The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-07-13

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Pine creek district is assuming
large proportions. more prop
critics now being worked thar
at any time in the last five years. OPP
eratiOns are gradually charging in
several of the producing mines and
from present indications the work
now started will be permanent with a
steadily increasing tonnage of ore
going forward to the smelters.
The taking over on lease and bond
of the well known Sidney property by
strong financial interests of San
Francisco represented locally by
Fred w. Galloway. prominent engin-
eer of the district insures extensive
development of that mine. Mr.. Gala
way will direct the operations at the
property and will enlarge his crew to
carry forward the work as fast as
possible. From its upper levels the
Sidney has shipped several cars of
high grade silver-lead ore to the
Bunker Hill smelter and has available
from the same levels a considerable
quantity yet to be moved.
Constitution starts work.
The Constitution, after several years
of inactivity, is reported to have start
ed operations again this week with
the intention of getting the entire
workings cleaned out for a resump-
ton of development work on the sew
eral levels of the property. Pumps
We're taken to the mine on Monday
to be used in clearing the shaft work.
ings of water and it is reported that
when this is done plans will be made
to resume stopping operations and that
shipments will be made to the Bunker
Hill smelter at Kellogg. Joe TrainOr
is in charge of the property.
Good progress is reported from the
Lookout Mountain property where
shaft is under way from the SOO-foot
level This is now down y feet and
will be continued to the 400 level from
where the ore body exposed on the
levels above will be explored and
stopping operations started. The pro-
perty has a considerable tonnage of
ore exposed on the 300 level and with
the added depth gained by the shaft
will have available a large amount of
ore for shipment. The mine is well
equipped with machinery to carry on
the work and now has in operation a
gravity tram connecting the mine
with a set of three jigs and loading
bins on the main road near the Beeler
school house.
At the Nabob r. Sherwood is in
charge of a crew placed at work in
the Denver tunnel and it is reported
that operations will be enlarged and
the mill put into use within a short
time The Denver workings have
been well explored, disclosing an ore
body more than 200 feet in length !
carrying values in lead. silver and !
zinc Carbonate ore in shallow sur
face workings is reported to have !
been uncovered lately similar in char
acter to that found in the adjoining /
Sidney property and from which a !
number of shipments were made to
the smelter.
Jim Blaine Drives Crosscut.
The lower crosscut tunnel on the |
holdings of the Jim Blaine Silver !
Syndicate has been extended nearly |
500 feet and good progress is being |
made with the work at this time. The /
face of the crosscut shows a heavy |
mineralization and according to the |
surveys is nearing the first of the
three veins embraced in the holdings /
of the corporation.
The Pine Creek Mining & Milling
company operating the Hilarity
~roup. has recently let contracts for
a continuation of work and will ex-
plore the vein by a crosscut from the
present face of the drift. The foot
wall was followed for about 100 feet in
the drift and il is the belief of the
that commercial ore will
he found along the hanging wall of
the ledge and this will be determined
in the work now under way.
On Trapper creek the Big It Mining
& Milling company is carrying on an
important piece of development work.
A crosscut tunnel is under way which
will reach the vein at a depth of some
400 feet and by means of a drift
great depth can be attained when
point beneath the outcrop is reached.
The Big It, with NJ. L. Pratt as man
ager, is developing a section of the
Pine creek district which has been
looked upon with favor by mining men
for a number of years and the results
of the present work will be watched
with interest
The Highland Surprise is moving
ore to the smelter. leasers working in
the upper levels during the past
spring and winter having accumulat-
ed a considerable tonnage of hand
sorted high grade lead-silver product