The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-04-28
WALLACE TAKES OPTION
ON RICH COPPER CLAIMS
GETS THEM THROUGH CHANGE
MEETING WITH ARIZONA
STOcKMAN.

O. b. Wallace, son of the founder OF
this city and who still calls Wallace
his home. arrived the first of the week
to look after mining interests. Mr..
Wallace is the original locator Of the
Black Cloud mine on Nine Mile and
still retains mining interests in that
vicinity which he expects to develop
when conditions are more favorable.
He organized the Interstate Mining
company which was subsequently
consolidated with the Callahan, and
for mayn years was actively identified
with other mining operations in this
district. Most of last year Mr.. Wal
lace was in southern California, and
from there visited various mining sec
tions of Arizona and New Mexico. In
December of last year he was called
north by the death of his son, DR.
Walter Wallace near Newport. Wash
and that sad event followed by sick
ness detained him in the northwest
until this time Upon leaving Wal
lace within the next few days he will
return to Los Angeles and thence
proceed to Arizona to take over a
copper-gold property in connection
with which he tells an interesting
story.
Claims Owned by Ranoher.
In response to an urgent request
from friends in New Mexico Mr.. Wal
lace left Los Angeles last summer in
an automobile for the purpose of in
specting a mining property out from
Albuquerque. Crossing Arizona, ne
CHANGED TO come upon prosperous
looking stock ranch about the time he
was ready to make camp i'm the eve
ming The place was surrounded by
shade trees. a veritahle oasis in the
desert and as it is a long ways be-
tween watering places i'm Arizona, he
decided to make camp at This ranch
for the night The owner of the
ranch typical stocl1man wen adj
vanced in years. with characteristic
hospitality invited him TO occupy the
house rather than camp outside the |
corral, but Mr.. Wallace preferred to /
remain in the open. He accompanied |
the rancher to the well and while get
ting water he noticed a pyramid of
copper ore piled q short distance I
away He examined the ore which |
appeared to be high grade. In re- /
Spouse to questions the rancher told |
him that he knew nothing about mi
nmg: that the ore had been brought /
there by his partner who had locat- /
ed some claims "a few miles away; |
that his partner died few years ago |
and that he now owned the claims; |
and he freely admitted that the didn't /
know any more about developing a
mine than a miner would know about
running a cattle ranch. Mr. Wallace
told him that he was a mining man.
that he was ON his way to New Next
co on mining business. and that upon
his return in about 30 days he would
like to examine the property to which
the rancher agreed.
However. il was about so days be-
fore he got back to the stock ranch
The rancher was glad to have the
property examined by a man expert
enced in mining and was evidently
willing to dispose of the property up
on reasonable terms Mr. Wallace
spent several days examining the
property. which he found to consist of
8 claims The only evidence Of de-
velopment were four prospect holes,
and these We're caved so that little
could be seen and indicating that no
work had been done for a long time.
But before he reached the located
ground, Mr. Wallace says they cross
I'd what he at once recognized as a
strong ledge with copper ore on the ,
surface for a width of or feet .
What attracted his attention first
Mas a diorite dixie a familiar feature
IF lodges in the Occur d'Alene dis
riot, and then alongside OF it the ore.
he followed the ledge for a consider
bile distance and then found that it
vas the same upon which the claims
wned by the rancher we're iocated GO
Ven, TO shorten the story Mr. Wal M
ace was greatly impressed with the h
howing He took samples. secured %
n option agreement with the owner fC
nd left for Los Angeles to make n
arrangements for financing the pro
osition, expecting to return i'm about
0 days. At Los Angeles a message ma
as waiting for him telling of the ST
cath of his son. Since coming north ID,
G has renewed his agreement with on
re rancher and upon leaving Wal IT
zee he viii return to Los Angeles VIC
nd complete ARRANGEMENTS FOR talk
g over the property He has sam eY
e of the ore with him which he saws n
in run about 30 per cent copper and w
gh i'm gold. The property is about ca
miles from the railroad and MT NJ
'allace says shipments could be Nh
ade from the surface ore whenever Sn
ere is a market for copper. N.
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