The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-10-12
IRON BLOSSOM AND
THE CALEDONIA VEIN
SINK SHAFT 800 FEET
All Openings on Vein Indicate
Finding Rich Ore Shoot
on Shaft Level
MONG THE many mining de-

A MONG THE many mining de
4 ~ velopment enterprises bein
/ ~ carried on throughout tn
Occur d'Alene district, one c
, the most interesting is that of tn
Iron Blossom Mining & Milling com
pany The reason for this popular in
. terest is easily explained. In the frs
place the location of the Iron Blossom
is within the rich mineral area sur
rounding the town of Wardner. a sec
ton made famous by the great Bun
ker Hill & Sullivan, Last Chance
Stemwinder, Sierra Nevada, Caledonia
Stewart and other mines which have
added millions to the mineral outpu
of the Occur dAlenes Further, the
Iron Blossom is believed to be on the
eastern extension of the Caledonia
vein from which came the richest ore
shipments ever sent out from the dis
trict and finally because its develop
ment is in the hands of men prOmin-
ent in the mining and business life of
the district The president of the
company is Mike Murray. superintend-
dent Jesse Freeman, sheriff of Sho-
shone county; the secretary treasurer
and manager is DR.. d e. Keys, coun-
! ty commissioner and president of the
First National bank of Mullan. Other
directors are James A. Wayne, attor-
ney of Wallace. and A. D. Harwood.
druggist, of Mullan.
Development Operations.
The Iron Blossom is situated on
Slaughter House gulch, half way be-
tween Kellogg and Wardner and with
in a short distance of the highway be-
tween those two towns and with which
it is connected by a good automobile
road Although located many years
ago. little had been accomplished In
the way of development until the
present management obtained control
of the property Open cuts have ex-
posed a ledge of great strength and
this has been further exposed by tun-
mel No. 1, where it shows much oXi-
died iron, manganese and broken
quartzite. Little was done here be-
yOnd prosecuting the vein, which is
upwards of 20 feet in width. No. 2
tunnel is about 100 feet below No. 1
and has been driven about 300 feet At
about 100 feet the vein was encoun-
tered and has been followed for about
200 feet. Several crosscuts were run
to the foot wall, from which the vein
appears 25 or 30 feet wide, the feat
mr. Of NnrrN oh Of faafs.
showing much oxidation, manganese,
and crushed quartzite, with seams of
blush tale which has the appearance
of carrying values in lead In the last
crosscut a sample representing about
four or five feet of the vein returned
2k ounces in silver. Near the end of
the main tunnel a Wine was sunk on
the vein by the former owners to a
depth of 65 feet and a short crosscut
from the bottom is said to have ex-
posed Is inches of good ore. This
winze is now full of water.
Will Sink 300 Feet.
Under the present management the |
shaft started by the former owners is |
being continued the purpose being to
sink to a depth of 300 feet and then
the vein. which should be |
reached in about 100 feet. The collar
If the shaft is practically at the same
elevation of No. 2 tunnel and is being |
sunk on the foot wall side on an in
cline closely corresponding to the dip !
IF the vein. The shaft is two-com-
)artment 5x6 feet in the clear and is |
)eing timbered in thorough workman
ike fashion with the view to perman-
mt operation. It is now down 200
eet and will be extended below the
100 sufficiently to provide a stump.
when prosecuting will begin, follow
ng the completion of the necessary
station. Development is in charge Of
fred Ruch, a we'll known miner of KEEL
ogg. Four miners and two hoistmen
ire employed divided into two shifts
With this force the shaft was sunk 95
eet in August at a cost of $40 per
DOT, which is a remarkably good rec
,rd both in work accomplished and 4
,ost. In September the record was IS
eet. The company is well equipped
or development, having a 12x10 Inger-
oil compressor, hoist equal to present
driven by compressed
iir and air driven sinking pump.
Engineers Opinion.
The close proximity of the Iron
Blossom to Kellogg and Wardner rem
ers boarding accommodations at the
nine unnecessary. Another advan-
age is the location of the Bunker Hill
melter two miles away to which ore
an be hauled by motor trucks over a
aved highway In his report on the
ron Blossom, F. Cushing Moore, min
ne engineer, finds the dip and strike
f the vein Gin general conformity