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THE MINING JOURNAL for JANUARY 30, 1931

IDAHO

GOLCONDA LEAD MINES REACHES TWO IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES

The Golconda Lead Mines, Inc., one of the progressive operators of the Coeur d’Alenes, is working its flotation mill in the Hunter District, near Wallace, Idaho, during one shift, and is recovering about five carloads each of zinc, and of lead, concentrates. On account of market conditions for these metals, storage capacity has been provided for the concentrates to a capacity of 300 tons of lead, and 200 tons of zinc.

Underground, one of the important developments was the drift from the 1,800-foot Level of the three-compartment shaft. It has reached the vein at a length of 460 feet, and disclosed a six-foot width of ore, which is being drifted on. Another showing of importance, has been made in the Mayflower Ground, about 2,600 feet east of the present workings. It is six feet of carbonate ore, and carries about 20 inches of high grade.

Golconda Lead Mines, Inc., has struck ore on the 1,800-foot level of its property, near Wallace, Idaho. Early reports are that the vein is of good grade ore and five feet wide.

Golconda Lead Mines was organized January 18, 1927, to operate the Hector and Mayflower Mines. William Beaudry, of Wallace, is Managing Director.
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The Gene Lee Mining Company at Clarks Fork, Idaho, is driving a 100-foot tunnel along a faulted zone, three feet wide, to gain a depth of 75 feet on the lead which it crosses, 100 feet north of the original discovery. The tunnel has been driven 54 feet. Its face has released some water, and is in re-deposited carbonates and crushed quartz, and ledge matter. The heavy timbering necessary, is slowing up the work, but the ledge will be reached about April 1, according to C. L. Heffron, President and Manager of the company. Two men are driving the tunnel.
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James M. Wilson is driving a 300-foot tunnel in the Hyatt Mine, near Weiser, Idaho, for the Long Tom Mining Company. The tunnel has followed the vein about one-third of that distance, and he expects to complete the bore by July 1. Machinery to mill the ore is to be installed as soon as the weather permits bringing it in.
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The City of Idaho Falls, Idaho, has made application to the Power Commission, for a preliminary permit to construct power plants on the North Fork of the Snake River, in Fremont, Madison, Jefferson, and Bonneville Counties, Idaho. The project includes dams and powerhouses above the upper Mesa Falls, and at the lower Mesa Falls, to generate 19,000 horsepower of energy, for use in the city, and to supply nearby municipalities. The cost of the construction is estimated at two million dollars.
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The new concentrating plant of the Jack Waite Mining Company, on upper Eagle Creek, near Murray, Idaho, is scheduled to begin operation February 15. It was designed by W. L. Zeigler, Superintendent of Mills, for the Hecla Mining Company, and constructed under the direction of J. R. Turner, Manager at the mines. Between 450 and 500 tons of ore can be milled daily, as soon as the plant is regulated. A hoist has been purchased from the Union Iron Works, and will be used in sinking a 500-foot shaft from the Idaho Tunnel, from which drifts will be run to the downward extensions of the ore in the upper levels, as announced by the Duthrie interests, last August.

As another addition to its permanent equipment, the Jack Waite Mining Company, J. R. Turner, Manager, Murray, Idaho, has purchased one of the new light diamond drills manufactured by the Mitchell Diamond Drill Manufacturing Company, at Spokane, Washington. Before it was bought, a test was made on the Main Tunnel Level. Operated by one man, 149 feet were drilled in 30 1/2 hours actual drilling time, at a cost of only 62 1/2 cents a foot.
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The Gold and Copper Mining Company is said to have opened 10 inches of carbonate ore on its prospect, near Prichard, Idaho. Walter Buell, and W. Wechard are operating the property.
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Rupert Winters intends to operate his placer property on the Feather River, near Fairfield, Idaho, as soon as weather conditions will permit. During last season, a crew dug a ditch which will convey the water several miles, to the hydraulic machinery, and everything is ready for actual hydraulicking.
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The Ida Bell Mines, Inc., has opened a vein of free milling gold ore, in the Carson District, in Owyhee County, Idaho, that assays between $30 and $40 a ton. It is five feet thick, and has been followed about 700 feet. A small mill is to be placed in operation within a few days, and as soon as the roads are in condition to haul in machinery, a plant of about 50 tons’ daily capacity will be established.
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The Metropolitan Mines Corporation, R. L. Brainard, President, Kellogg, Idaho, unexpectedly cut a vein at the 135-foot point in its North Crosscut. It has a northeasterly course, and although the vein was in the face of the crosscut, for between 10 and 12 feet, its actual width varies between eight and 18 inches. According to Foreman Eric Ecklund, the vein has similar characteristics to the Sunshine Vein, where he had worked formerly, but not enough development has been done to determine whether it is an offshoot or a separate vein. Development of the crosscut is being continued, and its face is out beyond 160 feet.
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Just eight inches from the point where development was stopped in the lowest tunnel, Minerva Silver, Inc., E. R. Lindsay, President and General Manager, 314 Standard Stock Exchange Building, Spokane, Washington, has opened ore. The ore was eight inches wide where encountered, and in 12 feet of drifting, increased to 16 inches in width. Although one of the samples of the ore contained 600 ounces of silver, with some gold, and copper, the general average of the ore is about $85 per ton.
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Explorers, Inc., John L. Dirks, President, Rookery Building, Spokane, Washington, has two shifts working in the Buffalo Gold Mine, at Granite, Oregon, and the mill is working. Several carloads of concentrates have been shipped, and the ore blocked out for milling, is estimated to be worth $50,000. At Sandpoint, Idaho, the tunnel is being pushed and has cut five feet of commercial gold ore, at a depth less than 100 feet. Arrangements are being made to open an office in Buffalo, New York, and
in this capacity, L. L. Boyer, of Sandpoint, has left for the East.
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