The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-07-06
RESOUROUS ARE MAR
VEL0uS
Idaho Northern's Extension Taps
Vast Timber and Mineral
Stores

The staff correspondent of the
Capital News spent several days
= here last week and sent 10 his
paper the following story of the
: immense timber and mineral re-
sources that viii be tapped and
opened for development in the up
per valley by the extension of the
Idaho Northern.
The writer could have gone fur
; ther and pictured the benefits that
will accrue to Emmett, which is the
natural trade center of this mar
velously rich section, and also show
ed the splendid markets that will
be opened lor Emmett fruits.
hut here's his storE
The Idaho Northern at first in
tended building only to Horseshoe
Bend this year, distance from En-
nett of 26 miles Well informed
men here give as reason for the
immediate extension to Smiths Fer
ry that the Weyerhauser lumber
syndicate owns $4,000 acres of fine
timber which is tapped at Smiths
/ Ferry, and which must be removed
within the next IL years. In 1902
the Peyette Lumber company bought
of the state $4,000 acres of timber,
not the land What timber is left
at the end of 20 years goes back
to the state Nine of the 20I
years are already gone and none of
the timber has yet been removed. |
This leaves only IL years in which
is a vast amount of timber may be \
seen when known that two to three |,
million feet per quarter section is
not uncommon. Often, it is said,
here are quarter sections here con
tanning 100000 feet of timber.
it is said the Payette Lumber COM
pany owns 100000 acres of timer
extending from Smiths Ferry to
Payette lakes.
There is world of timber on the
north, south and middle forks of
the Payette river. This is estimat-
ed to be the richest body of stand
ing timber in the United States out.
side of the white pine lands of
north Idaho, and the tir timber of
and Oregon. There
are hundreds of square miles of 4
fine timber along the several forks 4
of the Payette river The extern 4
sion of this road to Smiths Ferry
taps these forks. The real timber
belt along this road is struck at
a point beginning about 80 miles
above Emmett
The great benefit to the state by
reason of this railroad extension is
the opening up of the vast natural
resources of the upper country be-
yond Emmett consisting of large
areas of mineral lands, in addition
% the great timber belt already b
also some fine fruit, hay "
and grain lands, and a large stock Il
n
The first mineral belt on the ex-
ension begins three miles above L
Marsh and extends practically to
PEARL and to Horseshoe Bend, CO. V
-ering an area 6x15 miles Marsh b!
S 10 miles above Emmett. This n
lrea is literally honeyoombed with to
ow grade ores. This area will be hi
mined because the new railroad will h;
ring about saving in the timber II
ng of the mines, and in the haul aC
ng out of the concentrates. ia
The second mineral belt commenc tn
S six miles above Horseshoe Bend
nd extends along the Payette river
I intervals for IL miles. Here
found gold, silver, copper, lime in
nd magnesia. bu
There is large coal field which We
axes in the basin comprising an it
rea of 7x15 miles at and near so
horseshoe Bend.
These areas are already pretty
ell developed There are places
here hundreds of thousands of on
ms of ore are already blocked out du
,ady for railroad transportation as pr
BON as tne r2ilrcaG rompI' -. ar
mo>:. withour exception tll1se ~
res are being bered where I'M
'cessary, ready for husinss. This gr
itire section is on the eve OF a tlo
'eat development no