Miscellaneous Mining Items/Fox Copper Mining Corporate Seal

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Fox Copper Mining Corporate Seal.JPG - FOX COPPER MINING CORPORATE SEAL EMBOSSER - Lion's head corporate seal embosser marked FOX COPPER MINING AND MILLING COMPANY INCORPORATED, JULY 1909, MULLAN, IDAHO, 11 in. tall [The Fox Copper Mining and Milling Co. was formed in 1909 with O. W. Carter as president, Wm. Schierding as vice-president and Wm. G. Newbury as secretary-treasurer. The company office was in Mullan, Idaho but the mine office was in Saltese, Missoula Co., Montana about 16 miles east. Nine claims were filed on land circa 6 miles east of Saltese having a vein of 15 ft. estimated width carrying argentiferous and auriferous chalcopyrite, giving assays up to 27% copper, 17 oz. silver and $5 gold per ton. Development was by 2 tunnels and a 64 ft. shaft near the portal of the lower tunnel. A one-mile flume furnished water under a 230 ft. head to a water-wheel actuating a 4-drill air-compressor. This information was obtained from the 1910-1911 edition of The Copper Handbook by Horace J. Stevens. However, the 1912-1913 edition of The Copper Handbook by Walter Weed notes that no additional information was received from the company and that requesting letters went unanswered. It is unknown what became of the company but an early demise seems likely.]

Fox Copper Mining Corporate Seal | FOX COPPER MINING CORPORATE SEAL EMBOSSER - Lion's head corporate seal embosser marked FOX COPPER MINING AND MILLING COMPANY INCORPORATED, JULY 1909, MULLAN, IDAHO, 11 in. tall [The Fox Copper Mining and Milling Co. was formed in 1909 with O. W. Carter as president, Wm. Schierding as vice-president and Wm. G. Newbury as secretary-treasurer. The company office was in Mullan, Idaho but the mine office was in Saltese, Missoula Co., Montana about 16 miles east. Nine claims were filed on land circa 6 miles east of Saltese having a vein of 15 ft. estimated width carrying argentiferous and auriferous chalcopyrite, giving assays up to 27% copper, 17 oz. silver and $5 gold per ton. Development was by 2 tunnels and a 64 ft. shaft near the portal of the lower tunnel. A one-mile flume furnished water under a 230 ft. head to a water-wheel actuating a 4-drill air-compressor. This information was obtained from the 1910-1911 edition of The Copper Handbook by Horace J. Stevens. However, the 1912-1913 edition of The Copper Handbook by Walter Weed notes that no additional information was received from the company and that requesting letters went unanswered. It is unknown what became of the company but an early demise seems likely.]

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