Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-02
MINES AND MINING.

Progressive Development at the Cele-
Poorman - News Notations From
Burke.
Bird, and his new assistant, w. Fl. Keller,
late superintendent of the Morning Star at
Leadville, were down town yesterday in
the line of their duty. They reported the
mine in fine state of progressive develop
ment. A new White & Howell roaster,
6Ox27, is to be added to the plant at
once. The crushers were handling more
ore than the casters capacity, and this
new improvement was a necessity. Some
big developments are expected within
thirty days, which, if they come up to ex-
pectation, and silver doesn't 60 too low
to warrant it, another mill is likely to be
set up, upon the return of Mr.. Vanzandt.
The Blue Bird is now working at full Ca
pacity, which is on 9O-stamp basis, with
about ITO men in mill and mines. The
property was never in a more prosperous
condition than it is now.
THE PooRMAN.
Patsie Clark, General Manager of the
Poorman properties, is in the city, called
home by filial affections from cnerous
duties ON account Of the serious illness of
his mother. He reports rapid progress be-
ing made on the Poorman concentrator
and on general development work, iDclud-
ing all the three tunnels and the shaft which
is being sunk three hundred feet below the
bed of Canyon Creek. He confirms the rich
strike reported in THE MINER article OF
Sunday between the east end of the Tiger
location and the bed OF the creek. 1t is
cube and steel galena, rich in silver and
from eight to ten feet wide on the surface.
Mr.. Clark's new house is nearly finished
and his family will move out from Spokane
and spend the summer there. The upper
tunnel will soon be run into the Poorman
extension, and there is every prospect that
there will be no material difference between
the character Of the two properties. Mr.. Clark
went to Anaconda yesterday on business
connected with the company.
WHAT THE RECORD SAYS.
The Murray Record gives the followin
account OF the rich strike recently made on
the Foorman property: 1.-THE strike on
| the Poorman, close to the Tiger concentra-
tor, is one of the galena wonders of the
| wonderful South Fork country. The re-
moval of one to three or Iour feet OF dirt
beneath an old Tiger dump has revealed q
ledge of solid galena five to eight feet wide.
Its exposure for thirty feet or more above
the bed OF the creek proves conclusively
that the great Tiger-Poorman ledge crosses
the gulch, maintaining q width between the
walls fully equal to that exposed in the
tunnels on either side. Old miners say the
fri1 10 nf ho rH HI
have seen." This certainly confirms all
that The MINER has said of this great dis
closure of an ore body which it required no
trick to discover, as one could uncover it
with wooden shovel SO near the surface
did it outcrop.
BURKE NEWS NOTES.
The Murray Records Burke corrcspon-
dent furnishes the following note of the
great camp OF Burke and it's progress: The
knowledge that only sixteen miners are re-
quired to supply the 1OO-ton Tiger concen-
traitor enables anyone who has not seen
the property to form some idea of the great
ore body and the excellent facilities for
| mining. Twelve men are employed in and
about the concentrator and about the
same number are engaged in building a
crihbing for large waste dump and in
doing some outside work.
| The Poorman company is preparing to
sink q big shaft on the mine q few feet
south OF the mouth OF the main tunnel.
Work on the 150-ton concentrator is being
pushed as rapidly as possible by as large q
force Of men as can be worked to good ad.
vantage. The contract has been let to a
Butte builder, who is personally superin.
tending the work. Tne building can hardly
be completed before the middle of June. Ii
will be SO arranged that either water OF
steam power can be used.
i Unless the Granite Company is assured
shortly that branch Of the Corbin road