The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-21
MINING ON WOOD RIVER
OLD CAMPS COME BACK
DISTRICT AwAkEs FROM sLuM-
Der OF 80 YEARs-FEDER-
AIS ENTERPRISE.

The coming back to prosperity for
the great Wood river mining districts
of Blaine county is an inspiration that
10 far-reaching and permanent
In 1888, $500 miners were employed
in the mines, shelters and mills in
this wonderful district, There We're
over rs mines being operated at a
nrofit. Silver was demonetized in
1884. A death dealing blow was struck
at this big, splendid industry and like
the autumn leaves stricken by the
frost, the camps and miners faded
away. leaving wrecks and poverty be-
hind. Hundreds of thousands of tons
of ore too low grade to be treated by
the then primitive processes are now
valuable because of tremendous as
set is represented by the low grade
silver lead and zinc ores now avail
able
In 1915, the tide turned and the
comeback period is steadily recreat-
ing the confidence of 1928
Operating at Profit.
Science and modern machinery have
made possible a mighty mining move
ment and with methods of economy
and the ores now operated at profit
that in the early sos would have been
a dead loss and the additional high
grades that are in evidence in many
places in this splendid section, with
the present prices of lead, silver and
zinc, coupled with fair railroad rates,
good roads, the automobile and the
auto truck, there is no visible reason
why the Wood river mining district
should not be humming again and a
big start will be made in 1917.
One of the strongest endorsements
in support of all of the above is the
fact that the Federal Mining com
pany, a child of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining company, the largest
concern of the kind in the world, has
taken over a group of mines and has
expended over 100000 since April /,
1916. They have 100 men at work and
are just SldTlil5 lnSll Ailili anu iS
duction works.
Has Come Back to Stay.
This fact is a mighty endorsement
and it is not eliot on any mans brain
who is familiar with the Wood river
mining section and who has carefully
studied the situation to boldly pro-
claim that the old Wood river mines
and mining has come back and come
back to stay The Minnie Moore and
the Queen at Bellevue will be reopen
ed, the famous, Bullion district will
soon be in action and all the old dis
tricts that were famous as producers
of high grade lead silver ores will be
put to work.
Why not? The ores are there, the
country is well watered and timbered;
the roads are fine; everything and
every condition is favorable, and there
is and will be for years and years, a
great demand for the metals with
which this district is so abundantly
supplied, and at good prices.
So why not? The writer advises
every mining man who is looking
around to go to the great Wood river
mining district and he will find condi-
tons just as l have described them. 1t
will not be three years before the old
and new mining camps between
Broadford and Stanley Basin, Sea
Foam and Cape Horn will have TO-
600 people, all doing we'll and making
money.
The writer has been in most of the
mining camps of the west and has
never known conditions, from all an
giles to be more favorable than in the
Wood river mining districts of Blaine
county Idaho.
FRED r. REED.