The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-03-27

,SeoioSlcal theory involved.
The property is owned by conscr-
Native and responsible English com.
pany, but the cream of the deposits
were gone before the property came
into their possession and their invest
ment has not paid per cent interest
in spite of the large aggregate amour,
of bullion they have produced. and in
| its present condition, with the low
grade values available, the property is
run largely for the benefit Of the la.
Dor community that depend upon II
for a living, as il is nip and tuck with
| the management to make profit on
the operation with the ore values now
available.
The sole production Of this company
is the money metal of the country and
it is inconceivable how an intelligent
government should harass such an en-
authorities have in their efforts to re-
cover at an unjust retail price claim
for timber that the company has used
and paid for during it's extensive per-
ally If not legally outlawed and never
had any real virtue in fact, for when
this enterprise was started American
mining law was literally administered
trict were one of its chief features. 1t
was then, and has been since, until re-
Gently. the local practice of all west
ern mining districts to use such ma
terial us was absolutely necessary for
their operation as the adjacent gov
eminent lands afforded, which were
bought and paid for in this instance
at excessively high rates from local
wood rustlers, who furnished it at 30
much per cord or runnig foot.
This company has been further en-
barrassed during the past year by an
effort of the federal interior depart
ment through a special agent, by in
junction proceedings in the federal
court to stop 1t from cutting or pur-
tain sections of the township in which
their property Is situated claiming
that it was non mineral land. while as
a matter of fact and record, the town
ship in which this property is situated
from the operation of this and other
mines has produced $3O,000,00O worth
Of gold and silver in the past 20 years,
and practically all the timber Of lum-
which was very scrubby at best, was
removed by the operation of the ada
cent War Eagle mountain district prior
to 90 years ago, or between 1860 and
1890.
The isolation of the Delamar mine
Is such, over Il Very steep road as TO
make the cost for fuel hauled from
the railroad almost prohibitive, and for
Its rough requirements of mine lag
ging and cordwood, the latter largely
used by the miners and their families
with which to cook their meals, the To-
cal desert mountain slopes growth of
juniper and other desert
brush wood has been drawn upon for
their essential requirements. This kind
IF timber has absolutely no value as q
of snow or for numbering
If future forest purposes. 1t has been
purchased by this company for the
Use of it's employees at from $40 to $14
Der cord and is largely packed on mule
back from the steep mountain slopes
o points of access by wagon by Ital-
ans and others, who make business
If supplying this class of fuel to this !
and other residents of the
district.
If the governments succeeds in this |
Unjust persecution of legitimate |
money producing enterprise it will put
md the soft. swelling nature of the
ground In which, its extensive opera
ions are carried on is such as would
lose together in IA few years and
,old, as it would hardly be likely that
anybody would ever again undertake
o reopen It's present extensive old
aveIs to follow out the interesting
geological problems the deposits pre-
ent, which in Its present stage Of OPP
ration, besides making an apprecia-
lie tribute to the real money supply I
# the country, still contains the strong |.
probability of the recovery of its fault /
d virgin ore bodies and very largely /.
increased output of the most desirable
METAL for which mining operations are 4
ollowed