The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
JEFFERSON MILL
CAPACITY OF 400 TONS
MlSSoUl.A MEN WHO HELPED TO
MAKE MINE ARE MUCH
PLEASED.

DIR. E. G. Ellis and David c. Smith,
of Missoula, who were here this week
1 in connection with the operations of
the Sunshine Mining company, are
two of the original Ray-Jefferson men
and are still heavy stockholders in
that company. In company with ID. l.,
McGrath, manager of the company,
they visited the big Beaver creek
property while here and the situation
there is naturally matter of great
qualification to them. During all the
years that D. L. McGrath was devel-
oping the property and steadily add
ing valuable ground to its holdings,
they were the men who were supply
ing the sineWs. 1t was long and
hard pull, requiring lots of money and
nerve and optimism, for it was a big
proposition and there were many diff
ficulties to overcome thai tested their
metal. But they never wavered in
their support of McGrath and Nc
ton to make a mine of the Ray-Jef-
ferson. When that was accomplished
Il was necessary to raise a large sum
for the construction of a mill. and 1t
was not till then that outside support
was invited The mine was made by
McGrath and his Missoula hackers.
and by the time the leaves begin to
turn they will be gathering in the re-
turns for their prolonged efforts.
Mill of 400 Tons Capacity.
DR.. Ellis and Mr.. Smith expressed
themselves as delighted with the new
mill and the progress that is being
made toward getting the property in
shape for production. The original
plans were for mill of $50 tons ca
paeity, but upon the recommendation
of Frank Franz, the designer and
builder the plans were subsequently
modified to give the mill a capacity
Of 400 tons. The big plant is rapidly
nearing completion. The machinery
is now being placed in position and
it is expected that it will be ready to
receive ore by the first day of August
Fumes have been constructed con-
veying the water of Beaver and Car
hn 70 he erix
of IT'S feet. Water power will be used
when the supply Is sufficient and at
other times electric power. The work
of connecting the levels of the mine il
well under way and a tramway is
being constructed to convey the ore
from the upper workings, and every
thing will be in readiness for pro-
duction by the time the mill is ready
to receive the ore.
Transportation Question.
There is no definite information OBJ
tainable regarding railroad transport
alton but it is only natural to assume
that the company has assurance that
this will be forthcoming very soon
after the company has tonnage for a
railroad. opinion generally prevails
that the O.-W. r. & N. will build
branch up Beaver creek to the Ray
Jefferson mill, and it is known that
the matter has been under considera.
ton by the higher-up officials of the
So far as the Northern
Pacific is concerned, there is nothing
to indicate that that company is Civ
ing any attention to the Beaver creek
section, although it is territory that
should be very attractive to 1t. The
Ray-Jefferson is only the beginning of
a tremendous tonnage that is going
to come out of Beaver creek, and
without a branch from this city the
Northern Pacific will be cut out Of
it altogether.