The Helena independent., 1889-06-19
MINES AND MINING.
The Iron Mountain. POorman. Tiger an
Other Mines.

The Iron Mountain. POorman. Tiger and
other Mines
Frank Hall came in from the Iron Noun
tain mine yesterday, and says everything u
in readiness TO ship ore as soon as the wag
on road is completed he brought in some
splendid specimens Of galena and carbonate
ores, the latter being particularly attrae-
tive. They are on exhibition st the CosmO-
pOlitan hotel Mr.. Hall had an assay made
yesterday of one of the carbonate samples,
which carried l,7s6 ounces silver and A. per
cent. lead, or a valuation of nearly Sl,7OO
q ton.
Prof. CLAYTON is now in the C9ur d. Alene
region inspecting the leading mines of that
section. The Wardner News intervle we'd
hlm with the following result:
Professor CLAYTON made a thorough in
spection Of the Poorman and Tiger mines
IN the latter part OF last March. at which
time the 100 foot level on the POOrmNn had
been driven east from the crOss-eut 2lO feet
and had been driven west under the creek
$50 feet Since then the level has been ex-
tended west 10 the Tiger line. The wldth
of the vein is measured up every ten feet IN
length, giving an average OF six and one
half feet. 1t takes about three tons OF ore
TO make one ton OF concentrates During
last week Professor Clayton returned and
made another visit. He found the shaft
extended down seventy feet lower and the
crOss-cut ran &c the vein and a new level is
now being opened, showing the vein TO be
wider and stronger than il was on the Level
above and displaying continual increase
in size as depth is reached
The Tiger Mining company has put IN a
small hoist 10 be driven by Pelton water
wheel. They have Wine down 100 feet
below their tunnel level, which they are
now enlarging for two compartment
shaft, from the bottom of which they will
extend levels each way on the lode con-
Meeting with the 100 foot level of the Poor
man. The intention then is u sink another
hundred feet and open up new level cor
responding with the PoOrman second level.
This is the beginning of a systematic de-
velOpment Of these mines To the deep.
These developments show large quantl-
ties Of or in advance of extraction, and
the Intention Is 20 keep at least two years
supply ahead of the mills
The Wallace Free Press reviews the
mining situation of the prominent mines Oi
that section and briefly says: The usual
quantity of ore has been shipped out this
week. The Tiger, Poorman and Granite
mage up the list of Canyon creek producers
but within two weeks the San Francisco
will be added and little later on the Gen
will fall into line. At Mullan the Hunter
has temporarily suspended work. There
Is a difficulty between the mining company
and railroad company concerning the
ground upon which the mill is located
This is liable to be settled at any time. wher
work will be resumed. Work on ths
Morning mine progresses favorably, and Il
will take but short time to place thii
mine among the shippers. Two Nine Mile
properties, the Custer and California vii
make shipments from Wallace in the neal
future. All the mines mentioned above
are reported in excellent condition. Ii hai
been less than eighteen months since th'
| first carload of ore was shipped from the
upper South Fork OF tributaries. The
present showing is good one. The lis
of producing mines constantly grow
| larger, and il would not be surprising Il
see the number doubled within the mex
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