The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-08-14

IL is IepOIteu, apparently from an
authentic source, that the Northern
Pacific will very soon extend its Nine
Mile line to the Interstate mill. Its
present terminus is at the Rex mill.
now used by the Tamarack- Custer
company on ore conveyed by bucket
tramway from the mine. The Inter-
state company now hauls by wagon
from the mill to the Rex railroad
terminus distance Of about two
miles. The Success, heavy shipper,
lies between the end of the railroad
and the Interstate. and hauls it's ship
ping product about half a mile Pos
sibly 1t would require three and half
or four miles of railroad to reach the
Interstate on practical grade This
too should afford direct rail Transport
tation for the Success. 1t would reach
close into the workings of. the Tama-
rack Custer and enable that company
to dispense with long, expensive and
often troublesome bucket-tramway.
How the Extension May be Built.
very reasonable report is also in
circulation as to the building of this
extension. 1t Is to the effect that the
Interstate company will enter into an
agreement with the railroad company
to do the grading of the line, the rail-
road company to return this outlay
in hauling freight for the mining COM
pany. The railroad company has al
ready done the preliminary surveying
and of course will furnish and lay the
ties, rails and supply the rolling stock.
This is not an unusual arrangement
in the construction of railroad extern
sions and new lines. Naturally rail-
road company wants to be sure of ton
mage before making money OUTLAWS.
This is one sure way of getting bust
ness or combining the expenditure to
comparatively small amount.
How It Might Aid Sunset.
This proposed extension might also
have an important bearing on the Sun
set mine and it's proposed future de-
velopment, and also the opening Of
numerous other properties of the Sun
set district.
The Interstate tunnel is a practical
illustration of handling Sunset ores
through the Nine Mile channel. That
company's holdings extend from the
east fork Of Nine Mile to lower Car
bon creek, and its tunnel from Nine
Mile has long ago passed under the
divide, possibly 14OO feet deep, and
is far into the Callahan or possibly
the Manhattan on the north side, all
of which property now is practically
part of the Interstate Callahan Con-
solidated. The policy Of the company
has been one of expansion. 1t is
strong company composed of men, 1t
is said, who have heretofore been sue
cessful in mining.
It would seem practical to develop
much of the western part of the
Sunset district through this channel,
having it's outlet on east Nine Mile
and supplied with direct railroad
transportation.
Tunnel From West Nine Mile.
The permanent development of the
Sunset mine is yet problematical, so
far as the public is concerned. A
double track mining tunnel three miles
or more, from west Nine Mile, is said
to be under consideration by the
Northern Pacific railroad company.
This possesses many advantages on
account of It's great possible depth,
maybe as much as 5000 feet perpendi-'I
cular, and also from the fact that 1t
would open greater territory and give
the least possible advantage of deep
development to the greatest number
of mines.
Another Tunnel With Many Advan.-
ages.
The shortest tunnel in consideration
of the depth gained for opening the
Sunset mine would be from Beaver
creek, on the north side. Approxi1
mately $500 feet depth might be had
here, with comparatively short tun-
mel Such a tunnel would also have
the advantage of immediate deep ex-
ploration of the great Sunset ledge
on other claims which have big show
ings of ore on the surface and in shall