The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-04-20

and ground the quartz after being
broken to a certain size. 1t was a
simple but and ingenious contrivance
but it did not function. 1t also went
to the boneyard.
! Several years later the amalgamator
at the Daddy mill above Murray, when
that property was closed down, went
over to Fay City, reassembled the old
! five stamp battery material, put I'D q
new building and in short time began
crushing quartz. He managed to Sc
cure some fairly free-milling rock. and
made very successful run. This in
duced him to invite the writer TO come
over and look at things. This we did.
walking over the densely forest COW
cred range. Long before he arrived at
the mill. perhaps two miles, he heard
peculiar rumbllng noise. This grew
louder and louder as he approached
the structure. When he reached II,
conversation was out of the question.
and the operator laughed q hearty well
come. The battery blocks were is feet
high, on which the mortar was placed.
and the blocks were connected with the
framework of the building. This
caused a vibration of the entire. struc-
ture. The windows were especially
noisy. The amalgamating plate was
reached with a ladder and the rock
breaker was about 40 feet from the
ground. A tunnel near by was used for
conversation. The writer asked: What
In the world possessed you to elevate
everything in that way? And how can
you stand the noise?" Well" he said.
you stand the noise?" well. he replied,
Daddy. and 1 was determined they
should not do so here. The ladder
carry to my house with me at night.
only run the mill in the day time
Although the ore is pretty base / am
doing fairly well. All the ore, as you
That fellow Frost would not let me put
he mill down on the flat That would
nave given me a splendid water power
md natural track to the mill. Now
am very much hampered. There is
plenty of good grade ore, but it is get
ing baser with every shift will hold
nut another month and then return to
California" He did.
Frost died a few years ago. He
made a scanty living from the placer
le so carefully nursed and protected.
lie was incapable of really hard work.
laving only one hand. the other being
evered at the wrist leaving a stub
or heavy iron hook. When he died
he claim lapssd and became subject
0 relocation.
When Colonel Remnants attention
'as directed to Pony gulch and its
reat possibilities about four wears ago
e did some energetic prospecting.
radually developing several new
'dges and small veins, with the aid OF
laine Ward, who was familiar with
he territory. The colonel thereupon
Gated the entire basin and carefully
larted some so claims, now owned BY
Ie KEENAN, Mining company. Among
e claims located was a scheelite
vein with the rare metal In
ace. While the existence of this vein
as not really known, it's proximity
As suspected by Mr.. Ward, who some
years ago brought specimens of the
neral to the writer. who had the ore
alyzed by Professor Blake, formerly
the U. S. geological survey, who
owed 1t to be sceelite. the first deter
nation made from the heavy rock
local information. This discovery
II put Pony gulch ION the map" If
ofessor Steinmetz's recent discovery
the General Electric companys lab
tory at Schenectady, N. Y, responds
further research to provide crashing
nder in warfare. A few lines OF
lgsten wire would then annihilate
2 advancing army
is quite probable that something
be done in Pony gulch this year
the KEENAN, company. Mining con-
ons are stabilizing themselves. and
years Of demonstration have made
apparent that there is mineral
nth of great promise across the
intain south of Murray.