davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
NINE TEAMS CONTEST
IN NATIONAL MEET
WILL SEND FIVE RESCUE TEAMS
TO INTERNATIONAL MEET
AT SALT LAKE.

With five teams entered in the con-
tests from the Occur d'Alene district
keen interest has been manifested To-
cally in the international first aid and
mine rescue meet in Salt Lake City
this week. Teams from every prom
inent mining center in the United
States and Canada were entered for
the first aid and mine rescue events
with the congressional bronze me-
dallion, awarded by act of congress
as the chief trophy sought by the con-
testants.
Teams from the Occur d'Alene dis
trict mines were made up as follows:
Bunker Hill & Sullivan-M. J. Bot
tinelli, captain; Chas. Williams Frank
.SokoliclS Albert Swinerton, Floyd
Warner.
Hecla-Bert Wheeler. captain; c.
Blankenship. William Walker, Harvey
Johns, Bart Hubbard, r. NJ. Adams.
Hercules-Joe Ravelli, captain;
Fred Walden, E. J. Thomas Pete
SCHUYLER, Ray Ball.
Morning-Axel E. Johnson. captain;
Erwin Bloom, Earl Taft Fred Pear
son, Wendell McEachern, Roy Erick
son.
Tamarack-Ralph Case. captain;
Leonard Harrington, Sam Wade, s. w.
Laughs, Richard Brown, Ellis Miles.
The Salt Lake City meeting is I'M
der the auspices of the bureau of
mines of the department of the inter
Tor, with which the National Safety
Council. American Red Cross and Am
erican Mining congress cooperate. all
of which organizations award prizes
for winning teams in the several
events.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
CALLAHAN DIRECTORS SEEK
CONTROL SUCCESS MINE
Big Deal Pending This Week New Ore
Bodies in Success Promise Huge Ton
mage for Its Future Operators

circles of the northwest. While i
was known the mine still contained
considerable ore reserves on the 140t
and 1900 levels, the unfavorable mar
ket conditions of four years ago
/ coupled with high operating costs
caused a suspension of operations and
I the stock of the company dropped to
practically nothing with no bidders.
Then followed systematic develop
ment program on the 700 level by
Manager A. c. Kennedy which dis
closed ore bodies of great strength to
the west of the shaft in virgin ground
and having no connection with the ore
bodies already mined on the east side
of the shaft. From a small stringer
near the station a drift on ore soon
disclosed commercial bodies of lead
zine-silver for 200 feet in length and
from Z to feet in width.
Ore Found on Lower Level.
Continuous shipments have been
made from the ore thus developed
while later operations uncovered the
same ore body on the 500 foot level,
adding immense reserves to the de-
veloped ore. Work on the 1000 foot
level was started some days ago and
within a few feet of where former OPP
erations ceased, the ore was encoun-
tered. which at the present time shows
a width of 10 feet Development of
this level will be undertaken as soon
as the new pump and motor can be
Installed. Unwatering the shaft to
the deeper levels of the mine will also
be undertaken as soon as new pumps
are available. When this is accom-
plshed the mine will be in condition
for movement of a large tonnage. to
the smelters and can be counted on
for continuous production as the new
ore bodies are now exposed on four
levels
At the present time the mine and
mill employs an average of 10 men.
the mill operating on two shifts. The
new pump and motor to handle the
water at the 10OO-foot level is expect
ed to arrive today and will be in
stalled at once With this in place
further development of the ore on this
level will be carried out. The new
pump is designed to throw 500 gallons
of water per minute and will be used
to free the mine from water to the
16OO-foot level
Movement Of 5000 tons of zinc ore,
stacked at the mine from former OPP
erations, is going ahead rapidly Is
10
Turing the month.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
EQUIP PROPERTY WITH
WATER POWER PLANT
LINCOLN PLANS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM IN DRY ORE
BELT.

Completion of 26SO feet of flume,
furnishing a 22O-foot head of water
for power purposes, marks the initial
step in the proposed development Of
the Silverado property, now under
control of the Lincoln Mining COM
pany The completion of this water
project will furnish ample power to
drive a three-drill air compressor. A
Pelton water wheel has been ordered
and other equipment is now on the
ground for the power plant and as
soon as this is installed active work
will begin underground.
Manager Newton states that the
long Silverado tunnel has been clear
ed and all caves caught up. This
tunnel is over 5000 feet in length and
is to be extended to a point some 300
feet distant where it is expected to
intercept the Yankee Boy vein on its
eastward extension. Careful study of
the vein systems of the Yankee Boy
and Polaris groups by Mr.. Newton
former manager of the Sunshine Min
ing company operating the Yankee
Boy, leads to the belief that the Yam
kee Boy vein carries commercial ore
bodies east of the shoots now expos
ed in the Sunshine property and that
at the great depth attained by the Sill
verado crosscut these ore bodies can
be made to yield a large tonnage.
The Lincoln company, composed of
well known local mining men, pro-
poses to carry forward a systematic
program with full ma
chinery equipment and will give a
thorough exploration to a section of
the dry ore belt never cut by deep OPP
erations.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
PLANS READY FOR
PINE CREEK RAILS
BUILD ON BONUS PLAN
A Large Tonnage Assured
Promoters of the New
Railroad Enterprise

u" OBSTRUCTION work on the
Pine creek railroad is to start
next Wees, according to Pat
rick Burke president of the
North Side Railroad company. who is
directing operations on the new ven
ture Mr. Burke states that right-of..
way has been secured TO the forks of
the creek, above the Lookout Noun
tain property. and that practically AN
of the roadway has been guaranteed
to Masonic, the proposed terminal.
Building operations will start at the
end of the two-mle spur. recently
completed by the Union Pacific. An
additional two miles will carry the line
to the Lookout property, where load
ing bins and sidetrack facilities will
be provided to handle ore from that
locality as well as serve the shippers
from the west fork territory. Other
stations will be located at the Nabob,
Denver gulch and Masonic.
As one of the considerations FOR
building the line the mining comDan-
les in the Pine creek district are sign
ing contracts to pay bonus on ore
shipments above the regular freight
rate to be established by the railroad
company. As now fixed the bonus
amounts to 25 cents per ton from the
Lookout station; so cents per ton
from the Nabob; rs cents from Den
yer creek and $1.OO per ton from Ma
sonia This bonus rate to apply un-
til a stipulated amount shall have
been paid to~the owners of the rail
road. after which the regular freight
tariffs to apply.
Mr. Burke states that the railroad
will be of standard guage. well con-
structed and that ample rolling stock
will be provided to handle any and all
freight originating i'm the territory of
the new line Negotiations are re-
ported under way whereby the North
Side Railroad corporation will take
over the two miles of line already
built mp the creek Freight on the
Pine creek road will be delivered to
the O.-W r. & n. at the Pine creek
spur.
Tonnage estimates from the mines
of the Pine creek district have been
given careful study by those interest
ed in the building of the new railroad
and from figures made available by
the several companies now ready to
move ore ample encouragement is
held out for profitable venture. The
markets are now open for all of the
lead silver ores the district can pro-
duce and the handling of the complex
lead zinc ores will be one of the lead
ing features of the proposed zinc cleo
.rolytic plant at the Bunker Hill smell
Ter
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
STATE BOARD RAISES
COUNTY TAX VALUES
MILLS AND SHELTERS lNcREAS-
ED 10 PER CENT OVER AS
SCISSORS RETURNS.

Valuations on concentrators and
shelters in Shoshone county were
raised 10 per cent by the state board
of equalization. sitting at Boise this
week. Timber lands in the county
were also given a 10 per cent increase,
cut-Over lands 10 per cent and BUSH
ness lots per cent. Mich COWS were
given a 10 per cent decrease by the
state board, which has closed its hear
ings and set the tax schedule for the
1923 period at .47736 cents. or approx
mately As cents on the 500 valuation.
This is a reduction of 6 cents under
last years levy.
In making out the tax notices the
collectors win use a somewhat high
er figure to allow for delinquent taxes
because each county must pay the
state the allotted amount, whether it
is collected or not. In other words, if
a county is charged with $4,000 of
sttae taxes and only $4,000 is col
lected the county must make up the
difference until the delinquencies are
paid
A number of changes were made by
the state board in equalizing various
classes of properties in north Idaho
counties. The report of valuation
from Latah county was increased 10
per cent in merchandise 5 per cent in
residence lots, II per cent in agricul-
tural land, 10 per cent in standing
timber and per cent in business lots.
The same county received a 10 per
cent decrease in valuation on mules
and IS per cent cut on common cat
tie
Clearwater county's standing tim
Der valuation was increased 80 per
cent
In Lewis county business and resi-
dence lots were increased in assessed
value by Is and 10 per cent respect
lively, while hogs We're lowered 20 per
cent.
In Bonner county the sawmills were
8 per cent, residence lots 4
per cent and milk cows went up 10
per cent Common cattle took an in
crease Of Is per cent
Nez Perez county horses were rails /
ed in value 10 per cent while resi-
dence lots went up per cent.
Kootenai county sawmills were rails /
ed so per cent above the reported |
value. Residence lots went up per
cent and grazing lands took a 10 per
cent raise.
Benewah county had the valuation
If residence lots boosted 10 per cent
md sawmill property went up Is per
cent and timber land 10 per cent. Milk
COWS were lowered 10 per cent.
In Boundary county agricultural
md timber lands were increased by
20 per cent and horses lowered 10 per
cent.
The state board of equalization,
making up the final state tax levy, is
of Governor c. c. Moore,
state Auditor Gallet, Attorney Gen
,ral A. H.. Conner, Secretary of State
?. A. Jeter and state Treasurer D. f.
Banks.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
ARGENTINE.
New Officers Chosen at Annual Meet
inq Of Stockholders.

New Officers Chosen at Annual Meet
ing of Stockholders.
Stockholders representing two
thirds of the stock of the Argentine
Mining company were in session this
week at Kellogg where directors for
the year were chosen and plans map
ped out for a resumption of develop
ment work Directors named were
M. w. Emmett, Karl Nelson, John
Stoycoff N r. Hardy, all of Kellogg,
John Ferguson of Wallace and }. j..
Turney and Henry Carstens of Spo-
kane. officers chosen by the direct
ors were Karl Nelson, president; John
Stoycoff, vice president; L. L. Ruth
ruff, secretary treasurer
At the present time the property is
being operated by a sub lease on the
upper workings The company has
recently located six additional claims
lying west of the original holdings
and as soon as the necessary work is
completed on these claims it is plan
ned to undertake further development
of the ore found in the Argentine
shaft from which shipments have been
made.
Negotiations are said to be pending
for the use of the Vulcan tunnel which
passes through Argentine grSund and
permits of deep development work on
the Argentine vein.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
INSTALL MACHINERY.
Amy Mining Company Receives Part
of Mill Equipment.

Amy Mining Company Receives Part
of Mill Equipment.
Machinery for the Amy concentra-
tor on Pine creek was delivered the
first of the week and additional equip
ment is expected within few days to
complete the first unit of 100 tons
daily capacity. Manager C. A. Smith
is pushing the mill work as fast as
possible IN order 10 get the plant in
working order before winter weather
sets in. Oscar Nordquist, well known
mill builder of the district has charge
of the installation of the machinery.
In the meanwhile Manager Smith
has a crew of miners at work opening
the ore reserves and getting the mine
in shape for active stopping operations.
The proposed lines of the Pine creek
branch railway passes directly by the
new mill, which will afford splendid
loading and shipping facilities.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
FIRST NATIONAL MAKES
NEW ORE DISCOVERY
BIG CREEK PROPERTY UNcOV-
ERS PROMISING ORE
SHOWING.

Developments of much import are
being made in the lower tunnel of the
First National Silver Mines located
on Big creek in the Wardner zone
Since driving the lower adit on this
property some years ago great
amount of teaching from some ore
body has taken place in this tunnel
and this in turn has been redeposited
on the walls. On account of this leach
ing the attention of the management
was directed to certain point about
1850 feet from the portal of the tun-
mel and a few rounds here seem TO
have exposed the western end of the
long sought ore shoot. The ore OK
posed, samples of which were display
ed at this office, show strong mineral
ization in iron ad-carbonates, blis
tered with silver chlOrides and some
gray copper, as well as thoroughly
impregpated with copper stains The
character OF tie ore very closely re-
sembles. the ore found in the upper
workings of the Caledonia mine and
that Of the Big Creek Mining COM
pany. Samples were sent to the AS
sayers today for analysis. Local mi
ming men are very lavorably impress
ed with this new find and predict a
new era of active development for the
upper Big creek section The First
National is the pioneer i'm develop
ment in that particular section.
Extensive Work Under Way.
The management of the First Ma
tional states this new discovery is
about 400 feet west of the surface
shaft on the Diamond claim, where
the prominent iron groupings COM
mence TO make their appearance. The
territory Of the find will be thorough
ly explored within the next lew
months. Development is already be-
ing carried along on an extensive
scale at the mine consisting of a
crosscut of the vein in this lower tun- !
mel. One crosscut has already been |
extended in a southerly direction for |
us feet. The water now being en- |
indicates an oxidized ore |
zone ahead in the face of this cross |
tut
The properties of the First Nation
Il Silver Mines are located to the east
md in the same general ore zone as
he Bunker Hill & Sullivan properties.
rhe holdings of the company comprise
group of 33 claims, of which num-
,er are patented. A great deal of de-
-elopment work has been done on the
property, more than 5000 feet of tun-
iel having been driven also a number
# small shafts and many open cuts
Tor it's present needs the company is
ully equipped with machinery and
and preparations are
ow being made to carry on work all
winter.
Matt Baumgartner, an old-time ex
mining man of the district,
esiding in Spokane, is one of the
owners of the property and
n active charge of the development.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
VULCAN.

Callahan Zinc Company Exercises OPP
ton on Control Of Stock.
Control of the Vulcan Mining COM
pany owning a group Of claims west
of Wallace and adjoining the holdings
of the Galena Mining company on
the west, passed to the Callahan Zinc
Lead company this week when an op-
ton was exercised at 6 cents per
share. Engineers for the Galena COM
pany investigated the Vulcan last
week and have reported the workings
of the property valuable for the fu-
ture development of the Galena hold
ings.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
DAHo-LEADVILLE.
Bio Creek Property Examined by En-
qineers Seeking Property.


The Idaho -Leadville property, To-
Gated to the east of the First Nation
al on Big creek, was examined this
week by Ed Gutenberg and VIM
Neary, of Spokane, who with associ-
ates are said to be considering in
vestments in the Big creek territory
The Idaho-Leadville owned princi-
pally by Mrs. James Leonard, Ed KY
an and Thomas Faley, has been I'M
der development for several years and
is reported to have a showing of com
mercial Iead-silver ore in 250-foot
vertical shaft sunk from 9OO-foot
crOsscut tunnel.
Development of the mine at great
depth is said to be possible by an eX-
tension of the First National crosscut
now over 1000 feet in length, on
through the hill to the Idaho-Lead-
Vile vein. This, it is stated, would
cut the vein at depth of more than
1000 feet and 500 feet deeper than the
present operations from the shaft
level.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
FEDERAL DECLARES DIVIDEND.
Quarterly Issue Of $4,000 Ordered by
Directors on September is.

0N|~AbAo AiA 0NEAGNilhGN H.
Disbursement of a quarterly divi-
dend of $4,000 on preferred stock
was ordered this week by the direct
ors Of the Federal Mining & Smelling
company, payable on September Is.
This is at the rate of / q per cent.
Payment of this dividend increases
the total disbursement for the year
to S629,27l and the grand total on
preferred issue to S17.705.2lO and a
grand total on common and preferred
TO S20,413.99O.
The Morning mine at Mullan is the
chief producer of the Federal at this
time, although several other operat-
ing properties controlled by the COM
pany have contributed somewhat to
the total yield. Operations at the
Morning are proceeding at normal
rate with an average of 500 miners
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
LABOR DAY OBSERVANCE.

Labor Day. Monday. September 3,
will be observed in the Occur d'Alene
district by a joint celebration to be
held in Wallace in which all of the
towns of the district will join. A pro-
gram of interest to all will be held
and during the afternoon the Wallace
and Kellogg baseball teams will meet
in one of the closing games of the
season.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30

properties III tllt copper DGl
along the Little North Forl
river. according to Otis Shuck
well known prospector of that district
During the past month engineers rep
resenting eastern parties paid the dis
trict a visit and are reported to have
been favorably impressed with the
possibilities of developing some cop
per producers. Options have since
been sought on one of the mines and
negotiations are pending which call
for a systematic plan of exploration
at depth sufficient to prove the
strength of the veins.
Lack of adequate transportation ia
cilities has retarded an aggressive
movement in the Little North Fork
district, although there are several
mines with considerable tonnage now
in sight
The claims owned by James Hos
kins and Charles Williams, pioneer
prospectors of that section. have been
under steady development this sum-
mer and from samples shown here
have commercial ore exposed in the
drift on the vein for over 100 feet.
Values are copper and silver with
some showing of lead.
The Shuck claims have also been
operated during the summer and have
a strong showing of ore along the
footwall side of a ledge that averages
6 to feet in width. The ore is of
concentrating grade and is showing
steady improvement as further depth
is attained.
The Hamburg American Copper
company has a splendid showing ex-
posed in a crosscut driven to the vein
at a face depth of over 400 feet The
property has had 1900 feet of work
completed and application for a pat
ent is now pending in the land office
VIM. Schaefer is president of the cor
poratiOn.
Riverside Has Real Values.
The Riverside mine has attracted
the favorable attention of engineers
and ia somewhat different from the
other properties in that district in
that a distinct lead-silver bearing
shoot of ore was uncovered, independ
ent of a strong copper bearing vein.
The main lead shows a width of z
feet carrying from IS to 20 inches of
high grade lead-silver ore. The mine
is equipped with an S0-horsepower
boiler, air compressor and other ne
cessary equipment. The management
plans shaft operations to further de-
velop the ore now exposed on the tun- /
mel level. T. r. Mason of Kellogg is /
president and manager of the prop /
erty.
In the same belt as the Riverside /
the Rainbow Mining company has an /
ore showing on some patented claims
which carries values in lead silver /
and zinc. picked samples from which
show returns of 26 per cent lead 80
per cent zinc and IL ounces silver
The property has had over 600 feet Of
development work completed on
vein showing a width Of 20 feet IN
surface cuts. George Austin is man
ager of the mine.
with the building of the railroad
from Prichard 10 miles farther up the \
North Fork river, attention of mining
men will again be directed to the re-
markable copper showings along the
headwaters of the main river Pros
nectors have been busy in that terri
tory during the past summer months
and a number of new locations MADE
tributary to the railroad
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
BONDS ARE SIGNED.
County Receives 100000 for Road
Building Purposes

James II. Taylor. chairman of the
board of county commissioners. Harry
A. Rogers. clerk of the board, and
John Lucas, county treasurer, We're in
Spokane Wednesday to sign the $780,
600 bond issue, recently authorized by
voters of the county. All papers in
connection with the deal were dispos-
ed of and the total sum is now avail
able for the purposes intended
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30

- EPORTS that negotiations for
control of the stock of the Sue
cess Mining company and the
taking over of that property
/ by the powerful Callahan Zinc Lead
company interests were well under
way are current here today and that a
deal would be consummated is cOnsid-
cred very likely. The opinion is fur
Their expressed that practically enough
stock is controlled or in the hands OF
the officers to insure control provided
the terms and prices to be asked are
met by the Callahan officials. 1t is
also understood that the officers of
the Success will ask that all stock
holders be given the same privilege
in case of a sale and that any stock
offered be taken by the purchasing
company at the same rate within rea-
sonable time limits.
Rumors of a possible sale of the
Success to the Callahan Lead in
terests have been persistent for sew
eral days, following reported con-
ferences between officials of the two
corporations. The two mines are in
the same locality and have many in
terests in common in their develop
ment and shipping program. Recent
ore disclosures in the Success have ]
focused the attention of mining men
on that property for several weeks
past and have engaged the considera-
ton of the larger operators now in
the field to acquire additional proper
ties.
Borg Watches Development.
John Borg, president of the Gala
han Zinc-Lead corporation, has been
in the district the past month and is
still in the west where he will remain
for several weeks. He is reported to
be awaiting further negotiations with
Success officials before returning to
New York to present the enlarged
program of his company officially to
the directors. Walter Harvey Weed,
noted engineer and geOlogist is in the
district for the Callahan interests and
will probably be called upon soon to
make an investigation of the Success !
for his company. although it is stated |
the we'll known condition of the mine |
and reports available from local en-
gineers have satisfied the Callahan |
officers that the mine would prove a
valuable acquisition to it's present |
The discovery and development Of
new ore bodies in the Success mine
during the past few months has prov
ed the sensation of the year in mining /
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-30
Stockholders

WILLFIND MINING NEWS
AND COMPANY NOTICES
OF INTEREST TO THEM
THE WALLACE MINER