The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-04-29

iisp o1nsiaapsb en- 4 KaaApis nI2 Geld
fIpt1l1si
Asa number 81 people n Cmnr a.
Alsne and vicinity aIe interested IN the
fllgn mine. Of tlip FioEencs camp. The
following statements o. Frank IIanford.
Tor several yeam = business man - Flor
snce. viii prove interesting:
THE program On The Hiyu has been
sink sink, sink, nIl wIptsg.gs Be sald, @nn.
~ TIE mine II the osspese developed
property IN the camp. ahd hrs proved .
thing that has been doubted, namely.
that FlOEsnee veins 60 down. In this
case the vein has widened and tns In
ERASED 10 value with depth.
"The mine Il opened on the 1o0Lfoot
ievei now. and the vein 4 : foot wider
there thar on the eoO-foot Level, and Gle
values are somewhat better. The HIyn
has ore enough in sight for . years
run. and Il win ran not les than 81
per ton on an average.
This shaft 70 down 80 feet. From
the 90O-fO0t ieyei, drifts were run east
and vest making total arift On that
lsvel OF 80 feet. The superintendent
assured me that the vein averages ~
feet wide throughout theIeyel. Having
proved the vein :thers, sinking xwas NJ
stunned to the 200 ievei and from that .
drift has been run east I'D feet and
west 100. proving the vein to have Wild
ened until It averages ~ feet in width.
From this levei . mill test was made Of
as fair lot Of ore as could Be taken for
. sample. and It yielded little over e2e
per ton.
-The development warrants the state
ment that the HIyu h mine and . val
uable one. The ore is entirely free mill
ing. saving over 90 per cent Of the val
ues on the plates and leaving q percent
age % small that no concentrating ID
necessary.
1T Is pleasure TO tell Of the develop
ment Of this property, for it was the
arst quartz location In Florence. and
has been worked on Snd on For 20 yeaEs
In the early days 1t produced remark
ably rich ore from the surface. and ita
happy 90 lucky owners used 70 mill Il
with an arastra, and as soon as clean
up was made would lay OF and spend
the proceeds In Hiyu spree. They left
the evidence Of many good old booze
in the Old Slopes OF the mine, where
dozens Of old whiskey bottles have been
found. Only the day before l left the
camp one OF the miners employed In the
Hiyu came 70 the store with q bottle e
add TO my collection Of enrios. Il wa1
Of glass. blown in the shape Of \ iog
cabin. and was labeled Log Cabin MT
ters, 1880 Old timers In the camp
identified IL ~ . brand which was 4
prime fayOrite In the early placer dayn
as Il evaded the revenue tax on account
OF bearing the euphonions title Of -bit.
tefs."
~The 1rst stamp mill ever erected Ia
the camp was put upon the Hiyn and Il
turned out a sum estimated to run well
over $4,000. But the vein faulted
and was lost In the upper workings and
the 0id-time owners had won gDid too
easily In placers to be tempted to seek
for veins which showed . disposition "a
hide. They stopped work and the mine
was Idle until more enterprising men
took hold % t.
~It was = discouTaging job looking
for the vein for q time, but last fall q
deal was made BY which the capitalists
interested IN the Brush Electric Com.
pany. Of Pittsburg. Pa. were interested
In the mine and under their direction
deep working was started with the re-
suit already mentioned. The company
has had ample funds and had employed
70 10 ls men all winter. paying all blIla
promptly and furnishing in fact about
the only payroll the camp has had this
winter.
THE property u equipped with hoist
ing machinery SUFFICIENT to work It 70
the 800 level, and the shaft ID double
compartment incline. A i've stamp
min b on the mine. and this was start,
ing for . run on the ore a. was leav.
ing camp. The lack OF fuel win prOba.
bly, nOt permit the min to run until the
roads are in condition for replenishinR
the supply. Owing 70 late start in de
velOpment Of the mine wood was MT
hauled when il should have been. The
mine is under the capable management
OF A, ID Wheeler. formerly Of Aims.