The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-01-27
MAKE NINE OF MAJESTIC
OF THE MANAGER
LOWER TUNNEL SHOWS VEIN
OF GREAT PROMIsE-DIS-
cOVERY UNEXPECTED.

James Dunno, of Burke, president
and manager of the Majestic Mining
company, has submitted a report to
the directors of the company cover
ing operations during the year 1920.
After resuming work in the upper
tunnel in June, Mr.. Dunno says it
soon became evident that further
depth would be necessary to find val
ues in the vein. Work was therefore
discontinued and preparations started
to carry out the decision of the di-
rectors to drive a lower tunnel that
would thoroughly explore the prop
erty. AS the first necessary step. a
trail was built along the east side of
Humbolt gulch to the site of the pro-
posed tunnel and cabin 14x16 was
also built near the portal. The trail
is built on an easy grade and can be
readily transformed into a wagon
road when it becomes necessary Re
garding the lower tunnel and the en-
couraging results already accom-
plished Mr.. Dunno says
Good Surface Assays.
"While doing this construction
work we found indications of a ledge |
in a spring about 100 feet from the |
cabin on our property and we there |
fore prospected and traced up this /
ledge to find where it came in place. |
At this point I took samples about |
September 10. 1920, which assayed |
23 ounces silver and 3 per cent lead /
which are the best assays obtained
On our property from the surface.
Having done this. we then COM
nenced to drive the lower tunnel. the
portal of which is on the FlorodOra
,laim of the Majestic group. This
over tunnel which is SKIS in the
lear, had been driven so feet when
work was discontinued on account of
he snow on January 4. 1921. From
he start the tunnel has been in the
ardest kind of Burke quartzite At
; feet the ledge had opened up to
bout three feet with well defined
ralls and at 80 feet this ledge is AZ
eet wide with well defined walls and
hows mineralized quartz throughout
he vein and from all indications In
he next so feet, according to geolog-
eal formation in this country we
hould have some good ore.
Gain Great Depth.
when we decided to drive this
,wer tunnel we had no idea that we
.o,,g5 -o e,o,, ,,so1- ,,v e,,ob a c-oo7
Elm so near to the surface, but ex- =
ected to have to go about 1900 feet q
efore encountering the veins expos =
4 in the upper tunnel so that in the f
hort distance in which this lower 4
innel has been driven, we have al p
eady demonstrated that there are 4
Their veins on our property than a
rose exposed in the upper tunnel and L
feel confident if work can be con- h
nued in this lower tunnel which will q
i've us the great depth of 1900 feet f
eneath the upper workings and 1000 n
,et from the outcrop on the surface, p
e will in a reasonably short time .
rove the true value of the Majestic. r
scause it has been the experience in
he Occur d'Alene mining district
lat as a general rule commercial ore p
only found at depth. IN fact 7 am q
ore satisfied than ever with the h
rowing that has been made in the o
lort distance run in the lower tun- q
II, for we already have a ledge well @
ineralized in the face of the tunnel o
hieh looks very promising for the
ture success Of our company"