The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-04

the foregoing is concerned, It Is no
doubt fully reciprocated by all right
people in the Occur d'Alene
district, and far be 1t from the lnten-
ton of The Miner to utter a word that
could be construed as an obstacle to
the full fruition of this era of good
feeling which Mr. Norman now sees so
happily inaugurated. But we can not
wholly accept his analysis of the rela-
tionship between Spokane and the
mines. The sore spots" and the
causes that brought them into exist
ence are correctly defined as far as
the explanation goes Other causes
might be assigned, but 1t would prob
ably not be in good form to mention
them for fear of reopening the sores
now in process of healing. Passing
this phase of the question, we find il
impossible to accept Mr.. Norman's
contention in support of Spokane's
claim to credit reflected by the Occur
d'Alene mines.
Answering the question, he says two
citizens of Spokane discovered the
Bunker Hill mine. That is true, but at
the time the discovery was made they
were not and never had been citizens
of Spokane, while the money they re-
ceived from the sale of the great mine
not Spokane money, was invested in
Spokane, which for the first time gav4
that city place of Importance on tbs
map Jim Wardner, the man who in
duced Portland capitalist to buy the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan, resided in tGe
mining camps of the west, and Spo-
kane seldom claimed his restless spirit
longer than was necessary to catch
the first train going his way. D. c
Corbin came to the Occur d'Alene.
from Montana. He made his head
Quarters at Occur d'Alene while build
ing the first railroad to the mines ant
during it's subsequent operation. AT
ter he sold his railroad to the Nor
thern Pacific and conceived the plai
to build the Spokane Falls & North
ern, he made Spokane his home S. S
Glidden, who extended the marrow
gauge to Burke and who developed tn
Tiger mine, never lived in Spokane I'M
til he had retired from active mining
Colonel John M. Burke, the pictur
esque promoter who is correctly de
, scribed as Soldier of tickle fortune,
J was a resident of Idaho during all tn
} years of his activity in Occur d'Alen
, mines. He served in the Idaho legis
lature and was candidate for con
gress from this state.
The point is this, that while most c
the men named are or were resident
of Spokane, it was not until they ha
accumulated wealth from the Coeu
dAlene mines, which, transferred I
Spokane, became the main factor
making that city what 1t is toda!
: Spokane money has played a sma
part in making Occur d'Alene mine
but fortunately for that city its geo
graphical position has caused much {
the wealth produced by the mines
gravitate to it,
Should Mr. Norman, through the en-
HANGED value of Spokane real estat
suddenly find himself possessed of
fortune so large that life in Spokan
. seemed restricted and provincial, an
he should change his residence
Seattle in order to have a wider an
: more attractive field to satisfy h
q higher social and financial ambition
e would Seattle be justified in claimin
r credit for the increase in Spokar
realty values? Hardly; and yet tha
is in effect the claim Mr., Norman put
a forward in behalf of Spokane wit
i reference to the Occur d'Alene mine
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