The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-26
BEAVER CONSOLIDATED
PLANS IMPORTANT WORK
INCLUDES A NEW COMPRESSOR
AND EQUIPMENT FOR A
SMALL MILL.

William Schierding, of Spokane,
manager of the Beaver Consolidated
Mines company, accompanied by
Chas. Goodsell, mining engineer ar
rived in the city yesterday afternoon
and today went to the property of
the company at the head of Beaver
creek The Beaver Consolidated com
pany is the result of reorganization
of the Friend Mining company
through which several additional
claims were acquired which made a
substantial increase in the value of
the companys property. The COM
pany now owns u claims in a section
of the Occur dAlene district which
has wonderful possibilities of min
eral production. Much has been ac-
complished in the way OF develop
ment of the property resulting in
showing up considerable ore, and
Mr. Schierding stated that his visit
to the property at this time is to take
preliminary steps toward resumption
of active development this summer
and expects to be able to make an
occasional shipment of ore.
Install New Compressor.
Plans include putting in new
compressor within the next three
months, having a capacity of at least
five drills. After sinking from the
main tunnel the old compressor was
found to be unequal to the task and
it was sold last year to the Lookout
Mountain company Another add
ton that will be made about the same
time will be a small mill. The COM
pany now has a crusher and hand
jigs but this was found too slow a
process in turning out a shipping pro-
duct. It is proposed now to complete
a small milling plant by adding a
ball mill, power jigs and flotation
unit, which will enable the company
to make an occasiona ore shipment in
the course of developing the proper
ty with the view to placing it on a
basis. The ore is both
and zinc and at present
high prices of metals shipments of
lead should return a good profit, and |
Mr.. Schierding believes he can also
market the zinc to advantage. The |
is only a mile and a half |
from the railroad, with which it is |
by a good wagon road.
Ore for 400 Feet.
The main development on the Bea |
yer Consolidated consists of two tun-
nels, in the lower one of which there |
is practically continuous ore for 400
feet, varying in width from a few
inches to four feet of good mill feed.
The last work done on the property |
was to sink a shaft 65 feet deep from
this tunnel, from the bottom of which
a crosscut was run to the vein, which
proved to be IS feet wide all heavily
but not of commercial
grade. 1t was the intention to sink
the shaft 100 feet or more, but IS feet
proved about the limit of capacity of
the compressor. This will now be
by the installation of a new
and more powerful compressor, when
work will again be taken up in the
shaft.
Work IN Upper Tunnel.
Ninety feet above this tunnel is
tunnel No 1, which mas been driven
725 feet, which apparently passed
through the top of the ore shoot in
the tunnel below Mr.. Schierding
says his plans include the extension
of this tunnel some 1900 feet, which
will attain a depth of 900 feet and
which will explore the vein beneath
an immense outcrop which he is con-
vinced is the Gaping of a large shoot
Of iead-silver ore. In fact he saws
that galena is found in the outcrop
and all conditions Indicate important
ore disclosures when the tunnel is
advanced under it. In view of the
favorable location of the property and
the gratifying results already accom-
plished in its development, the car
rying out of the plans outlined by
Mr.. Schierding may reasonably be ex-
pected to result in important ore de-
this summer.