The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-08-02

"HE HECLA Mining company
will be restored to production
within five Or six months. That
was the prediction made by
James f. Mccarthy yesterday with
the Proviso that arrangements could
be made to use the old hoist, which
it is expected will be accomplished
today Up to this time predictions as
to the time that would be required to
restore the plant and equipment de-
strOyed by fire have been based upon
the time it would take to build, deliver
and install a new hoist, which has
been estimated roughly at almost a
year. 1t is now found that the old
hoist that was damaged by fire can
be made serviceable, and if certain
agreements are reached with the in
surance companies interested, which
is altogether probable, it will be util-
lied until a new hoist of larger ca
pacity has been installed This is a
most interesting and gratifying piece
of news, for it means that the great
payroll of the Hecla company will be
restored in half the time heretofore
estimated and that the development
of the Star mine will not be delayed
to the extent contemplated.
Progress at the Mine.
The Northern Pacific completed the
high line to the Hecla the first of the
week, which enabled both railroad
companies to remove the remnants of
several cars on the dump destroyed /
by fire. With these out of the way
the Heca company is now making
rapid progress in cleaning up the |
wreckage, which is being loaded on /
cars and hauled away. This work is !
being greatly facilitated by the arri- /
val of cars from the Bunker Hill .
smelter equipped with cranes which .
will be used for lifting the heavy de-
stroyed machinery and depositing it
on cars for removal from the prem
ises.
Pumps Hold Down Water.
Pumps on the 1900 and 1900 are
handling the water on those levels,
and two sinking pumps in the shaft
are making standoff in contending
with the water below, lowering it to
a slight extent The pumps are OPP
Grated by compressed air. and the
Hecla compressor is being supple
mented by air from the Hercules
transmitted through a 3-inch pipe
line. In order to render this assist
ance to the Hecla, it was necessary
for the Hercules to utilize the COM
pressor long in disuse at Nc. tun- {
mel With this assistance from the
Hercules, Hecla is able to handle the
water on the two upper levels and
hold the water down in the shaft, even
lowering it little. In the meantime I
a powerful electric hoist will be TAX
en- down to the 1900 and from that /
level lowered to the proper elevation {
in the workings below, where it will 1
rapidlv unwater the 1000 level lifting C
the water to the 1900 to be finally dis s
charged from the mine by the pumps t
above.
Interest in Profit Insurance.
From the number of inquiries COM /,
ing from all parts of the country, it q
appears that comparatively few peo- 4
pie knew anything about use and Oc- G
eupancy" insurance until they heard 4
IF the. million-dolla profit policy held f.
Dy the Hecla company. Now they =
want to know all about it and what O
insurance companies write it. One
operator in Arizona manifested much
interest in that class of insurance in
/ letter to Mr. Mccarthy and wanted :,
o be placed in touch with the con-
,ern who wrote the Hecla policy. His
etter was referred to the Rossi In
nlrance & Investment company. The .
Arizona gentleman closed his letter by =
aging that the possession of that
million dollar policy after the mine =
liant had gone up in smoke must "
AVE produced "a grand and glorious "
ceiling" in which expression Mr.. NC