jansome.]  COEUR    D'ALENE    DISTRICT,  IDAHO.  303 
power  at  the  mines  is  $50  per  annum  for  each  horsepower.     This  is 
heaper  than  steam,  though  the  latter  power  is  used  for  hoisting  at 
the  Tiger-Poorman  and  Standard-Mammoth  mines. 
Timber. — All  of  the  large  mines  require  much  timbering,  and  prob- 
ibly  few  mining  regions  are  better  supplied  than  the  Coeur  d'Alene 
iistrict  with  abundant  and  cheap  material  suitable  for  this  purpose. 
A  large  part  of  the  timber  used  is  derived  from  the  vicinity  of  Coeur 
i'Alene  Lake.  Some  is  cut  in  the  southeastern  corner  of  the  dis- 
:rict,  and  the  Hercules  mine  has  its  own  timber  land  and  sawmill  on 
;he  north  side  of  Tiger  Peak. 
