The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-08-03
AT LAST SPOKANE COMEDIES
CoEUR D'ALENE MINES
TO IDAHO.

A remarkable editorial appeared In
the Spokesman Review few days
ago, the like of which has not been
seen In a Spokane paper since the
donkey kicked the Gaping off the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan ledge We
trust that this marks the beginning
of a change in the attitude Of that
paper toward the district which has
contributed so generously toward the
upbuilding of Spokane but which at
the same time Is absolutely independ-
ent of that city so far as the develop
ment of it's vast mineral resources Is
concerned. But further time is re-
qured before we can accept the
change as bona fide, for this Is the
vacation season and 1t is feared that
the editorial In question is the pro-
duetion of a substitute who has not
been on the job long enough to be-
come thoroughly imbued with the
Spokane spirit" However, The
Miner will reprint the editorial for the
double purpose of showing its good
will and to permit its readers to see
the first editorial production in a
Spokane paper In which the Occur
dAlene mining district is definitely
located in Shoshone county, Idaho, and
without reference to Spokane mines"
or the finland Empire" The editor
ial follows:
1.-THE Occur d'Alenes are the Ell Do
RADIO of Idaho. What they do for Sho-
shone county transcends the widest
dreams of the most covetous Spaniard
in Mexico, Peru or the golden Indies
during the sixteenth century.
1.-THE valuation of that county for
1915 win show an increase approxim-
ately 100000 above its valuation for
1915. The greatest gain will appear
in the net profits from its mines. Last
year these appeared on the assessors
account as equaling $6042,752. This
year the same profits total $9794.132
The growth amounts to $3,751,SS0. The
percentage of gain in a single twelve
month 10 go
This Is stupendous and staggering.
1T appears doubtful in the extreme
whether any other community in the
Pacific northwest can show the same
percentage of gain In valuation as
Shoshone county. Possibly none can
show the same amount of increase in
absolute valuation. Moreover. there
seems to be every reason for expect
ing this marvellous exhibit TO continue |
The mines form the treasure house of j,
Idaho and one of those throughout the |
world.
Not to be overlooked is the fact |
that this wealth was extracted from |
the mines by men paid wages, nor the |
further fact that their wages are as
high as any miners in the world re-
ceive in silver-lead workings, IL, In
deed, they are not higher"
The Spokane paper does not in the |
least overestimate the wonderful rich
ness of the Occur d'Alene mines The
present year will not and probably no
other year will show the great per-
centage of increase in the value of the
mineral production, for the phenom-
email prices brought about by the de-
mands Of the European war will prob
ably never be duplicated. But the
normal demands both at home and
abroad will maintain prices at figures
that will continue to stimulate dis
covery and development by assuring
large profits to producers. Thus we
may reasonably expect steady in
crease in output for many years. and
while dividends may be curtailed as
compared with those of the past year,
the industry will continue to expand,
ever increasing the pay rolls of well s
paid labor and the demand for ma {
terial and supplies necessary to the I
operation Of great mines. I