The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-08-05
KILL BUCK CONTROL
OWNED BY CALLAHAN
Valuable Addition
10 Chicago-Bos-
ton Group
OPTION PRICE IS PAID
Sinking Chicago-Boston Shaft
Sink to 400 in About
Six Weeks

TIME option on the control of
Xiii Buck Mining company
which would have expired
on August 1, has been ex-
ercised by the Consolidated Inter
state Callahan Mining company, run
payment having been made The price
has not been made public Control of
the Kill Buck had long been owned by
Senator W. A. Clark and associate of
Butte. The company owns six pat
ented claims adjoining the Chicago
Boston, on Lake gulch. about a mile
and a half west of this city The OPP
ton was secured some two years ago
by the late John a. Percival and by
him transferred to the Interstate Cal
lahan Company when that company
took over the Chicago Boston. The
Kill Buck was one of the early lead
silver locations in this district and as
far back as thirty years shipments of
crude ore were made from the prop
erty. 1t is recalled that the early To-
Gators. after shipping all the ore avail
able We're unable to locate the vein
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that the ore had been deposited there
by slide. Recent work. however has
disclosed that the ore removed was
really taken from the vein, the owners
mining the rich shoot and were either
unable 10 recognize the vein or were
disinclined to follow it in the hope of
finding another ore shoot The XIII
Buck vein is stil somewhat puzzing
but recent disclosures indicate that il
is probably Identical with the Chicago
Boston vein. but has been considerably
displaced by the movement of a fault
that crosses it. In any event wheth-
err it is the same vein or an indepen-
dent one the XIII Buck is a valuable
addition to the Chicago Boston group
and fits development is equally prom
Using With this addition the Chicago
Boston has twenty claims.
Sinking Begins.
Sinking the Chicago Boston shaft
to the 400 feet level started yesterday
afternoon The shaft is now down
60 feet below the 200 and it is expect
ed that il will be completed to the
400 in about six weeks. The contract
to sink has been let to Joel Kiviaho.
man who has a record for rapid
shaft and tunnel work, and who will
endeavor to make a new record here.
At the 400 the vein will be crosscut
and explored extensively, and there is
every indication that the splendid ore
showing disclosed on the 200 and on
the levels above will be more than
duplicated on the 400. AS soon as the
station is cut on the 400, pump INSTALL
ed and prosecuting to the vein started
sinking win be taken up again, the
shaft from this point to be three com
partment
Plant in Good Shape.
Concrete work around and below
the collar of the shaft has been of
material assistance in keeping out
the water, which is now causing no
trouble, the present pumping facilities
handling it i'm about two hours a day
The new compressor is in good work
ing order and everything about the
mine is in shape to push the work as
outlined above with the utmost speed
In order to meet all requirements for
power, the Washington Water Power
company has put in a new transformer
and placed the Chicago Boston in con
nection with a high tension transmits
sion line
Wallace Is Interested
The people of Wallace are of course
deeply interested in the success of
all mining enterprises in the district,
but at this time the one that most
directly concerns them is the Chicago
Boston. 1t is almost in the suburb of
the CITY and the development of a big
producing mine means the addition Of
a large payroll and that many of the
employees will make their homes in
this city It further means that a large
area west and south of Wallace, which
has every evidence of great mineral
resources, will receive the attention it
merits through the impetus that will
follow the success of the Chicago
Boston.