, 1889-07-11
CEUR D'ALENE MINES.
Tho Future Lead Supply of ths
United States at the Door
of Spokane.
A Great Source of Wealth Already
Developed and Now Tribu-
tary to the City.

tary to the City.
In the REVIEW Of January 1st, this
year, there was published complete,
but concise, account of tho silver and
lead mines Of the Occur d Alenes. Blk
months have passed, during which
these mines have grown richer day by
day, until now they are in the front
rank OF tine lead producing mines of the
United States. IL is true that, owing to
the high rates OF transportation, thu
present shipments are not equal to the
output capacity of tie mines, but tIiis
state of affairs will soon be remedied.
Two lines Of railroad are now being built,
and before another year the mines of the
Occur d Alones will be shipping to their
full capacity and the total output will
nearly reach 800 tons per day. The
gross value Of ton Of average Occur
d. Alone concentrates at present prices is
! about $40, so that an output OF 400 tons
would mean a money value of $4,000
per day, or nearly Sll,O0O per aunum.
IL will not be possible to give
detailed description Of each of the
producing miues in the present
article II willbe sufficient to glance over
tho list Of the most important producers
and leave to future articles a more de-
tailed description.
THE wARDSEB
group of mines consists of the great
Bunker Hill and Sullivan lodes, owned
| by MIR. S. G., Reed OF Portland. The
| present capacity of the uoncentrator Is
| only about 80 tons per day, but a new
Concentrator of least 100 tons capacity
/ is to be built shortly at Wardner juno
| tion. The slopes and levels of the
mines show ore enough TO insure con-
| tinuOus output for three years to come,
and the ordinary development work is
constantly opening up new ground and
additional ore supply,
! The Stemwndcr adioins the Bunker
| Hill, and is n continuation of the same
great vein or "mineralized zon9n which
extends northward through the
Emma and Last Chance, Republ.
| Tho Stemwinder is owned in
| Portland. The mine is being steadily
developed and Is shipping about thirty
| tons per day, Its concentrator Is sitn-
arod at Wardner Junction and the ore Ia
| conveyed from the mine by wire.rope
tram way.
The Emma and Last Chance mines
show large bodies of tirst.class ore. The
oonCentrator which is situated Mt tina
mine Is now being enlarged 20 meet the
increased capacity of the mines. These
properties, together with tho adjoining
| Republican Fraction are owned in Spo-
! kane Falls. The value of these proper.
tiss "a over 81, 0OO, 900 and the net profits
from their ore production will flow ia
| Spokane and be absorbed by the grow
ing industries of the city, or will crystal
ize into noble buildings having their or
| igin, like the Frankfurt block, in the
| Cocur d' Alenes.
The Sierra Nevada IL also owned in
! Portland, although few shares of the
company are held in Spokane Falls.
| This mine produces an excellent carbon-
ate ore and can ship largely without con-
centration. Besides tho above mines in
| the Wardner group there are many very
| promising prospects, some of which are
also located upon the main great vein
and will develop into producing mines
before very long Upon
cAHYoN CREEK,
between Wallace and Burke, there are
several promising mines. The Gem has
a well.detined vein and shows large
bodies of ore. A concentrator is now un-
der construction and will be finished
about the LIST of August. This means a
shipment of about twenty tons per day.
The san Francisco has also large quan6i-
ties of ore and is supplied with concen-
traitor ofabouteighty tons capacity. The
Black Bear will soon be in condition 70
ship ore.
And now we come to the two great
mines on the vein which crosses Canyon
creek at Burke and extends over 10 Nine
Mile creek. The Tiger mine Is well de-
velopcd and shows II strong body of ore.
The cOnCentatOr Is run 10 its full ca
paclty and turns out about 40 tons per
day. a large increase will shortly he
made, 80 that so or 80 tons OF concep-
tratcs per day will be the future output
of the Tiger. The POorman mine ad-
joins the Tiger across the gulch of Cam
yon creek. About 1900 tons per month
is the output OF the POorman, and the
DEVELOPMENT work is so far ahead of the
work in the Slopes that there is album
dance of ore in sight 20 rum the works
for wear or more.
The Poorman-Tiger vein extends over
the divide between Canyon creek and
Nine Mile creek, and some five or six To-
cations intervene between the Tiger and
Nine lille crock. The vein is the same
aud can be traced all the way from the
Tiger, but the ore IN the Custer is of a
? higher grade and will average about 20
ounces of silver per ton. The Custer is
shipping about 10 tons per day OF crude
ore.
on NINE MILE CREEK.
The California mine on Nine Mile
creek has a large quantity of ore and will
soon be In the producing list OF mines.
The Grant, mine j. owned in Portland.
The ore Is conveyed from the mine 10 the
Couccntrator by q wire-rope tramway.
ThcConCeutrator has capacity of about
100 tons, and about 80 tons of concen-
trates are produced daily.
/ The railroad Is now being extended
from Wallace to Nlullan, distance of
about ten miles. The principal mines
in the Mullan group are the Hunter,
owned by Dennis Ryan of -. Paul, and
the Morning mine, owned by Warren
/ Husscy Of Spokane Falls. The Hunter
concentrator has been running for some
time. The ConCentrator for the Morn
ing mine is nearly completed; its capac-
ity is 100 tons, ard IL will be run by
water power The Sunset group OF
mines suffer from lack of transportation.
Immense quantities of ore have been
opened up IN the silver Tip and Sitting
bull mines, which ure owned in Port
land, but nearly all worS has been sus-
pended until transportation facilities are
afforded. The sunset mine has also
lplenty of ore. This mine is owned by
CLARK Brothers of Butte, Mont.
From the above brief outline, some
idea is given of he magnitude and ex.
! tent Of the C0ur d' Alene mines, but a
very much more extended article would
be required TO describe, even partially,
the richness and value of every mine In
this wonderful district, which is des.
tined to be the chief lead supgly of the
United States,
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