Show IDAHO the hecla mining company of wallace took advantage of the reduction in its force for the holidays to prepare its shaft for operating the cage below the 1600 and to the 2000 level manager J P F mccarthy is now driving on the latter level to reach the ore shoot opened above the work being done in the rock to avoid timbering about 1000 feet of this work is required as it is assumed that the vein is practically barren for that distance as it is above A coal mine within ten miles of pocatello is the prediction made by 0 kimball of that city who has just completed a lease on 1160 acres of land in the port fort hall indian reservation the lease was arranged with the officials in charge of the reservation mr kimball states that he will form a company in the spring to develop a coal prospect he has been working ten miles west of the city A twelve foot vein of coal has been uncovered states the promoter A discovery made several months ago 2 in lucky gulch six miles from mackay by H S taylor is proving up big the vein was opened during the construction of a logging road the methods of the fiction writer sometimes work out in mining since which time the showing has been opened for a distance of more than feet with an average width of better than six feet it is a lead silver product said to average about 75 a ton and a good tonnage is being mined taylor sold out and the present owners are sherry jenkins eccles ewing and allen alien important showings of ore are reported in the property of the success mining company wallace A shoot of zinc lead ore varying from three to seven feet in width has been proven for a distance of more than feet on the 1600 level it showing an increased amount of lead compared with zinc content the on the 1500 and 1400 continue to show a heavy tonnage the bodies in places being twenty feet wide the big on the also is supplying ore as needed this being used as a reserve supply the mill is running one shift shipments third day the company average a carload every still is getting a good price for its zinc zin c under its contract P J gearon is listed as general manager earnings of the spokane advices advises give federal mining smelting smelling Sm elting company of wallace for the quarter ended october for as this compa compares res with the quarter ended july las last t and for the quarter ended april july 31 1917 the in the quarter ended between 1918 and 1917 is accounted difference tor for by the increase increased d cost of material and labor and the scarcity of the latter and the poor showing in the early part of 1918 was due to the big program of improvements under way at the morning mine at that time this property is producing steadily now as is the independence mine of the company but the north star tonnage is low fred burbidge is listed as general manager |