The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-03-09

fully demonstrated that the slab" was
a part OF the outcrop of ledge, and
this was followed for some distance
into the bluff, with an occasional very
rich spot However hard rock mining
did not agree with three of the owners
(Harris, Lewis and Clark and they
disposed of their interest to ID. II. WI .
sey. a new arrival from the cornfields
of Missouri who had never seen a
gold mine or an arrastre or "a stamp
mill He had not had possession of the .
controlling interest of the property
more than a week when he ordered an
rp-to-date five-stamp mill and pro
ceeded to put the water power in shape
with an overshot wheel so as to have /
everything ready to install the ma
chinery when it arrived. Not a work
ing hour was lost and of course the .
battery was making industrial music .
before the wise ones could reconstruct .
their theories as to how the quartz
should be reduced and the gold saved.
The first months operation yielded a
handsome dividend. and these divi-
bends increased right along. nothwith-
standing there was no effort at CON
centration to save the base values and
overflow There was simply
a pure. free milling process. No doubt
so per cent of the values went into the 4
creek. but this did not concern MIR. Il
Wilsey He said he was doing well. l
and he would let it go at that But ne
did listen to evil tongues. These told
him that if he increased the capacity
by an addition of five stamps he would
double his output He ordered them
commenced. He did not figure on the
extre water power necessary. an in
crease of his force. the necessary de
work on the small veins to
supply the ore. and much rearrange
nent to facilitate the milling. These {
Kings dawned on him when it was too {
ate To aegravate matters. slight !
blanks or lower grade quartz was en-
and to make matters still
worse amalgam. as it was declared
vas stolen from the plates. Then he =,
aught a fellow clawing over the quartz /
un from the shutes on the hill. pick
ne ont the gold He had the fellow
rrested, tried in the rear of a saloon l.
roved his ease to the jury and the jury n
rought in a verdict of acquittal five Il
1inutes after the case was submitted a
o them
Back to the Soil. n
Mr. Wlsey left the saloon in disgust
'ent up to the mill. cut out one bat Ii
cry and in few days shut the mill
own tight. He informed the writer at
he time that he had paid VIM. King :,
$500 in dividends and had made all y
he money he wanted, and would buy y"
farm and go back to the soil He %
,ent to Walla Walla and invested $50
90 in a piece of land and if alive he L
there yet Mr. King had a sweet +
cart in Murray He already had a ta
ig tract of land near Moscow. This N
tate. He married the lady of his ar
actions and they spent their honey =
noon on the farm, where he lived hap p.
lily Several years ago he died and -,
is wife moved to Moscow, where she "
ow resides. conducting a hotel she y
urchased.
Mr. Wilsey sold his holdings in the
Iother Lode group. embracing the u
ccident group and the Treasure Box /
, Barry ~ Hillard. who in turn sold ID
} the Murray Development company
nd that companv sold to John F c.
rnrphy and Mike Melley. the present al
Nners. Their possessions are a big II;
sset of the district and no doubt some =
ly the entire mountain will again he -
n active scene The wealth is there