The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-12-21

wv" al SOl4pdLles Win being re
sponsible for the great mining activ
ity now enjoyed by the district Re
terring to the faulting system which
naiIled all efforts of early operator.
to find ore at great depth. and tn,
close study that has been made il
recent years to solve the geological
problem the Times News Miner saws
we are enjoying the greatest activity
IN the life of the district. as a result
of the application of these studies
looking to the final and profitable sol
ution of the Wood River faultine
problems" Continuing, the Times
News-Miner says:
Bunker Hills Big Campaign.
The most serious application of
this study is being made by the Bun
ker Hill & Sullivan NJ. & C. company
of Kellogg Idaho who adopted the
recommendation of their chief geolo-
gist, Oscar II. Hershey. after an ex-
animation in the summer of 1920. and
who reported favorably to his clients
on the Wood River district thus re-
versing the early and mauthoritative
assumption that the mines were bot
toned and the ore deposits exhausted
but, contrawise. no serious effort had
been made to recover the great bodies
Iof high grade lead-silver ores below
the zone of faulting which occurred at
varying depths in all of the major
mines of the district
Great Development Plans.
THE Bunker Hill company have for
their purpose bonded and purchased a
group of claims within whose area in
the SOS the following properties ship
ped a fraction under $4,000 900 in
lead-slver values: Bullion. Mayflow-
Ell, Jay Gould. Durango and Red Ele-
plant with their accompanying pro
tecting and extension claims alto
gether consisting of approximately
1000 acres of ground. James W |
Gwinn graduate mining engineer. is |
the local manager in charge of the |
actual development under supervision /
of Mr.. Hershey. The work is being I
carried on in the organized and eff /
fective way consistent with Bunker |
Hill Mining company's methods in the
north. The present attack for the
study is being made from the Duran
go tunnel on the Bullion side of the
a crosscut from which level .
s now going on all the way through
he mountain and will connect with
he Sawyer crOsscut with a raise on
he Red Elephant side, thus having /,
made contact with any auxiliary par
illel veins to those in the properties
which were formerly worked to the
ault apparently common with all OF
hem, and also enabling the company
o consistently work out the problem
n hand by pursuing the composite
Elective incident to the recapture Of
he main ore shoots of the famous
led Elephant system on its side Of
he mountain while also negotiating
he same sort of study with respect
D the Bullion, Mayflower and jay
iould ore deposits on the Bullion side
Prospect of Rich Reward.
Since several hundred thousand
ollars have been set aside for this
tudy. it is evident that the Bunker {
ill company is confident that in ac-
epting the decision of its geologist
Ir. Hershey, it will reap a rich re-
ard. :
TT is not too much to say with this .
xploration and prospecting looking :
, redeveloping these Bullion Ele-
hant bonanza properties of the old :
avs. as they are undertaking to do, :
ne Wood River country, if the study
successful, will be one of the liveli-
st and most profitable mining camps
, the Rocky mountain country. Con-
'awise. if after the exhaustive study
-hich General Manager Easton of the
unker Hill company, through its
aft. proposes to give the situation
nd they fail of success. the district
nd the people of the state may be
mite willing to consider the livestock
Iterests, and the rapidly developing
rain and dairy interests of the val
" living contiguous to this mineral
strict. as its major products, instead
E mining. and to continue to carry on
However, there is no
ody now living in the community
no will admit the latter contingency
sally exists.
ederaI Mining G Smelling Company
This company came to the district
1916 taking over the North Star
-oup of 10 patented and IL impatient
claims and the old independence
nd Malta groups. together with the
oniger and Handel group They
I'VE their first consideration to the
,ploitation of the complex ore bod
S of the North Star. whose tonnage
,uld be confidently considered in the
x-fgure column the only difficulties
volved being metallurgical, having
do with a complex sulphide deposit
ing against porphyry dixie of great
+o,.a1 a,tent and persistently disclOs-