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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
WESTERN UNION.
Leasers Continue Shipments Of High
Grade Ore.

Leasers Continue Shipments of High
Grade Ore.
Peter Johnson. one Of the Western
Union leasers. stated yesterday that
they had shipped II carloads Of ore
since taking the lease and that they
would begin loading the twelfth car
by next Saturday Work stopped
three days this week on account of a
breakdown OF the compressor. The
plant was in running order again yes
terday Mr.. Johnson says the slopes
have now been carried up about IS
feet above the main tunnel and for a
length of over 200 feet and that there
is no perceptible change in the quail
ity or amount of the ore. Leasers
working in No tunnel are also re-
ported to be taking out considerable
ore and expect to load a car for ship
ment next week.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
MINING PERSONALS.

w. Earl Greenough. accompanied
by Mrs. Greenough, returned Tuesday
from southern California, where he
had been for the past month engaged
in the examination OF mining prop
eIty
Rush J. White, mining engineer and
manager of the Occur d'Alene Syndi-
cate. went to Spokane this morning.
Hon Donald A. Callahan president
OF the Chicago Boston Mining com
pany and director Of the Callahan
Zinc-Lead company. returned from
Poise the first of the week having
completed go days strenuous service in
the Idaho legislature.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
LOCATE SNOW COURSES
WATER FLOW
INTERESTING AND VALUABLE
SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY
w. w. P. COMPANY.

j. d. Fishken. of Spokane, consult
ing engineer for the Washington Wa
ter Power company, has been in the
district the past 10 days or two weeks
establishing a system of snow meas
ulement on various watersheds in
order to make a close estimate each
yeal of the amount of water that may
be expected in the spring runoff The
company has several power plants
along the Spokane river, the outlet
of Lake Occur d'Alene, and the
amount of water that will be avail
able each season is a matter of first
Importance in making the dstribu
ton of power Mr. Fisken is accom-
panied by Mr. Stevens, of Portland,
an engineer who was formerly con-
nected with the state university at
Reno, New, and who has had much
experience in snow measurements in
the Sierra Nevada mountains for the
purpose of estimating the amount of
wafer available during the year The
object of Mr.. Fisken's trip at this
time was to establish permanent snow
courses from which observations will
be taken about the last of February
each year He and Mr.. Stevens have
completed the work in this immedi-
ate section and from here went to the
headwaters of the st. Joe to estab-
fish courses and will probably go up
the St Maries also before returning
to Spokane.
How Estimate Is Made.
The first snow course established
by Mr. FisSen was in the timber
short distance above the Guelp mine
For distance of about half a mile
samples of snow were taken at in
tervals of about so feet. These sam
pies were taken by forcing a metal
tube about an inch and half in
diameter down to the ground and
it with a core of snow. !
The core is then weighed" on spe- I
cial scales which indicate not the /
weight, but the number Of inches of |
water the core would make if melted |
in the same tube or in a tube of the /
same diameter. According to the /
at the Guelph station. |
the snow varied from so to 100 inches |
deep and its weight indicated from |
% to 81 inches of water That means |
that if the snow at that point was
reduced to water it would be from % |
to 81 inches deep.
A snow course has been established
at the head Of the North Fork and
one a short distance west of Lookout
on the Idaho-Montana divide, making
three in the section drained by the
Occur d'Alene river George 7.
local representative of
the Washington Water Power COM
pany. assisted in establishing the
stations at Guelph and Lookout
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

Whatever may be the outcome of
the mining situation in this district
il is evident that up to date we have
Jared much better than any other
mining field. The new administration
is now formulating plans for the sol
ution of the problems that block
business and industrial enterprises,
and to these congress will soon be
giving its attention Confidence in
the administration and the new con-
gress is already having a beneficial
effect Already there is evidence of
returning business activity through
ont the nation and with this will
come increased demand for lead, zinc
and copper. Congress can be depend
ed upon to provide tariff protection
that will make the metal producers Of
this country secure against competi-
ton from the cheap product of for
eien countries Altogether the people
of the Occur d'Alene district should
congratulate themselves upon their
good fortune during this prolonged
period of industrial depression, and
look with confidence to a return of
prosperity which can not he much
longer delayed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
MINING CONDITIONS
IN OTHER DISTRICTS
Not to Be Compared
With Conditions
Here
THE OUTLOOK is GOOD
Production Has Been Main
tanned Here Beyond Any
Other Field

IN ORDER to appreciate our own
position here in the Occur d'Alene
district with respect to mining OPP
eratOns at this time, 1t is well to
occasionally make a survey of con-
ditions in other mining sections of the
west rather than to be continually
bemoaning misfortunes which at least
by comparison do not exist. With the
exception of two mines which en-
ployed about 500 men, the mines OF
this district are working as usual
without even a crtailment of pro-
duction. That they are not making
much if any profit and that some of
them may actually be operating at
loss is doubtless true, and it is pos
sible that the limit may be reached
anC some of them be forced to sus-
pend. but there is no use to borrow
trouble on that account. The mining
companies do not want to shut down.
and in the opinion of this paper most
of them will continue production as
usual until the tide of better metal
prices turns in their favor This IS
assuming that the bottom has now
been reached; otherwise a further
drop in lead might force a suspension.
If the operators of this district had
been governed solely by the interests
Of their stockholders. the mines
would doubtless have been closed
down weeks ago; but they have gen
orally taken into consideration the
effect such a step would have upon
their employees and the community in
general, and it is only fair to state
that this consideration has to great
extent controlled their action.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
Wed German Girls.

More than 5000 American soldiers
on the Rhine have married German
girls. but the daily marriages have
ceased since the possibility doomed
large that the American army of oc-
cupation would be withdrawn from
the Coblenz area soon after March 4,
according to the report of the Coblenz
correspondent of the Intransigeant,
after a special investigation of what
changes the American occupation had
wrought in the Rhine city.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

over in Butte, where under normal
conditions upwards of 10000 men are
employed in and about the mines,
hardly a fourth of that number are on
the payroll, and these fortunate few
are chiefly men engaged in work to
maintain the mines in good condition,
for production at Butte has practical
iy ceased. There are almost if not
fully as many men employed in the
mines of this district now as there are
in Butte The significance of this
statement lies in a comparison of the
number of people dependent upon the
mines in this district and in Butte. In
the Joplin. Kansas and Oklahoma
lead and zinc districts the suspension
is almost complete, while the great
copper camps of Utah, Nevada and
Arizona are practically at a standstill
in the way of mineral production. The
lead mines of British Columbia are TO
great extent down on account of the
low price and absence OF a market,
while the silver associated with the
British Columbia ore, which at this
time is the salvation of the Occur
d'Alene mines is worth only 81 cents
per ounce as against 81 per ounce on
this side of the line.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

The annual meeting Of stockholders
Of the Hecla Mining company will be
held in the Empire State building,
Spokane on Tuesday. April -, at 10
a. m. for the purpose of electing
board of directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction Of other
business. Copies of the annual report
Of the directors have been mailed to
stockholders
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
Average Price of Metals for Twenty-Six
Years, Beginning in 1895

~ ELOW a table giving the silver lead
* the twenty-sN These fig
, especially INTEREST," this when all these
their production practically
Silver by the operation the Pman which
the bgates the government TO
a
shipped the during the
S replaced 20 207O0000O
S6OOOOOO about onesXh had been
The New York
is ound57 cents per ounce
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
MANAGER FOR VI. A. CLARK
SUNSET NINE
GRE SHOOT OPENED BY DAYS is
SAID TO BE IN SUNSET
GROUND.

W. c. Siderhn. general manager of
the mining interests of w. A. Clark
at Butte. is at the Samuels He ar
rived in the city last Tuesday and
expected to proceed at once to the
Sunset mine. which is owned by Sen
ator Clark, and which is now being
utilized by the Days as a means of
exploring the West Sunset ground
joining the Sunset on the west Upon
arriving here he learned that a motor
had burned out some two weeks ago
lat the mine which forced a suspension
of underground work until a new one
could be installed. The hoist being
out or commission until the new mo-
tor was placed i'm position, Mr.. Siderfin
was confronted with a choice between
waiting for the hoist and negotiating
a ladder in a vertical shaft to a depth
OF 1000 feet and back. He decided to
wait for the hoist which is expected
to be i'm running order tomorrow. Mr..
Siderfn viii go up to the mine to-
morrow morning He will go as far
as Sunset postofice on wheels and
there transfer to runners and pro-
coed to the Sunset mine by way of
the Tamarack mine, the old Sunset
road being closed by snow.
Fine Showing of Ore.
After securing the old Portland /
property, which is now known as the /
West Sunset. the Days secured per-
mission from Senator Clark to drift /
from the Sunset workings into the /
West Sunset ground. Accordingly for
the past few months drifting has been .
in progress on the 1OOO-foot level. /
starting on or 10 inches of lead ore
Which is now reported to be or 5
feet wide. almost clean ore and prac-
tlcally free from zinc Although it
was reported a few weeks ago that
this ore shoot is well within the West
Sunset, reports received this week in
iicate that this is a mistake; that
most of it is in the Sunset and that
the drift is now very little if at oil
beyond the common end line While
MIR. Siderhn was silent on the subject,
1t is assumed that his visit at this
time is to inspect the ore that has
been developed by the Days and de-
.ermne its location.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

L. w. Stedman, manager of the Par
agon Consolidated Mining company.
returned to the mine on the North
Side above Murray today He plans
TO resume operations IN about two
weeks
s. L. Shonts. mining engineer. is in
vestigating oil fields in Montana.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
MODEL MILL RUNNING AT
THE IDAHO MINES LEASE
PLENTY OF ORE TO RUN AT CA
PAClTY OF so TONS TO
BUILD TRAMWAY.

After the usual delays incident to
the construction and starting up of a
new plant the Idaho Mines Leasing
company began operation OF its con-
contrating mill last Saturday and its
performance has been highly salts
factory The mill has capacity for
handling 80 tons of ore day. II was
planned and built under the personal
direction of G.. ID. Lewis, and those
who have inspected it pronounce it
"a model from the standpoint of econ
ony and efficiency i'm operation. The
Big Creek mill was also built by Mr.
Lewis. The few days of operation of
the Idaho Mines Leasing mill demon
stratod one gratifying fact regarding
the operation of the plant 1t was
feared that there would not be sufli-
ciont water to permit running the
mill fun time. but the test run has
removed an apprehension on that
point
Tramway to Loading Station
The Idaho Mines Leasing company
has lease on the Black Bear now a
part of the Frisco group and owned
by the Federal company The lease
Includes all ground above No. tun-
mel. The mill is situated near the
portal of This tunnel at an elevation
of several hundred feet above the
railroad tracks Hauling the con-
centrates and ore to the railroad
would be slow and expensive so the
company soon will begin the con-
struction Of a cable gravity tramway
from the mill bins to a loading sta
ton to be constructed adjacent TO
the railroad track. The length Of
the tramway will be about 500 feet |
The company is reported to have a
large amount of ore broken down !
winch careful sampling indicates /
WI average Is per cent lead with |
half AN ounce of silver to the unit of |
lead with this class of mill feed the |
two carloads of concentrates weekly, |
although the management has here
tofore figured on only one. Based /
upon the present showing of ore the
expects to he able to ship a
con load of crude ore at least once a
month
Ore Shoot 400 Feet Long.
The ore is being mined in the
slopes above No tunnel the ore
below. that is between No 8 and No.
2. having too much zinc to permit
profitable handling at this time The
ore shoot has been opened for a
length of 400 feet varying from a
foot to five feet in thickness. there
beng frequent streaks or lunches of
clean shipping ore There is some
zinc. but it is expected that most of
this will be carried away in the
tailngs. leaving a product in which
there will not be sufficient zinc to
subject it to a penalty by the smell
ter Only one man will be required
on shift to run the mill and it is
expected that the present force Of
five men in the mine will be sufficient
10 keep the mill supplied with ore.
The stock of the Idaho Mines Leas-
ing company is almost all held local
v The officers of the company are
James Bond, of Gem, president; Hal
yor Johnson, Of Wallace, vice presi-
dent; w j. Stratton, of Wallace. sec
rotary treasurer.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

The naval reserve force of the Unit
ed States navy consists Of $4,000 ofic-
ers and 235. 900 enrolled men.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
Fine Grade of Ore
on the 1000
Level
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Net Profits Last Year Were
$l,188,O66-- Surplus on
Dec. 81, $2,Ol4,585

TVHE ANNUAL report OF James +.
/ Mccarthy president and gem
eral manager of the Hecla Mi
ming company to the directors
for the year ending December 81.
1920 has been mailed to the stock
holders From the standpoint Of
earnings the report makes very
crcditable showing considering the
prevailing high cost of mining during
the year The most gratifying fea-
ture of the report is the splendid re-
suits that have followed development
on the 20O0 level where the manager
modesty states the ore is of good
quality and the vein of more than
the average width and well filed with
ore" Equally gratifying and signif-
cant of the long life of the mine is
the managers estimate of the ore re-
serves which he places at 2,O95.745
tons. sufficient to run over 10 years
at the rate of production last year
stockholders will be interested in
what Manager Mccarthy says re-
sardng the apex litigation first with
the Federal Mining & Smelling COM
panS and now pending with the
Marsh Mines Consolidated. This is
the first official statement that has
been made on the part of the Hecla
company with respect to the litigation
since the formal announcement was
made that q settlement had been eff
fccted by the Federal and Hecla.
The statement begins with a sum
mary of development work during the
year which shows that 1921 feet of
drifting was done i'm ore and 1908
feet i'm waste; prosecuting i'm waste
aggregated 1919 feet; raising Cos feet
i'm ore and So feet i'm waste With the
exception of these figures the report
follows in full:
Managers Report.
"Development of fine 1000 foot level
was continued and during the vear
tie drift was advanced gl2 feet with
the face stiu in GOOD ore The resuit
of this DEVELOPMENT has been very
gratifying. The ore is of good quail
it- and the vein of more than the av-
craee width and well filed with ore.
oar ore reserves are estimated at o.
O95.7f5 tons.
ono final satlo,o.,t hoe ,.ot hoo,
reached with the internal revenue de-
ma. t,,o,t rosrooti,,, income ana
cess pro0ts taxes for fine Years 1917
ana 1qtQ Hve have Maid ON aoco,,nt
of 1917 taxes s87S1277S and ON ac-
count of 1q19-se9e 5o425 We are
iopenI of an early adjustment
I'VE have made settlement with
Federal Mining q Smelling comnanv
Of the suit for possession of orr east
,re body This settlement nrovided
COR tbe nurcbase bv Hecla Mining
.on.nanv of the Tiger Poorman prom
.rtv of the Federal companv which
ldicins Hecla companys ground. in
.mding the Russell lode mining claim.
which claim the Federal company
asserted contained the apex to our
'ast ore body. 1t also includes a val
liable water right at Burke, which is
icing used at present for the gener-
luon of electric power. The purchase
Of this property is subject to a lease
icld by Marsh Mines Consolidated
WITCH expires i'm July 1926 Included
n TINS lease is the russell claim Inc
'4ttlement provides Tor the payment
'OUuUanN of the sum of $3.50 900. part
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

The death rate in the United States
for 1919 was the lowest yearly aver
age ever recorded.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
At HORSESHOE
MULLAN IS INTERESTED
SEEMS TO CONFIRM MINERAL
ZONE THEORY-6O FEET
TO VEIN.

The operations of the Horseshoe
Mining company, a short distance
above Mullan, have attracted much
attention during the past week and
numerous visitors have made an in
spection Of the property The cause
Of this sudden interest in the Horse
sho, is due to striking in the crosscut
what is described as a body Of low
grade lead-silv ore. This ore was
encountered when the crosscut had
been advanced about $50 feet and yes
terday it was reported to have been
penetrated about 20 feet, with no APP
Parent change except possibly to show
a little improvement in the grade.
The ore, if it may be so called, is de-
scribed as quartzite literally inter
spersed with small stringers, seams.
PARTICLES and punches of galena, but
there is no evidence of a vein. This
fact however, is said to conform to
the theory of the management, which
is that it is a great mineralized zone
extending for a hundred or more feet
on each side of the vein, the miner
alization here found having been
thrown off from the main fissure. 1t is
estimated that the face of the cross
cut is about GO feet from the vein,
which will be cut at a depth of about
300 feet On the surface this vein is
described as having an iron outcrop
20 feet wide in which has been found
carbonate of lead having high silver
values
Two Other Veins.
In driving this crosscut two other
veins have been intersected, one of
which particularly has a very prom
Using appearance. The first was cut
at distance of about $50 feet and is
a well defined fissure, but apparently
carries no mineral values. The sec /
end was cut at a distance of $50 feet
from the portal and has every APP /
pearance of carrying commercial ore. /
This vein is described as being about
five feet thick and along one wall /
there is about foot of heavily min
eralized vein matter and showing
gray copper. This vein
viii doubtless be explored by drifts
after the big vein is reached, which is
the objective of the crosscut The /
manager of the Horseshoe company is
j. y. Scoles. of Mullan.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10
Stockholders

WILL FIND MINING NEWS
AND COMPANY NOTICES
OF INTEREST TO THEM
IN THE WALLACE MINER
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CONTINUED on Page 81
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-10

ANNUAL report OF James f.
eral manager of the Hecla Mi
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-02-17
NOTICE or PUBLICATION

'ate Of oklahoma. Beaver County.
~ the District Court of Said County
state Bank of Commerce OF Gate,
Okla. Plaintiff
- VS. No. s6ss
~ ~ uPemberton D.fendantl
fhe state of Oklahoma to J. A. Penn
tcrtnn. defendant. Greeting:
SAID defendant J. \. Pemberton will
,akc notice that he has been sued in
the above named court, TO recover
i1frmeut on certain customers ;
mart made by said defendant. and at
'achmtnt OF the Nh Nwa section s
~ township y. L, 2s. Il c. NJ, in
i" aver county, oklahoma, and must
answer the petition filed therein by
said plaintiff on or before the list
day OF April. 1921, or said petition
VIII be taken as true, and judg-
mcht for said plaintiff In said ac-
licn for S5S.52 with interest there
or from the 2ist day OF August.
iis' and costs of this action and In
the attachment therein granted will
lao rendered accordingly,
Attest JESSIE KEITH
scal Clerk of Said Court
Loofbnurrow & Loofbourrow,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
.-lat 3-3 81
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-02-17
DIST. ISL


As We had no mail carrier in these
parts last week we could not send In
items
Mrs. Frank Evans and small chill
drcn visited relatives and friends near
Laverne last week.
Geo. McDevitt and family were
visiting relatives and friends the past
week IN District i5i.
Carl Evans. wife and baby sun
dayed at Chas Eyeer's home
Mrs. James Bridges and children
visited her daughter. Jewell at Clear
Lake Saturday.
Most ali Of the broom corn will
be delivered In this ueighborhood this
week
There was a dance at the H. a.
Spraguc home Saturday and three In
this neighbodhood week before last.
Little Faye Cummings is visiting
At the !. N. Taylor home.
Several attended the wrestling
match at Beaver last Thursday eve-
ming.
Christina Yancy is going to hake
her home with Geo McDevitt and
wife
Sirs. II. G. Gray is going to For
gan today to visit her son-in-law
who was reported sick.
Lucille Egbert visited home folks
saturday night and Sunday
Wiley Hendricks and family visited
at the n. A. Sprague home Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs Chas Conner gave a fine din.
, ner to relatives and friends Sunday
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-02-17
TWIN MOUND

A snow storm Monday but has
been fine ever since but left the
roads in bad shape in some places.
Jewel Hendricks don't improve as
her many friends would like.
The Brown sale was well attended
but things did not bring the big
price they used to but | guess we will
have to get use to il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferguson spent Thurs
day evening with MIR. and Mrs. Rag
an.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Howard have
taken another little girl to raise. She
VIII answer to the name Mabel Lo-
rena.
Mrs Jennie Boothe was calling on
Mrs Howard Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. valentine was thrown from q
load OF broom corn one day last week
and pretty badly hurt The team ran
away but was caught No moro dam
age done.
Officers were elected at. Twin Mound
sunday school for the coming year
as follows: Jennie Boothe. Supt; A.
j. simmer. asst. supt: Juanita Ragan.
secretary; Mrs A. j. Sinner. treasurer;
Lucille Douglas. organist. All are
cordially invited to attend as we can
not have Sunday School without at
tendants
quite a surprise was given Jennie
Boothe sunday. IL being her birth
day her two sons and two daughter
arranged II nicoly. the boys taking
her to Sunday School and when she
the good things to eat. There were
so presont aud enjoyed "A fine after
noon. ! would not care II my birth
day came oftcner.
Mrs. Nellie Phillips lost her watch
while going 90 school Monday.