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The Idaho Lakeview Mine

mining train at Lakeview Mine

Idaho Lakeview historic portal

The Lakeview Mine is the most extensively developed of Shoshone's Lakeview District properties, with six main levels reaching a depth of 1400 feet. Vein material is encountered at each mine level and with ore grades generally improving with depth. The Lakeview Mine was developed along the Hewer Shear

Exploration History

In 1924 the Venezwela group of claims was taken over by the Hewer Mining Company and became what is now known as the Lakeview Mine. An internal shaft was eventually sunk to the 1400 ft level and between 1923 and 1943 the Lakeview mine produced 24,500 tons of ore.

Web pit with vein structure

Current area near the Idaho Lakeview portal

Sunshine Mining became interested in the district in 1962, and signed an agreement with Idaho-Lakeview Mines, the successor to Hewer Mining Company, acquiring a 50% interest in the Keep Cool and Idaho Lakeview mines. The combined properties became the Lakeview Consolidated Silver Mines, Inc. Sunshine conducted assessment work on the properties including surface excavations, drill holes and underground work. In 1978 a bulldozer trenching discovered another surface zone of mineralization 2,000 ft northeast of the Weber Pit. It exposed a vein 10-12 ft. wide and 135 ft long. This vein was mined during the early 1980s.

In a 1994 report for Shoshone, Professional Geologist Rod Clelland reports proven reserves at the Idaho Lakeview at 24, 190 tons with an average grade of 11.8 opt silver. Other metals were not considered in the calculations. These reported reserves cannot be verified by Shoshone and do not conform to descriptive terms currently accepted by the SEC.