Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-01-08


bids fair to produce the largest yield.
not only in tonnage, but in value, of any
in the history of the camp.
Producers of the south Park
The mines OF the Occur d Alenes are
generally owned by close corporations.
and The Spokesman Reviews correspond
ent's requests for data for use In this
article have frequently been met With
either AN absolute refusal to furnish any
Information or else that furnished was
of such an indefinite character as to be
of little value. The owners generally live
in eastern states and the superintendent
could only obey orders and refuse to ad-
NIT the public to their confidence. 1t is
known beyond reasonable doubt. however,
handsome profit-so good in fact that
none of the stock is for sale. which ac-
counts for their Indifference in the aat-
ter.
The Bunker Hill and Sulivan-the old
est development at Wardner and one of
the properties which gave the Occur
d Alene it's early fame and has always
helped to maintain the standing of the
camp as producer-4has worked steadily
through the year, employing from $50 to
with mining and milling, taking out 1872
900 tons of crude ore during the year.
which resulted in 20, 400 tons of concen-
trates. Sixty Thousand dollars has been
spent In improving the property, and The
company is I'm position to considerably
increase it's output during the coming
year In common with other mines at
Wardner, 1t pays miners So per day.
70.
overshadowing it the Last Chance would
be famous mine. 1t has pur-
sued the even tenor of its way during the
year, the 100 men employed producing and
milling 100 tons of ore each "a hours the
years product being about 1000 tons of
concentrates. Only $4,000 was spent in i'm
proving the property.
The Stemwinder. which has long been
IN the hands of receiver, has been
worked under lease during the year 10y
j. E. Branscome, from whom no informa-
ton was obtained, although as high as 60
men have been employed. The property
has just been sold to the Bunker Iill
and Sullivan. but Mr. Branscomes lease
continues until next April
The Sierra Nevada has also been
worked by leasers. who have shipped
ABOUT III cars during the year.
The Yankee at Big creek, which prop
erly belongs with the Wardner group, has
shipped three cars of ore.
The year has been very duh one a
Osburn. The Nellie shipped two cars of
Gre, and one was shipped from the Tin
Cup, midway between Osburn and Wal
lace. Considerable development work has
been done, particularly on the Po,aris
and Hardscrabble, but the outlook is not
very favorable. The value of the ore
in this region is almost entirely in the
silver, and until such time as there is a
material rise I'm the price of that metal,
but little activity cam be looked for here.
with the Mullnn Properties.
Practically no time has been lost by
amy of the mines about Mulan this Yelr.
Larsen ~ Greenough have worked ahelr
leases on the Morning and You Like for
all they were worth, and the end of the
year finds them in shape to do consider
ably better next year. new tunnel has
been started ON the Morning. commenc
ing at the ore bin at the upper end of the
three-mile narrowgauge railway. con
Meeting the mine and mill; a new loco
motive has been put on the road some
additions have been made to the mill by
which there will be a little less lost
with the tailings and "a great deal of
filling in has been done in the yards.
The various improvements have cost in
the neighborhood of So, 900. When run
ming steadily the mill handles a little
over 500 tons of crude ore each "a hours.
$50 men being required to handle it, and
the shipments have run to more than 21o0
tons of concentrates in one month. No
data was furnished. but a fair estimate
would be about $1,000 tons shipped during
the year, two-thirds of which is from
the Morning and the remainder from the
You Like.
There was a barren spot struck in the
ledge of the Gold Hunter at one time
during the summer and for a time m ost
of the force was laid off while develop
ment work was being done, but during
most of the year from 60 to so men awe
been employed. The amount of concen-
trates shipped Is probably not far from
5000 tons. The Gold Hunter pays miners
50 a day, as also do Larson & Greenough
In the Canyon Creek District.
In no part of the Occur d Alene silver
lead belt are mines 50 numerous as on
Canyon creek, while the size of the ere
bodies are unusually large. and the aver
age richness of the ore far exceeds hat
of other portions of the district. Within
q little more than three miles up and
down the canyon no less than 10 mines
are now producing or have produced ore,
while there is little doubt that the ear
now opening will add at least three to
the list.
The first locations made in the canyon
were the Tiger and Poorman, two prop
critics on the same lead, and they We're
also the first to be developed. To them
the railroads were built, and around them
the town of Burke grew up. After hey
were worked enough to show that they
were valuable properties there arose a
dispute over their boundaries, which was
finally settled by merging the two oosn-
panies into one under the name of the
| Consolidated Tiger and Poorman Mining
company which has ever since ranked
as one of The leading companies of the
state. At the beginning of the year The
company was employing about 200 mer
and handling 400 tons of ore II day. bu
on the 18th of last March fire completely