The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-07-17
C0EUR D'ALENE MINES
HEAVY EXPENDITURES MADE ON
SOME OF THE PROPERTIES.
Park Canyon Country and the News
of other Mining Sections
of Montana.

mills were not done smoking over year
ago until the work of clearing the ground
for new structure began, and as fast as
men could do the work the grounds were
covered with new buildings filled with
the latest improved machinery, at cost
exceeding 100000. The confidence of the
Tiger oorman directors commanded the
attention of other men of means, and
new mill was not done before controll-
ing interest in the Helena and Frisco had
been sold on a basis of about ST 100000
for the mine, and work was suspended
while mine and mill were put in shape
to work on a much greater scale than
ever. That work is now almost completed
at a cost of labor alone of more than $780,,
600, while the material, machinery and
incidentals have amounted to at least
twice as much more. Now, with mill
ing capacity of 800 tons per day, the mine
has ore enough blocked out to keep the
mill busy for three years.
The idea that the Tiger oorman was
worked out was good enough to use By
men interested in directing capitalists to
some other mining region, but when they
found more and better ore on the 1900
foot level than at any point above, the di-
rectors of the company quit lying awake
nights to devise ways to Keep out of the
poor house.
During that time, too, the Standard
had completed new tunnel half mile
long, which, together with the accessOr-
les and the improvements at the mill, had
made that company's dividends 100000
less, and they found themselves working
on greater ore body than ever, with
enough of it above the tunnel to occupy
their time for five years.
Park Canyon Country.
There is a good deal of interest mani
tested in the Park Canyon country in
Montana, and the Receiver, which is own
ed and operated by Kelso and company
is the center of attraction at the present
time A shipment of ore which was tax
en- from the 800 level of the mine gave
net returns from the smelter of $l3. The
ore went per cent copper, % ounces in
silver and 50 in gold. 1t is thought that
the ore is from the top OF the lead and
that it will tgObably get richer in copper
is the most promising one ever made from
the canyon. The bottom of the Receiv-
Ell shaft is $50 feet above the 1900 station
of the Henderson tunnel which is only
400 feet away. The tunnel drains the Re
ceiver, and from the location of the tun-
mel the shaft can be sunk another $50 feet
and still be free from water. The Clinton
discovery shaft is 500 feet above the tun
mel and the shaft is now full of water
and has been since work in the Clinton
was abandoned. 1t is thought from this
state of affairs that the true lead was not
found in the Clinton, as in that case the
water would drain off through the tun
mel
Good Friday Claim.
The settlement of the Good Friday
claim litigation out of court means the
opening up of another lie Roi in the opin
ion of +. ). Topping, the original locator
of the lie Roi The Good Friday was 10
Gated by Frank Hanna, June ii, 1892. L
is situated on the same mountain as thu
l lie Roi. one mile northwest The surface
, showings, Mr.. Topping says, are remark
able, and he believes it is a mine from tn
grass roots" A year ago the claimant
e were offered $4,000 for their prospect
contingent upon windup of the trouble
L There will be a company organized with
+ capitalization of 81 100000. OF thi
5 amount 100000 shares, 81 each, go int
+ the treasury. This amount will be sole
Strike in Poorman.
A rich strike in the Poorman is II
ported and a sale of seventh for $500
., cash, and a block of stock. The Poorma
= group of mines consisting of the Poo
man, Silver King, Richmond and Crow
were discovered in 1892, and are the orig
nal locations which started the preser
4 quartz boom in Florence. These mines /
l. on the breaks of the Salmon, some di
e lance south of the gold belt of the cam
n All these claims have more or less d
velopment, hut the principal work h'
been done on the Poorman, where the
is a 75-foot shaft and 300 feet of tunnC
Is In driving this tunnel the rich ore chu
T. shown on the surface and in the sha
10 has been undercut, the strike being ma,
only last week, and showing an ore bod
seven feet between walls giving values
S7S in gold and 90 ounces in silver p
Is ton. The Poorman has always been 1
Is garded as one of the very best standal
y properties in Florence and the new stril
d easily places it far in the lead.
Roads Are Full of Them.
Frank Hall, the mining man, has I
X turned to Butte from a prospecting TT
w over in the direction of Fish creek.
:. hrnnnht in several snecimens of the OF