The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-05
A RICH COUNTRY.
II win He Opened Up by the Building of
the Nine Mile Road.

the Nine Mile Road.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Wallace, Idaho. June 3.-The prepara-
ton of the Northern Pacific to build a
line up Nine Mile towards Sunset peak
means the opening up Of the most ex-
tensive mineral district in the Occur
d'Alenes. Beginning not over three
miles north of Wallace Is a country
threaded with lodges carving mineral
wealth that extends to within a short
distance of Thompson Falls. The major
portion OF IL is a silver-lead bearing
country, although in occasional spots
there Is gold and copper found. Be
tween here m the summit OF Sunset
there are - less than nine mines that
have shipped ore. some of them hun
dreds of carloads, and there are doz-
ems of. others that haye ore In sight,
some of them I'm such quantities that
they are r lady 60 shipping
whenever transportation facilities will
Justify.
Beyond there rot little development
work has been done, although there are
.wo silver-iead claims beyond Murray,
towards lie head of Pricnard creek,
that are in shape mat their owners In
END shipping this hummer even though
their ore will have To re hauled % miles
by wagon over two ranges of noun
tains. II Is very uncertain how far the
road will be extended this year. but
probably not farther han the foot Of
the Murray grade. and possibly rot
farther than the mill that is now be-
ing tLilt to concentrate the ore from
he Eisck Cloud. 1t will be ready to
iun about the middle of July. and 1t Is
likely that the road will be built about
the same time. Except fNr a quarter
of a rifle next to town, where the RICH.
Of way ras just been secured. this was
graded in 1892, and after the little grad
ing ien,a ming to be done - finished.
a ,ers moderate force of men will put
DOWN the ties and rails within a weeks
tiire.
All the trade from Murray n the
gold belt comes down that way, n by
building TO where the road from there
comes down the hill onto Nine Mile, II
will reach not only all the trade from
there. but from Sunset peak. which
reaches the creek bottom over the same
road. To get to a point any more con-
venient for them would require several
miles more road, as there Will be W
OK bows. one on Min Mile. and the
other on East Nine Mile. before IL would
strike either road at any great distance
up the hill. Ever a road that Tar VIII
be a great stimulus to the Sunset dis
trict, for as il is now, II is a little too
much for a team to make the round
LTD tNtI udyY p1N W e'tth
miles of the travel It will be done cas-
lily. The Colwyn will be ready to ship
from there as soo as the snow is out
of their way-probabiy a month yet
and there are other properties that Will
ship before fall. The main properties
on Sunset. however, are those owned
by w. A. Clark. the Portland Mining
company and others. who have let mem
lie idle for years, waiting for better
transportation facilities. 1t Is not like
ly that the building of a road to the
foot of the hill will act as a stimuiant
with these big holders. but there are
from 200 TO 300 smaller owners. who Will
endeavor to put their properties In
shape to make them producers. and the
development consequent upon the build
ing of this much road can scarcely fai
to bring the district to a point where II
will be business for the company tC
build farther another year.