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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
NEW SUCCESS ORE BODY
HAS NOW BEEN PROVED
OVER 100 FEET LONG

Drifting on the big new ore
body at the Success mine stil
continues both east and west. its
length now having been proved
for more than 100 feet. with ore
on both walls and width undeter-
mined except at the original cross
cut where il is p feet wide. In
the east drift the ore is not so
good. This change was expected.
for the face of the drift is not far
from a crosscut in the old work
ings in which the vein is exposed
and shows only a little ore. In the
west drift however. the ore is de-
scribed as even better than that
heretofore encountered which
means that there is a full face of
practically clean shipping ore.
This drift is passing through a
large block of absolutely virgin
ground making the possibilities Of
ore development almost without
limit. The Success mill is running
one shift and is already making
quite an accumulation of concen-
trates. There is more than a car
load of crude ore on hand which
is being hauled by motor truck to
the station and a car is being
loaded today for shipment A
contract was closed last week
with the A. $. & r. company for
the lead-silver product of Success.
Two shifts are working under
ground extending the drifts, and
the ore for the mill is for the
present limited to that taken out
in the course of development.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
PHILIP WlSEMAN, NOTED
ENGINEER, lNSPEcTS THE
SYNDICATE OPERATIONS

Philip Wiseman. of Los Angeles.
mining engineer who has been
and is identified with some of the
largest and most successful min
ing enterprises in this country
and also in foreign lands, arrived
in the city last Tuesday for the
purpose of inspecting operations of
the Occur d'Alene Syndicate, of
which he is one of the chief mem
bers. Upon his return from the
property yesterday he expressed
much satisfaction with the man
ner in which the big enterprise
had been carried out under the
personal direction of Rush J.
White mining engineer of this
city While much has been ac-
complished. Mr.. Wiseman said
that the main objective is just now
being approached and he indicated
that he had the utmost confidence
in the ultimate success OF the big
undertaking, which is the devel-
opment of the area between the
Star and the Frisco covered by
the Flynn group and the Senator.
The Occur d'Alene Syndicate is
one of the strongest organizations,
financially and professionally that
has ever entered the Occur d'Alene
district. The gentlemen who com
pose the syndicate, besides Rush
J. White, through whom they
were brought together. are Mr.
Wiseman, Colonel Seeley w.
Mudd. Horace V. Winchell and
Carl o. Lndberg, all of Los An
Copper fame.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
INDEPENDENT COPPER.
Secures Right to Use National Tunnel
for Deep Development.

Secures Right to Use National Tunnel
for Deep Development.
Negotiations during the past few
weeks between the Independent Cop
per Mining & Milling company and
the National Copper Mining company
have resulted in an agreement under
which the former secures the right to
use the National tunnel as a means of
developing the Independent at depth.
The purpose is to crosscut from the
National to the Independent vein, 4
distance of about 700 feet. The Inde-
pendent consists of three patented
claims lying between the National and
Missoula Copper. The property is de-
veloped by drifting east from the low
est tunnel on Missoula Copper, and
from this drift a shaft has been sunk
200 feet on the vein. In both the
shaft and in the drift extended east
from the bottom considerable lead
silver ore was found in a vein of
great strength and promise. The Ma
tional tunnel presents an ideal condi
ton for deep development.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
FIND BETTER ORE IN NO.2
At INDEPENDENCELEAD
INCREASE IN FORCE ANNoUNc-
EO-PUSH WORK ON
TWO LEVELS.

Samples of ore from No. crosscut
tunnel of the independence Lead, on
exhibition at the office of the j. f.
Howarth company, are the best that
have been seen from that property.
It is stated that these samples repre-
sent probably u little better than a
fair average of the showing in the
face. They assay ounces in silver
and 1877 per cent lead, and it is esti-
mated that an average OF the full
width of the crosscut would run about
4 ounces i'm silver and or 10 per cent
lead. Since starting work in No. 2
about "a feet had been run last Tues
day, and the ore has been continuous
and has steadily improved. The cross
cut had already passed through a
broad zone of low grade ore, and it's
extension north is to prove its ultim-
ate width and its relation to the ore
disclosures on No tunnel level. In
fact, recent work in the west drift on
No. broke into ore that appears to
corresponds to the ore now being
found in No. 2.
Will Increase Force.
Work for the present is confined to
No. 2 crosscut tunnel, but according
to II. w. Ingalls,, who has charge of
development operations, additional
men will be put on this week and de-
maintained on both No
and No. levels The disturbed con-
dition of the ground due to a dixie
that intersects the vein and to a ser
les of faults has made It difficult to
determine the true position of the ore
shoot, which is necessary before I'M
dertaking its development from No. 4
tunnel level While endeavoring to
solve this problem a large amount of
low grade ore has been exposed, all
more and better ore when
the vein is explored on the level be-
low. The location Of independence
Lead between the Morning and Hun
ter, and the presence of both the Nor
ming and You Like veins within its
lines are conditions wonderfully i'm
pressive of development possibilities.
Since the above was written a sam
pie said to represent an average OF
the vein for a distance of 20 feet back
from the face of No. 2 crosscut gave
an assay return of 1912 ounces in sill
yer and 1914 per cent lead.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
HUNTER LEASE.
Tailngs Dump Will Be Treated at the
National Mill.

Iaillngs Dump Will Be reated at the
National Mill.
The Metals Mining company which
has secured a lease of the National
mill for the purpose of working Hun
ter tailings, has almost completed
overhauling the mill and expects to
have 1t in operation by the 18th. The
mill is being placed in condition I'M
der the direction of J. b. Parker, met
allurgist of the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
van, who, with c. /. Hewitt. secured
a lease on the Hunter tailings and or
ganized the Metals Mining company.
Mr.. Parker estimates that there is
anywhere from 10000 to 10000 tons of
tailings that will yield a good profit,
the chief value in which is silver A
contract has been let to deliver the
tailings to the National mill by motor
truck, a distance of possibly half a
mile. The mill recovery will be made
by flotation. a process in which Mr.
Parker is an expert.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
HeoIa pirectors to Meet.

James F. Mccarthy, president and
manager Of the Hecia Mining COM
pany. will leave next Tuesday for Mil
waukee to attend a meeting Of the di-
rectors of the company. The approach
OF this meeting, and the current ru-
NOR that an extra dividend will be de-
cisred, doubtless accounts for the sud
den advance in the price of Hecla
stock in New York last Tuesday.
when sales were made at S775. The
dire ctors win meet on August 10.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
NEARING
VEIN ON THE 800 LEVEL
OUTLOOK FAVORABLE FOR CON-
MERCIAL ORE-MOTOR
CAUSES DELAY.

Wesley Everett. manager of the
Amazon Dixie Mining company. was
brief visitor in Wallace Tuesday af-
ternoon Asked regarding progress in
the great development enterprise he
has long been directing he said that
the crOsscut which is being run to the
vein on the 500 level has been ad
vanced between 43O and 44O feet, and
that according to the engineers esti-
mate the vein should be reached in
500 feet. A change in the formation
has recently appeared, the ground
breaks better and a little moisture
now appears in the rock, conditions
which indicate that the vein is not far
away This new level has been prac-
tically dry up to date, the little water
that seeps in being hoisted with the
muck or occasionally bailed out as ne
cessity requires. But it will be differ
ent when the crosscut penetrates the
vein, if one may judge by the expert
ence on the 400 level, where a flood
of water followed tapping the vein. In
anticipation of a similar occurrence,
Manager Everett started a few days
ago to move the big pump from the
400 to the 500 level, where a founda-
ton was in readiness to receive it
and the electric motor. About that
time something went wrong with the
motor, which necessitated its removal
to The Morning machine shop at Null
Ian for repair which will probably re-
quire several days. In the meantime
work in the crosscut continues under
instructions to discontinue upon the
appearance of an unusual increase in
water and wait until the pump is in
running order on the 500 before
breaking into the vein.
Eastern Stockholders Coming.
in anticipation OF cutting the vein
early in August, a number of large
in the AmazOn-Dixie of
Cleveland had planned to visit the
about the 18th, but in view
of the delay mentioned above Mr. Ev-
erett has wired them to defer the Wis
it until the latter part of the month.
The cutting of the vein on the 500
level is being awaited with much in
terest not alone by Amazon-Dixie
but by all who are ia
miliar with the operations of that
company. The steady Improvement in
the ore showings on the various lev
els as depth has been gained, and es-
pecially the change to the Revett for
nation below the 400, fully justify the
expectation that a body of CONNER
cial ore will be found on the 500. The
500 level refers to the depth below
the main tunnel which has a depth
of zoo feet, making the depth of the
new level 1900 feet from the surface.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
NORMAN IN DISTRICT.

Spokane Man Spends Few Days Visit
ing Various Mines.
Sidney Norman. of Spokane, editor
of Mining Truth, was in the district
several days during the past week for
the purpose of gaining first hand in
formation regarding mining condi-
tons in the Occur d'Alene district
During his stay he visited the Success
Hecla, Occur d'Alene Syndicate, Ajax
independence and other properties.
He returned TO Spokane yesterday
afternoon, making a brief stop at the
Galena on the way out.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
MINING IN ALASKA.
Former Occur d'Alener Developing a
Promising Gold Property.

7 OTmef OOeuT q AleUeF OeNeiOpin9 a
Promising Gold Property.
f. A. Dinsmore an old time resi-
dent of this city. was visiting old
friends here last week. After leaving
here in 1903 Mr.. Dinsmore turned his
attention to raising wheat in the Big
Bend country and through good man
agement and war prices cleaned up a
comfortable fortune and now makes
his home in Spokane. Four years ago
he turned to mining and with other
eastern Washington men secured a
group of gold claims on Culross island
off the southeastern coast Of Alaska.
He organized the Culross Island Min
ing & Milling company, of which he is
vice president and general manager.
Development work has disclosed a
ledge 5 or feet wide with a pay shoot
that averages $1,000 in gold, also car
rying some copper and lead. A raise
has been made from the main tunnel,
which is 700 feet in length making
available a considerable tonnage, and
steps are now being taken to install
5O-ton Hardinge mill. The company
recently purchased a Cotton boat at
Seattle, which is now on the way to
the mine, carrying a 5-driII compress
or and other equipment The COM
pany has fine water power, tapping
lakes which form a natural reservoir
and having fall of 300 feet requir-
ing a pipe line 900 feet in length. Mr..
Dinsmore says that concentrates will
be shipped to the smelter at Tacoma
for which the water rate is very low.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
DIRECTORS OF TARBOX
INSPECT THE PROPERTY
DEVELOPMENT BY SALE OF THE
TREASURY STOCK MAY
USE ELEcTlc POWER.

] Having settled the pending litiga-
Z ton. which threatened to obstruct the
operations OF the company indefinite
/ ly, on a basis satisfactory to the con-
tending factions, stockholders of the
Tarbox Mining company met last Fri
day and elected board of directors
which insures harmonious action and
the carrying out of a policy having in
view the systematic development of
the TarboX and making it productive.
Already there is a large tonnage of
low grade ore exposed in the Tarbox
which it is believed can be profitably
marketed under favorable conditions,
which means lower mining costs and
sustained prices for lead and zinc. To
the first of these the new board of di-
rectors will give its immediate atten-
ton. Yesterday the directors went
over to the mine for the purpose of
making a personal inspection and
considering plans for an early resump-
ton. Funds for financing these Oper-
atoms will be obtained through the
sale of treasury stock. a large block
of which has been optioned and upon
which $500 has already been paid to
the Tarbox company. Payments I'M
der this option will bring into the !
of the company $25,6OO.
Consider Electric Power.
One of the first matters to receive
attention of the new management will |
be the adoption of electric power in |
place of steam. This, however, may
be too expensive for the company to |
undertake alone, and it is believed |
possible that other companies operat
ing in that section might join. Con-
nection would be made at Taft. six
miles away, with the line of the Mon
tana Power company, where there is /
l large transformer used by the Am
lzon-DiXie Mining company. If cleo
trio power should be found impracti-
cal at this time the company owns an
excellent water power which it might |
utilize. Under the former manage
ment a dam was constructed to Gre
ate a reservoir and right of way
cleared for pipe line to the mine. The |
length of the proposed line is 1850 |
feet having a head of SS7 feet estim-
ated to be capable of developing 100 |
horsepower at the lowest stage. The !
installation of electric power is of |
course more desirable. but the adop-
ion of either would effect a great |
economy in the cost of operation.
Directors and Officers.
At the meeting last Friday the
elected the following di-
'ectors: Dr. II. c. Mowery, Richard
)axon, George A. Mortimer, Frank j.
Oavey, all of Wallace, and John L.
lewis, of Taft. The new board or
-anized by the election of DR.. II. c.
dowery president, Richard Daxon
ice president and John +. Ferguson,
treasurer.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
SUNSET.
Leaser Preparing to Make Shipments
Put in Compressor.

Leaser Preparing to Make Shipments
Put in Compressor.
A. G. Bachman, of Butte, who has a
lease on the upper workings of the
Sunset mine, is prepared to begin
shipments as soon as the road is
placed in condition to permit delivery
of a compressor, rails and other
equipment When Senator Clark dis
continued work few months ago all
machinery and equipment was
brought down and shipped to Butte.
This included the track in the half
mile tunnel through the mountain
connecting the boarding house with
the shaft and tunnel on the north
side, and it is this track that must be
restored. Mr.. Bachman will mine the
ore above the drift on the same level
as the collar of the shaft, and states
that there is now about 200 tons
ready for shipment and he estimates
that there is 1000 tons accessible
above the drift. The ore is lead -sil
yer, with very little zinc and is said
to have a high silver value. It is I'M
derstood that the county will repair
the road above the Rex, where it has
been washed out for half a mile or
more
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
GALENA ORE SHOOT
NOW EGO FEET LONG
GRADE OF ORE BETTER
Silver Increase--Will Raise on
Ore From Both Tunnel and
Shaft Levels
GRADE OF ORE BETTER

The crosscut at the Galena
last night reached the foot
wall, along which there is ~
or feet of good milling ore,
according to the information
received from the mine this NOR
ming. This proves the vein at that
point to be % feet wide, without
taking into account the addition
al width expected when the vein
is crosscut to the hanging, which
will now be taken up. The ore
next to the foOtwall is the best
found in the crosscut, all of which
is classed as milling ore.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10

THE DRIFT on No. tunnel at
the Galena has now been ad-
vanced $50 feet on a good grade
of milling ore, presenting a sit
uation that gives assurance that the
property is approaching the stage that
will place it in position for large pro-
duction. According to official infor-
nation received yesterday, the grade
OF the ore has shown marked improve
ment as the drift advances east and
the shoot is also widening, the entire
shoot varying from 81 to IS feet wide
A noticeable feature of the ore is the
increase in silver, a recent assay
showing almost an ounce of silver to
the unit of lead, the actual assay rep
iesenting the full width of the face
being 10 ounces of silver and II per
cent lead. In order to determine the
width of the vein a crosscut is being
run to the foOtwall at a point about
feet back from the face of the drift.
Yesterday morning this had proved
the vein for a width of 10 feet and the
footwall had not been reached At
that point however, the crOsscut dis
closed s inches of good ore. having
previously cut several stringers. There
is ore also on the hanging wall side
and this will be prospected by cross
cutting after the footwall is reached.
Raise From Two Levels.
The face of the east drift is still so
feet from a point directly above the
east end of the ore shoot on the 400
shaft level 1t will be. extended be-
yOnd that point, and then a raise will
be started to prove the ore above the
tunnel level. which has attained
depth from the surface of about 900
feet. At the same time a raise will
also be started from the east end of
the ore shoot on the 400 shaft level in
order to prove the continuity of the
ore between the two levels. Assum-
ing that both these raises will find
the ore continuous, it is evident that
this work will result in blocking out
large tonnage of good milling ore and
that the next step will be to place the
mine on a productive basis. Another
shift was put on at the mine this
week.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
Naarx and Ehrenbera Here.

Ed Ehrenberg and M. w. Neary
came up from Spokane the first of the
week. accompanied by Mrs. Ehren-
berg. Mrs. Neary and Miss Ruth
Neary. They are heavily interested
in the Senator. which is under bond
to and is being developed by the
Occur d'AIene Syndicate. They mo-
tored up from Spokane and returned
yesterday afternoon.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
DAYS RETIRE FROM
SMELLING BUSINESS
CONTRACTWITH A. S. &R.
Close Competition for Ore
Bunker Hill Protests against
New N. P. Rate

ITNHE CAREER of the Days i'm the
/ smelling and refining business
was brief and the collapse was
a complete fulhllment of predic-
tons made by practical mining and
smelling men at the time the Days,
failing to secure renewal of conces-
sions from the American Smelling q
Refining company upon the expiration
of the Hercules ore contract, declared
war on the "smelter trust" and an
nounced their purpose to go into the
smelling and refining business, and
they did. The old Northport smelter
was purchased reconstructed and
mOdernized to meet their requirements
at an expense of million or more.
the Pennsylvania refinery at Carnegie
was taken over. and the Days at length
entered the smelling field. 1t required
no expert to discover that aside from
their inexperience which was excelled
only by their Unborn conceit, the Days
were heavily handicapped by the long
haul from their mines to the smelter
at NOrthport and in the location of
their refinery far removed from the
Atlantic seaboard which deprived
them of terminal rates on bullion.
They were up against the keenest
competition in marketing their metal
products, and it has been an open
secret for several years that they were
clearly outclassed in the contest.
When a year and a half ago the Days
closed down the Hercules and lamar
ack mines while other big producers
of the district continued in profitable
operation. it was believed then that
the real trouble was in marketing
their metal, and the prediction was
freely made that when they resumed
production it would be under a con-
tract with some other smelling com
pany to treat their ores and that the
NOrthport plant would remain closed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
PATTIsoN HERE.
Former Wallace Man Returns on Mi
ming Business.

Former Wallace Man Returns on Mi
ming Business.
Everett H. Pattison, a mining engi-
neer who resided in this city for
many years. accompanied by Mrs.
Pattison, is in the city, having re-
turned to attend meetings of stock
holders of the West Bell, Headlight
and other companies. in which he is
interested and of which he is secre-
tary Mr.. Pattison now resides in
Long Beach. Cal, where he repre-
sents the large Maxwell interests
and also gives much attention to mi
ming engineering both in southern
California and Arizona. He is also
Interested in oil, an industry that has
come to be one of first importance in
the vicinity of Long Beach.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Latah County Man Will Seek Repub-
Iican Nomination.

Bennett L. Williams, who has been
chief clerk in the Office of secretary
of state under the present admins
tration, has announced his candidacy
for the office of secretary of state.
Besides his valuable experience in the
office Mr.. Williams is a north Idaho
man. his home being in Latah coun-
ty. and there appears to be an un-
written law that comedies this office
to the north.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-08-10

And the expected has happened
Announcement was made last week
that the Days had entered into a long
time contract with the American
Smelling e Refining company for all
ores from the Hercules and Tamarack
mines, and that the A. s. & r. COM
pany had taken over the Northport
smelter and would proceed to dis
mantle the plant. 1t is understood
that the Bunker Hill was a close bid
der for the Day ores. and possibly
other smelling concerns. the competi-
ton thus developed doubtless enabling
the Days to not only secure the most
favorable contract for their ore. but
also to unload the NorthpOrt plant for
a figure that will eventually to a great
extent reimburse them for the outlay
made in acquiring it, Doubtless the
elevation of Harry l.. Day to the board
Of directors of the A. S. & r. COM
pany and the easement secured by
the Tamarack for the use of the Stan
dard Mammoth No. tunnel played an
part in turning the con-
tract