The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-18
GALENA GETS 3 FEET
GOOD MILLING ORE
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6 INCHES HIGH GRADE
Crosscut From Tunnel--Most
Promising Ground Yet
to be Explored

" ALENA, formerly known as the
Chicago Boston. again ad-
Y vanced to the center of the
local mining stage this week
week when It became known that
strike OF considerable import
anoe and greater significance was
made last Monday. Several weeks ago
the management discontinued opera
lions on the 400 level and transferred
work to the main tunnel. which is a
short distance above the collar of the
shaft Having passed through an ore
shoot 175 feet in length on the 400
which varied from 3 to feet wide and
averages GO ounces in silver and per
cent lead it was decided to crosscut
from the main tunnel to determine
whether this ore extended upward to
that extent. A crOsscut having been
started frim this tunnel by former
owners at a point about 100 feet west
OF the west end of the ore shoot, it
was decided to take advantage of this
work instead of starting a new cross
cut further east where the chances of
finding the ore were regarded more
favorable. This crOsscut reached the
vein last Monday and disclosed the
highly gratifying results of feet Of
excellent milling lead-silver ore. with
a streak of high grade fully six inches
thick. In view of the fact that the
vein was cut 100 weet west of the ore
shoot on the 400 the management
would not have been surprised if there
had been little or no ore where the
vein was intersected. Drifting is now
proceeding east and in the short dis
lance advanced the ore has widened to
a strong feet of milling ore and
corresponding increase in the lasa
grade streak Samples of the high
grade returned 46 per cent lead an 80
ounces in silver
Best Ground to the Eat
This ore was cut at a depth OF 500
feet from the surface and 400 feel
above the ore on the 400 level It's
position, allowing for its probable rake
to the east indicates that it is the
same shoot as that on the 400 and that
it probably extends to the surface.
thus representing a large body of COM
mercial ore The drift extended east
will eventually attain a depth of 1000
feet, which means 400 feet upon ex-
tension of the 400 level The company
has 1900 feet of the vein east of the
present face on the 400 level, ground
that contains greater possibilities of
mineral discovery than any yet eX-
rlored. This includes the Blake claim
which was purchased after the Gala
han company acquired control of the
Chicago Boston, now Galena, company
This claim was purchased from the
late Dennis Blake, who made a fortune
mining in this same mineral belt. The
writer recalls that Mr.. Blake often told
lim that he found high grade ore in
shaft sunk on this claim and that he
had every confidence that it would
prove as valuable as other mining
property he successfully developed.
The face of the drift on the 400 is still
lbout 500 feet from point under this
shaft This would indicate that in ad-
lition to the very substantial results
,lready accomplished, Galena still has
he most promising ground to explore.
Galena stock will make it's first ap-
'earance in the New York Grub mar
let today.