at a figure
practically double that which prevail
ID before the war.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
ANNUAL SHORT COURSE
IN MINING AND GEOLOGY
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION is Of
FERED IN ALL BRANCHES
OF MINING.

Francis A. Thomson. dean of the
Idaho school of mines, has announced
/ the opening of the annual short
course in mining and geology, which
win begin on January and continue
ieight weeks. This course is designed
for the prospector miner. millman
smelterman and business man resid-
/ ing in Idaho or other parts of the
northwest It's success in past years
is attested by many who have taken
advantage of its instruction, and
from inquiries received by Dean
Thomson the attendance will be much
larger this winter than ever before.
Those who attend will receive prac-
teal instruction from all members of
the regular school of mines faculty
and the use of all laboratories. equip
ment and Libraries. An elementary
education is the only requirement for
enrolment Those who are in posi-
ton to do so are urged to take this
course which will give them valuable
technical training along with their
practical knowledge.
Courses offered.
The courses offered include all the /
branches of the mining industry |
They include elementary geology |
mineralogy. ore deposits concentra-
tion (notation cyanidation and ANAL
gamation), fire assaying wet assay
ing. sampling. mill designing and mi
ming methods These courses offered
by the state university through the
school of mines present a splendid
opportunity for the man who has not
had the advantage of a full course in
a school of mines to perfect himself
in the line of work in which he is en-
gaged. which means a higher stand
ord of efficiency and consequently a
higher value to his services whether
used in independent effort or as an
smploye. For further information re-
yarding the short course, address
Francis A. Thomson, dean school of
mines. University of Idaho, Moscow.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
VALENTINE.
A. L. Thurston and Another Man Will
Work All Winter.


Work All Winter.
The Valentine Mining company is
prepared to continue development all
winter. Supplies are on hand and the
work will be carried on by A. l..
Thurston. vice president and manager,
assisted by another miner The pro-
perty is situated about five miles from
Deborgia, Mont, and adjoins the pro-
perty formerly known as the Rock
Island, from which considerable lead
silver ore has been shipped and which
is now being further developed by a
company backed by eastern capital
lists. The showing on the Valentine
both on the surface and underground
is most encouraging, and it is regard
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02

Following the members Wallace lodge who have
Edward H. MomL John Famine Torkeson William Gle
land Archie McCalum Lyman Wood William Bisell John r.
William w. The membership
has by death va ted
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
Stockholders

WILLFlND MINING NEWS
AND COMPANY NOTICES
OF INTEREST TO THEM
IN THE WALLACE MINER
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
Mining Congress.

The next speaker was II. II. Miller
of the accounting department of the
Day mines. Mr. Miller was a delegate
to the Denver meeting Of the Ameri-
can Mining congress and gave an in
teresting report of the work of that
body. His time was largely occupied
in the work of two important COM
mittees and he saw little of the pro-
ceedings in the general convention.
The work of these two committees
was of special interest to the mining
industry The first had to do with
federal taxation and the other freight
rates on ore and bullion. Much time
was given to the various phases of
the tax question and many changes
were proposed, but Mr.. Miller said
that the committee finally rejected
to make specific recommen-
dations for changing the tax law, be-
Iievng that this might subject the
mining congress to adverse criticism,
and the report as finally adopted re-
commended the repeal of the excess
profits tax and the revision of the in
come tax in conformity with peace
conditions. Regarding freight rates,
Mr.. Miller said that the committee
'ound that the real difficulty was in
he practice of the railroad compan-
es in fixing freight charges on the
iaily market prices of the metals I'm
Ter the present system rates on bull
ION from western smelters to the
,ast are so high that the Anaconda
is now shipping copper to
he coast, loading it on ships and
anding it in New York by way of the
Panama canal, saving upwards of IS
Ter ton over direct shipment by rail.
Is the present rates have been sus-
aimed by the interstate commerce
the only relief seems to
'e in an agreement between shippers
md carriers for reasonable modifica-
ions of the rates
Mr.. Miller said the resolution fav-
ring the passage of the McFadden
ill providing for payment of a bonus
@ gold miners met strong opposition,
nut was finally passed. The conven-
ion also went on record in favor of
he open shop.
Yellowstone Trail.
F. f. Stone. delegate to the meeting
f the Yellowstone Trail association
t Occur d'Alene. reported that there
vas a disposition to abolish one of the
bureaus maintained at
Iissoula and Spokane, the argument
eing that they were too near together
o be justified. The Shoshone county
however, successfully OPP
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
Metal Quotations

Lead, 5@5.50c.
Zinc, 5.65@5.75c.
Silver, 99L2o.
Copper, 1334@14o.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
EIks Will Hold Memorial Services at
Temple Sunday Afternoon--The
Public Invited

THE ANNUAL memorial Elk will
be held by Wallace Lodge No 3S Fks temple sunday
a Throughout Elks
semhle the
recolectOns The
public cordially invited The
will by
will
the Catholic Those who
the soldiers
opportunity o hear
The Program
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
IMPERIAL MAIN TUNNEL
PASSEDU UNDER THE VEIN
START RAISE TO INTERSECT IT.
NOVEL METHOD IN HAND
LING MUCK.

Everything is now practically
ready to begin raising at the Imper-
ial The raise win be made at a point
2CO0 feet from the portal of the main
tunnel. The station has been COM
pleted, a hoist to handle heavy tim
bers in the raise has been installed
and it is expected that certain parts
Of the sawmll which were omitted in
shipment will arrive today. With
this exception the mill is in readiness
to turn out timbers and tagging, and
when these are available the work in
the raise will procede as rapidly as
possible The Imperial company has
about 10000 feet of saw timber on
the skids. which will be converted in
to mining timbers at a cost of SIS per
1000, making saving in cost that will
soon pay for the mill.
Passed Under the Vein.
In the upper tunnel of the Imperial
the vein carrying more or less ore
was followed several hundred feet A
Wine was sunk from this tunnel,
starting on about a foot Of ore which
widened to 5 or feet at a depth of
So feet and which assayed from to 6
per cent lead throughout it's width
1t was this showing in the tunnel and
Wine that caused the lower tunnel to
be run 700 feet below 1t was estim-
ated that the tunnel would cut the
vein in 200 feet. At 1900 feet about |
a foot of ore was cut in the country |
rock. but there being no evidence of !
a vein the crosscut was continued |
another hundred feet, making 200, |
but without cutting a vein. A raise /
was started on the ore mentioned and
after going up p feet it disappeared.
subsequent surveys and investiga-
lions have convinced the manage
nent that the vein, assuming that it
the dip shown in the Wine
rom the upper tunnel comes down
,bout 125 feet south of the lower
and that the crosscut runs
inder the vein and in substantially
he same course. A closer examina-
ion of the top of the 27-foOt raise
hOws a stringer of ore about an inch
hick and the plan is to follow this
With the expectation that the vein
viii be reached possibly within $50
eet. In any event the raise will be
extended until the vein is cut or until (
t is proved that the theory is not
Orrect.
Novel Method Of Handling Muck. ]
The hoist that has been placed in ]
osition for use in the raise will also
e utilized in a way that is new at {
EAST in this district. The tunnel is
straight and has a grade &
hat enables the ore cars to run with
ut propulsion. Having the cars
oaded with muck from the raise, the {
rammer will hook the hoist cable to
he rear car and proceed to the dump, {
nreeling the cable as they go. Hav- I
ng dumped the cars. the trammer t
lgnals the hoist man. jumps into a {
ar and the hoist draws them rapidly
ack into the tunnel.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
MARSH WILL CONTINUE
FIGHT FOR HECLA APEX
LETTER EXPRESSES cONFID-
ENCE-SEEK FINANCIAL
BACKING.

The trustees of Marsh Mines Con-
sOlidated have issued a letter to the
stockholders in which they are in
formed that preparations are being
made to continue the litigation against
the Hecla company; that the assess
ment of one cent per share recently
levied will meet the preliminary re-
qHrements of the litigation, and that
plans are being considered (which
may result in securing such substan-
tial financial assistance as to make it
possible TO take the major part of the
burden off the stockholders" No in
timation is given as to where this
financial assistance will be obtained.
but the impression prevails that Eu-
gene r. Day is the good angel" who
will provide the sinews, a situation
that would confirm the reports pub
lished in the Miner a week ago. The
Marsh letter follows
Marsh Federal Agreement
''You are advised that a formal
agreement between the Federal and
Marsh companies was executed in
June, by which the Federal company
was allowed to enter the premises Of
the Russell claim for the purpose of
continuing the winze to a connection
with the Hecla workings in order to
establish necessary physical proof be
fore proceeding to trial. At that time
the winze had been sunk by the
Marsh company to a depth of 225 feet
below the Russell tunnel level The |
Federal company took active charge |
of operations on June z, and work |
was continued in the Wine until Oc-
tober H. 1920 at which date it had |
been deepened an additional $50 feet
"The vein was followed continu-
ously throughout this work, showing
from two to 10 feet in width, and is
strong in the bottom, car
rying values in lead and silver, and
dipping IS degrees to the south thus
almost exactly to the dip
Of the vein in the Hecla workings, as I
shown by the litigation maps pre-
pared by the parties to the original
suit In the opinion of your trustees.
The dip and appearance of the vein
establish beyond reasonable question
Of doubt that the Russell vein and
east ore body" Of Hecla are one and
he same.
Federal HeoIa Settlement.
Under the agreement mentioned,
he Federal company insisted upon
deserving to itself the right and ac-
corded to Marsh the same right, of
making an Independent settlement
With the Hecla Mining company On
October II, 1920. the Federal com
,any discontinued sinking the Wine,
md at the same time the Hecla COM
,any discontinued exploration work
N the surface of its claim lying to
he south of the Russell claim, and /
which it had been prosecuting in an '
.ndeavor to disprove the contentious Y
Il the Marsh and Federal companies
egarding apex rights {
ION November II it was announced !
hat a settlement had been made be
ween the Federal company and the ]
Iecla company by which the Federal
made conveyances to the S
Iecla company of the mining claims j
overed by the Marsh lease, but sub {
ect to the rights of said lease, j
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
Callahan . on Bust
ness Conditions in
the East
MILLER FROM DENVER
Tells of Work of Mining Con-
gress--Stone Reports on
Yellowstone Trail
THE EMBARRASSMENT feature

THE ENTERTAINMENT feature
of the weekly meeting of the
board of trade last Monday was
under the direction of Sidney L.
Shonts, who introduced two speakers
who spoke on subjects of timely in
terest. The first speaker was ID. A.
Callahan, director of the Interstate
Callahan company who had just re-
turned from New York and who told
of business conditions as he saw them
on the trip, admitting, however, that
his observations were to a great ex-
tent limited to the confines of a Pull
man car In Montana the livestock
men are confronted with ruin through
the action of the reserve banks in
calling in loans. and this. coming af-
ter two or three years of almost total
crop failure, has proved the last straw.
causing many cattle and sheep men to
sell for what they can get and turn
their attention to other lines. In North
Dakota, Mr.. Callahan said. the num-
erous bank failures reported in the
press are regarded as beneficial. The
banking business was overdone, many
towns having two or three banks
where there was business for only
one, and these failures simply signify
the survival of the httest In Mime
sofa, Wisconsin, Illinois, and in fact
in all the states Of the middle west
bordering on the great lakes business
conditions are better than in the west
and east In New York there are all
kinds of evil forebodngs regarding
conditions during the winter on ac-
count Of lack of employment Mr.. Cal
lahan stating that it is estimated
that there are now half a million idle
men in New York. Regarding the
metal situation he said that he could
say nothing that was not already
known
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
Back From the East.

James F. Callahan, Donald A. Cal
lahan and c. w Newton, directors of
the Consolidated Interstate-C Callahan
Mining company. have returned from
New York. where they went few
weeks ago to attend a meeting of the
board of directors. The company has
u directors and all were present ex-
cept A. l. Warner, of Duluth.
to cut this vein at a further depth Of
500 feet.
Control of the Sunshine Mining
company is held in Spokane and Yak
ina. E. c. Tousley, of Spokane is
president of the company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04
Twelve-story Flat at SAL
Street, With Two Sn;,..
to Floor, Bought IS
the Crenwen Compan,
Sales of Business ReaIr
Max Natanson Parts viii
Eieven-Story Loft Build.
ing in East Goth Stree,

Alwyn Court, twelve stories. n II.
southeast corner Of Seventh Ayen,.
and Fifty eighth Street, has mat hss.
sold by Edgar & Feinberg for Il.
Dream Company, Inc, Frank Huyh..
president The new owner is the e..
nell Company, represented by H. B. IA.
Wis. The selling company acquired =.
property at auction in January. te,.
as plaintiff in foreclosure proceed.
1t represents syndicate of bondholA
ers which foreclosed the second mo,4-
gage.
Alwyn Court is on plot 125xloo 4
was erected about twelve yeara aoo 1.
the Hedden Construction Comnan ~
from plans by Harde & Short. and "a,
q time held the record for high snsyt.
ment rentals. II contains two anart-
ments OF fourteen rooms and five hath.
on floor. '"'
Sale Of 11Ath Street Apartment
The Lloyd Winthrop Company ha.
sold for Otto Horwitz and Carolue
Wiener, 3l2-4 West Hath Street. .
six story apartment on plot 50rIoo
The Lloyd Winthrop Company has hesn
appointed agents of the properly.
Flat in Greenwich Street Sold
Van Vliet g. Place have sold for .John
D. Wellenkamp the four story aat st
791 Greenwich Street, on plot 3aSr
68x66. IVA
Natanson Sells Loft
The Nomar Realty Company (Max N..
tanson. president) has sold 10 the Man
port Realty Company q. Portmap
president) the eleven-story loft bnils'
ing at SO East Twentieth Street. on .
lot 25x100. The structure " as sold for
all cash over a mortgage of $]1O.o0o
Max Cohen and Henry /. Cooper war.
the brokers'.
Sale in Greene Street
The Lebertan Corporation has bouoht
from Pauline Meyers, Leah S. KIM
and Louis S. Brush. 1875 Greene Street
fve-story and basement store and
loft building. c. s. Moore was Tho
broker for the sellers.
Estate Sells Old Building
William Cruikshank's Sons and Cam
mann, Voorhees, & Floyd have sold for
the estates of Daniel Edgar andSNew.i
bold Edgar to the Markham Realty.
Company, Clarence W. Eckhardt, presi-
dent, 108 Washington Street, one.
story stable on lot 23.4xSS.s. This is
the first sale Of the property in 50
years.
East 21st Street Realty Sold
Horace S. Ely & Company have sold
for Mrs. Margaret E. Munson, 2OS- 2e5
East Twenty-first Street, three story
building on lot 47x120, and have resoldi
the property to the Willis Pipe Com,
pany, who will make extensive improve
ments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04
Construction Costs Will Remain High
Until Break Comes i'm Commodity Prices

way in wartime construction. We
learned how to standardize our work,
We learned the secret Of quantity buy
ing and quantity production and the
most economical method Of handling
our materials. We are now applying
these methods to our work on private
account.
In the face Of tho vital emergency
OF war and confronted by problems
vastly greater and, more complicated
than we had ever dreamed Of, it was
necessary to change our methods and
to adopt or invent others. Some mis-
takes must necessarily have been made
by all, but as the result Of such mis-
takes and the unparalleled experiences
obtained we are enabled to place before
methods Of building far better than
have obtained in the past. Other
building companies which engaged in
war work had similar experiences, and
as result the building industry to-
day Is more efficient and more compe-
tent to solve the problems of the in
dividual building operation than it ever
has been before.
In conclusion, therefore, would
say that, though costs at tho present
time are high, I do not consider that
they will be lower in the next few
years. If the prospective owners re-
quirements are sufficiently urgent to
pay the present costs, can only rec
ommend that he proceed immediately.
and as compensation for the additional
high costs there is to be considered
the closer relationship between the
owner and the builder. and his greater
responsibility to the owner, together
with the greater efficiency which the
builder has developed through his ex-
periences in war work. Ali of which
tends to Offset the comparatively high
costs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04
Looking Forward
Not in Authorization

.'The outlook for 1920 for sub
urban and country homes is both in
teresting and puzzling. There is 10
question about the demand, but
brokers' shelves are relatively bare,
hence they look forward with mixed
feeling rather than lively anticipa-
ton. New construction proceeds as
rapidly as the material and labor
markets permit, but the work under
way can furnish no appreciate re-
lief. In other words, the housing
situation in the Ridgewood section
of New Jersey is extremely acute
and the spring homeseeker will find
himself a very busy man if he waits
till spring. Truly the early bird
will have cause for self-congratula-
ton. s. S, WALSTRIJM.
President S. S. Walstrum- G ordon &
Forman."
Mr.. Walstrum's summary of sub
urban conditions, though applicable
to this particular field of operation.
might be accepted as concise view
OF the entire suburban realty mar
ket.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04
Two Fine Apartments
Planned for West Side
Campagna Is to Build 9 Stories
on West 18th St. and, With v.
Cerabono, a House ON l46thSt.

Anthony Campagna, builder, will
soon start the erection of a nine-story
apartment house on the south side Of
Seventy-ffth Street between Broad.
way and West End Avenue. The
plot, covering an area of 60x1Oo feet
was assembled some time ago through
Slawson & Hobbs, and the plans for
the project are being prepared by
George r: Pelham, architect.
The building will contain suites of
three and four spacious room. Care
ful thought has been given to all the
needs and requirements that 60 Ia
make modern apartment, and the
problem Of soundprooflng, which =
one OF the thorns in most multi
FAMILY houses, has been met in q
practical and efficient manner by plac
ing lines OF closets between adjoining
apartments. %
The house will be ready for occu-
pancy next fall. Mr.. Campagna has
also,, together with Victor Cerabone
purchased for Improvement the north
east corner of Riverside Drive and
l46th Street, and associated with
them in this enterprise Will be Michael
and Amino Campagna. This plot was
held for the last forty-six years by
John Brown, one of the oldest real
estate investors Of Washington
Heights.
Work will be started at once on this
site for an apartment house similar
to the one just completed by Anthony
Campagna and Joseph Palermo at the
opposite corner. which was the first
apartment house erected in Manhat-
tun after the war, and a very success
full operation.
This family of builders, the pioneers
81 freproof apartments on the West
Side, are among the frst to produce
new apartment houses and face the
nigh costs and the tremendous diff
culties in labor and materials.