The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-06-09
Rich Section Lying
Between Mullan
and Canyon
WORK ON THREE SIDES
By Strong COmpanies----The
Bunker Hill Zinc Plant
Inspires Confidence

~ ECAUSE A FEW of the pro-
x ducing mines are closed down
and the outlook for the re-
mamder of the year is not as
bright as we would like to see it,
there are some people in our midst
who seem disposed to make the situa-
ton worse than it is and refuse to be
encouraged by the many phases OF
the mining industry which really in
sure a long and prosperous life to the
Occur d'Alene district as a mining
field. And aside from the assured
future the fact is that mining and
business conditions in this district
are now better than In any other mi
ming district in the vest in fact, so
much better that times may be re-
garded as good in this district by
comparison. There is nothing that
helps a man through periods of bust
ness depression like the intelligent
optimism that can look ahead and see
the trend of affairs that make for the
return of permanent business prosper
F ity. Business prosperity in this dis
trict depends upon the operation Of
the mines and the profitable opera
ton of the mines depends upon a
steady market for the metals. The
world must have the metals so we
know that it is only a question of
time until the market comes back.
which means a resumption of mineral
production on larger scale than ever
before Tt viii probably not be this
year. but it will not be long there
after That large operators are look
ing forward to this revival in the mi
ming industry must be apparent to
those who look about them.
Between Mullan and Canyon Greek.
Consider what is going on in that
section lying between Mullan and
Canyon creek. IL is not a large area,
but the great mineral deposits known
and prospective within it are being
sought from three sides by an array
of companies representing unlimited
financial resources. At NIullan the
Federal Mining & Smelling company
has developed an ore body in its deep
workings that unquestionably makes
the Morning a greater mine than it
has ever been, and the limit has not
been reached. A station is now be-
ing cut for the POO level which is
1850 below the working tunnel and
all things indicate that the improve
ment in the ore and increase in size
of the ore body. which have been feat
ures of deep development, will char
acterize the new level.
Joining the Morning on the west is
the Star. with vast ore deposits prov
ed. which is now to be developed by
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan and the
Hecla making a combination of cap
ital that ranks among the strongest in
the west
West of and joining the Star are
the famed Flynn groups known as
the Senator Mining company and the
Flynn Group Mining company both
under option to the Occur d'Alene
Syndicate, being an organization
composed of some of the most noted
and successful mining operators in
the United States Large expendi-
lures have already been made by this
syndicate and plans contemplate ex-
ploration of this promising ground.
Electrolytio Zinc.
These extensive operations in one
section alone by operating companies
which are ever preparing for future
production are not the only evidence
OF returning mineral production and
long life for the district. Perhaps
after all the most significant thing in
this respect is the electrolytic zinc
plant which the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
van company is preparing to construct
at a cost of upwards of a million dol
lars. Enterprises of that kind are
not undertaken in the declining days
of a mining camp. Rather the estab-
lishment Of the zinc reduction plant
must be taken as evidence Of confid-
ence in the future of the district on
the part of those who are in position
to know its mineral possibilities.