The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-25
THE BUNKER HILL SHELTER.

The location Of the Bunker Hill 4
Sullivan smelter Is still unsettled, and
the people Of Kellogg are far from
having given up hope of securing the
big plant and this hope is earnestly
shared by the people in all parts of the
Occur d'Alene district There are a
few who contend that the Bunker Hin
& Sullivan company has not now and
never had any serious intention Of
placing the shelter at Kellogg; that
its location there is wholly lmpracti-
cal, and that the company's purpose In
securing easements. ground and in Sc
curing the cooperation Of Kellogg bus
mess men was In reality a bluff de-
signed to force concessions from other
places where the conditions are fav-
orable for the establishment Of the
plant
The Miner does not for a moment
share that opinion. for to do 50 would
be equivalent to accusing the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan of reversing the policy
which it has consistently maintained
toward KeiIogg during all the long
years of its operation. We believe
that when the company asked for and
secured the cooperation of Kellogg
business men in securing easements
and other advantages for the propos-
ed smelter, 1t acted in good faith and
with an earnest desire to find condi-
tions sufficiently favorable to justify It
In locating the smelter there The
Bunker Hill 4 Sullivan company has
always manifested deep interest ir
the prosperity Of the people Of Kel-
logg, and 1t Ia not believable that It
would at this time lead them to be-
lieve that the establishment Of great
plant there was contemplated unless
1t was fact. 1t was never presented
as a certainty but always subject te
finding conditions that would render
practical the smelling of ores from an
economic standpoint. And that we
believe is the position of the company
today. This is clearly indicated by q
recent statement from f. w. Bradley,
president of the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
van company, who says
Before we make nnal decision
we will have to take into considera-
ton transportation facilities and 9TH
er advantages which win enable us to
handle our ore most economically. Our
representatives will give the most
careful consideration to every place
that is now in the field before making
their final report"
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan COM
pany is not the first to make an in
vestigation as to the practicability Of
smelling lead ores in this district.
Several years ago another large Cc'ur
d'Alene producer of lead ore, upon re-.
newing its contract with an outside
smelter felt that ii was not getting
fair treatment and made an exhaustive
investigation as to the feasibility II
building a smelter and treating IT.
own ores. The result was so salts
factory that the outside smelter was
glad to make the necessary conces-
sions and the plan to build the smell
ter was abandoned. The manager Of
that company stated then that his In
convinced him beyond
question that the ores could be eco
treated here and that some
day 1t would be done.
The question of freight rates. and
rates on bullion, are the
chief obstacles to be overcome, and
If this is accomplished there Is every
reason to believe that the smelter will
be located at Kellogg. While there Is
no doubt that purely business consld-
erations will determine the location o.
the plant, 1t may be stated that the at
tltude of the company is favorable to
the Occur dAlene town.