The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-18
REGION OF WEALTH
OPENED IN IDAHO
Gilmore Railroad Taps Rich
Farming Sections and
Great Mines.

That the completing of the railroad 10
the Gilmore mine, in Idaho, VIII open
- production one OF the greatest lead
producing districts in the United states
s. the firm belief of A 5. Ross pIesl-
dent and general manager OF the nus
burg Idaho company, which owns the Jill
more mine. From that mine IN the past
has been shipped upwards Of lo,WO tons
OF ore with wagon haul charge OF - 81,
q ton With the railroad ii oP-Id'Loll,,
that charge will be reduced 10 N--Vv' anu
MIR Ross saws that the saving on It5
ore al this time in sight i'm the mine WI! vi!
,pay for the building OF Jhe ram az ~
the mine. Then when II Is Culi ~. az
that number of other mines III INC u
trrict which is extensive. are BelllhS w
.Velopment results similar to thoSe a.
itained in the Gilmore, II VIII pt Ie5'l-hlu
that the building of the new railfoau was
warranted. ..,f,,.,,,
. The Gilmore mine has been examined
Inv perhaps three-fourtns of the DesI NH
ling experts in tins section, Mr., Ross ue-
iclares, and they have agreed Ihat IL IId9
ionp Of the largest and best shoWlnSs
lOf carbonate ore in the entlre country
The ore makes i'm assures IN blue lHlle-
kStOne. and on the @t-IoOJ IeNel Oh IiIe
lGiImore has been opened 10 feet ON us
strike one body averaging eight ana nine
feet IN width of ore which runs 30 per
cent lead with about One-hdlI ounce Oh
silver for every unit of lead. The mine
is beinp opeued on the 5OO-foot level with
out yet having reached the sulphide zone
opens Great Country.
But of the new railroad which is being
CONSTRUCTED only "a branch line of eighteen
miles is required for the traffic OF the
mines alone-that is, the main line passes
Through am agricultural country Wnch
iustifies its being built without refer
ling section are many ranches, whose
value has already been doubled by Inc
assurance of railroad facilities.
The route of the new railroad, when IS
theing built bv the Gilmore * PittsbuTg
tRailrOad company, Is from Afnsledd'
tSiXteen miles south of Dulon, ON tle gre
icon Short Line, to Salmon CITY, by way
IOf Horse Prairie valley, over the NoAu-
mental divide. through Lemhi pass ana
Thence dropping into the fertile valley
(which extends the remaining distance OF
fifty miles To Salmon city. Inc me u
Gilmore branches from the main me al
ll.adore. formerly Junction. where Is made
1.-THE northerly turn toward Salmon CITY
Grading of the 10 miles of railroad was
ITO have been completed last fall but de-
hay was occasiOned by winter setting III
Unusually early. Rails have been laid
Ito within twenty miles Of Salmon CITY,
however. and freight is now being delIV-
cred at Ladore. 1t is promised that the
line will be completed To Salmon city by
April I and TO Gilmore by May ].
Build Town at Gilmore.
WIN the tblllliltlll1 Fl tilt lilit ~ I'll
more mine il is the intention of Mr. Ross
and associates 40 establish a town called
Gilmore and To build a large water power
electric plant which shall furnish power
and lights to the town and to the mine
The entire country Is abundanty Wateret
and there is much WOOG as we'll
The Gilmore K PittsbUrg Railroad com
pauy and the Pittsbu-g-Idaho company
are distinct corporations, although boil
are controlled by virtually the same
crowd of Pittsburg capitalists. W. A
McCutcheon Is president and genera
manager of the railroad company.
An extension of the railroad has beer
surveyed To- Lewiston and a branch lin'
10 Challis IS likewise contemplated. Res
idents of the empire of enormous wealth
which is being onaned by the railroad ar,
just beginning 10 appreciate what j
means Mr.. Ross SAYS. This being show
by the demand for farm lands, which
have more than doubled in value; by TIA
activity in the mines and by the growth
of the towns. He predicts that the popu
lation of Salmon City Will be double,
within the next two years.