The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-19
BROKEN HILL LOOKS
LIKE BIG BONANZA
MULLAN MEN CONTROL
Wonderful Showing of Lead
Silver and Zinc Ore--Dis-
covered by Engineer
MULLAN MEN CONTROL

A WEEK AGO last Sunday
~ procession of seven automo-
~ biles moved out of Mullan at
an early hour and upon arrival
at Wallace turned up the Canyon to
Burke, thence over the summit and on
to Thompson Falls, and from there
westerly to the recently discovered
rich mineral deposit known as the
Broken Hill, which promises to rival
in richness and extent it's famous
.namesake in Australia. The cars were
occupied by 27 Mullan men. They
started at o'clock Sunday morning,
reached their destination and examined
the property and arrived home at
a. m Monday. 1t was a long, hard
drive, but every one of the party came
back an enthusiastic booster for
Broken Hill. The expedition was or
ganized by DR.. D. E. Keys and Mike
Curran, of Mullan, who with Mike
Murray, superintendent of the Morn
ing mine at Mullan, and Max Dunn,
discoverer of the Broken Hill and now
in charge of development represent
the controlling ownership of the
Broken Hill Silver-Lead Mining COM
pany Although comparatively little
has been done toward opening up the
enough has been accom-
plished to place ii among the most SEN
sational mineral discoveries made in /
this section in many years.
Location and Mineral showings.
The property is situated in Sanders
county, Montana, about two miles
from the Idaho line, and about two and
4 half miles from the Northern Pa
,ific railroad at Cedar spur. There is
/ good wagon road from the railroad
% within a mile of the property, which
S at an elevation of GIFTS feet above
yea level. An open cut on the vein
shows lead carbonate ore and about is
inches lead sulphide ore, mostly steel
;aieTia, and also some zinc. Three sam
lies from this cut gave the following
Essay returns: Carbonate, 2S.8 ounces
liver, 25.S per cent lead and 1.S per
ent zinc; sulphide, 1917 ounces silver,
90 per cent lead, 2.5 per cent zinc;
cad zinc, 1914 ounces silver, 2S.8 per
ent lead, 1872 per cent zinc. Besides
his open cut other openings have
,roved the vein for a distance of 1000
eet every opening showing ore that
verages approximately 6 ounces silver
nd per cent lead
Cut Two Veins.
Seventy feet below the cut from
ghich the assays. were obtained a
rosscut has been run which cut the
Elm in % feet The vein proved to be
4 feet wide with ore the full width,
With a streak of high grade from II to
8 inches wide. An average sample of
he vein, Independent of the high grade,
ssayed 6.s ounces silver. 1856 per cent
cad and 6.2 per cent zinc. A sample
f the high grade gave an assay re-
urn Of 42.9 ounces silver, 57.5 per cent
cad and 1876 per cent zinc. A drift
as been run on the vein about 40 feet
isclosing a showing practically the
anne as that indicated by these assays.
Zinc Vein.
From the first vein the crosscut was
xtended so feet, where It struck an
Their vein carrying high grade zinc
yer g feet thick. An average sample
+ this ore gave a return of 2.7 ounces
liver, 50 per cent lead and 4S.S per 7
ent zinc. In extending the crosscut
rom the first to the second vein ore :
Z lower grade was encountered. An q
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