The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-08-18
WORK At THE HYPOTHEEK
TO FIND NEW ORE SHOOT
DRIFTING TO POINT WHERE
THREE VEINS UNITE-ALL
EQUIPMENT INTACT.

Following the suspension of opera
tons at the HypOtheek mine in Aug
ust, 1918, the management turned at
tention to a new plan of development
which has now been carried out to an
extent that gives promise of disclos-
ing a new and important ore body
that will infuse new life into this To-
cally famous property. The situation
today is one that should be of special
interest to all Hypotheek stockhold-
ers, for it means that the extension
OF the drift now being run a few
hundred feet may result in the dis
covery of an ore shoot of tremendous
value to the company. Having been
forced to suspend production on ac-
count of high mining costs coupled
with decline in the price Of lead, the
directors of the company decided up
on a plan of development which elm
mates the expense OF operating
through the shaft while exploring
ground of great potential value.
Ore on Four Levels.
There are three veins passing
the Hypotheek ground. The
middle vein is the one upon which
the shaft mas been sunk and from
which ore shipments have Melted the
more than 100000 The Or
iginal development of the Hypotheek
was on the opposite side of the hill
east of the present shaft workings.
There a tunnel was run on the vein
700 feet beneath a remarkably strong
outcrop. From this tunnel a single
shaft was sunk to a
iepth of 700 feet. On the 5O0-foot lev
Il a very good shoot of ore was found /
While on the 700 the shoot was 400 /
eet long and averaged about 6 feet /
vide, mostly carbonate ore of good I
trade 1t was found that the shaft
vas inadequate to meet the require
nents, and besides it was necessary /
o have two openings from the mine
s a measure of safety. A new three
shaft was thereupon
tarted on the west side of the hill
nd at the same time a raise was
tarted from the 700 level to connect
nth it, This being completed the
haft was extended 200 feet further
p to the 900 level, and eventually to
he 100. On the 900 the ore shoot
roved to be 600 feet long with an
verage width of feet On the 100
vel little ore was found. However,
rom this level a raise was made 100
aet where the ore shoot was found
nd the opening of the 1000 or inter
rebate level disclosed the best ore
)und in the mine. In the meantime
ne company proceeded with the con-
.ruction of a mill adjacent to the
laft, which proved highly efficient
andling 200 tons of ore per day.
rom June, 1916, to August 1918,
hen operations were suspended for
he reasons stated, the Hypotheek
1mpany shipped 122 carloads of ore
HIGH netted more than 100000. c
Union of Three Veins.
The failure of the ore on the HOO t
vel led to prospecting the ground
it'll a diamond drill which penetrat t
! the veins north and south of the t
ain vein. Both carried some ore t
3 disclosed by the core, and the i
ork also disclosed that both were t
,nverging and that continuing their S
,urse westerly they would join the Y
ain vein at a point probably 400 or u
10 feet west OF the shaft 1t was Z
lis discovery that caused the pres t
It development work to be underta- t
IN. the theory based upon observa- t
ons in other mines, being that where v
ese veins come together the chances Il
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