Show AFTER TWENTY YEARS times wallace idaho after having worked for twenty years without having discovered the vein sought for the ledge was finally struck on the margaret claim near carter mont in which richard daxon of this city is interested the claim was located twenty years ago by mr dacons brother the ore is brilliant cube galena running from 70 per cent in lead and about 60 ounces in silver and there is a vein from twelve to eighteen inches wide the ore encountered in the middle tunnel which had been driven at a depth of feet the discovery was only by accident A short time ago the foreman in looking over the property was examining the first tunnel driven at seventy five feet depth and found where a bit of the vein had been exposed but had been overlooked in driving the tunnel several shots uncovered the vein showing that the old tunnel driven seventeen years ago had passed within a few inches of the vein but had gone into solid rock following this find the vein was crosscut for in the second tunnel and a streak of tale talc was encountered which after a few shots uncovered the vein it looks like a jeweld jewelry y store said mr daxon the shots had scattered the brittle galena all over the roof and the walls and there in front was the 18 inch vein exposed everything sparkling like a lot of diamonds one remarkable feature about the ore is the presence of native copper coat in some of the galena this is unusual but is thought to indicate that the margaret will turn to copper at depth |