The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1910-02-24
ANOTHER MILE STONE PASSED


for time ourshed The demand for business places far in
the supply and The Miner forced satisfied with
qurer say the least far from impressive Within
to be exact nine months the depression Of 1907 found the bust
position where could not weather the storm and the
founder forced to suspend The plant fell into the hands OF
three associated with other papers here and few weeks
later the publisher joined the staff Business was none
brisk and only evident that four able bodied
could regularly the proceeds Indeed to be candid
there proceeds after meeting the regular fixed payments
One by the other three interests secured by the present
until in February 1908 just two he found himself
proprietor white elephant Of large proportions The whole
thing joke Our contemporaries not slow to announce
that suspension imminent Our few customers were IRE
queny visited and either oed abused for helping us
along every knock helped We lots Of them and
needed the hepneeded badly Although it announced
weekly that each issue would be last have published
y and in the two since the present management became
effective have added readers than all other papers the
county combined There has been month that has not
shown good net increase and climax was last fall when we
added 26 new readers day. Advertisers have written
in glowing and thankful terms Of the returns they received from
space used The Miner and within the week local operator has
had correspondence with resident Of Ireland relative to the sale
Of block of which his attention drawn in the COL
umns of The Miner.
This paper endeavored establish neutral ground be-
the investor and operator always helping the operator
where believed his project equitable and legitimate while
protecting the investor from anything which not satisfied
ION the square, 1t true we have been optimistic and
have backed this belief with the purchase of stocks IN half
hundred different companies from which expect later to &C.
qe competence There has yet been claim advanced
by any one either reader operator that the Miner showed
prejudice bias Every property accorded the its de-
veopmen and showing The fact that the publisher OF
this paper interested nothing the truth being that many
which he has holdings seldom mentioned because there is
nothing to tell
AS mentioned above The Miner started in very unpretenous
quarters Less than four months after the publisher had
acquired sole ownership the business had developed point
where larger became necessity This all the
astonishing view Of the general business and mining depres
sion then existing The plant moved to central block
the main business street with twice the floor and we then
announced that had ample for five of normal
pnson Five years That in June 1908 and in November
1909 overowed it, Our quarters were then taken and
large expense remodeed to suit looks if
would have for years in present building but
guided by past experience we have chosen building which will
permit of being added the necessity arises There plenty
of adjoining and expect that in few The
Miner will occupy it ALL New machinery has been added to
equipment and present plans call for the purchase of about
$4,000 worth of mechanical equipment but going
slowly getting improved machinery as we can afford 1t and just
funds low ebb But with the increased interest in
mining business will warrant dollar of this expenditure
The Miner has made many friends in the past years. It's
subscription list is different from that of other paper the
district Its readers its friends They believe in it. They
know is looking for their interests They trust it fully and
its advent each week looked for When subscriber fails
receive his copy hear from him. When he any nfoma
on relative to the district specific property hear from
him and when else in Wallace gets enquiry from
side regarding the district any mine he will nineynine times
our of hundred task The Miner So the paper has
an institution and useful The harder it has had fight
for it's existence the sody the foundation laid and
result is there few in the district who have not kind word
md soft spot their heart for the which represen
tave Of the single industry of the district
And if we have grown from nothing position of consider
able influence years who orete what years
f general prosperity will accomplish for US? We have chosen
finest opportunity that existed to make fortune There is
mineral country that vie with the Occur dAenes The
wards from investment here will excel those of
other mineral section Investors will net large They
yin All esire fair and regular of the general work here
ana particularly any work which will have special bearing