Show THE GREAT POOR5EAS I Work on the Montana Mine to Be Resumed Special to The Herald BOISE Ida Jan 3 A Gothe manager man-ager of the Big Pcorman mine at Sliver Sli-ver City has returned from London where he went immediately after the discouraging developments in the mine some weeks ago When the old works I were encountered sixty feet above the Belle Peck tunnel Mr Grothe was admonished ad-monished that the ore bodies he had been expecting to develop had been extracted and that it would be necessary neces-sary to go deeper This would Involve the expenditure of a large sum of money and It was necessary for the manager to go to London and lay the whole matter before the company He comes back with news that the company com-pany have the greatest faith In the property and that work will be at once begun looking to the development of the lower levels of the mine An electric plant will be put In power being be-ing generated at the mill There will be an electric hoist and a dump driven by the same power It seems to be I definitely determined that the old works do not extend below the level of the Belle Peck and that virgin ground will be found in the new works For the present the upper works will be abandoned entirely Mr Grothe thinks there are some points where there maybe may-be ore In considerable quantity but he wishes to get Into the chute below and develop enough to furnish steady work for the mill News of the intention to resume operations is hailed with delight by mining men in this part of the state as the Poorman is recognized as one of the best mines in the west |