The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-19

ine VoWn ID called after the we'll KNOW
mining man John M. Burk, who in earl,
days was a miner in Bingham and later
banker in Frisco. John M. is still tn
rustler of old and is noted in these part
for the amount of money he has made: tn
amount he has spent; the rich mines which
he is interested in and his readiness on an,
esd all occasions to cross swords in tn,
courts with anyone who wishes to try con.
clusions before tribunal
Burk has population of about ont
thousand, it has two railroads, the Unior
and Northern Pacitics. In fact it is blessed
with railroads, otherwise a success coulC
not be made in working the mines. 1t hal
three general merchandising stores,
shoemaker shop, drug store, two
restaurants, four lodging houses, the Tigel
hotel. tie Poorman boarding house, anG
saloons In sufficient mum Der to meet the gen
neral appreciation ana wants of the morta
who walks into town afflicted with dry
4 ness of the throat. There is also a gooc
town hall, which is used for all public en-
tertainments, and more especially by the
miners union, which is strong organiza
ton here, and takes care of any of theil
m embers that are sick or disabled.
The town is surrounded by a number Of
rich and producing mines, and among the
most prominent are the Poor Man, Tiger
Mammoth, Union Standard and Diamond
Hitch. But the Poor Man and Tiger are
the prominent paying mines The Tiger IL
owned and managed by S. S. Citizen, and
MIR. Culberston is the superip tendent and
is live and capable man. He now en-
ploys about one hundred men, but the
force will be increased as soon as
the new hoist is completed which
Is now in course of construction
for the purpose of sinking new shaft
The company also contemplate enlarging
the concentration: which now has only q
capacity of treating 125 tons of crude ore
| daily, which produces about Is tons of first
class shipping ore. On the same ledge and
| about sou feet west is the Union mine,
and is owned by Finch and Campbell in
company with Grant, the Omaha smelling
man. This is new property and has just
been opened, but it has a fine showing and
bids fair to be the rival of any mine in the
Ceur d. Alene country. The company
have just completed surface tramway,
l,600 feet in length down the mountain to a
point connecting with the railroad track,
where the ore will be carried on the cars a
distance of six miles to the concentrator,
which Is now being erected near Wallace,
and Will have capacity of $50 tons daily.
This concentration when completed will be
run by water power.
Lying between the Diamond Hitch and
Tiger claims is the Heloa and Galena mines,
now only prospects, but they are being
worked vigorously and the development
work gives encouraging results to the
owners.
About fifteen hundred feet south of the
above claims is the Diamond Hitch prop.
erty, and is situated on the west side of the
canon and has a good showing of ore,
mostly Chloride in character, and is the
highest grade of ore in the country. 1t is
looked upon by all miners as valuable
property and has development of about
fifteen hundred feet, consisting of tunnels,
cross-cuts, raises and wines. 1t is owned
by h. Liebes & Co., of San Francisco, and
is managed by w. b. Jones, an old Califor-
MIA boy-a well posted and courteous gen.
tlemap. The property is now IDLE, but a
hoist is about to be erected and a WINE
sunk in order to ascertain the fact as to
whether the chloride ore goes down, or
whether it will turn into galena at greater
depth. Like many properties in this
northern country, the Diamond Hitch is in
litigation. Law is something that is good
at times, but it has seriously retarded the
progress of parts of this country, especially
at Wardner, where it is said that man
leading his child across the street is liable
TO nave an INJUNCTION placed upon the child
before he reaches the opposite sidewalk.
West of the Diamond Hitch is the Stand
ard and Banner mines recently purchased
by Finch and Campbell for 5000. The
property has fine showing of galeua ore
and rich ore for this part, running on an
average from forty-ive ounces in silver to
seventy per cent lead. This mine is being
newly developed, but preparations viii
soon be made to RIM the ore down
the mountain on surface or
gravity tramWay similar TO the Union tram
way, to the railroad where the second class
ore will be conveyed to the concentrating
mill near Wallace. Adjoining this and on
the west is the Mammoth mine owned by
Charles O'Neil and others. The ore of
this mine is of high grade and a large
amount of ore has been shipped from this
mine on pack animals. This ore will also
be shipped when the mine is thorough ly
opened, by means of tramway to the rail
ROAD track. The location of the mines far
upon the steep mountain sides makes it
cheap, easy and convenient TO use the
gravity tramway
A good wagon road is about to be con-
structed from Burke to the Banner, Stand
ard and Mammoth mines. This road will
be blessing to the weary miner who spends
u few hours, and PROBABLY his cheek,
at the end of each month
in the town as the road will be broad
gage one ana the CITATIONS which the bows
sometimes make, viii not be confined to
the Insecurity of u narrow trail.
On the east side of the town is the Poor
Man and mine with the remarkable name
OF Ore-or-no-Go, as the parties who own it
ore working 1t it must produce ore or it
would be no go.
The Poor Man is enc of the best de-
veloped and best paying mines on Canon
creek. A shaft has been sunk to depth
OF 800 feet perpendicular and series of
levels run at intervals of 100 feet apart. run
east and west on the vein for distance of
300 feet each way from the main shaft.
Most stopping is now being done on the No.
lever, put more men are worked on the
oO0 on bottom level than in any other part
of the mine. The vein is from five to
hfteen feet wide and will average at least
six feet In width all through so far as de-
veloped. One hundred and sixty men are
employed IN and around the mine and mill.
and the mill has capacity of working from
100 to l5O tons Of Crude ore daily This
ore when concentrated makes on an average
of daily output of from forty to fifty
ions. The mill is mode
one and has every Improvement
known to science for reducing and saving
low grade ores. There are six circle tables
that work nearly on the Fruvanna princi-
pie, and the ligs are so numerous that the
writer failed TO count them. The hosting
works and mill are the most complete
works in the CPur d'AleEe country. and
the mines and mill run steadily and prom
Use to continue the same for years. In
order to cut off all expense for fuel. etc.
the company has erected an electric plant
two miles above the mine and will utilize
the water Of the creek to furnish power to
run the electric plant. When this is put in
successful operation the running of the
hoist at the mine and the machinery at the
mill will be reduced to very small figure.
Pat Clark, formerly q Montana mining
man, is manager of this property, and
Simon Healey. an old Bingham and Wood
River man, is the superintendent. Mr..
Healey is an out and out, practical miner.
as his work throughout his mining career