The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-22
MONTANA AND IDAHO.
Helena Men Return from the Ceur
d'Alene Excursion Exceed
inglY Well Pleased.
The Mineral Resources, Railway
Facilities and Business Inter-
ests of a Rich Section.
The Tourist Line OF the Northwest
A Visit which Will Do Much Good
-Notes by the Way.

The Coeur d'Alene excursioists returned
from their three days trip last night at II
O'Clock. All were enthusiastic in their praises
of the hospitabls peopleof the Occur d'Alene
country and of the Northern Pacific man
agsment. which had given tho business men
of Helena an opportunity to meet the mer-
chants of Mullsn, Wallace, Burke, Gem
and Wardner. The Idaho people lost no
opportunity to show how highly they
thought of their Montana %nsiehbors, and
all the merchants, In every line, assured
the visitors that Montana should have the
benefit Of their trade, all things being
equal, against other competitors. That the
good results Of the trip will be evidenced
more and moro ~ time passes, there is no
question, while the knowledge the Montan-
ians gained of the vast mineral resources OF
the Occur d'Alenes cannot but help in inter-
estinR Montana capital in its mines to a far
larger extent than has hitherto been the
case. great as those interests have
bsen. Mining operators at Wallace and
Wardner have a great admiration for Mon
tsna men who 90 in for mining. Said one
Of the most prominent citizens Of Wallace:
"Whsn q Montana syndicate becomes IN
terssted in a mining property in this coun-
try it goes right ahead to develop il in a
business-like way. They do not dig a lit.
tie hole here and another at some other
place, Inc then drop out in disgust; but
they start in with the idea that they are GO
ing to have = mine, and develop it with that
object always in view. As a result, whom
the development is far enough along, they
have a mine on which a big force can be
put to work. ~
That the Coeur d'Alenes is q vast store
house of mineral treasures, the visitors had
ample ocular demonstration. On Canyon
creek Thursday they saw and many exam
ined closely the Poorman, which produces
forty tons of concentrates daily; the Tiger,
twenty-five tons; the Helena and San Fran
cisco. thirty tons; the Milwaukee. twenty
tons; the Black Bear, ten tons
aud the Granite, twenty tons. At
Wardner they found the Bunker Hill and
concentrates daily; the Stem Winder twenty
tons and the Emma and Last Chance thirty
tons. At Mullan there is the Hunter, turn
ing out twenty tons daily and the Morning
the same quantity. Then, on Nine Mile is
the Custer, producing twenty tons daily.
This is a grand total OF $50 tons Of concen-
trates daily, valued at $27.5SS. For 4
month of thirty days it is 1897. $40. and for
the year, $9.a31. $50. When it is remem-
bsred that this is the output of bat thir-
teen mines, that the first discovery was
made in 1885 and it was not till a year later
that the actual work of development began,
it will be seen that the people of the Occur
d'Alenes are not bombastic when they say
their country, as a mining section, is a
world-behtsr. Another thing in relation to
the Occur d'Alene mines: In every instance
where ore in place has been found its devel-
opmsnt has resulted in a paying property.
Beside the mines mentioned there
o o1i h nosd capital al p pfosp @sse Which th.m
producers, equal to any in the country.
There is not a mine in the Coeur d'Alenes
fitted with modern appliances which is not
paying Its fortunate owners a big per cent
on their Investment. Then, again, the ores
OF that country contain such q large proper
ton OF lead, running as high as 70 per cent,
smsltsrs of the country. Most of the big
properties hava concentrating plants, but
this is not entirely SO. The Mammoth. on
Canyon creek, parallel with and half a mile
south of the Poorman and Tiger belt, ia an
exception; The owners, Chas. W. O'Neill,
Richard Wilson, Walter Mckay, of Butte,
G. Z. Scofsld and Will Leonard, ship a
sufficient quantity of crude ore to net them
$500 every day, end this with the labor
of but ten men. There are other
properties on the same vein but with
less Development, but showing the same
indications as the Mammoth at a
like stage. Butte have even an idea of the
great mineral wealth Of the C@ur d'Alenes
u visit must be made to that section.
Sufficient it is to know that Helena and
Montana men generally have already in
vested hundreds of thousands of dollars
there. So excellent have been the returns
that other thousands will follow.