The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-08-08
SALMON TO
HAVE RAILWAY!
The Anaconda Standard Is Az
thority for the Above State
ment--Says Short Line Will
Build ~ Soon a. Other Road
Looks This Way.

IL seems 10 have been settled that
the Salmon river country Is to have
q railroad In the near future. The
Pt,tsburg 4 Gilmore company has
ilcd Its articles OF Incorporation here
and has completed It's survey. IL is
reported on good authority that the
work ci construction from Armstead.
Mont, 10 Gilmore, Ida, will begin
as soon as the survey is reported back
from headquarters. within the next
20 days. The Oregon Short Line has
assembled large amount OF ties and
rails nj Mackay ready 10 rush the OK.
tension OF that branch into tho sal
mon river country. The Salmon
River Railway company. supposed TO
be identified With the Short Line.
has issued OIL .0l0, 600 worth OF o rer
cent 5o-yeaf bonds redeenlable at l0a
upon any semi-annual interest day.
presumably for the salmon river ex.
tension. The Short Lire has had
monopoly OF the great trat,ic Of this
interior region and did not care 10
undertake expensive extensions as
long as IL held the way. but nov
that Its territory Is 10 be invaded II
win push In competing line.
II Is confidently believed that the
San Francisco, Idaho 4 Montana
may also enter the competition Tor
the trade OF this, one OF the largest
unopened districts In the United
States, and grading has begun on
this line at Caldwell. two grading
camps having been recently estab.
lished. with more than % teams at
work. OF course. the Intention OF
this company ultimately is to con
meet Butte and San Francisco, thus
shortening the route to The coast.
The survey of this line from butte to
Boise was made three years age.
White the country presents many
difficulties To mad building. II Is not
TO be wondered at that IL is attract.
ing the attention OF road builders
when It's area and resources are con.
sideied. Here 10 the heart Of Idaho
Is an area larger than the average
state east OF the Mississippi, and
rich In agricultural ano mineral re.
sources awaiting development, and
yet without mile OF railroad. From
Redrock alone more than 30, 900. COO
pounds OF freight went into the Sal.
mon valley last year. as shown by
official figures. and large freight out.
dts are constantly on the nad be.
tween Salmon and Redrock.
Because OF It's inaccessIbllity,
much OF the country Is yet unex
plored, and yet tits great distance
from the railroad there are paying
mines, and still other vast bodies OF
ore lying idle for want Of means Of
transportation. The Gilmore mine,
70 which one OF the roads Is 90 iun,
has been bis producer for years.
the ore paying well after being
hauled nearly 100 miles by teams and
then shipped to the reduction works.
For the past txo years the company
has employed traction engine 10
haul the ore. but the ore cannot be
hauled as fast as H. IL produced.
This mine IN IN the same mineral
zone as The old NicholIs mise. which |
produced millions. In this district
are other properties that will pay big
when transportation comes
Within radius OF 10 nsiies cf Sal. |
mon several mills have been Installed |
within the past year and several
are working, at least tao
n the properties employing a large 1
force 0f men.
While The old placer diggings at /
Leesbarg, which produced more than l
40, ,0oo,01 are sbout worked out,
there are still many large bodies of 1
Iow-Rrsde quartz that only need
cheaper means Of transportation 20
make them paying propositions
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