Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-03-25
A pEsrnuorrvn FIRE AT BURKE.
The Tiger aud Poorman Conccatra-
tors Destroyed.

The Tiger ana fOOfmah NHntcHAS"-
tors Destroyed.
Burke. Idaho. March 1S.-The concen-
traitors of the Tiger and Poorman. Con-
solidated Company are In ruins. About
this morning the engineer in the Tiger
works saw fire in the ceiling over the
boilers. An alarm was given irnmedi-
ately and the fremen responded
promptly, but the buildings were DOOM
ed. There were tramways connecting
the building where the fire started with
both concentrators, up which the fire
ran like mad Both concentrators
caught before the water was turned on.
1t soon became evident that the con-
GENERATORS could not be saved and the
firemen turned all their attention to saw
! ing the other buildings. Just above the
] Tiger concentration stood the compress
! or, hoist and building. The whole town
people worked like Trojans and saved
them, but how they don't know, ana
men not there can't understand. The
| hoist and compressor caught several
| times each, but were as often extln-
| guished Two Northern Pacific cars
! stood against the Tiger compressor and
/ both burned.
| Had the hoist and compressor gone
the damage would have been twice as
| great, as the mine would have been
| flooded. Now the boilers will be attached
to the pumps and the hoist operated by
| water power and pumps set to bailing.
| They can bail 500 gallons minute ana
pump 700. easily keeping the mine dry
The loss can hardly be more than
guessed yet. Mr.. Culbertson thought IL
was in the neighborhood of $4,000 The
insurance is $4,000 In the American,
Newark, N. j., Caledonian, Edinburg'
| Scotland; Manchester, Manchester,
England All the buildings were heay-
lily insured and the loss is distributed
| among a large number of companies,
none losing much. All the machinery in
both COMMENTATORS and the Poorman
compressor and hoist are ruined except
two boilers which may be good The
management will"try to attach them to
the pumps
The company is not dismayed by the
loss, but this morning found men clear
ing the ground to rebuild under the d.
rections of Mr. CulbertsoD and Harry
Glidden. The same hour Frasier &
Chalmers had been wired and had men
on the way to make plans and estimates
for the new concentration, on which
work will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible. The burned mills bad capacity
of 500 tons per day and the new one will
have the same. 1t will probably require
six months to get them in running order
The Tiger mill was built in 1887 and
the Poorman in 1888 on two of the first
silver-lead claims located in the Coeul
d'Alenes, and which have been running
most of the time since The two COM
panies were consolidated October IA
1895. They have always been consid-
cred among the best mines in this dis
trict. They were well equipped with
machinery and since the consolidation
much new machinery was added. They
have been running a small force for sew
eral months past while making altera
tons. only $50 men were working a.
the time of the fire The stock of the
company is widely scattered, but the
principal owners are S. S. Gldden Of
Spokane, f. r. Culbertson of Burke, b
C. Kingsbury of Spokane, Patsy CLARK
of Spokane.