The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-06-15
BIG NEW ORE SHOOT.
OPENED At SUCCESS
LOOKS LIKE NEW MINE
Following Stringer Leads to
Great Ore---Much Ore on
Shaft Levels
"HE MOST interesting piece Of


mining development work thai
is now holding public attention
is going on at the Success
mine and the result of each shifts
work strengthens the belief that this
famous and erratic old mine is about
to come through with another big ore
shoot that will permit a repetition of
past performances in the way of min
eral production and profits. Forced
to suspend operations some two or
three years ago through cOmbina-
ton of high mining costs and ex-
cessive freight and treatment charges,
Success remained inactive, with the
exception of leasers in the old upper
workings, until a few months ago
when the outlook for the metals, lead
and zinc, began to take a more hope
full turn. About that time A. G. Ken
nedy, manager of the Success COM
pany, recalled that Stanley Moore,
mining engineer for several years
superintendent of the Success mine,
told him that there was a thin string
er of ore exposed in the station wall
west of the shaft on the 700 or main
tunnel level, which might be worth
investigating Mr.. Kennedy decided
that it was a good time to look it up.
which he proceeded to do, accOmpan-
led by Dan Murphy, superintendent
of the Tamarack. After looking
everywhere else without finding the
stringer Mr.. Kennedy decided to pull
down a little room built for the use
of foremen and shift bosses against
the station wall west of the shaft and
there he found the stringer of ore,
hardly half an inch thick. 1t was not
a promising prospect, and had the
further disadvantage of being almost
in the line which some geologist had
designated as the contact between the
quartzte and granite. ana If that
designation was correct to follow it
would mean breaking into a granite
formation almost with the first round.
But knowing that even biologists
sometimes make mistakes in classifi-
cation. Mr.. Kennedy decided to take
the chance.
The Stringer Widens.
A couple of hand miners started to
work BY the time 10 feet had been !
driven the stringer had widened to IS
or 20 inches of good ore, most of
lead with streaks of high grade. with |
also streak of zinc Instead of find
ing granite, the formation continued |
the regulation Ore-bearing Burke /
ouartzite. In the beginning the !
course of the stringer was west, |
but in IA short distance 1t turn
ed to the southwest The string
er had become an ore shoot which
continued to widen until it filed the
face of the drift How much wider
it is now than the drift is not known,
as the entire face is in ore and there
is ore on both walls. The ore is both
lead silver and zinc, and it is estim-
ated that the two combined make a
30 per cent mill feed. There is prob
ably more lead than zinc, some
chunks brought down having the ap-
pearance of almost clean galena. The
drift has now been run 70 feet, and 60
feet of that distance it has been in
commercial ore of practically the
same grade as that now in the face
and for an unknown width on each
side.
Beginning of New Mine.
The ore is situated in a great block
of absolutely virgin ground lying west
of the shaft and on the opposite side
from the large ore bodies that have
been mined. 1t is at a depth of 700
feet from the surface and there is
over 1000 feet of ground to be explor-
ed before reaching the cOmpanys end
line It is a wonderful showing, and
admits of no other conclusion than
that the insignificant stringer of ore
has merged into a great commercial
ore shoot that promises to add years
to the productive life of the Success
mine Besides this new and highly
important development the Success
has ore on the deeper levels which
would enable the company to resume
production when zinc conditions are
a little more favorable. Just before
the suspension of operations an ore
shoot had been opened 80 feet in
length and s feet wide on the l4OO
level. pronounced to be one Of the
best showings ever made in the mine, G
while on the 1000 there is a shoot 10
feet in length. These with the reas- e
enable certainty Of further enlarge {
ment with development, taken with !
the remarkable new discovery just 1
described, give assurance that Success q
has a future and will again enter the S
list of important producers of the dis Il
trict. r
Ready for Production. L
The Success company has a large ?
and modernly equipped mill. all ne d