The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1910-02-24
ACTIVITY ON EAGLE CREEK
Development Is Stimulated By Assur-
ance of Idaho Northern Railway
Extension

The of property the Eagle have been unusual
V active during the past months encouraged doubt
tainy Of extensive weren ths aise snd e promise
of rail transportation when the Idaho Northern extended up
Eagle creek, says TIE Murray Sun.
The result of this the Of good bodies
Of the properties and encouraging showing Others
Among the properties Tributary and East Eagle the we'll
known Jack Waite Samson which under the management of
j. Brana has been under steady development during the
with most gratifying results good body has been
posed and quite extensively explored with very satisfactory
suits 1t is reported that this property will be early shipper
Adjoining the Samson not so extensively developed is the
ronsdes said be property of unusual merit This property
owned by the Moore Bros Of Wadne and local associates has
been optioned to Harold M Weir of New York City.
The Independence owned by Sneman and Cooper lies the
mountain from the Jack Waite property and the shoot of the
latter has been exposed almost the end lines of the In
dependence The development work far done the nde
pendence has disclosed of high grade but sufficient
K has been done the main ledge There no
for doubt that the independence has the the
Jack Waite lead and will prove property Of great value
There numerous other excellent prospects the upper Eagle
and Tributary which have been developed greater e
tent with encouraging results Among these be mentioned
the Phedor Blue Bird Columbus, the BartettTnker claims
and numerous others.
Coming down the creek the mouth of Oregon guch
Blaine Ennet which b7 Of thu excellent showing
has recently been attracting considerable attention This property
has been under steady development for several months and
present time the in the drift carries good values in gd cop
and lead From its location and the character of the this
property believed to have the ledge that the Cole
back which the rich copper strike recently made.
Above the old town of Eagle the creek from which the town
takes its forks the left stream being known West Eagle
On this creek has been located claims Perhaps the
extensively developed and best known these
property the Mountain Queen This has been examined by
oog and experts who regard with much The work
already done the property the high estimate which
it is held.
There many other claims this creek among which are
those of Martan Myers Ramey Woods Robinson and Others
All of the territory ment oned here covered with heavy
growth of valuable timber and the supply of Tributary East
nd Woct Lo01oo 10 oIor
Considerable placer mining still being done on Eagle creek
Smith Dunlap pioneers of this section valuable placer
ground which they operate proaby during the months
and the winter they the work of developing their
lode claims Of which they have number in this section
The Eagle country has long been regarded with favor by mining
but has been from transportation that was not
the inviting field for capital Since the idaho North
railroad built conditions have bnged since the
for branch line Eagle creek this sect on a. been
especially active and the results Of the activity are most
aging