The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-05-11
THE MINES Of BURKE
ASSURE THE FUTURE
RETURN OF PAST GLORY
New Mines Replace the Old
Ones--Wide West and Star
be Big Permanent Assets

x days when the Tiger POorman,
the Hercules, the Hecla and
other tributary mines made the
canyon metropolis a veritable hive of
Industrial life and business activity,
with every house occupied from the
Black Bear to the power station, are
due to return with the consummation
of large mining plans now under way,
all making Burke the central point of
operation. The Burke section has long
ranked as one of the richest and most
productive in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict, but its remarkable record in this
respect has hardly half been told. AL
though rich mineral deposits have ap-
parently been exhausted, that favored
section seems to have the faculty of
perpetually regaining its losses through
new mineral discoveries. How long
this reproductive process will continue
ii is not safe to predict, but certainly
there is no evidence of the end in
sight. Burke sprang into existence
with the discovery of the Tiger and
Poorman and the town grew and pros
pered Long before these two famous
producers yielded up to the inevitable |
fate of all mines, the bonanza Hercules |
gave a thrill to the bustling business
of the camp, while the Hecla, of slower
growth, has now reached a position of |
more commanding Importance than |
any of its neighbors.
Another Tiger Poorman.
After years of abandonment, its
glory almost forgotten, the Tiger
Poorman seems destined to live again
through the development of a new vein
discovered by the Hecla company
Having acquired the Tiger Poorman
ground from the Federal through set
Element of apex litigation. the Hecla
has now demonstrated that it made
better bargain than it knew through
the disclosures on the Wide West
claim, one of the Tiger Poorman
group. In an upper tunnel a shoot OF
high grade lead-silver ore has been
developed and steps are now being
taken to explore the vein at depth
with every indication that a great ore
shoot will be found and that the Wide
West will prove to be practically a
new mine alongside the abandoned
workings of the old Tiger Poorman.
And who knows but that the old Ii
ger Poorman itself may be rejuven-
ated and again swell the mineral out
put and add to the prosperity of
Burke?
Key to the Star.
Through one of those strange freaks '
Of fortune brought about by exigencies
which no man could forsee, Burke is
made the beneficiary of the develop 7
nent and operation of a great mine ,
which from its location would natur [
ally be tributary to Mullan. The I
sequel to this situation will prove of c
nestimable benefit to Burke The Y
great crosscut that is being rapidly f
extended from the Hecla shaft on the I
1000 level will be the means of bring G
ng the ores from the Star from the t
iouth side of the divide between tho n
south Fork and Canyon creek to the +
surface on the north side at Burke n
md there also will be the homes Of II
hundreds of men employed in the Star d
nine The Star must also have a grea; G
Milling plant, and in the absence Of +
on the subject it is pre- II
umed that this will be located at o
Burke, probably occupying the old I'll h
-er- Poorman millsite in the center of T.
he town. h
Burke Has a Future. q
This is no visionary picture of the II
uture of Burke. Just as the famous Z,
amp has a past fruitful of material
prosperity and rich in romance ever Il
ssociated with the mines, so the fu- r
IRE promises even better things Il
through the development of the great II
mineral deposits surrounding it now +,
nd others to be discovered and ex- r
lored Yes, Burke is coming back