The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-08-19

TIME Pine creek railroad will be
extended to the forks of the
creek and thence about -four
miles up the west fork, accord
ing to reliable information received
this week. The extension will be made
by Fred Herrick, manager of the Mil
waukee Lumber company, and will be
built primarily to provide an outlet
for n large body of timber owned by
the company on west fork Mr.. Her
rick has long been negotiating with
the O.-W r. & n. company with the
view to getting the line extended to
the timber holdings of his company
and has stood ready to build it himself
if the railroad finally declined to do
so. 1t now appears that the railroad
company has not only declined to ex-
tend the railroad, but also refuses to
repair the present two miles of track
and place it in condition for traffic on
the ground that the business in sight
would not justify the expense. How
ever, the company has finally agreed
TO permit Mr.. Herrick to repair the
present track and extend it over it's
a distance of about two and half
miles. From there the track will be
further extended about four miles up
the west fork to the timber holdings
o. the Milwaukee Lumber company.
Soon Start Construction.
1t is learned that all details of the
agreement have been arranged and
that new construction as well as re-
pairing the two miles of track will
start as soon as the papers are sign
ed by the officials of the railroad COM
pany in Portland, which is expected
this week. The Milwaukee Lumber
company has mills at st. Maries, Har-
risOn and at Occur d'Alene, the COM
pany's mill at Harrison being known
as the Export Lumber company and
at Soeur d'Alene it owns the plant for
merly owned by the Occur d'Alene Mill
ing company. 1t is presumed that the
purpose of the company is to supply
the Harrison plant from Pine creek. ]
The right of way for the railroad on
Pine creek was cleared several years
ago up to the forks and this will re-
lieve Mr.. Herrick of considerable pre-
liminary work and expense. The
building of this line means that a large
number of men will be employed in
the woods on the west fork this win
ter and that Pine creek is at last to
have railroad transportation as far as
the forks, which will probably soon /
be followed by the construction of a
branch up the east fork to the Doug
las and Constitution mines.
Great Benefit to Nabob.
The ,~tension of the Pine creek
branch 10 the forks will bring the rail-
road practically to the Nabob mill and
will thus cut out entirely the five mile
haul to the railroad This will result
in a direct saving Of probably 81 a
ton on all ore shipments. The NabOb
mill is now running only one shift but
will soon be in position to run full
time With a strong demand for lead
and a favorable contract for its zinc
product the extension of the railroad
to the mill seems to insure substantial
profits to the Nabob.
Highland Surprise, Douglas and
Constitution.
The Highland Surprise company will ,
share in the benefit of the extension,
as it will cut the wagon road haul by
half, reducing it less than five miles. ,
The company is now employing a few
men in getting the mine in shape for
production, and the prospect of better
at an early date will no Z
doubt result in speeding up the work
and in getting the mill in operation
sooner than heretofore anticipated.
The Douglas and Constitution will also
come in for direct benefit by having
the long haul to the railroad reduced
to about four or five miles respectively,
and it is expected that this advantage
will result in placing those properties
On the productive list
In fact. the beneficial effects of the
of the railroad will be
felt by the mining interests throughout
The Pine creek section and an imme-
iiate revival of mining operations may
be expected.
Another beneficiary Will be the Fed
sral Mining & Smelling company, 5
which will be enabled to move a large
AMOUNT of stull timbers through the
operation of the Pine creek branch.