The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-09-23
DAILY TRAIN SERVICE ON MURRAY BRANCH
IS DEMANDED BY INCREASE IN BUSINESS
MUCH ORE BEING SHIPPED AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG LINE
INDICATIONS POINT TO BRANCHES LITTLE NORTH
FORK AND EEAvER CREEK

Few people who have not had occa-
sion to look into the subject realize
the large amount of business that Is
being handled by the Murray branch
OF the O.-W. r. & N. company. So
important has this traffic become that
strong pressure is now being brought
to bear upon the company to main
tain daily train service, and 1t now
appears probable that the company
Twill yield to the demand which Is
growing more pressing every day. At
the present time only a tri weekly
train service is maintained, and the
freight business along the line has
become so heavy that passengers are
subjected to great and annoying de-
lay In making the trip between Wal
lace and points on the North Side.
The successful efforts of thc Wallace
board Of trade In inducing the officials
of the O.-W r. & N. to maintain an
adequate service between this city
and Spokane last winter might be
duplicated with respect to the Murray
branch IL that body would take up the
matter and 1t is certainly a subject
worthy Of its attention.
Ore Shipments an Important Factor.
The amount Of ore that is being
handled by the Murray branch is quite
surprising. Inquiries made during the
past week show that the Empire Cop
per Mining company, which is operat-
ing what was formrly known as the
Horst Powell property on the Little
North Fork, is shipping an average of
three cars Of ore per week. The Tus-
cumbia Is sending out an average of
eight cars per month and the Idora
about two cars, these shipments he
ing lead concentrates turned out by
the Idora mill. Above Murray Charles
Conn, who has lease on the Terrible
Edith, last week shipped two cars of
zinc ore and it is estimated that he
will be able to average better than a
car week. The Chicago London
company of which L. w, Stedman is
manager, which has the Black Horse
mill under lease, is now temporarily
closed down on account of shortage of
water Up to the shutdown this prop
erty was shipping three or four cars oe
zinc concentrates per month. and is
in position to do as we'll or bette
when water power is available, which
should be very soon. There are also
rumors Of important developments at
the Monarch, which If true Indicate
that another shipper may soon be
added to the growing traffic on the
North Side branch
The Empire Company.
The placing of the old Horst Pow
ell property on a productive basis is
among the most interesting opera
tions Of the past year The property
was taken over by AL Page and Andy
Devlin, who organized the Empire
Copper Mining company Develops
ment work covering long period Of
years had disclosed large amount of
commercial copper ore, and after
thorough tests the new owners found
that the ore could be shipped crude
at good profit. But first of all
good wagon road to the Murray
branch at the mouth of the Little
North Fork was necessity, a distance
Of about five miles 1t was an expen-
sive undertaking, for the old road was
practically useless. The road was
built at cost of $4,000, and sig
niticant feature Of It's construction Is
that 1t is built on a railroad grade
and all bridges are suitable for a rail-
road also. This clearly indicates that
1t will be only a question of time un-
til the wagon road is replaced by a
railroad, and when that change is
made 1t Is more than probable that 1t
will go beyond the Empire Copper
property, for the possibilities OF i'm
portant mineral development above
the Horst Powell are very great, to
say nothing of the large body Of tim
Der that could be handled by a rail-
road
Beaver Creek Branch.
The ore from the Tuscumbia and
Idora is hauled by wagons to the rail-
road near the mouth of Beaver creek.
a distance of about miles. Ship
ments from this section will be heavily
augmented next year by the Ray-Jef-
ferson company which has announce
ed definitely that 1t win erect mill Of
$50 tons capacity on its admirable
millsite at the forks of Beaver and
Carbon creeks. 1t is not at all likely
that this company would go to the ex-
tent of making this positive statement
unless 1t had assurance that railroad
transportation would be available.
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