The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-02-04
INDICATIONS POINT TO D. ". R& n. CO.
BUILDING A BRANCH UP BEAVER CREEK
aesuLT OF CONFERENCE ERsrA1E CALLAHAN OFFICERS
AND RAILROAD oFFlcIAL-NoRTHERN PACIFIC MAY
ENTER FIELD THR Poss.

The announcement In The Miner
,ast week that the Montana Power
oompany would be prepared to deliver
nower on Beaver creek the coming
season. the probability that the Ray
Jefferson would erect mill on its ad-
mirable site at the old town of Car
hon. and that Wallace capitalists stood
ready to construct an electric line
down Beaver creek to the North Fork
line of the O.-W. r. & N, attracted
much interest, and drew public at
tention to the great mining activity in
the Sunset district and to the exten-
siye plans that were being worked out
for handling the ores. Men who are
back of great enterprises involving
the mining, treatment and transporta-
tion of the ores of property under de-
yelopment for obvious reasons do not
discuss their plans in detail until such
time as they are ready to carry them
into effect, and for that reason detin-
ite information in that line Is unob-
tainable at this time. But 1t has been
learned from sources that can not be
questioned that the announcement
made In this connection in this paper
last week is correct with the one eX
ception that the Montana Power COM
pany would have its transmission line
on Beaver creek by April l. The date
should have been July /.
There was a significant conference
in this city last week which had di-
rect bearing upon the Sunset situa-
ton, and up to this time seems to have
escaped public notice. The inference
would be obtained from the published
reports that the main purpose of the
officers and large stockholders of the
Interstate Callahan company in COM
ing out from the east last week was to
confer with the local management in
regard to the site for a new mill for
the company, or rather to decide Whe-
ther to build a new mill or enlarge the
old one That this was one of the i'm
portant matters to be considered is un-
questionably true, but the fact that it
was decided to increase the capacity
of the old one leaves the question as
to the site of the new mill which will
eventually have to be built still unan-
swered. Certainly mine with the
great ore reserves of the Interstate
Callahan will not long be dependent
upon a mill of the present capacity
situated two miles from the railroad.
1t is therefore safe to assume that the
location and erection of a permanent
mill of adequate capacity Las simply
been deferred contingent upon an
other matter which was perhaps the
most important subject considered.
1t may have been by chance, or 1t
may have been by design, but in
either case it is certain that coincident
with the presence of the Interstate
Callahan people in this city was the
arrival of r. B. Miller, general traffic
manager Of the O.-W. R. & N. com
pany, and it is equally certain that the
mining men and the railroad magnate
were In close conference and that af-
ter the conference it was announced
by the manager of the Interstate Cal
lahan company that it had practically
been decided to increase the capacity
of the old mill.
The difficulties in the way Of handl'
ing the output Of the Interstate Gala
han with the present transportation
facilities, or with a tramway to the
railroad, have long been apparent, ant
these difficulties and expense vii
greatly increase when hosting the orr
becomes necessary. For this reason
and particularly since the compan!
acquired the Amazon Manhattan, /
has been regarded as certain that tn
permanent outlet of the Interstate
Callahan would eventually be on tn
Beaver creek side. This belief wa
strengthened by the sinking Of shat
from the main tunnel to point on
level with the main tunnel of the Anna
zon Manhattan, but the affable man
ager Of the mine stated that the pur
pose was to connect the two for tn
purpose of drainage, and that absenc
Of any great amount Of water in TN
shaft had rendered the connection un
necessary. 1t is significant howeVe'
that men are now engaged in straight
ening out, retimbering and generall
getting the Amazon Manhattan tunn'
In shape for work.
Il has long been a matter OF com
mon knowledge that the O.-W. K "
company stood ready to Gxtend
branch from the North Fork up Bea
yer creek whenever there vas sun
cient tonnage in sight to JUSTLY It, TT
conference between Mr.. Miller, III
traffic manager of the company VII
the officers Of the Interstate Callaha
company; the necesFi'v Of the mimi
company Of taking Z Unite steps u
ward providing adorr7te milling fi
ciities; the decision u the officers