The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-05-03
COPPER KING COMPANY
AGAIN ON ACTIVE LIST
DIAMOND DRILL CONTRACT LET
RESULTS OF THE
DEVELOPMENT.


The Copper King Mining company
, this week resumed active work at the
mine northeast of Mullan. The di-
rectors of the company have author
lied Manager Harry ingalls, to place
crew of men at work cleaning uI
and retimbering the long lower cross
cut tunnel preparatory for a diamond
drill prospecting campaign, which will
be started just as soon as the lower
workings are in shape The Diamond
Drill Contracting company of Spo-
kane has the drilling contract. Fred
stone, president of the Diamond Drill
company is also one of the directors
and a large stakeholder in the Copper
King
The Copper King property is locat-
ed at the head of Sonora gulch, on
the main divide between Canyon creek
and the headwaters of Deadman
creek. 1t is one of the pioneer loca-
tions of the district, having been dis
covered and located in 1885 by J. f.
ingalls,.
Ore Shoot 300 Feet Long,
The present company was organized
in 1901, and a group of stockholders
composed of Iowa bankers financed
the property and accomplished an
enormous amount of development
work About 5000 feet of tunnel was
driven on the Burke side of the di-
vide. This tunnel opened and devel-
/ oped a shoot of galena ore about 300
feet in length, and from one foot to
three feet wide. This showing was of
such Importance that a group of min
ing men headed by Wilbur ID. Green
ough and Stanly A. Easton took an
option on the property in 1906 at 20
cents per share with per cent down.
During their operations a Wine was
put down 100 feet, disclosing three
feet of galena ore at the bottom of the
Wine. This ore took first prize that
year at the Spokane Interstate fair
and the stock of the company sold up
to Ga cents per share. The financial
panic following the boom" caused
the Greenough interests to surrender
the option and the old company again
took charge and Immediately financed
a mile long lower tunnel to give a
depth of 1000 feet on the vein. This
tunnel was put through in record
time and the vein encountered at
point 1861 feet from the portal. The
crosscut was continued 600 feet fur
Their north to a point vertically under /
meath the upper workings, and a dia-
mond drill continued from that point /
300 feet further north.
Much Low Grade Ore.
Drifting was then started on the /
vein both east and west from the
level The east drift developed good
values for about 100 feet, at which
point the ore was cut off by a heavy
fault. The west drift was continued
to the west end line of l.
the companys ground following ore /;
for about $50 feet. This ore was
found also to be disturbed more or
less by the fault which cut off miner
alization in the east end The west 1
end workings which are extensive, 4
show the vein and ore to vary from
three to four feet minimum width to
IS feet maximum width. At the wild
est point the vein and ore body are in I
/ wide block of Revett quartzite, all {
If which is highly mineralized. A
arge stope was made in this block of {
,round. and about 5000 tons of mill I
ng ore placed on the dump, out of s
which was hand sorted about one \
arioad averaging 80 per cent lead and $
5 ounces silver per ton. From the !
op of this stope a raise was put up I
60 feet, where the vein was again 7
rosscut and found to be 20 feet wide, n
nth filing of quartz and high grade F
alena ore No sign of the fault hi
Guild be found, so a diamond drill h
-as installed and located the fault I
20 feet north of the vein. Il
Diamond Drill Work. II
The diamond drill work now plan
ed by the company is to drill a SER
IS of crosscut holes destined to tap
he vein system about 500 feet above N
he tunnel level These holes will
art from old drifts at a considerable
stance north of the vein. The drills n,
i'll prospect the vein system in var .;
us places along the 75O-foot length hi
Town on the level, and is for the te
irpose of not only determining the al
neral contents of the vein, but also O,
locate the most advantageous point us
ON which to cut station and start M
permanent working raise sh