The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-01-08
MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO EXPERIENCED
GREAT PROSPERITY DURING YEAR 1918
RECORD PRODUCTION FAR ~ EXCESS or
Gus Wharf.-The OUTLOOK ToR 1911 INplcArE3
EVEN CREATE n ACHIEVEMENTS.

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ilcss interests Of Idaho that this rich
market IS situated in the narrow pan
handle end Il the stat=, and thereby
largely benefits The neighboring states
of M3ntana and Washington. Harry
J par, president Of the Idaho Miners
agsncia'ion, and other operators who
gro large EMPLOYERS % labor have en-
dearpred to divert their trade 70 this
end Of the state for the enormous
quantities Of food supplies which are
required in their extensive operations.
hpt the long haul and excessive freight
rates eliminate the possibility of cop, =
petition with nearer sources of supply.
Rich Market fo' Labor.
This development If such rich lah9r
ard produce market as the Occur
d'Alane district afford2 toward this
end Of the state in position where
trade could not very well act away
from Idaho producers and business
men. would prove a remarkable stim-
ulant tc prasen, business conditions IN
this region.
] am e tbs opinion that We have
unde"eloped mineral resources that ara
susceptible Of producing this splendid
business result, particularly IN the Big
creek district Of southern Idaho epun-
Is, which l. particularly tributary, un-
der most accessible routes. 70 The south
Idaho towns. This district contains
some enormous bodies Of low grade
gold ore that are susceptible Of very
economical treatment and In lodes
from leo to 800 feet wide, carrying aH-
eroge values, as far as determined by
shallow prospecting Work, Of from ~
to Is per ton These values viii seem
low 70 ordinary operators, bat al b
matter Of fact the future gold supply
Of this nation is to be derived from
such orc contents
Wealth N Low Grades,
In view Of the fact that such capable
and conservative operators as Fred w.
Bradley, president of the Bunher Hill
81 Sullivan mines and the Alaska
Treadwell mines, and .. G. Jacking
and close associates Of the Utah Cop
per company. are investing s1o,ooo.oo0
in mining and milling equipment Oh
the coast Of southeastern Alaska on
gold ore deposits If maximum aver
age value of S1.50 per ton, it Is reas-
enable to assume that better surface
values than these in Idaho deposits of
similar magnitndeI NAV be developed
into large mining and milling enter
prises that can be made to show de-
cent margin Of profit when handled in
sufficient volume.
Such enterprises will necessarily in
volve the employment Of an army If
i men and special efforts Should be made
to attract capital TO Idaho resources If
this class with the ultimate obiert If
establishing d second Occur d'Alene
district for The state from a payroll
standpoint. which would result in put
ting new life and rigor into every
other line Of business and industry in
southeastern Idaho.
M,res in South Idaho.
If - 30 ore Values are going to prove
available a. source Of profit in min
ing operations as seems likely, there
are several districts in south central
Idaho that are worthy cf serious con
=idaraticn in this connection. and
shall uea r,w test efforts to call the
attention If responsible investors to
this cla IF deposits
In addition t., the mining progress
in Ghoshone county,. marked advances
has haen made in ora Development aud
mining equipment IN several other
counties If the state notably in Fen-
ner. Custer. Te,nhi and Elaine.
r. r.rs,-ca. North.
Bonner county has several new sill.
,,er laad properties that will be in he
producing class naxt wear the N oat
rtetahle II which Is the Idaho Contir.
entail mine The property Of this com
panv adioins the international line be-
tween Idaho and British Columbia
and carries enc % the most flattering
surface showlngs Of lead silver ore
that has ever been found in the stats.
II has been equipped during the NJ Il
year with wagon road construction,