The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1909-04-15
THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT

When The Miner months that there was little
likelihood any reduction the tariff on lead ore we had
reason for making the prediction What did not look Tor now
the placing OF tariff on zinc ore OF one cent per
This latter has been by the senate committee and
the best has reached the Occur Tor past
Business in this district has been somewhat dsoganized TOR sew
era months owing the lurking fear that the tar on lead ore
would be reduced Our proportion Of the production Of lead
in the United States is between 50 and Az per cent Assurance
of the maintenance of the present tariff on this mineral Will give
splendid stimulus to operations here and cannot ran 70 encourage
outside capital become largely interested in an industry
that assured adequate protection for years There
only one of danger left and that is 50 trivial press re-
por are anything like correct to cause little anxiety we re-
fer the possibility OF serious on any othe teS
which would result sending the bill back from the Senate to
conference committee with the possibility OF general revision
reno AS everything be harmonious present there
is little Of such contingency and only mention this as
possibility that readers not grow too
preatuey Indications favor early settlement OF the
entire matter with tremendous benefit therefrom to
the Occur d'Alene country
The majority Of the people here and very large majority
of those here but who reside elsewhere are gnor
ant of the vast zinc of the Occur dAenes.
Heretofore great deal Of the lead exposed has been un
profitable handle because the high percentage of zinc carried
and the low price of that metal tariff OF one cent pound OF
$Oa ton on zinc and the manufactured product Will
make such difference that it freely predicted here the pro-
duction zinc will increase in the next decade to such an
extent almost equal the production OF lead ORE Ihs u.s. OF
any such assertion Yet will point out that both the Frisco
and Poorman Mines immense producers became unpoht
able the lowest workings owing to the high percentage OF
zinc and expense of separation with the low price
for zinc prevailing the past years The Success mine purely
zinc producing property has been closed for over year o
ing conditions Development in the Pine Greek Sec
ton has been greatly retarded by the high percentage OF zinc
ore scattered among the ead the section running northeast
from Burke nearly all the exposed runs high in zinc and
scattered properties in other sections notably the Rex run
strong Just the market for this metal and
the ore improves development will forward with renewed
ygor and greater results will be achieved than ever before
The future for copper also brighter The demand is
increasing and the visible supply diminishing Europe has
been good buyer recently and at the first ntimation OF
shortage likely be scramble for cover to fill con-
tracts already entered into According to the traction view
the development trolley enterprises promises in the next
few years greater growth the business than
other source of demand 1t contended that this kind of de-
veopment been arrested for but that now it appears
to be point of starting again with greater degree OF
IMPULSE than it possessed before.
All the world over in China Africa and South America
trolley enterprises proposed and with the highly sasfac
tory conditions in the money centers OF Europe work OF that
kind will be actively way before long in nearly every
part of the civilized and semi-civlzed world