The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-04-22
MINING NUGGETS.
PooRMAx.

The NpeeET mining expert put in
whole day this week on War Eagle, vii
ting the Ruth and Poorman mines ]
was his first visit to the Poorman in tw
years, and he was pleasantly snrpriss
to sss the amount of development worl
that had been done. and pleased, bu
mot surprised, 20 sec larger and richie
shoot OF ore opened than at any forms
time. The NuaGET expert has Away
contendsd that all that the Poormsr
land several other mines on War Eagle
mountain required to restore their ole
time fame and glory, was to GO DEEPER
rs nsver could be persuaded that !
mine which had produced six nilIionl
in bullion in the first $50 feet bad
played out at 400 feet. The owners oil
the Poorman have demonstrated that
! the NUGGET was right. From the Csc
Tunnel ther nave sunk Wine ITO feet
the bottom Of which is sixty feet below
the deepest point drill has ever gone
in the Poorman, and they have been
rewarded by finding tho vein quite as
rich as at any point above. In sinking
this Wine and comparing with the
veins at other points in the older work
1ings, they have also probably discov-
cred why the pay was lost in the Poor
man after depth OF $50 feet had been
reached. They found the Oso vein 43
| feet west, and have also fully demon
strated that all the veins pitch west be-
low the 300 level at about the same
ratio. Thus the cause is explained why
the pay was lost instead of played out.
Everything indicates that the grand
group of mines, of which the Poorman
is the central figure, is now in fair
way to repeat it's bonanza days. There
has been drift started south at the bot
tom of the winzs mentioned above, and
identical in character and fully as high
grade as any found in the Oso vein.
Crosscuts run west from this level will
reach the Peorman proper so feet below
the bottom of the old shaft. They are
down now whore virgin ground can be
reached on all the mines which con-
verge in the Poorman claim. They
have rich shoot of ore in one of the
veins at this greater depth and have
demonstrated that one of them, at least |
continues rich.
THE RUTH.
Mr. Leech, manager of the Ralph |
Mining Pool, owners of the Ruth mine
on War Eagle, must have made up his
mind to stay with that property, judg-
ing from the style be has put on the
there. He has constructed a
handsome and commodious Office with
finely fitted bed rooms adjoining and an
assay Office in the rear has built
arge boarding house, and has put up
arge work shop for blacksmithing and
The gravity mill ia a
newell one, which is worthy of an ex-
ended description which we will en-.
leavor to give after we have seen it
Does tho mine justify all this sxpend-
ture? Well, if any person, who knows
.ood ore when he sees it, will walk into 6
he No. tunnel on the Ruth and look ,
1t shoot of ore now opened there, I4O I
Get in length and averaging nearly
hrse feet in width, be will have no
TANNER in bis speech when be ans t
'srs yes, to the above query. This |
boot has 1s0 feet of backs and can be
,pped 300 feet deeper from the tunnel
.artsd on the level of the track from d
hich the. oresis dumped on the griz- L
sys at the top of the mill. 1t is the in
'ntion of the manager to push this
'wsr tunnel ahead during the summer k
nd also to start No. 2 tunnel $50 feet c
igher up, or half the distance between
o. l and No. 8, the one in which the
loot is now cut. The lower, or No. 1, @
nnel will be 2l00 feet long when it is
rough the ore shoot and 5000 feet =,
hen it cuts the intersection with the
oorman, Oso, Illinois Central and other
'ins on the Poorman ground, and is H
Q most practical tunnel site for run M
ng clear through the mountain, fol-
wing the Ruth vein through the North ar
npire and Empire on the other side. =,
J the Ruth ledge runs south by south
st through the mountain, and as the
her mines mentioned all run south by Isl
uthwest, and as this tunnel will cut an
feet under the limit, the POSSIBLE
es of the Developments it would make
Q grand to contemplate. oa
The NUGGET expert has trampsd over ca
at grand old mountain hundreds of
mes and has always hoped to see fin
mel started from South sinker, on the
st side, to crosscut the Golden Char ,