Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-17
NEWS OF THE MINE
HEAVY EXPENDITURES MADE ON
SOME OF THE PROPERTIES.
Park Canyon Country and the News
of Other Mining Sections
of Montana.

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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 a cost
exceeding 100000. The confidence of the
Tiger Poorman directors commanded the
attention of other men OF means, and
new mill was not done before a controll-
ing interest in the Helena and Frisco had
been sold on a basis of about 81 900 600
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 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 a 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-Poorman 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 a 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, p ounces in
silver and 81 in gold. 1t is thought that
the ore is from the top OF the lead and
that it will probably get richer i'll copper
as depth is reached. The shipment of ore
is the most promising one ever made from
the canyon. The bottom of the Receiv-
er 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 25O feet
and still be free from water. The Clinton
discovery shaft is 500 feet above the tuu,
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 f. S. Topping, the original locator
of the lie ROi. The Good Friday was To-
Gated by Frank Hanna, June IA, 1892. 1t
is situated on the same mountain as the
LIE Roi, one mile northwest. The surface
showings, Mr.. Topping says, are remark
able, and he believes it is mine from the
grass roots" year ago the claimants
were offered $l50,000 for their prospect,
contingent upon windup of the trouble.
There will be a company organized with
capitalization of $l,500,000. OF this
amount 100000 shares, 81 each, go into
the treasury. This amount will be sold.
Strike in POOrman.
A rich strike in the Poorman is re-
ported and a sale of a seventh for $4,000
cash. and a block of stock. The Poorman
group of mines consisting of the Poor
man. Silver King, Richmond and Crown.
were discovered in 1892, and are the origl-
nal locations which started the present
quartz boom in Florence. These mines lie
on the breaks of the Salmon, some dis
lance south of the gold belt of the camp.
All these claims have more or less de-
velopment, but the principal work has
been done on the Poorman, where there
is a 75-foot shaft and 300 feet of tunnel.
In driving this tunnel the rich ore chute
shown on the surface and in the shaft
has been undercut, the strike being made
only last week, and showing an ore body
seven feet between walls, giving values of
$7S in gold and 90 ounces in silver per
ton. The Poorman has always been re-
garded as one of the very best standard
properties in Florence and the new strike
easily places it far in the lead.
Roads Are Full of Them.
Frank Hall, the mining man, has re-
turned to Butte from a prospecting trip
over in the direction of Fish creek. He
brought in several specimens of the ores