The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-10
PLANS OF PEARSON
FOR MAKING A NINE
TO DEVELOP NEW VEIN
Commercial Ore in Original
Vein Also---Water Power
and Modern Plant
TO DEVELOP NEW VEIN

7 AIRY PEARSON, vice presi-
- dent and manager OF the Pear
son Mining company. returned
from st. Paul last week and
proceeded at once to the property OF
the company in the copper belt of the
1t. Joe. He arrived in Wallace last
Monday afternoon, and when seen by
the Miner Tuesday, Mr. Pearson ex-
pressed much satisfaction over his
success in financing the company dur-
ing the seven weeks ne spent in ST.
Paul and other places in Minnesota,
where most of the Pearson stock
holders reside. And yet even his sue
cess in this respect could hardly ac-
count for his eXuberant spirits and
the real explanation was finally found
IN the fact that before leaving st.
/ aul Mr. Pearson became a Benedict.
on December % he was married to
Miss Eulalie Pearson. one of those
unusual cases in which the bride en-
tered the matrimonial state without
changing her name Mr.. Pearson eX-
poets to return to ST Paul in about
sixty days. In the meantime he will
necessarily be at the mine on the St
Joe where conditions at this season
are not conducive to an ideal honey
moon. For that reason, Mrs Pear
son remained east, but will come to
the Occur d'Alenes with her husband
upon his return about two monts
later
Making Mine of Pearson.
During the last half of the past year
two important things happened which
have an important bearing on the
future OF the Pearson property The
first of these was the acquisition by
purchase of a group Of nine claims
south of the Pearson and the location
OF other claims, which combined with
the original holdings gives the COM
pany now a consolidated group OF 90
claims and four fractions. The second
was the locating of the Pearson vein
by diamond drilling from point near
the face of the crosscut 3400 feet
from the portal and at a depth of
800 feet from the surface. The vein
was penetrated by the drill in two
places. In the first hole it was IT
feet wide and in the second Is feet
and the core in both cases showed
good values in copper and some gold
With these two highly important
things accomplished, plans have been
formulated and are being carried out
under conditions that inspire great
confidence that Pearson is soon to be
a mine.
Crosscutting to Vein.
Discussing the plans of the COM
pany, Mr. Pearson stated that follow
ing the very gratifying diamond drill
work, a crosscut was started to the
vein at the point where it was proved
to be II feet wide. This work is pro-
ceeding with one shift employed at
the rate of four feet per day. When
he left the property a few days ago
100 feet remained to be run. This
should be completed and also some
drifting done on the vein within sixty
days. With this accomplished, which
is expected to prove a body of COM
mercial ore in the original Pearson
vein, an entirely new plan for the per-
manent development and operation of
the property will be taken up.
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On the nine claims purchased last
summer there is a wonderfully strong
vein which outcrops or has been ex-
posed by surface work for over 1000
feet, and its purchase was strongly
by the company's en-
gineers. The vein averages about
feet wide on the surface and carries
values in copper and gold, assays
running as high as Is per cent cop
per and s14 in gold. A tunnel on the
vein driven by former owners is 200
feet in length and gains a depth OF
20 feet. In that depth the vein
widens from feet on the surface to
141s feet, and the values in copper and
gold appear to be we'll distributed
through the vein. This new ground
with its remarkable showing of ore
Mr.. Pearson says will be the scene Of
permanent operations and the change
will be made Immediately follwing
the completion of the work described
in the Pearson crosscut, and it will
also have the advantage of being over
half mile nearer the railroad.
Water Power and Modern Equipment.
The management regards the acqui-
sitiOn of the new ground and the find
ing of commercial ore in the Pearson
vein as clinching the future OF the
that it is going TO be a mine.
and therefore plans for the future
must be carried out with that in view
Immediately following the purchase Of
the group of nine claims work started
on a dam on a nearby stream 10 con-
serve water for power. This dam is