The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-09-20
Coming of Railroad
Gives Impetus
to Mining
TEAMS BLOCK THE ROAD
Douglas, Constitution, High
~land and Nabob Are
Shipping

Pine creek is about the busiest spot
in the Coeur d'Alenes these days. The
. announcement that the O.-W. r. & N
company had awarded the contract for
the construction of the road to the
Grant Smith company and that the
work Of construction would begin at
once and would be pushed to compile
ton as rapidly as possible, had a
splendid effect, for 1t was the final
positive assurance that the mine own
ers in that long neglected district
were at last to receive adequate
transportation facilities and that the
Pine creek section would at once as
sumo and maintain a position of first
importance in this great mineral pro-
ducing district. AS If this news was
not sufficient, about the same time
the announcement came that the em>
barge on ore shipments from Pine
creek, due to the closing of the Ana
conda smelters by a strike, had been
raised by the settlement of the strike
The immediate effect of this an
nouncement was the resumption Of
ore shipments which had been to a
great extent discontinued, as most of
the zinc ore of Pine creek is shipped
ta tho Anaconda nlant
Teams and Trucks Hauling.
Forces had been reduced at the
Douglas and Constitution when ore
shipments ceased, and these were
quickly restored. Teams for hauling
ore were again placed in commission
and at this time the road is throng-
ed with outfits going to and returning
from the loading spur at the mouth OF
the creek. The Douglas, Constitution,
Nabob and Highland Surprise are all
shipping, utilizing four and six horse
teams and motor trucks. The six
horse teams draw main wagon and
trailer and deliver about tons at
load. Some Of the four horse outfits
have an extra horse which they hook
on abreast of the leaders, which
enables them also to handle trail
wagon.
Nabob Shipping.
Three auto trucks are in the service
of the Nabob company delivering ore
to the loading spur. Much of this ore
is said to be mill feed and Is being
sent up to the Mammoth mill In this
city for test run. The Mammoth
mill is under lease to the Stewart
company, which controls the Nabob
The crosscut from the Nabob work.
ings to connect with the Denver Is
nearing completion. 1t is about 200
feet lower than the Denver tunnel and
raise will now be made to. connect
the two. This will complete the out
let for the big ore body in the Denver
claim, which is now part of the Ma
bob holdings. The ore will then come
out through the Nabob tunnel, which
will be connected by gravity tram
way with the railroad. This tramway
Is the one formerly used at, the Stew
art mine, which has been removed
and is now being rebuilt at the Ma
bob.
Getting Right Of Way.
Representatives of the O.-W. r. &
N. company have been active during
the past week securing right OF way
for the. railroad. Most of 1t has al
ready been secured and no trouble Is
anticipated at any point on the line.
In fact so far as has been heard pro-
perty owners will generally gladly
give the right Of way, the only COM
pensation desired being that repre-
sented by actual damages, such as the
removal of buildings. The construc-
tion headquarters will probably be at
Beeler, being about midway Of the
line. A party of railroad engineers
are on the ground doing preliminary
work, and sub-contractors have been
looking over the line. Just when. ac-
tual construction work will begin is
not known, but 1t will not be many
days until dirt begins to fly. It is ex-
pected that the line will be completed,
with the exception of ballasting, by
the first Of January or soon there
after.