, 1889-07-25

feet as masonry. There are slight waves,
but at no place does the ledge narrow
down less than four feet. The average
width Is perhaps five feet along the
drift up to near the west breast, where n
chamber of, glittering ore eleven
feet wide has been encountered, fully six
feet OF which is first class and does not
need concentrating. Some of 1t also
shows gray copper, the first, we believe,
come across In the mine. Here the
power drill Is used with compressed air,
a recent introduction. The ore body
being penetrated at this point promises
to be the largest ever struck in fhc Cmur
d Alene. Besides its connection with
the, regular vein, 1t indicates, from a
highth Of twenty feet, to run up and
down In the same proportions, and If IL
holds out along the drift for some dis
tance II will be simply immense. Back
from this body some seventy-tive feet an
upraise is being made In solid ore. In
TACT, the showing on the 2oo-foot level
could make in behalf of his company.
There Is lots of ore, and so much of 1t
pure galena Of higher grade than was
found in the tunnels above that the
company will no doubt be enabled to
pay dividends for an indefinite period.
II seems 10 have been demonstrated be-
yond doubt by this level that the vein is
an unknown depth, While a large
amount of ore Is extracted from this
point the upper level and the old slopes
In tho tunnels continue to yield hand
somely. From l50 to 175 tons are taken
out daily much Of which does not need
Jiggsng. So encouraging are the devel-
opments that arrangements have been
of the mill fifty tons per day, or "a
total of 225 tons every twenty -four
hours, a yield that will average from
fifty TO sixty tons of shipping ore This
Is an enormous regular yield, but ii
shows what our mines are capable of
doing with judicious management, such
AS Pat Clarke has given to the Poorman.
Well do we remember, when the Poor
man mill was erected, the interrogations
OF prominent mining operotors: "What
In HI is Clark agoing to do with that
barn he Is blowing the company in in
good shape" Time has demonstrated
thar Mr. Clark exhibited more wisdom
tLan those who criticised his i'm
proyements. He put up an immense
building and extensive and powerful
driving machinery, it is true, but he has
not been compelled to substitute any.
thing; On the other hand, he has been
forced to add TO the machinery, but not
the driving power, which is ample to
operate the mine to the 1000 level, when
Mr. Clark can retire on well earned
laurels. Some water power machinery
has been added, a double. geared
Knowles pump, which raises a large
volume Of water over 100 feet for mill
purposes. There is also a Leffel
wheel, which, under favorable ell
matte conditions, will run the entire
machinery of the mill six months in the
year, as the water power available in the
sprins and fall is as ample as could be
desired. When steam power is en-
ployed, as it Is now necessarily, the sea-
son being very dry, it entails an expense
OF about $1400 per month, but the engine,
| air compressor, hoist and pump, as well
as all the massive machinery In the mill,
work to charm.
To sum up. the Poorman is now the
largest shipping mine in the Cmur
d Alcne; it employees 100 men in mill
and mine; everything is running as
smoothly as could be desired; there is
vast body of ore in sight, and If lead
brought cents per pound, as it should.
and silver sold at $1.10 per ounce the
company could pay a dividend of 10
cents per share on It's 100000 shares for
years; Under present conditions,
y is probable that the divi-
dend paid on the 18th of July, the
increased from 3 cents per share to 8
cents, At this rate the stockholders
will soon be reimbursed for the pur.
chase of the mine, the mill and ma
ehlnery having already been paid for
nom the mines product. This shows
that mining in the Cmur d'Alcne pays,
even though the conditions of freight
and the prA of the metals are unfavor-
able. 1T insures to us great future.