EXHIBIT 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The following Power of Attorney is executed on December 15, 1999 in
connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
in conformity with the rules and regulations thereunder, of a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the issuance
of an additional 1,100,000 shares of the Company's common stock, without par
value per share, that are authorized under the Amended and Restated Jore
Corporation 1997 Stock Plan, as amended on October 25, 1999.

                  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose
         signature appears below constitutes and appoints Matthew B. Jore and
         David H. Bjornson and each of them, his attorney-in-fact, each with the
         power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any
         and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
         post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to sign
         any registration statement for the same offering covered by this
         Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to
         Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
         and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
         all exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith, with
         the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
         attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
         authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
         necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
         and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
         confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them,
         or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
         be done by virtue hereof.



     /s/ Matthew B. Jore        Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
     ----------------------     (Principal Executive Officer)
       Matthew B. Jore

     /s/ David H. Bjornson      Chief Financial Officer and Director
     ----------------------     (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
      David H. Bjornson

     /s/ Michael W. Jore        Executive Vice President and Director
     ----------------------
       Michael W. Jore

     /s/ Thomas E. Mahoney      Director
     ----------------------
      Thomas E. Mahoney

      /s/ R. Bruce Romfo        Director
     ----------------------
        R. Bruce Romfo

     /s/ William M. Steele      Director
     ----------------------
      William M. Steele

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     /s/ James P. Mathias       Director
     ----------------------
       James P. Mathias

     /s/ A. Blaine Huntsman     Director
     ----------------------
      A. Blaine Huntsman