The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-19
TWIN FALLS
POWER LINE IN
NEAR FUTURE
/. B. PERRINE AND MAJOR FRED
r. REED GREATLY M
PRESSED WITH ELY.
TO EXTEND TO THIS DISTRICT
Pleased With Courteous Treatment
Afforded Them by Local Busi-
ness Men.


That the power line from TWIN
Falls, Idaho, to Ely will be built and
tbat in the near f,,t,lre seems appa-
rent from the text of an article that
anneared In recent issue of the
Tur,n Fa1Is News n nrinted an ex-
tanciva intervjaw with I r. perrine
and Major Reed who were recently
uis,tore IN INlv and concerning whose
imnressions of this camp The News
had an article at the time. The
Idaho naner nublished the following:
II r Perrine and Major Fred r.
Rood raturnad' this week from Ely.
Nav wbere thev snent several days
;nvastigaf;ne nossibilities in the way
of a market in that magnificent cop
NOR oomn fori the elantric mower now
ha,no develoned nv the great Sho-
shone and Twin Fails pa Wer com
many of which w. s. Kuhn and ]. S.
Kuhn of Pittsburg are the head.
Thase gentlemen and their associ-
.ates are nnttjng in mower plants at
.Choshona Fails Anger Falls and the
,,n,,a. and lower salmon Fails. and
ara enea eed in ferreting out the more
advanta peous n1aces to deliver their
nrodncts The same gentlemen are
racIoiming 1SO 600 acres of land un-
der the Twin Falls North Side system
ond @ hnilding an electric rail way from
M,lnar ~ fha main line Of the Oregon
Sbnrt inc Of Goodinp The scope
~ thai, reclamation nroiect ON the
narth side Includes a market for the
,rodncts of tbe land as well as the
energy of the Snake river. The two
90 hand in hand and will continue
20 40 co
If has ALWAYS been maintained that
tho great Nevada mining districts
wara the logical market for Twin
rails agriculfura1 and horticultural
nrodncts and that the Snake river
svo,,id furnish the motive power for
the gigantic mining and smelling en-
tarnrisas now in course of develop
: snant In that state and also the en-
arpv for transnortation lines to carry
tbo nroducts from the valley of the
Snata To the immense mineral dykes
of tho sister state. II would seem
thot tbe nowar feature was in a fair
wav tn he materialized.
s.Mr Perrine and Major Reed made
a careful Investigation of conditions
In Ely This district. they DESIRE is
certain to he one of the greatest cop
nor nroducers the world has ever
bnown
: "Eiv ;s marvel" said Mr.. Reed.
.Tbe American Smelling and Refining
comnanv is now erecting a smelter
which with its auxiliary buildings,
ra;lwav tracks etc. will stretch over
a mile of ground. The estimated
oost of this nlant when completed is
hatwean go 600 900 and $4,000, 900.
~N-
9aead U In tha constrnction work.
Three. switch engines are used to
a,,o The core of material for the
s,s lliose 'nG rha e snaa,tar is located on
s,,ho+ ;s Lnown as McGills ranch.
s,n Mnao 10 ,;,as ais+an+ from the new,
@ ta,,',, 80 NV Tbe old fowl. which is
wv iaoa m ~ 5on snaonle is one. and
prarter miles south of the new
4mns;to I" Tho comnanv is building
s ~ %ntai ne On tho naw townsite which
,ni ons+ s2oO OOO and will require
~ yaors to comnlete. three-story
tnon,o hotel was built by the COM
aa,, for +onnorarv use and is now
PC" a"s a,ana+ion The streets are being
a,,ad ~ 3 sawar system is being con-
lt,,,,ntoS an alectric light plant is
s,n5er ~yav and waterworks are be-
s..s L,,,it rbo Nevada Northern rail-
.,,e,, u,t,iob avtands from Cobre on
80 so',thorp pacific to Ely. is build
sno y snlapdid sandstone depot at
4ne e a,r Town The smelling COM
.ne ~ y h,,iI5ine what is called a high
i.aa pans nn.5 20 nxta1ding from the mines
!ihe ~ .ho ,o a,,,a,tar q distance of sixteen
" ~ .m % deliyar the orr. direct to
M a,,o+;on works The company
nv sne nc Iess than s5'OOO. 900 tons of
{ nss, mas no ore ,ro' octna11y blocked out and
:. ooppe, y ost;mated Tin ~ as result of drill
80 70 that On nOO O0O ions NAV be
s,oa tes.s en fron, tba claims already
Dpe poa,n, Tho Gigantic smelter will
pSIn paosEn On 400 tons Of ore daily
n@1 ..T.s,, f,;,,os a rough idea of the fu-
NJ NV If is within the bounds
a..ti;tv Ls'e VI % ;f not nroha bility. that
% M, pe.,, ..no,,,ra not less than $4,000
hnys" ,y "'n nower Of electrical energy for
,,, n1rsu pom oi,,,ne lighting. etc. The
nnannst .uaiiahIe nower nlants are To-
netnS -, tha cnaL . liver in the yicin-
{ .tv of Twin Fails transmission lines
,s from n Twin Fails to Ely need be no