The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-04

Mining was the first industry that
put Idaho on the map The products
Of placer mining in the Sos was the
first magnet that drew thousands of
pioneers to what is now the state of
Idaho
The total value of the production of
gold. silver lead, zinc from, rs mines
and 2S5 placers in the state for the
of 81 ,S65,162 over the year before Cop
pers were a factor in making an in
crease over Il per cent in the total of
the state
Mineral Resources of Central Idaho.
The writer feels that the agriculture
al horticultural and stockrasing fea-
lures of the state have received NOR
tied publicity to q large extent and toe
little has been said of the great MIN
eral resources Of the state There Is
no doubt but what the central portion
attractive prospecting grounds of any
place in the United States if the OPP
pOrtunitics were properly understood.
The greatest drawback at the present
time and the one thing that has pre-
vented the development of the miner
al resources Of Idaho in the past has
been the lack of transportation faclli-
ties in the shape of wagon roads and
IA lroads.
SALMON and Clearwater Drain Large
Unexplorcd Territory.
The writer who has just returned
from trip to north Idaho Is more inn
pressed than ever with the fact tha$
the great tonnage of Idaho at the
present time is in the northern and
southern portions Of the state and that
the splendid country that is drained
NV the Salmon and Clearwater rivers
and other streams is today practically
nnexplored and that the state of Ida,
no will never come into its fun meas
urc of development and prosperity un-
til the mineral resources of the state
Legitimate Development,
1t is fact that there have been
many mining companies Incorporated
in this state and great many hun
dred thousand dollars worth of stock
sold, that through inexperience and
crooked work have proven to be abso-
lutte failures. This however, has
nothing to do with the legitimate de-
velopment of the mineral portions OF
our state Tho time is now at bane
that the bona tide opportunities pre-
scented in the splendid mineral dis
tricts of the central portion of this
state should be brought to public no
tice in way that will create colAi-
dence and PROVE of great value to oul
state along mineral development lines
/ It is a matter that many of the best
mining men in the state arc giving
their most profound considerations ant
! being one of the factors in our past
prosperity there Is no reason why II
should not be most important in tht
! future I'm adding many millions ~
dollars annually to the wealth of thf
state.
Handle apped by Lack of Funds.
The writer acting in the capacity OF
the commissioner to the Panama Pa
citic International exposition, has nc
funds at his command to work along
these lines aside from assembling Z
practical mineral exhibit of this state
which will be done along lines thai
will prove a credit to not only the min
ing industry but the safeguarding OF
the reputation of the state from any
speculative exploitation The writer
Is determined to do everything in hi}
power to assist the mining men Of the
state in any way that he possibly can
The Inquiries coming into the Office 81
the immgra ton department regarding
the mining opportunities are iucreas
ing all the time, and while the imml-
grafton department has no appropria
ton with which to work, the inuigra
ton commissioner is, however, goinl
to give this work all the publicity ht
can and do everything to cncoura g'
mining men to come to this state, be-
lieving that the solution of the prob
lem that has retarded the develop
ment of the state, namely, tronsporta
ton. is close at hand
If we had 90 mining camps IN cen
trail Idaho and the mines all WORKING
and making money the sale Of thu
products of the lowlands to those diff
ferent mining districts would be Q
tremendous importance annually
North and South Railroad = Necessity
TO be absolutely plain, the state VII
never come into It's own until we have
y north and south railroad and suIll
cicnt wagon roads 50 that people cai
he taken into these various promisini
mining districts in central Idaho an'
able to get around with some degree
of comfort and safety The writer ha
an abiding confidence that within tn
next five years, with better un
Outstanding Of the true value OF th
mineral resources Of Idaho. th
people who will be earning wages an'
operating mines on a profitable basis