The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-01-28
MONTANA POWER CO. TO Be ON BEAVER
CREEK BY APRIL ACCORDING TO REPORT
Al go REPORT THAT ELECTRIC RAILWAY MAY BUILT DOWN
BEAVER CREEK NORTH FORK WITH WALLACE
MoNEY-MILL FOR RAY.JEFFERsoN.


rv which is now stringing its lines
from the summit to several OF the Dig
mines and mills of the district is not
making any public announcements or
,ts ultimate plans for supplying cleo
tric energy in the Occur d'Alenes, in
view of the opposition it is now en-
countering and will continue to en-
counter from the Washington Water
power company which is now in pos
session of the field. But it Is appar-
ont to any one who has watched its
nrogress that its plans contemplate
sunplying electric power in all parts
of the district, and 1t is stated by those
who profess to know that the big
Montana company will not confine It's
operations to supplying power, but Will
also enter the lighting field, and THAI
It will give the people of Wallace the
benefit of competition If the utilities
commissioners see fit to give 1t Ger
tifcate of convenience and necessity
covering municipal service.
But whether it will engage in the
municipal lighting branch or not,
there is no longer any reason to doubt
that the Montana Power company
will extend its lines as rapidly as pos
sible to every part of the district that
promises business. And since the
mining interests of the district must
depend upon a foreign corporation to
furnish power, it's coming is welcomed
because it means competition and a
reduction of rates.
Will Supply New Territory.
1t was learned this week from
source believed to be reliable that by
the first of April the transmission
wires of the Montana company will be
on Beaver creek in the Sunset dis
trict. Along with this information
comes the report that the Ray-Jeffer-
son Mining company is planning to
erect a mill at the forks of Beaver
and Carbon creeks, where the COM
pany owns a large mill site covering
the old Carbon townsite In view OF
the fact that Ed Donlan Of Missoula
Is one of the heavy stockholders OF
the Ray-Jefferson and is also closely
affiliated with the Thompson FalIS
plant of the Montana Power company
It Is assumed that the extension of the
power line to Beaver creek at TINS
time is for the purpose Of supplying
power to that compan5 as soon as j
is needed.
May Solve Transportation Question
The matter of handling the vast or
tonnage that is eventually to com
from the north side of Sunset has lonl
been a problem the solution OF Whlcl
has been looked forward to with muc
interest If it Is true that the Ray
Jefferson has decided to build a mi
the coming season, and there seems n
doubt that the company will have tn
ore for 1t to run on, then 1t Is plal
that the company has some dennlt
assurance of rail transportation to tn
North Fork branch Of the O.-W. H.
N, at the mouth of Beaver creek,
distance Of something less than te
miles. The building of such III
would be no great undertaking for u
several strong mining companies th'
would be chiefly concerned, manner
the Ray Jefferson, the Sunset and pos
sibly the Interstate Callahan 1t wou
not be an expensive road to bulld'
Il would follow the course OF BeaV
creek the entire distance while u
tonnage it would handle would
quite large and ever increasing ou
side business of the companies name
Wallace Money May Build 1t.
The entrance of the Montana Pow
company into that field has caus
- consideration to be given to co
structing an electric road, since the
would be an abundance of power
dts operation, and in this connection
is stated that Wallace capitalists ma
informed the mining companies lhle
ested that when the road becomes
necessity the money is here ana rea
to be used for it's construction. Wh
this information did not come 10
Miner direct, 1t nevertheless cal
from source that can be relied up
and shows conclusively that big pia
are being worked out for the develc
ment and operations of the mines
the north side Of Sunset. II IS IN
gratifying news and comes at u
when news of increased mining ACT
ity Is most welcome. Sunset IS
storehouse of mineral wealth, ana
ter years of watchful waiting II n
seems that the present year is go
to see It begin to yield up its ire
ures and increase the prosperity
the Occur d'Alenes.
Power for Sunset Mine.
The Sunset mine, which IS oW
and is being develop by Sena
Clark Of Montana. he's never utlli
electric power, the p1wcr for the C