The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-08-30

| II SllOe SnelteF dl aHdCoHud
on account of strike of the
employees has had direct eff
! feet upon the zinc mines OF Pine
creek and perhaps others in the dis
trict. The Douglas is operated under
lease 10 the Anaconda Copper Mining
company and all ore Is shipped to the
Ielectrolytc plant either at Anaconda
or Great Falls. AS these plans are
understood to be closed down by the
strike as we'll as the big Washoe plant,
the company is not in position to ham
die Douglas ores and shipments have
therefore been suspended. Tuesday
Charles Bishop, manager OF the Doug
las laid off about 60 men, retaining 80
who will be employed on development
work until the strike trouble is set
tied and shipments can be resumed.
Other Companies involved.
The Highland Surprise and Consti-
tuition are also affected by the strike
at Anaconda, as their product of zinc
| is shipped to the Anaconda company.
1t is stated that other zinc smelters
are ready to take their ore on terms
| fully as favorable or better than are
embodied in the Anaconda contract,
and it Is therefore expected that there
will be no serious delay i'm shipments
from these two mines and no men laid
off. The Anaconda company also re-
ceives ore from other mines of the
| JiStr rint n which tho zinc ia pf
ondary importance as compared with
the lead product. The stopping of
these shipments will not be felt to any
appreciable extent. Pine creek is the
chief sufferer, as at this time zinc Is
the main product, but even there 1t Is
not believed that the trouble will be Of
long duration. 1t is not believed that
the complete suspension of mining OPP
erations in Butte can be continued
long, and If there is no other solution
the government will be forced to step
in and take control of the mines and
smeters. This phase of the situation
Is receiving serious consideration, and
it is noted that a representative of the
department of labor is remaining in
Butte with instructions to keep the
government fully informed of the sit
uation.
Pine Creek Railroad.
The interruption of ore shipments
from the mines of Pine creek will not
delay the construction of the Pine
creek railroad by the O.-W. r. & N.
company, it was learned yesterday
from a reliable source. The company
regards it merely as a temporary back
set which will be overcome long be-
fore the line could be completed, and
will probably not affect any company
so far as it's tonnage over the railroad
is concerned. There seems to be no
truth in the report a few days ago
that a crew of men had been sent to
Pine creek to begin work on the rail-
road. In fact. from information re-
ceived the first of the week by The
Miner, the board of directors of the
Union Pacific system haye not yet
taken final action In approving the
: construction of the road. That 1t will
be approved does not admit of a
> doubt, but 1t could not be done until
all contracts had been signed up COW
ering the agreement on the part of
shippers to pay $3.50 per ton on the
first 100000 tons of ore shipped from
the district and 81 per ton on the sec
ond 100000 tons. The last of these
: contracts, that of the Little Pittsburg,
was turned in only few days ago.
y The proposition to build the road has
Il now been passed up to the board of
directors for ratification and this will
: no doubt be secured in a short time,