The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-10-05
PINE CREEK RAILROAD SEEMS ASSURED
O..W. R. 8 \. ENGINEERS LOCATE LINE
MAY BUILT FALL-PREsENT PROSPECTIVE
PERs MAks SHOWING ToNNAeE-oProN ON
CONTROL sIDNEY-TRAPPER MAY START

The building of the Beaver creek
branch by the O.-W r. q ~ COM
pany will evidently be followed by
the construction of branch up Pine
creek also, according to present indi-
cations. In fact, the Pine creek eX-
tension may be taken up at once or
just as soon as the engineers now in
the field complete the work which
will give contractors a basis upon
which to submit bids. Twohy Bros,
who have the Beaver creek contract,
could easily handle the Pine creek
construction at the same time, and
the sudden appearance of O.-W. r. &
n. engineers on Pine creek following
the beginning of construction on Bea-
yer suggests that the company Is
probably planning to rush both the
! branches to completion and that the
Beaver creek contractors may build
the Pine creek branch at the same
time or Immediately following the
completion of the Beaver creek
branch, which will be on or before the
| nISl ol JANUARY nut tIue u Idlllodu
tradition, the O,-W, r. & N company
is silent on the subject, and the pub
lie can only speculate on the com
pany's plans and await developments
Engineers on Pine Creek.
But one thing appears to be cer-
tain, and that is that the engineers
who are now locating a line up Pine
creek are there for the O.-W. r. & ~
company. The engineer in charge Of
the party Is said to be the same who
located the line on Beaver creek for
the O.-W. r. & ~, and it naturally
follows that he is still in the employ
of the same company The Pine creek
line will extend to the Douglas and
Constitution mines on the main creek,
distance of 10 miles from the mouth
of the creek, and eventually branch
up the west fork. The canyon is
comparatively wide the grade is not
excessive and there are no engineer
ing difficulties or expensive construc-
tion work on the proposed line.
Early this year local people, prom
lnent among whom were w. H. Her
rick, Herman J. Rossi and c. F. Q.
Merriam, of this city. and w. w. Pa
pesh, of Kellogg, undertook the pro-
motion of a railroad up Pine creek. A
survey of the line was made by Mr..
Merriam, which is practically being
followed by the present engineers, and
a close estimate was made of the cost
of construction. The matter of ore
tonnage and general traffic was also
gone into thoroughly by Mr.. Herrick,
and the data thus obtained was con-
vincing evidence that the business in
sight and prospective fully justified
the construction Right of way con-
Gessions We're also secured, but the To-
cal people were unable to secure the
financial support necessary to put the
enterprise through, but they are en-
titled to credit for bringing the i'm
portance of the Pine creek section to
the attention of railroad men, and 1t
is probable that the present activity
of the O.-W. r. & N. is in great
measure due to their efforts.
Pine Creek Shippers.
The only mill on Pine creek now is
the Highland Surprise, from which
regular shipments are being made, in
volving haul of or 10 miles to the
railroad. The Constitution is pre-
pairing to build a mill and in the
meantime is making regular shipments
of crude ore, the haul to the railroad
also being 10 miles. The Douglas,
which is under bond to the Anaconda
company, has large amount Of ore
available and it is announced will
soon begin shipments Other proper
ties from which irregular shipments
have been and are being made are the
Nabob, Star Anthony, Coeur d'Alene
Anthony, Amy & Matchless and Lit
tie Pittsburg. Other properties upon
which fine showings of ore have been
made and which promise to enter the
shipping class under the advantages
to be obtained by railroad transporta
ton are the Denver, Sidney, Northern
Light and Sherman