The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-11-09
ZINC FROM MORNING
SOLD j. 5. SHELTER
$500 TONS ON HAND
May Take Othe Ore-Bunker
Hill Zinc Plant Certain
Anaconda investigates
500 TONS ON HAND

TITLE MOST significant piece Of
mining news 0unng the past
week was the announcement
tnat the FEDERAL Mining Il
aneiung company mad closed an
asreenent wltn the United states
l7neiIng company Tor the SAFE OIL the
large accommodation Oh zinc concen-
uates AT the morning NINE ana Tor
lne luture prOduct OF the mlne. FOR
1ne past Two years the Occur aAIene
uisIuot mas been prdcucany smut out
Oh the zinc market uue 10 the prevail
ns low puce Oh the metal ana the
nlsn lreisut rates 10 Instant sueiters.
1ne AlOrnlng ore is combination Of
ivad anu 1inc, tine iOriuvr preuUmin-
atung. FOR a CONSIDERABLE time curing
me oppression IN the ENC market II Is
unUeIslOOu tnat no attempt was maze
10 recover the ENC ana II was aIIOWed
10 80 dOWn the creek with the tan-
ln5s. EVIuenuy 1Oreseelng DeJIer Gays
Tor enc Tor inc past year the enc mas
Deen recovered ana the concentrates
stored. AS a result the eueral COM
pany now mas ON manu- at the morning
iniue a STOCK Oh ENC concentrates es-
IinaIeu at zoUO tons win an average
enc content Oh about 40 per cent. rms
sJOck VIII now he shipped as rapluly
as cars can De prOviueu 10 the United
states Slneiung company at henrl-
e11u, OlNia. Oruers nave been placed
Win the Northern racine Tor OU cars
10 ne suppneu as speeuny as possible,
Inese 10 Ne used III cieaning up the
concentrates on hand ana take care
Oh the regular Mnc output Oh the Nor
nIng.
rms transaction is naturally taken
to mean tnat the STEADY advance in
the price OF ENC has now maze the
prouuct OIL the Occur dAlene uIstuct
aValiaDIe to smelters IN the middle
west and the east on terms that VIII
return a good profit to the producer
and it may therefore be assumed that
the l.. S. company is open Tor BUSH
ness with any other company having
ENC ore or concentrates Tor shipment
Federal Big Producer.
The zinc product OF the Morning
mine represents only a part OF the
zinc operations of the Federal COM
pany. Down in Oklahoma the COM
pany owns three zinc mines situated
near the state line, the operating Of
flee being at Baxter Springs, Kas.
These mines are the Brewster, Lucky
O. X. and Pennington. These mines
are all productive and combine to
make quite a large tonnage, which IS
also shipped to the smelter at Henri
eta. These mines also produce con-
siderable lead, though zinc is the chief
product. The Federal is also dong
much prospecting work in the Okla
hOma zinc field.
Bunker Hill Zinc Plant.
The activity in the zinc market and
the promising outlook for the metal
has attracted increased attention to
the electrolytic zinc plant to be built
at Kellogg by the Bunker Hill & Sui
Ivan company. 1t is learned that
plans are quietly going forward for
the construction of the plant, and it is
expected that by the time the Star
mine, owned jointly by the Bunker
Hill and Hecla, is in shape for prOduc-
ton, which viii be in about two years,
the e!ectrolytic plant ct Kellogg viii
be ready to treat the zinc product of
the mine. Pine creek will also be a
big source of supply of zinc ores and
it is believed that the Bunker Hill it
self is acquiring extensive interests in
zinc properties in that section.
Anaconda Looking This Way.
The big electrolytic zinc plant at
Great Falls owned by the Anaconda
is reported operating at full
on ores supplied by mines
owned by the Anaconda company and
also from the Butte & Superior and
Elm Orlu. But Anaconda is evidently
ooking for a steadily increasing de-
nand for zinc, for it is reported that
he company has under consideration
of it's Great Falls plant
md the extension of it's field beyond
is present limits. A representative
If the company was in the Occur
iAlene district few months ago. and
to current report, his pur-
pose was to look over the zinc situa-
ion here in relation to the possible
of the Great Falls plant