The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1924-01-10
AMER. COMMANDER
IMPORTANT STRIKE
HAVE FIVE FEET OF ORE
Struck in Upper Tunnel-Deep
Development Prove Great
Ore Body

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Commander has been the center
of mining interest during the
mast week, and all opinions agree
Hot If is of the highest importance
o.d has great significance with re-
snect to the future development of
the property The strike was made
in No. 1 tunnel. which is being driven
easterly to explore the ground and
determine definitely the position of
tbe vein beneath q series of trenches
evnosing the vein on the surface up
IN the east end line of the Commander
claim. In addition to this surface work,
an old shaft had been cleaned out and
sunk to depth of go feet from the
bottom of which the vein was cross
cut showing a width of II or Is feet
and carrying in places considerable
values in lead and silver. Tunnel No.
was thereupon started 107 feet be-
low the bottom OF the shaft and cut
tbe vein in about 300 feet. The APP
pearance of the vein was similar to
that in the bottom of the shaft and
as drifting proceeded easterly there
was little change up to about $50 feet.
About that time stringers of galena
made their appearance and rapidly in
creased as the drift advanced until
saturday. when the entire face was in
ore of good milling grade, with streaks
of high grade varying in thickness.
Showing Steadily Improves.
1t was estimated yesterday evening
that the drift had advanced about rs
feet since last Saturday and in that
distance the grade of the ore had
steadily improved, according to in
formation obtained from Mullan. 1t
was stated that along the footwall
side there was yesterday about feet
of ore that would probably average |
25 per cent lead, while the balance of
the race would be ciassed as hish T
grade mill feed. A sample taken
across the face and from which the !
streaks of high grade We're eliminated |
assayed IA per cent lead and ounces /
in silver. This represented a width |
of five feet, and it is known through |
cutting into the walls of the drift that |
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strike was made at an estimated depth /
of between 200 and $50 feet from the
surface which is about the maximum
depth that can be obtained on this
level The drift is running easteriy
and the face yesterday was just about
500 feet from the east end line of the
Commander claim. Beyond this line IS
the ground of the Hunter Mining COM
panv. presumably covering the same
vein. The Hunter ground also joins
the American Commander on the
north.
Deeper Development.
It is announced by the American
Commander management that the
present drift will be extended to the
east end line before taking up deeper
DEVELOPMENT. The company has two
tunnels below No. 1 driven many
Years ago. but which failed to ind I
the vein. No. 2 tunnel is about 800
feet below No 1, and No. is about
500 feet below No 2, making the total /
depth attained by No. between lOOo
and 100 feet below the surface Al
though no announcement has been
made regarding deep development
plans, it is assumed that following !
the completion of the present work. |
crosscuts will be run from each OF
the lower tunnels to the vein, now
that its position and great value mas
been proved in No 1.
The officers and directors of the
American Commander company; J. A.
Glove, of Mullan, president; John
Gearon, of Wallace. vice president;
Herman Marquardt, of Wallace, secre-
tary-treasurer; J. L. Mccormick OF
Wallace assistant secretary; Henry
B. Kingsbury, of Mullan, manager.