The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-17
LANCASTER TO EXHIBIT
ORE FROM ST. LAWRENCE
DRIFT TO EAST is PROVING HIS
THEORY OF ST. LAWRENCE
COMPANYS VEIN.

Henry NJ. Lancaster, manager Of
the st. Lawrence Copper Mining
company, came up from Spokane the
latter part OF last week, where he
had attended the session Of the
Northwest Mining convention He
returned to Spokane Tuesday where
he will join his wife and return to
this city tomorrow and from here
proceed to his home in Saltese. The
display of ST. Lawrence ore at the
| Spokane convention was the big feat
ure of the mineral display. 1t at
tracted more attention and created
more favorable comment among in
dividuals and in the press than all
the rest of the exhibit, and unques-
tionably resulted in placing Saltese
on the mining map of the northwest
so far as that was possible at that
meeting The ore that attracted this
attention was mass of chalcopyrite
in two great chunks which combined
weighed almost a ton. 1t was with
out doubt the largest block of this
class of ore that has ever been tax
en- from a mine in the northwest The
great specimens were practically free
from waste and would assay prob
ably better than 30 per cent copper
On Exhibition in Wallace.
One of these chunks that weighed
a little more than 900 pounds was
broken in two and shipped to this
city to be placed on exhibition. They
are now at CARROTS storage ware
house. Upon leaving for Spokane Mr.
Lancaster said that he would also
ship the other chunk to this city It
weighs about 1000 pounds Upon his
return tomorrow he will place all of
the ore on exhibition, probably in
the window Of the Occur d'Alene
Hardware & Foundry company.
Top of Ore Shoot.
In response to questions regarding
this ore. Mr. Lancaster stated that
it was taken from the drift that is
being run easterly and at a depth
from the surface of only about $50
feet This drift has encountered
ihNi' vi less VIZ tllOuEIOWl llS
length, the ore coming and going
with occasional lunches which at
times have almost filled the face
This ore. however had the appear /
ance of being the top of an ore shoot /
1t tapered at the top to about a foot |
in width and if the tunnel had been /
a little higher it would probably have |
missed it altogether The shoot wild
ened rapidly from the roof and in the |
bottom was more than the width of /
the tunnel Although the drift has /
rot reached the ground in which the /
main ore showing is expected. Mr. |
Lancaster is of the opinion that this |
ore is the top of permanent ore |
shoot
Proving His Theory.
The disclosures so far made in ex-
tending this drift east seem to con-
firm Mr.. Lancaster's theory regard
ng the st Lawrence and Richmond
ore bodies This theory has fire.
Iuently been referred to in this paper
Briefly it is that the ground contain
ng what has heretofore been regard
ID as the st. Lawrence and Richmond
mines. covering the Idaho Montana
iivide at the head of Silver creek, has
,een moved from its original position
through the pressure of a great in
rusive monzonite dixie; that the
movement necessarily carried with it
he top of the vein, leaving the vein
nd main ore body in place some
400 feet to the east 1t is to prove
his theory that Mr.. Lancaster is now
unning this drift east directly away
rom what has heretofore been re-
arded as the St Lawrence mine. The
ace is still several hundred feet from
he point where he expects to find the
lain ore shoot but the work so far p
as proved the correctness of his the y
~ in every particular, and all indi-
atoms point to a complete confirm y
ton y