The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-11-23
Former Newspaper Man Ad.
dresses Members of Com
mercial Club.
new MILL; FLORENCE
Tells Why Properties "Can
Come Back, Under New
Methods.

billie" PariSot, the old-time editor
miner, of Buffalo Hump days, came in
the first of the week from Florence
camp where he has been working on his
property for the past number of
month, and shaping things around to
do things in earnest Mr.. Parisot.
made splendid talk on mines before
the Commercial club Wednesday talk
that cheered and encouraged all with
its commonsense, practical ideas and its
spirit of buoyant optimism.
Billie" has associated with him in
his mining interests number of sub
stantial Spokane citizens who have
been in to Florence a number of times
and are in full accord with his work
and views which he holds of promising
condition OF their property and the
Florence camp as whole. They feel
1t so strongly that they are going to put
In mill, which Billie saws win he in
stalled inside of the next ninety days.
In an interview, Mr.. Parisot made fhe
following statements:
What is the mining outlook as re-
lated to the district in which Won are
operating! was asked by the Globe
man.
/, iSHt anu lOOk I0r more ac-
uvlty IN Florence next year, than that
camp has experienced since '9S."
What is the basis OF that opinion ,
Inere are many reasons, one is the
renewed interest in mining throughout
the west, which is sure to have its
reflex effect ON all our mining camps !.
and another is the reasonable certainty
that by midsummer, next, one or two
properties viii be operating in Florence,
on paying basis.'
May 1t be asked: What reason is
there for believing that the mines in
florence can be made to pay now,
while the record shows that several of
me best properties were equipped with
upto-date machinery, run a while,
then closed down?
The rise and fall of Florence is but
lne history of nearly all mining camps.
hossland, Republic, the Coeur d'Alenes,
even Butte, the greatest mining camp
Ia the world, all had their day of ex-
element followed by almost total de-
preston; then slow but permanent re-
covery. As to the up-to-date machinery
Of decade or two ago, it would be
considered Joke now.s Modern ma
ehinery, both underground and on the
surface has revolutionized the mining
industry and made 1t possible to work
ore which but few years ago, was
cOnsldered only waste. For example
icy US take the matter of e-extracti0n
EYery pound of ore milled in Florence
was broken by hand. Now, hand mining
Y almost obsolete, having given way
70 the use of air drills. Compare this !:
ordinarily four 21a 1T holes, a total
" l0 feet, was considered q fair days
work Tor the miner working by hand,
q With a modern machine the same miner
can drill eight or 10 6-foot holes. a to-
lal or 4S to 60 feet in the same length
" time, and with less physical exer-
uon In other words where, a few
years ago 1t required 5 or 6 men to
3 preak given amount of rock, one man
uoes the work now, thereby saving 4
of nye mems wages, less of course.
run by compressed air turns the trick.
me modern compressor. is but nominal
agaln take the item of hoisting timbers
ander ground. Heretofore it was done
Y hand. Now, a little portable hoist
'un Dy compressed air turns the trick
and work that required one or two
NO rgurs' time is done in Is minutes
anese items are mentioned to give an
mea OF the improvements in mining
methods, and milling has fully kept
pace with mining. With modern mach
aery the operator saves practically
an .he values In the ore, whereas for
a%sriy about everything that was not
'see went into the tailings
-. And then the assumption that prop
aah ,ass We're equipped with mills, run
a@niie a,sl then shut down for want of pay
se Is rather too broad. The Banner
~, ~ Instance was running with a full
NV ~. OF 30 men at the time of the
haul excitement and only closed down
aause xtas the men, manager and all,
ssal saalpeoed to the new camp. The
ana a'e can be said of the Waverly
N a = Few other properties operating
Z - 4 smaller scale,
~, neil you have much faith in the fu-
VI Florence as a mining camp?
an Inc fact that | am giving my time,
4 II ersy s. and money to the development
prat40 tlorenee property may be taken as
NY lair evidence to that effect"
MI !. Parisot further stated that steps
fsr,.s about to be taken to put In a
E.as across the Salmon river. Jim
sta u who owns the old wire bridge
pss VIII move in the matter and Mr..
"a aflSOt and afhore, ..,sl1 ..s..s.k nut.