The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-09-27
M'PHILLIPS STRIKE
TO SHIPHIGH GRADE
TO BE NO LITIGATION
To Secure Patent for Claims
Engineer Found Conditions
Favorable to Ore
TO BE NO LITIGATION

IT HE PAST week has witnessed
continued and even increased in
terest in the strike made by
StrattOn x Stratton on the Nc
Phillips property on Nine Mile. The
scene of the strike being easily Access
sible, scores of people have visited it
every day, and on last Sunday it was
estimated that 400 people went into
the 3O0-foot tunnel to see the ore
Evidently with this steady going in
and coming out of the tunnel. there
has been little opportunity for work
and in fact no attempt was made until
last Monday, when one shift of three
men started TO work. The number
Will he increased as development pro-
ceeds and additional men can be used
! to advantage. Mr. Stratton saws that
the policy Will be to go after the ore
( with the view to making shipments
of high grade. while the lower grade
ore will be stored to be hand -jigged
as soon as facilities can be provided.
Since striking the ore practically
nothing has been done to determine
the thickness of the shoot, and for
that reason the work that is now being
done viii be followed with close at
tention. After striking the ore, which
stood as a solid wall across the face
of the tunnel, the rush to buy options
and the large number of visitors to
see the remarkable showing made fur
Their work for the time impossible.
Late last Saturday afternoon some one
! unknown, but who was evidently paid
to do the job, forced open the locked
door of the tunnel, and blasted a shall
low hole in the ore. This is said to
have disclosed about s or 10 inches of
high grade ore, most of it steel galena
while the bottom of the hold appeared
to be in ore Of lower grade. The job
was evidently conceived by some one
who wanted a sure thing before in
vesting in options, oblivious to the fact
that the act was a criminal offense
No More Options
After having sold approximately 500
ten dollar options, further sale was
discontinued Wednesday evening of
last week. The persistent demand in
duced Mr.. Stratton to reopen the sale
Saturday at the advanced price of S25.
Monday morning announcement was
made that no further sales would be
made, as funds on hand sufficient to
meet all requirements and that atten-
ton would be directed to developing
the wonderful ore showing and to taxi
ing out ore shipment Out of the total
Of 1900 options less than half have
been sold.
Will Secure Patent
Coincident with the DEVELOPMENT of
the property. steps are being taken to
secure patent to the McPhiuips claims.
The claims were surveyed for patent
some years ago. but Mr. MePhinips
was unable to proceed to a conclusion
on account of the costs Since the
strike was made Mr.. Stratton has
taken the matter up. the survey has
been rechecked and formal application
will be made for patent within the
next few days and it is expected to
go through without delay In this
connection the Miner is authorized by
Dennis GOggin to state that the report
published last week in a local paper
to the effect that he would start liti-
cation to protect his right to a fourth
interest in the McPhllips property is
wholly without foundation. and Mr..
McPhillips authorizes the statement
that there never has been any differ
ences in regard to his and Mr.. Goggin's
respective interests. nor will there he
in the future. These positive an
nouncements by the interested parties
remove any possibility of contest over
title to the property and practically
assures that patent proceedings will
go through without protest or adverse
claim.
Conditions Favored Ore.
The development of the McPhilips
property which resulted in finding this
remarkable body of ore was directed
by Chas F. O. Merriam. mining en-
gineer and was based upon a careful
study of geological conditions which
in his judgment were favorable to
important ore deposits This is evil
dent from extracts from Mr. Mer-
RAMS reports on the property. In the
course of a report dated May 2, 1928,
he said:
IN the discovery tunnel of the Dora
lode, a broken mineralized area of
Revett Quartzite has been partially
prospected. but the work has not been
continued far enough to give any def
mite idea of the value of the vein of
which this is undoubtedly part. The
continuation of this tunnel to the west
seems to be on the north side of the
vein. although in a steeply tilted st.
Regis formation
There are certain conditions besides
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