The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-04-29


of the railroads between Wal
lace and Burke and utilize il
exclusively for passenger bust
ness while handling all freight oven
the other. as suggested in the last
issue of the Miner created much in
terest and has been widely discussed
The plan presents the most feasible
method of solving the problem of
rapid transit between Wallace and
the mines, and is so generally re-
garded However. there are a few
who, while conceding the desirability
of the scheme, say that as a practical
business proposition it should have
been taken up 25 years ago. That is
true. Canyon creek and other parts
Of the district should have been con-
nected with an electric car system
radiating from Wallace long ago. but
if it is implied that the present and
future traffic on Canyon creek is not
sufficient to justify electrihcation of
one of the roads at this time, the an
swer shows a lack of information re-
garding mining in that section and
the possibility of its expansion to an
extent that will rival the condition
that prevailed 20 years ago. The
two big producing mines now in OPP
GRAFTON on Canyon creek, the Hecla
and Hercules, have probably 1000 men
on their payrolls. and there are prob
ably 200 more men employed in leas-
ing and development operations along
the canyon. With hourly train service
over an electric line many of these
men would make their homes in Wal
lace. while all of them would go back
and forth more frequently than they
do now when they are required to
lose much time waiting for trains or
pay the higher jitney fare. Even If
not another mine is opened up on
Canyon creek, it will be many years
before the number of men engaged
in mining in that section will be less
than it is today and this number
along with the general passenger
business that would be attracted by
electric service is sufficient to justi
fly the electrifcation of one of the
lines
Mines in the Making.
But no one who is informed on mi
ming operations along Canyon creek
can doubt that new mines VII soon
be added to the list of producers. In
fact, there is more work planned on a
large scale being done on Canyon
creek today than there has been in
many years, work in the hands Of
men backed with ample means to
carry it to a conclusion One of these
is the Occur d'Alene Syndicate. un-
der the management Of Rush ].
White, which holds options on the
control of the Black Bear and Flynn
Group companies. This syndicate
includes some of the most noted and
successful mining operators in the
west, and the ground that is being
developed has long been regarded
among the most promising in that
wonderfully rich mineral section Its
development has been delayed, not
through any doubt as to the merits
of the properties. but to a combina-
ton Of circumstances that could not
be overcome until recently, and there
is now an abundance of capital back
Of the enterprise.
Another Flynn group covering par /
allel vein or veins is also being de-
veloped by the Senator Mining COM
panv. of which Ed Gutenberg is the |
manager. and which will have its
outlet through the Great Eastern !
tunnel a short distance above the
Black Bear, and with most favorable |
prospects of finding a large ore body /
Across the canyon the Brady De-
velopment company, of which Pat
rick Brady is manager, is driving a
deep crosscut from the Headlight |
across the Green Cleveland in
to the Rose and Olympia ground to
tap vein showing much ore in
shaft 100 feet deep. This enterprise /
IS backed by a syndicate of PHtsburg
capitalists and is one Of great prom
se
Paulsen's Property.
August Paulsen. one of the million
aire owners of the Hercules, has for
several years been quietly developing
the Omaha, near Mace. A few
months ago he purchased the Thisbie
group adjoining for $4,000 and is
now driving a crosscut into the lat
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