The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-24
SUCCESS ORE SHOOT
OVER 100 FEET LONG
PREPARE FOR STOPPING
West Face High Grade Lead
Zinc Accumulates butMust
Wait Better Conditions

length of the new Success ore
shoot was l5l feet. and the face
of the west drift contained y
feet of solid lead-silver perhaps the
cleanest showing of lead that has yet
been exposed The discovery of this
great ore shoot has created a real
sensation and there can be no doubt
now that this famous old mine has
come back to stay for many years. 1t
has had a remarkable record as a min
eral producer. first as "a lead mine.
then zinc with a considerable tonnage
of lead. and now it is about to enter
upon another period of production in
which lead viii predominant. but with
zine eventually an important product
The mill is now running one shift on
ore removed in the course of develop
ment and one carload has been ship
ped. made up of both crude ore and
concentrates Almost three carloads
are ready for shipment and this viii
be moved as soon as repairs are com
pleted on motor truck used for the
delivery of ore from the mill to the
railroad station at Sunset.
QUIT DSHin ONOplH9s
Up to this week development of the
new ore shoot has been done under
contract. The company has now taken
up direct operations, and while con
tinuing the drift to determine the final
length of the shoot other work has
been started looking to placing Sue
cess in condition for large production.
The preliminary work is being done
toward starting two raises, from which
Slopes will be opened and which will
also prove the continuity of the ore
above. The management is having
the difficulty common to all other mi
ming companies in getting sufficient
men for underground work, particular
ly experienced miners. As soon as this
situation is relieved and the work of
opening up the ore on the 700 level is
sufficiently advanced, the shaft will be
unwatered at least down to the next
level. 100 feet below, from which a
.crosscut viii be run to the new bon
ANA ore body, which is not far away
from the workings on this level.
Zinc Must Wait.
Although the price of zinc is well
above 6 cents per pound and further
advance in price is expected, freight
and treatment charges to the middle
west and east are too high to permit
profitable shipment from the Occur
dAlenes. Success has quite an ac-
cumulation of zinc concentrates which
is steadily increasing, and it is be
lieved that before long the price of the
metal and costs of mining and mar
keting will permit profitable shipment
While the general freight reduction
the first of last July cut the rate on
zinc about 10 per cent, the rate is still
too high, while treatment charges
have not been subjected to any reduc-
ton. The freight rate on zinc to the
shelters Of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia is SASS per ton and to Okla
homa plants it is s1O.71 The big cleo
trolytic plant of the Anaconda com
oany at Great Falls would present a
solution for Success so far as freight
md treatment charges are concerned.
out that plant is taxed to the limit in
reating the zinc ores of Anaconda and
,ther mines at Butte, which include
he entire product of the Butte & SUI
lerior and the Elm Orlu.
Profits in Lead.
In the meantime the Success com
oany, which has good milling facilities
md all equipment necessary for the
operation of a large mine. is in posi-
ion to make a good profit on its lead
product alone, while the zinc will be
m ever-increasing asset upon which
he company will eventually realize
probably through the construction OF
he electrolytic zinc plant at Kellogg.
,r probably before the big enterprise
s completed through lower freight and
treatment costs along with a higher
,rice.