The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-10
FUTURE Of MINING
T. IN COEUR D'ALENES
Peace Will be Fol-
lowed by Mining
Activity
OUTLOOK is BRIGHT
OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
No Man Now Living Will
Witness Decline of Mining
in This District
FTER THIRTY years of con-

A FTER THIRTY years of con-
| ~ tinuous mineral production
n which reached the maximum
last year with an output VAL
ued at over $54,00O,000, the Coeur
d'Alene district today has an assured
future extending far beyond the most
optimistic predictions of thirty years
ago In those early days even the
most experienced and successful op-
orators failed to realize the value and
extent of the ore deposits of the
Occur d'Alene mountains, and If any
one then had suggested that after
more than a quarter of century of
steady and ever-increasing produc-
tion the proved mineral resources
would be far greater and give assur-
ance of longer life than the most vis-
ionary forecast of the early days, he
would have been ridiculed as
dreamer And yet we know today
that through a more thorough un-
lderstanding of geological conditions
through actual mineral discoveries
and through the remarkable advance
ment that has been made in the econ
omies of mining and milling, the pos
sibilities for the future have been
greatly enlarged and that the decline
| of mining in the Occur d'Alene dis
trict will not be witnessed during the
lives of men now living.
Renewed Activity After War.
While it is probably too much to
expect an immediate resumption of
mining activity upon the cessation of
hostilities, for it is going to require
much time to work out the conditions
Of peace and get the world back to
doing business on the old peace ba-
sis, evidence is not lacking that the
mining industry will receive a tre-
mendous impetus the moment that
peace is assured, and that the Coeur
d'Alene district will receive a liberal
share of attention when the reaction
comes. 1t seems to be the opinion of
those best informed that the years
following the war will be marked by
a demand for the major metals Sec
ond only to that during the early
years of the war. This will be due to
reconstruction in the war stricken
countries of Europe and to the re-
sumption of industrial enterprises at
home which for four years have been
practically suspended in order to
concentrate all efforts in supplying
munitions and winning the war Thus
when the world returns to peaceful
pursuits there will be an Industrial
revival which will provide market
for raw material. Men in the mill
tary service will gradually return to
their homes, the labor shortage will
disappear and the producing mines
will be restored to capacity produc-
ton. Mines in process of develop
ment will again become active and
new mines will be added to swell the
output of this marvellous mining dis
trict
Preparing for the Future.
That men of large vision and with
ample financial resources are prepar-
ing for extensive new operations in
the Coeur d'Alene district Is clearly
indicated by the recent deal by which
John A. Percival and his associates
acquired a large tract of mining
ground on Pony gulch, section
which, until Colonel Kennan discos-
ed it's great mineral possibilities, had
been looked upon as practically out
side the productive mineral area of
the district Colonel Kennan has
demonstrated its value in gold and
tungsten and has also drawn atten-
tion to the probability that 1t also
contains vast deposits of lead silver
zinc ores, since several of the fam
Gus veins carrying these minerals ex-
tend into 1t. The exploitation of this
large group of claims is one Of the
r,ost important enterprises that has
been undertaken In recent years, and
1t forms a very definite and practical
illustration OF the future possibilities
of the Coeur d'Alene district as
mineral producer. 1t Is such enter
prises as this, coupled with the Won
derful achievements already made in
mining development, that justifes the
statement made in the beginning re-
garding the future Of the Coeur
dAlenes.