The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-10-08
HE EXPECTS A RAILROAD.
What Mr.. Miller thinks of
tho Outlook.


Professor G. B. Miller, agent of
the American Mining Co., has been
staying in Weiser several days, hav-
ing returned from his trip to the
Seven Devils. During converse
ton with a SIGNAL reporter he was
asked if the contemplated erection
of smelter in the camp could be de-
pended upon as q certainty He
said:
Gas far as any man can speak re-
garding the future, ! feel safe in as
serting that it is certainty. Every
one of the company has decided in
favor of smelter and that has been
my sole object in visiting the camp.
HAS the machinery, etc. been or
dered?]
"No, as yet it has not. Mr.
Kleinschmidt has been desirous of
waiting until spring, as the road
might be closed by the time it arrived
here; but, as l find that much can
be done yet this fall and as it will
undoubtedly be late next season be-
fore anything can be done, l shall do
my utmost to have every thing pos
sible done this fall, in the way of
preparing the ground, etc. 1t is our
Intention to put in Reverhatory
faraace, which does away with con
: siderable machinery"
. [IIow Go you intend to transport
tnc mattc?]
cat present l could not return a
. positive answer. AS is well known
= the first intention was to transport
" by boats, but the Norma has failed,
y as | almost expected from the first
} as it was entirely too large and had
Il not enough boiler capacity. 1t was
= out of the question for the Norma
y to stem Snake river with 300 tons oi
u freight, which was her carrying ca
. pacity. | am satisfied that a small
u but powerful boat Of about so tons
burden would be successful, and i
d one was insufficient another coulc
70 be put on. A"
% / have read that an expedition
!" has left Lewiston to examine The
" river with view TO ascertaining j
~ it were not possible to reach Sever
II Devils by boats from there. Is i
VI true?l
81 was up there about four week
M ago and Captain Bothman, who
10 think has been sent out by the rail
i's road company was about to leav
" on his way UP the river with snaggin
Ae implements and crew, and it wa
thought that they would attempt t
he reach the Seven Devils landing.
Vi look for but little from that direction
Z" however, as the cascades are almo'
NC too rapid for navigation. There
ia' one thing, though, that l am incline
III TO expect before another year, an
tcr that is to see construction woi
begun on railroad to the CAM
Should this be the-case it will knot
ing out all idea of boats. A road VI
certainly be successful and make
rus immense amount of money the tir
10 Der alone of that section being obje
yes enough for road.
uh [From ahere do you expect t
ana road to be built?l
lers nUndoubtedly from this side al
w most probably up the Weiser rive
i'' II this is done you will see one
=, the grandest copper camps in t
world. Some have said that the
were nothing but "blaaket' depos
ing and that twenty-five feet would ia
ate. one below every vein in the cam
tied Such is not the case. The shaft
two Copper Key Las now been put do
the through fifty feet Of solid ore viii
0 be is richer at the bottom OF I
.dea shaft than at the surface. ]
Iey- pcct to see the Copper Key, Star
ard and south Peacock nliimat'
diverge Into one vein wtea suhici'
..s.' ~ depth is attained.
- Mr. Miller is very pleasant a
= - straightforward old gentleman Q
w we are satisfied, says only what
believes to be the truth.
hing
bria Gov. Wiley made flying trip
,und Weiser Sunday last. He =