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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
ANNUAL MINERS PICNIC
KELLOGG AUGUST s AND 7
VICE PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
MAY BE SPEAKER-MANY
BIG FEATURES.

Preparations for the annual min
ers picnic at Kellogg under the aus
pices of the Industrial union are now
well advanced and the indications
are that it will outrank all past ef-
forts both in the program that will
be presented and in attendance Nat
urally widespread interest is aroused
in the announcement that efforts are
being made, which promise to be
successful, to secure the vice presi-
dent of the United States Calvin
Coolidge, to deliver an address. In
reply to the invitation, Vice Presi-
dent Coolidge advised the committee
that he was planning to visit the
northwest this summer and that if
he did so he would gladly accept the
invitation. Governor d. w. Davis
has also been invited to speak and
has replied that he Will do so if his
official engagements permit.
American Legion Notables.
Another interesting feature of the
miners picnic will be the presence in
Kellogg of a large number of Amer
lean Legion men, as the annual con-
vention of the state organization
will be held in that city on August
and 5. 1t is expected that national
officers of the legion will be in at
tendance at the convention and that
they will be the guests of the Indus
trial union on August and z, the
dates of the annual picnic.
Besides these prospective features,
any one or which will be a big draw
ing card, an elaborate program of
sports is being arranged which will
insure real entertainment for the
great crowd that is certain to be at
tracted to the smelter city for this
great annual celebration.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
MARSH.
Work. Suspended at the Marsh-PIans
of Company Unknown.

Work. Suspended at the Marsh-Plans
of Company Unknown.
All work was discontinued at the
Marsh last. week and w. J. Harris.
who had charge of operations, has re-
turned to Spokane. No explanation
of this action has been obtainable F..
Gushing Moore. mining engineer. I'M
der whose direction the property was
being developed, is in Alaska, and It
is believed that he is expected back
in about two weeks. although there is
no definite information regarding his
movements. According to a state
ment issued a few weeks ago by the
directors of the Marsh, it was the
purpose to continue the drift on the
Russell vein up to a certain point and
then transfer development work to
the Gertie tunnel. if permission could
be obtained to do So otherwise the
work would be taken up through No
8 tunnel of the Hecla, in accordance
with one of the terms agreed upon in
the settlement of the apex litigation
It is learned from an apparently reli
able source that the Gertie company
has refused to permit the Marsh TO
work through its tunnel. and that the
only practical course now open is to
utilize No 8. It appears that in the
event Marsh desired to use No. g. the
Hecla company agreed to do the
work on a cost basis. It was re-
ported yesterday, though not official
w. that the Hecla company had ad
vised Marsh that it would not be con-
venient to undertake development
work in No. at this time.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14

c. w. Newton. manager of the Cal
lahan Lead-Zinc company accompan-
led by his family. returned yesterday
evening He attended the meeting of
the directors of the company in New
York on June q and returning he and
his family spent several days in the
Yellowstone park. Donald A. Gala
han, who also attended the directors
meeting, is expected home about July
20 He was also accompanied by his
family.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
CLEAR GRIT.
Company Lets Contract to Extend
Drift 100 Feet

CitIl lOO rect.
The Clear Grit Mining company
has let a contract to James King to
extend the main drift 100 feet and
the work is now in progress. The
vein shows considerable ore for sew
cral hundred feet and it is believed
that when a point is reached under
the surface showing an important
body of commercial ore will be de-
veloped. The showing of lead silver
ore in the outcrop of the Clear Grit
vein is described as remarkable, and
Il is expected that the completion of
this contract will expose a cores
ponding showing. Dr. +. c. Rood of
Walla Walla, is president of the Clear
Grit company and is now at the pro-
perty He expects to remain about
a month giving his attention to the
and enjoying an outing. The
Clear Grit company owns seven
claims in Beaver district the works
Of the company being near the road
Delta and the North Fork.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
MINING IN ALASKA.
3. D. Stewart, Inspector Makes Com
prehensive Report.

prehensiVe Report.
Through the courtesy of w. s.
Berglund of the Federal company
the Miner has received a copy of the
annual report of the territorial mine
inspector of Alaska for the year 1920
Local interest in this report lies
chiefly in the fact that the author is
Ben d. Stewart, we'll known in this
city and district through his connec-
ton with the Federal Mining &
Smelling company as a mining en-
gineer from 1907 to 1910. After leav-
ing the Federal company Mr.. Stew
art went to Alaska, where he soon
became prominent both in the prac-
tice of his profession and in terri
torial politics, although in the latter
it seems to have been a case of hav
ing honors thrust upon him. He
served two terms as mayor of Ju-
neau the capital of Alaska, and his
popularity is indicated in the fact
that he could have had a third term
if he had so desired Mr. Stewart is
now serving his second term as ter
ritorial inspector of mines, the duties
of which take him to all parts Of
that vast territory. Considering the
difficulties necessarily involved in
the collection of reliable statistical
facts the report of Mr. Stewart is
complete and of great
value to those seeking information
regarding mining in Alaska. Mrs.
wife of the Alaska mine in
spector. is a sister of Mrs. c. s.
stone. of this city
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
MINES OF DISTRICT
HAVE FINE OUTLOOK
Reason Conditions
Better Here Than
Elsewhere
LEAD OUTLOOK GOOD
No Large Surplus on Hand
Favorable Features of
the Zinc Situation

X INCE THE decline in the prices
of metals last fall forced the
Callahan to suspend production
and later caused the Hunter,
Tamarack and Hercules to do like
wise, the Miner has never attempted
to under estimate the depressing in
fluence of these suspensions upon To-
cal business, nor to ignore the I'M
favorable outlook for the mining in
dustry so far as the near future is
concerned. 1t has. however, fire.
quently pointed out and emphasized
what it believed to be fact namely,
that conditions in this district We're
and are far better than they are in
other mining sections of the west.
Possibly some of our pessimistic
friends, those who persist in seeing
only the hole in the doughnut, re-
garded this contention merely as
case of whistling to keep up courage,
or to unthinlIing optimism that ig-
nores stubborn facts and would lead
others to ignore them also. What
the Miner has said regarding mining
conditions here has now been con-
firmed by one who is wholly disin-
terested and whose business it is to
investigate and report on mining con-
ditions throughout the west In his
review of mining operations and con-
ditions in Idaho for the first six
months of this year published in an
other column after noting decrease
in mineral production. c. n. Gerry, of
the United States geological survey,
has this to say of The situation in the
Occur d'Alene district
"The mines of the Occur d'Aiene
district, however, have not suf-
fered as much as those of other
western states. as the ores con-
tain much silver for which a high
price is paid"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
Gold Chrome.

Chas A. Wing, of Deborgia, was in
The city the first of the week, re-
turning home yesterday morning.
Mr. Wing is negotiating with parties
to finance the Gold Chrome Mining
company. which owns a gold prop.
erty on Deer creek, near Deborgia,
and upon which there is a S5-stamp
mill, fine water power. electric plant
and various other equipment togeth
err with good buildings for all pur-
poses. A large body of low grade
gold ore has been developed and Mr.
Wing is very hopeful that he will be
successful in restoring the property
to the active list.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
Hiuhland- Sunrise.

proceeding steadily according to a
report from Pine creek yesterday
The raise that is being made to the
upper tunnel is said to be in good
ore, and when this is completed it is
stated that sufficient ore will be
available to warrant starting the mill
provided other conditions are favor
able
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
SIDNEY SHIPPING ORE
BUNKER HILL SHELTER
ORE BODY WILL BE DEVELOPED
BY cRoSScUT TO LOW
Err TUNNEL.

The Sidney continues to be the
sensation of Pine creek. Since the
remarkable discovery of ore was
made on the surface few months
ago the vein has been explored by
drifts for a distance of about $50
feet and approximately 175 tons of
carbonate and sulphide ore has been
extracted 1t is estimated that this
ore will average so per cent lead and
upwards of 40 ounces of silver val
ties that have never been equalled
by any other mine on Pine creek In
addition to continuing development
from the surface openings which will
insure steady tonnage for ship
ment it is announced that the COM
pany will also crosscut from the
lower tunnel to the ore shoot which
will give an additional depth of up
wards of 800 feet
Shipping to Bunker Hill.
A cable gravity tramway was com
pleted last week and since then has
delivered more than 100 tons of ore
into the bin at the loading station.
J
by wagons to the main loading sta
ton at the mouth of Denver gulch !
from which point it will be trans
ported to the Bunker Hill smelter by
motor trucks shipments are re-
ported to have started the first of
this week The distance to the smell
ter is about nine miles and one mo-
tor will make two trips a day, de-
Iivering eight tons.
Gay Is President.
At the recent meeting of stock |
holders of the Sidney Mining com
pany, l. w. Gay. Evans Gay, Leslie |
Gay. w. T. Simons and c. +. Gloy- |
stein were elected directors. The |
directors organized by the election /
of L. w. Gay president c. Z. Gloy |
stein vice president and W. r. Sim
ons secretary. Mr. Gay was one of
the locators of the Sidney and is
now the largest individual stock
holder He devoted many years to !
the development of the property and |
has earned the reward that now
happily has come to him for his
long and persistent efforts.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
AMAzON-DIXIE COMPANY
HAS ORE IN LESLIE VEIN
VEIN 20 FEET WlDE-SHAFT is
NOW BEING SUNK UN-
DER CONTRACT.

The Amazon Dixie Mining COM
pany has exposed some very fine
lead and copper in the crosscut from
the main tunnel into the Leslie
ground, according to information re
ceived from the property this week.
The vein where crosscut is 20 feet
wide and in the language of the
manager is a beauty. Evidently the
showing is highly satisfactory to the
management, for it is stated that one
shift started work in the shaft sew
eral days ago and that the entire
force will be transferred to the shaft
as soon as a little final work is COM
pleted in the tunnel level. The work
that has now proved the Leslie vein
at depth was started about the time
the Leslie company was taken over
by the Amazon Dixie company, and
while this was going on work was
in the shaft, the pur-
pose being eventually to explore the
Leslie ground at great depth from
the shaft and desiring to prove the
value of the vein before extending
the shaft to the depth from which
deep development will be undertake
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
USE FUNDS OF NATIONAL
FOR DEVELOPMENT WORK
HOMESTAKE MAY HAVE EXTEN-
SION OF THE HUNTER
VEIN.

Local stockholders of the National
Copper Mining company are becom-
ing somewhat FESTIVE on account of
the prolonged inaction of the com
pany. When work was suspended
some two years ago there was "a
handsome balance in the treasury Of
the company upwards of $4,000 as
now recalled, and stockholders have
generally felt that this money should
be used in further exploratory work
Whether this should be done in the
National proper or upon other prop
erty of the company is a question up
on which there might be a difference
of opinion, but certainly stockhold
ers were and are agreed that the
money should be spent in an effort to
find new ore bodies. rather than to
fritter it away in paying watchmen
without a tap being struck toward
the development of the property
Certainly there are places on the Ma
tional where there is at least a pos
sibilty of finding pay ore, and it
would therefore seem that it would
he a better business policy to employ
three miners in place of three watch
men who would accomplish some
thing toward the further develop
ment of the property. Under the
present system the funds Of the COM
pany will eventually vanish without
a thing to show for the expenditure,
with stockholders confronted with
the necessity Of either paying assess
ments for the protection of the prop
erty or abandoning it altogether This
emergency may eventually have to be
met in either case, but stockholders
would face it much more compla-
Gently if they felt that an effort had
been made to give value to their in
vestment.
Why Not Homestake?
In the days when the future of the
National was more promising than it
is today and plans were being work
ed out for its economical operation,
the company acquired the Home
stake group of claims as site for
tunnel which was designed for the
outlet of the mine. the
l'pi TAI VI WHICH was plAlAiNA " NC
practically on a level with the ore
bins at the mill with which it would
be connected by a short tram. The
deep tunnel project was of course I
abandoned, but the company still .
owns the Homestake ground This /
property was developed to a consid- /
erable extent by the original owners, .
and according to reports the show
ng warrants further development. .
The ground is in line for the Hunter
vein and is separated from the Hun
er by the Enterprise claim. From /
received by the Miner, .
he showing in the old Homestake /
tunnels indicate that there is more I
han a possibility of finding an ore .
body on the Homestake, and the .
question is naturally suggested, why /
rot use some of the National funds .
n an effort to find it? At least it /
would have the advantage of getting .
some return for the money paid out, /
md with work going on arrange /
nents could doubtless be made to
eliminate the expense Of special /
vatchmen.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14

The first woman who heard heI
son deliver a presidential inaugural
was the mother of James A. Garfield.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14

There are other features Of mining
in the Occur d'Alene district besides
the fixed price OF silver which give
it a decided advantage over other
fields Lead is the chief mineral pro-
duct of the district. While large
stocks of other metals deluge the
market and discourage production.
there is no great surplus of lead, no
more than would be quickly absorbed
by anything approaching a normal
demand. It is true that the price is
low. so low that there would probably
be a general suspension of production
were it not for the silver in the ore,
hut this is due to foreign lead in the
American market rather than to the
week domestic demand. This situa-
ton will soon be remedied by the
passage of the pending tariff bill
which will protect American lead pro-
ducers against unfair foreign compe-
tition. Another advantage to the
lead miners is that no important lead
deposits have been discovered in re-
cent years, while the maximum pro
duction is no more than is required
TO supply the normal demand. While
the massage of the tariff bill will not
he followed at once by a great de-
mand for lead. It will nevertheless al
most Immediately result in stabilizing
the price at a figure that will insure
a fair profit to American producers.
While the position of zinc is not as
advantageous as that of lead, still
there are features of the situation
that are decidedly favorable to the
zinc producers of the Occur d'Alene
district Most important of these is
that the district is to have local
electrolvtic plant for the treatment of
Occur d'Alene ores. In establishing
this plant. the Bunker Hill & Sulh-
van company not only encourages the
DEVELOPMENT of the zinc mining in
dustrv here. but also shows its faith
in the ultimate permanent demand
for the metal Zinc is also to have
adequate protection in the Fordney
tariff bill now before congress- ana
with this accomplished, indications
point to unprecedented prosperity Tor
the industry under normal business
conditions. The use of zinc is being
rapidly extended to new fields and 1t
seems reasonably certain that the
consumption of the metal will large
w increase within the next few years
The large deposits of zinc in the
Coeur d'Alenes give assurance that
this district will share in the expand
ing prosperity that is in store for the
producers.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
Sink 400 eet.

As originally announced, it is the
purpose of the Amazon Dixie man
agement to extend the shaft 400 feet
deeper, making the depth 500 feet be-
low the main tunnel and a total
depth of 1900 feet from the surface.
Sinking will be done by contract. The
shaft is sunk from the main tunnel
and the vein has been explored by
prosecuting and drifting at a depth
of 200 feet and at 400 feet the pres
ent depth. In the main tunnel there
is a long shoot of low grade lead
silver ore, much of it, however, of
milling grade. The showing of ore
in the shaft levels has steadily i'm
proved as compared with that in the
main tunnel, and apparently justihes
the plans now to be carried out in
extending the shaft 400 feet deeper.
The Amazon Dixie company is splen-
didly equipped for carrying out this
extensive development program. hav-
ing electric hoist, electric pumps,
compressors driven by electric pow
en- all of the major equipment being
of recent installation and of the
most modern design.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-07-14
Metal Quotations

Zinc, 4.25@4.35c.
Copper, 12.75@13c.
Silver, 991 c.
Lead, 4.40c.
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Stockholders

WlLLFiND MINING NEWS
AND COMPANY NOTICES
OF INTEREST TO THEM
THE WALLACE MINER
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tcontInued or page 5;
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11
British Business Expects Rally
With Cessation of Irish Warfare
Financial Leaders Hanging Back Pending Outcome
OF Slnn Fein and Eastern Problems; Withdrawal
of Treasury Bills by Government Is Surprise

All this hesitancy and delay are re-
ftected in a large measure in the finan-
cial and business world. If the i'm
perial and Irish conferences succeed in
finding solution for the Far Eastern
problem and in satisfying the demands
of Sim Fein they automatically will
have highly beneficial effect on Brit
lsh business generally. Until these
conferences are over England's advance
necessarily must be slow and hesitat-
ing.
During the week the government
sprang two financial surprises, the first
being the announcement of an issue of
eight-year Treasury bonds and the sec
end the withdrawal of SIX per cent
six months Treasury bills, which have
had a remarkable and short life. The
City expected that these announce
ments would be followed by a reduc-
tion in the bank rate, but it was dis
appointed. The result of the govern
ment's announcement was an appre-
citation in the prices of various war
loans. The new Treasury bonds are
expected to attract steady stream of
investment money.
There has been hesitating tone in
the Stock Exchange, with all gilt-edged
stocks holding firmly. The domestic
political situation is no more stable
than the international position. Some
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11

cisco water bonds. Now what shall we
do with her $4,000? If bonds, please sug
sest something matung in twenty to
thirty years. Which of the listed coppers
you'd you choose as being a reasonably
secure investment with some speculative
Answer-We cannot agree with you
that Central Leather is safe pre-
ferred stock for your wife to hold. 1t
has recently passed it's preferred divi-
dend. In 1920 there was an operating
deficit of $20,59o,o06, and in the first
three months OF 1921 there was a net
deficit of $3,492,027. Two Northern Pa
cifc- Great Northern joint 61a per cent
bonds, secured by the deposit of nearly
all of the Chicago, Burlington & Quin-
cy stock, due 1886, convertible into
Great Northern rs, due 1886, would be
good investm ent for your wife's
$4,000. We would advise holding the
joint bonds, unless they are called,
when you can then convert them into
the Great Northern Is. All of the cop
pers are to some extent speculative.
The American Smelling and Refining
has recently passed its common 6ivi-
dend, but we think that the preferred
is rather attractive speculation be-
cause the balance sheets and income
statement for 1920 were fairly satisfac-
tory, and because we think that the
stock is selling rather lower than it de-
serves to, because of internal dissen-
sion over the management of the com.
pany, which should be temporary only.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11


Copyright. 1921. New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, July 10.--With the coal
mines operating again after long
strike and many factories resuming
work, 1t would naturally be expected
that England would have an air OF
optimism and general satisfaction. but
unfortunately that is not the situation
at the beginning of this hot and ab-
normally dry summer. Instead there
is feeling of uncertainty, instability
and cautiousness. The explanation is
not difficult to find when attention is
turned to political issues which are
looming large in every direction.
Conferences of every sort are being
held, from gatherings of the worlds
foremost cotton interests, bankers,
manufacturers and exporters to meet
ings OF the empires leading statesmen,
not to mention the profoundly impor-
tant negotiations between British and
Irish politicians. Much of a positive
nature may emerge from these confer
ences, but to date there has been a
plethora of words and a minimum of
action. With their viewpoints sepa-
rated almost by the poles, it is only
natural to expect that some time will
elapse before the differences are COM
posed and common basis of action
agreed upon.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-11

thing approaching revolt has broken
out in the ranks Of the government
supporters. Lloyd George'a political
rivals are no more active than some of
his associates who cannot follow the
governments lead in certain national
questions.
few months ago Lloyd George
made an attack on the labor party and
declared that che political issue would
be fought between labor on the one side
and the rest of Britain on the other.
interpretations now being placed on
that speech are exceedingly displeasine
to the Premier, particularly as his hold
on the coalition majority. is not SO
strong rs it was few months ago.
The government has been compelled
to reduce national expenditures mate
rally, but still the cry for retrench-
ment continues.
A general election this year is pos
sible, but 1t is not generally antici-
pated, chiefly because Lloyd George
ing compromise just when a collapse
seems inevitable.
But if England is not land Of op-
timists to-day, 1t is equally true that
the country is far from depressed.
There Is reason to expect much i'm
provement as soon as the series of
conferences is ended.