Rich Strike on Nine Mile Leads to Large Lead-Silver Ore Find
A major ore discovery on the McPhillips property near Nine Mile Creek excites Wallace residents. Reported ore shows a two foot wide, hard galena body with high lead and silver assays. initial sampling cites about 35.9 percent lead and 29.5 ounces silver. The tunnel portals sit above the creek with crosscut drilling planned to extend the strike, near Wallace two and a half miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPhillips
Nine Mile Creek
Wallace
Black Cloud
Canyon
Panhandle
North Fork Developments Readied for Winter Work
Thure Olsen, manager of North Fork Development, left for the property after shipping 2200 feet of ventilating pipe for the tunnel. About two weeks and three men are needed to finish, with ten men to be employed for stock and possible contracts. The tunnel has advanced 2000 feet along the vein, which Mr Olsen describes as 30 feet wide and rich in iron and quartz with silver, lead, and copper traces. The firm owns ten Coal creek claims near Enaville.
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Thure Olsen
North Fork Development Company
Olsen
Coal Creek
North Fork
Enaville
Mining Outlook Shows Strong Lead Demand and Local Activity
Lead demand remains strong while production lags. the district awaits new mines as Euro market unsettles. Hecla advances its new plant and the Anaconda entry into the Coeur d’Alenes could boost zinc, with silver export organization lifting mining prospects. New York and St Louis lead sales stay robust.
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Hecla
Anasonda
Coeur d'Alenes
New York
North
South America
Jawue
Engineering and Mining Journal-Press
Card Party by Catholic Daughters at Knights of Pythias
The Catholic Daughters of America host a card party next Tuesday evening in September at the Knights of Pythias hall for the public. Special entertainment features will be introduced and refreshments will be served.
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Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Pythias Hall
McPhillips Strike the Sensation of the Hour Stop Sale
W J Stratton of Stratton and Stratton reports ten dollar option certificates sold to fund McPhillips Nine Mile development. About six hundred options expected to meet a 2500 first payment due within sixty days after striking commercial ore. Ore extends across the tunnel face and is described wide with strong demand for options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Stratton
Stratton & Stratton
McPhillips Property
Nine Mile
McPhillips
Hecla Mine Strike Boosts Ore Output and Dividends
The Western Union ore shoot at the Hecla mine shows a widening high grade seam with shipments planned next week. Despite a July 18 fire, Hecla pays a third quarter dividend of 15 cents per share totaling 150,000 backed by a million dollar use and occupancy policy and aims to resume mining before January first.
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Western Union
Mr. Collins
Heele Mining
Ie Numorous
He Camp
Heeks
L. J. Hanley
Mecia Mining Company
Hanley
Josiah Hill of Kellogg Dies After Notable Career
Obituary notes Josiah Hill of Kellogg died yesterday, a longtime pioneer in the Coeur d Alene district. Arriving in 1886 during the Bunker Hill boom, he started Kellogg's first sawmill, ran livery and hotel businesses, and developed Sunny Side addition. He built the Hill Mining Milling Co, known for its development outlook, and left many friends across the region. Funeral is set for Kellogg Friday at 2 PM.
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Coeur d'Alene
Josiah Hill
Kellogg
Wardner
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Hil
Sunnyside
Kelloggs
Slaughterhouse Gulch
Hill Mining & Milling Company
Hill
Coeur [M'Alenes
Caribou mining firm eyed lead-silver ore near Carthon
George Austin of Rainbow Mining visited Coeur d Alene and viewed rich lead-silver ore samples from the Carthon property near Wolf Lake. Cart hon company ordered a ball mill and equipment for ore treatment. Services at Congregational Church at 1 o'clock led by Rev. C D Yates. Final rites for a pioneer trustee to be held for friends including William Swinerton Phillip Lynch Thomas Rowland Captain M J Linck Angus Sutherland and Themar McCabe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Austin
Rainbow Mining Company
Coeur d'Alene
Carthon Company
Wolf Ladee
Congregational
C. D. Yates
William Swinerton
Phillip Lynch
Thomas Rowland
M. J. Linck
Kellogg
Angus Sutherland
Themar McCabe
Wallace
Ore showing reported at Moon Creek by Silver Crescent Mining
Bailey reports good ore showing on Moon Creek at the Silver Crescent Mining property where he manages. drift to extend toward a second shoot. ore rich with $8 to $70 per ton value and about 1 percent lead per ounce of silver. depth reached 80 feet with plans to sink deeper. Directors include J. H. Boyd president and T. E. Sullivan vice president, with FC Malley, Frank A. Ross, and others of Spokane and Wallace.
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Silver Crescent Mining Company
Moon Creek
FC. Battey
Bailey
J. H. Boyd
T. E. Sullivan
FC Malley
Frank A. Ross
Predd. Duggan
Spokane
N. ©. Sheridan
Wallace
Success Mine Leads in Large Lead Zinc Shipments
The Success mine reports rapid ore shipments as new ore bodies extend deeper. Exploration confirms a larger pre shoot on the 160 level and a potential main shoot on the 700 level, while the mill operates full time shipping lead and zinc concentrates to smelters despite a brief shutdown. The workforce reaches about 120 with a new dry and change house under construction and a 40 000 ton tobacco note appended.
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Anaconda Company
Rex Company
Anaconda Interest Expands Zinc Ties in Coeur d'Alene
Mr Margetts of Butte and Mr Whitecotton of Great Falls, tied to Anaconda Copper, open Wallace office to promote zinc shipments from Coeur d Alene. Anaconda seeks 3000 tons monthly, plans to assist kilning methods and offer technical advice, while ignoring lead. Strong prospects at Pine Creek and Star mine, with new electrolytic plants planned at Kellogg and ongoing mill upgrades for zinc shipments.
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Er. Margetts
Butte
W. M. Whitecotton
Great Falls
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Mr. Margetts
Washoe
Anaconda Company
Hutte
Mr. Whitecotton
Anaconda
Great Kalla
Success Mining Company
Federal Mining &Smelting Company
Coeur d'Alene
Margetts
Wallace
Coeur d’Alenes
Whitecotton
Gyde-Taylor
Soeur d'Alene
ape @ lead
Internsonal
Utah
Middle West
Andeast
Coeur d'Alene Zinc
Possibe
Callahan, Success and Federal
Bunker Hill & Sulivan Company
Kellogg
Star
Hecla
Bunker Hill
Pine Creek
Constitution Mill
Highland Surprise
Nabob
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Nine Mile Files
RICH
Wallace Ax
Peter McPhillips
E.G. Gnaedinger
A. ©. Bixby
Ajax Mining Company
St. Louis
Europe
London
Ben L. Collins
Western
Collins
Caribou
ENT
British Isles
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