The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-19
IN SPLENDID CONDITION.
General Manager Thayer Reports
the Poorman Mine to Be in
Good Shape.
He Says the Occur d'Alene Country
Is In q Very Prosperous
Condition.
PROBABILITY THAT the Gem Rhine VIII Be
Sold 70 an English Syndicate
Very Soon.

Az Il meating Of The stockholders OF the
Foorman Mining company. held In the of
4ice Of the secretary, at Butte. on SATURDAY..
The following directors were selected to
serve during tho next term, says
she Miner: j. K. Clark, b. G.
Kingsbury, Patrick CLARK, H. L.
Frank, d. w. Goodale, w. G. Gallagher,
and B. b. Thayer. Officers selected by the
directors are, President. ]. Il. Clark; vice
president. b. q. Kingsbury; general man
ager. B. b. Thayer; secretary. G. =. Eli
inRe; treasurer, ]. ". Lang. General Man
ager Thayar reports the mine in splendid
condition. He Ia now shipping to Helena
two carloads of concentrates every day, the
average value OF which is about twenty
eight ounces in silver and bS per cent lead.
AZ depth liz attained the ledge wfdens, and
the ore shoots are just as good as they are
above. The 6OO-foot level has passed
through q shoot Of good concentrating
ore 600 feet in length and varying
from ono TO ten feet in width. The shaft
Is now 600 feet deep. but as soon as Mr..
Thayer returns to the property sinking TO
the 700 will be commenced. Including the
surface force and the mine. the company
now has on its pay roll 100 men. Mr..
Thaysr says the electric plant at the Poor
man is one of the most complete in the
northwest and is working with perfect sat
isfaction to the company. II handles all
the water and furnishes power for the con-
centrator, in addition to which 10 supplies
the works with light. The mine is equipped
with a 14x36 hosting engine and a new gal
lows frame supporting double-deok cages.
In speaking Of the Occur d'Alence country
In general, Mr.. Thayer says it is in a very
prosperous condition, all the mines being
In operation. Among them are the Black
Bear and the Standard. The ore from the
Occur d'Alene is being shipped to various
places for treatment, Helena. Omaha, Ia
coma and Denver getting their share.
There ia q probability that the Gem mine
will in a few days be sold to a syndicate of
English capitalists, negotiations for which
are now pending. The Gem is now being
operated under the management OF Joseph
Mcdonald and is yielding a large quantity
of ore. eleven carloads having been shipped
. few DAYS ago.
Several strikes OF rich ore have recently
been made in the mines of the Coeur
d'Alenes, among which was one in the
Mammoth. The body of ore encountered
in this property is eight feet wide. fous feet
of which is shipping and the other four
feet concentrating The property is owned
by Walter Mckay, of this city, and Richard
Wilson, of Wallace. Idaho. and promises
TO be one of the largest producers in the
country. Three carloads of ora per week
are now being shipped therefrom.
There was also a good strike In the Stand
ard mine a few days ago. the find being a
vein of shipping ore eighteen inches in
width. The Standard is being operated by
Campbell and Finch, who represent an
Ohio company.
pko IA rumntsra Su nj v,rnoauk un6ar tho
supervision of A. NJ. Esles, of Helena, who
Ia now treating some of the ore thereof at
the Union c~oncentrator, situated between
Gem and Wallace. Campbell and Finch
have also taken up the Idaho gold property
near Murray and are now dropping twenty
stamps ON ore from this mine and the
Mather lods. Murray and the section there
Rbouts 10 consequently prosperous.
A large quantity of concentrating ore is
being shipped from the Bunker Hill. This
property is under the management of v. Ri.
Clement. w. O.. Taylor. formerly of the
Standard mine, has taken charge of the
Idaho.
A good striks has also been made in the
Black Bear on Canyon creek. w. s. Shiel
is the manaR of the mine and is shipping
about four car loads of ore per week.
Under the management of Mr.. Huntley
The Morning, at Mullan, is doing good
work. It's new mill, however, is only n
half its capacity. The Gold Hunter,
at the same place, is now being operated to
its fullest capacity under the management
of Martin Curran.