The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-22

Helena. Sept. 1S.-H. l.. Frank, the
millionaire coal mine owner and a
man of large business affairs. was in
Helena in attendance upon the ses-
sions of the Masonic grand lodge,
which body honored him by electing
him to the Office of right worshipful
senior grand warden. Mr.. Frank
calls Butte home. but he belongs to
all Montana. and is one Of the best
known men in the state. and thus it
happens that when he comes to Hell
ena or goes to Great Falls or Billings
or to any other Montana town he at
once finds himself the center of an
interested group of friends. with
whom he always finds time. and
plenty Of it. to talk over matters
apart from business.
Mr.. Frank has lately returned
from the town of Frank, b. c.. where
he owns great coal properties. and
the scene OF the disaster of a few
months ago. Work is progressing
in TIL little town. and in a few
months it will have been restored to
something nearly like the condition
that prevailed before the great slide.
when the accident occurred"
said Mr.. Frank at the Grandon last
night, 1t simply put us out of bust
ness. The slide covers 1.120 acres.
and the engineers and biologists who
have investigated the matter, esti-
mate that eighty-seven million tons
of rock came down in the slide. The
principal part of it fell at the mouth
of the tunnel to our mine. and ma
chinery and everything was de
strOyed.
but since then We hay gone to
work to rehabilitate the property.
Tn addition to opening the main work
ings, we have gone into the valley a
distance of about 1000 feet and
started shaft which is now down
300 feet When it has Been sunk 200
feet further we will begin drifting
north ana south. and will then begin
Extracting coal. Meantime we shall
continue the shaft to depth Of 900
feet, which will give us two lifts Of
3o0 foa t each Oh the coal
about $500 feet still north and
west from what were the main work
lngs we are running a tunnel into the
mountain On the north side and arc
In about $50 feet. Tharr we have a
10-foct vein Of the cleanest hardest
coal ! have ever seen in the north
west, With two Of the finest walls
ever saw. Thus we have three coal
mines instead of one as was the case
before the accident occurred.
we have just installed a fan fir
ventilation in the workings, and | re-
caived telegram yesterday inform
ing me that they had that day ship
ned 500 tons from the old workings.
This will quickly be increased to 1000
tons day. which was the output be-
fore the disaster.
The only coal we are taking out
in the new properties is that which
We have taken in the sinking. AS
soon as we start the drifts we will
have there an output of 1000 tons
day. In the north tunnel they are
now turning rooms for the purpose
of getting an output, and as soon as
this has been done there will be a
daily production of 1000 tons from
this mine.
The Canadian Pacific Railway COM
pany has so far taken all of our out
put, having taken it as the produc-
ton increased from the start, and we
do not know but that it will continue
to take all Of our product But if it
should not. then we shall establish
commercial market for the coal
''The lttlt town of Frank is brave
ly filing up again. There is no fear
of any further disaster from the
mountain; confidence has been fully
restored and we hope soon to have
it as flourishing as it was before the
disaster
81 have made no sale of the proper
ty, nor do | intend to make a sale: I
shall ALWAYS own control of the
property | arranged to have a block
of the stock placed on the Paris
boucse. and there it is being dealt in
every day and quoted at figures con-
siderably in excess of it's par value
This is all I intend or care to dispose
of"