The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-08


not seem to realize just what is gong
on over on Beaver creek and the effect
II will have upon the commercial pres
tige of this city. A great mine has
been opened over there and is await
ing the completion of a large mill to
handle its ores, when it will give en-
ployment to a large number OF men.
A1though the matter is somewhat
shrouded in mystery, there can be no
doubt that this company. has assur-
ance of railroad transportation down
Beaver creek, for it is not reasonable
to believe that it would build this
mill of large capacity with the eXpec-
tation of hauling its product 10 miles
over a wagon road to the railroad.
The Ray Jefferson is very large
property, it will have much business
for a railroad, and it will employ
large number of men. 1t is matter
or great Importance to wallace to
have business diverted to this city, put
il will not come without direct rail-
road connection, and this city will lose
the business it now has under pres
ent transportation conditions.
The Interstate Callahan, Too.
1t does not require a prophet to
foresee the ultimate permanent out
let for the Interstate Callahan mine.
At this time it is one of the most i'm
portant factors in the business pros
perity of this city, and it also prob
ably furnishes the largest tonnage to
the Northern Pacific railroad. What
will be the effect upon this city when
it's ores go out through a tunnel that
is now being driven from Beaver creek
and are taken for reduction to man.
moth mill the company is planning to
build at Enayille, the site for which
was secured more than year ago?
That means that the company office,
the boarding house and the cottages
for married employees will be at Car
bon Center instead of at the head OF
Nine Mile, and that the ore that
makes business for the railroad and
the money that contributes to the
prosperity of this city will go else
where. To a certain extent it will do
to this city what the Kellogg tunnel
of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan did to
Wardner. This is no visionary dream
of what may happen in the dim and
distant future. The plans are now be-
ing carried out, and the situation here
referred to will be a reality at no dis
tant date, and Wallace, and the Nor
thern Pacific company, too, are con-
fronted with the question, what are
you going to do about it?
And There Are Others.
The Ray-Jefferson and the Inter
state Callahan are not the only mines
that will have an outlet on Beaver
creek. The drainage of Beaver creek,
which includes Sunset, is a mineral
section of tremendous possibilities. A
large amount of development work is
now going on there on numerous pro-
perties, and there can be no. doubt in
the mind of anyone familiar with that
section that other properties will soon
be in position to produce. The Tus-
cumbia and Idora are already making
regular shipments. Senator ClarRs
property, the Sunset, is being steadily
developed. A great consolidation OF
some of the best known and most val
liable properties on Sunset is now in
,,pooac. tho oopsu,, M a tim of which
will mean the speedy opening of a
great mine. All these will find a nat
ural outlet on the Beaver side. 1t is
not uncommon to hear men well in
fromed on the mining resources of the
Occur d'Alenes give the opinion that
Beaver creek will one day rival any
other section of the district in mineral
production. With such a showing as
this, is is not time that Wallace bus
ifess men sit up and take notice of
the drift of affairs? And Is it not plain
that the Northern Pacific soon stands
to lose some very lucrative business
as well as being shut out Of an ex-
ceedingly promising field?
Wallace and Railroad Should Act.
A 1t is plain that the city of Wallace
and the Northern Pacific railroad
company have a common interest in
forestalling the damaging effects that
will follow the changed conditions
.here described. The business men OF
this city should act at once. With
the prospect of tonnage in sight, Bea-
yer creek is going to have a railroad
and 1t is of the utmost Importance
that 1t should be built from this city
The matter should be taken up witt
the Northern Pacific and every in
ducement possible should be offered
even to the extent of a direct bonus
to get favorable action by the com.
pany. That it would be an expensive
branch to build is evident, but the
business will be there to justify the
outlay 1t is believed that the com
pany made preliminary surveys years
ago and the data obtained then Il
probably available. Men who have