The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-12-06
REPORT ON GIANT LEDGE
FIND ORE IN CROSSCUT
OUTLOOK GOOD FOR FINDING
ORE DRIFTING SOUTHEAST
sink LATER.

Geo. +. TOttenstein. mine superin-
tendent for the Giant Ledge syndi-
cate issued brief report to the
stockholders on November %, in which
he describes recent development work
on the 400 level which has evidently
produced most encouraging results.
The Giant Ledge IS situated about
four and a nalf miles above Murray
near the mouth of Granite creek.
The property had been quite extern
sively developed under the former
ownership, the chief features of which
are shaft of 400 feet deep, from the
bottom of which a drift has been run
northwesterly, which disclosed some
ore, but not in paying quantities. The
present company - carrying ont
different plan of development, as in
dicated in Mr.. Hottenstein's report
The drift mentioned is exploring the
ground under high mountain, which
has long been regarded as the most
favorable place for finding an ore
body Mr. ToTttenstein's report fol-
lows:
Crosscut Near Shaft.
since my last report we have made
some important discoveries. On the
first of the month we started driving
a crosscut from the 400 foot shaft
station to the south to cut a assure
that shows to be crossing in front and
to the southeast at an angle of 40
degrees. When we had driven this
crosscut approximately 20 feet, we
cut a stringer that had a 16 inch
streak of fine lead and silver ore.
The stringer is on the east side of
the crosscut. We did not drift on this
stringer but continued the crosscut
toward the fissure. We hit this ifs
sure on the 18th and encountered
more ore and are now drifting on the
fissure and, in my opinion, we will
run into an ore body very soon, the
16 inch stringer will no doubt inter-
sect the fissure in ahead.
Drifting Southeast.
I'VE are also driving the southeast
drift along the contact The showing
there is improving and the hanging
wall is getting harder and more
mineralized, having a high content of
iron and numerous spots of lead and
silver along the zone for the past so
feet The appearance is such that !
expect some change soon that viii be
highly interesting, and that we will
encounter the Monarch vein in close
proximity. We recently picked up
large chunk of lead ore in the south
east drift. This ore has no doubt
come from an ore body a short dist
anee ahead and we expect to open
up something of real importance dur
ing the next 30 days The present
conditions indicate a close proximity
to an ore body in each place where
we are now working, and the only
question in my mind is which on VII
open up first.
Sink Later
1--WE have a very efficient crew and
are able to make satisfactory progress
with the work. We are using both
drills and making between Z and
feet a day. We are now working IL
men and will shortly put on a night
shift. This will not increase our over
head to any great extent and will
make four rounds a day, and the cost
a great deal less per foot. On ae-
count of the extensive development
work on the 400 foot level, we have
not yet prepared to sink, but will do
so as soon as we can get our work
lined up in a proper way We VIII
mail you further reports from time to
time and keep you posted as to the
progress we are making, and firmly
believe the next report will be that
we have encountered a large ore