The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-04-12

- ILA on the new lfO
level at the Morning mine b
the Federal Mining & Smeltin
company has shown a decide
increase in the width of the ore shoe
and an equally pronounced improve
ment in the grade of the ore as com
pared with the showing described il
the Miner two weeks ago. At tina
time the ore was reported IA feet wild,
and averaging 10 per cent lead, while
now the shoot is reported to be q
feet wide, and a large portion oil
which is ore that runs from 20 to sc
per cent lead. The ore showing on
this level is pronounced bigger and
better than that found on the levels
above and gives reasonable assurance
that the same gratifying condition
will be found as further depth is
gained. Sinking another 200 feet will
soon begin. and the results of open
ing up the 1850 level on this wonder
greatest interest.
New Ore in Upper Workings.
But while these interesting develop
ments are in progress in the shaft,
exploratory work in the upper work
ings is making important additions to
the ore reserves of the Morning. There
is a large block of ground between
the 500 level which corresponds to the
main working tunnel formerly called
NO.6 and No. tunnel level, which
was left practically untouched by for
mer operators and which until recent
ly had been UNEMPLOYED by the Fed
eral company A raise from the 500
level found a large body of low grade
ore in this ground, having a length of
300 feet extending west to the main
Morning workings. This ore has now
been found on the 500 and 400 levels.
or up to No. tunnel, the ore on the
intermediate levels being of better
grade than on the 500. being especial
ly good on the 400, where. a large pro-
portion of the shoot is of shipping
grade Drifting west on the 400 is
now in progress, in the direction of
the old workings, the distance being
about 300 feet. This block of ground
is conservatively estimated to con-
tain 100000 tons of ore, making a
very substantial addition to the
known ore available in the mine.
Minnie Moore Optioned to Federal
The Federal company is also ex-
panding its operations in the Wood
river district where it already has
the Independence in profitable pro-
ductiOn and has recently resumed de-
velopment of the North Star. It's lat
est acquisition in the Wood river dis
trict is the famous Minnie Moore, one
of the early producers and one which
promises to more than duplicate its
past performance under the new own
ership. That the Federal has taken
an option on the Minnie Moore and
will proceed at once with its develop
ment was confirmed this week by
Frederick Burbidge, of this city gen.
eral manager of the Federal. The
HALEY Times News Miner of April
has this to say of the deal:
Produced Over 100000.
Minnie Moore is coming back.
"As the climax of negotiations eX
tending over several weeks, between /
I. E. Rockwell and officials of the /
Federal Mining & Smelling company, /
it became known early this week that !
this great corporation had taken over |
the Minnie Moore, just out of Belle
vue. and that work would start at |
once to unwater the famous old mine. |
"Tt is a fact superintendent A. E.
70 no fr11fb ]
of the report Just what we will do /
depends on what we find as we go
along. 1t means the unwatering of /
the property, in part at least. This
will not require a large force of men
as it is more a matter of power and /
machinery We will start just as
soon as we can get onto the ground
1t is said, too, tFat it means the i'm
mediate sinking of the Allen shaft.
When superintendent Ring was asked
how the Minnie Moore was taken over
he said: Just say that it was taken
over on an option" This will inter-
fere in no way whatever with the
of the work in the North
Star and independence by the Federal
Mining & Smelling company
"The Minnie Moore claims the rec
ord of the largest body of high grade
lead silver ore of any mine in the
world It's yield in the olden days is
placed at sS,0OOOOO. In the property
there are 16 patented and impatient
ed claims in the Mineral Hill district
opposite Bellevue and five miles from