The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-08-25
WAGON ROAD TO ST. JOE
BY WAY OF THE BULLION
MUCH WORK NOW DoNE-coM-
MissIoNERs MAY SOON IN
sPEcT THE WORK.

The construction of a wagon road
connecting Wallace with Avery and
other points on the st. Joe has long
received consideration at the hands OF
the county commissioners. who rec
Ognize the. necessity of having that
important part of ShOshone county
connected with the county seat. AS
a business proposition the Wallace
board of trade has also shown much
interest in the proposed road and has
Joined the county commissioners in
an effort to determine the most feas-
ible route. Two routes have been
considered, one by way of Placer
creek and the other leaving the yell
lowstone Trail near Borax, Mont and
proceeding to the St Joe by way Of
the Bullion mine. The former is
more desirable, as it is more direct
and would lie entirely within Sho-
shone county. However. the cost at
this time is prohibitive, and while it
may eventually be built it is not be-
ing seriously considered at this time,
In addition to providing direct means
of travel between the county seat and
Avery, it would open a mineral sec
ton of great prospective value.
The Bullion Road.
While the county commissioners
have made no official announcement
regarding their plans. the fact that
they have given some financial as
sstance 20 the Bullion company in
road construction, and are now plan
ming an inspection of the road from
Borax to the Bullion mine and the
proposed road from the mine down to
the st. Joe indicates that this high
way will be constructed as rapidly as
the financial conditions of the county
will permit. The present road to the
Bullion starts at the east portal of
the Borax tunnel and extends by an
easy grade to the summit about two
and a half miles. thence down to the
mine. a distance of about two miles.
This road is in very good condition
for travel. although on the Idaho side,
II adopted as a county highway, the
grade would have to be reduced i'm
places. and this could be done with
comparatively little expense. Down
Bullion creek from the mine the Bull
lion company is now building a wide
trail on an easy and uniform grade !
About three miles of this is complet- |
ed 1t will connect with the grade of |
an abandoned logging railroad, which |
it is proposed to convert into a wagon |
road to a connection with the wagon |
read built by the Pearson Mining !
company from its property to the ST |
Joe. or rather to Boyle spur on the |
Milwaukee railroad.
Important Mineral Section.
The work now being done by the
Bullion company is the basis for a
permanent wagon road and is being
done in cooperation with the county.
The commissioners are expected to
make an inspection of the work soon
and also to view the proposed line
down to the Milwaukee railroad at
Boyle spur The completion of the
road does not involve heavy expense
while the advantages to be gained are
plainly evident. In the first place the
people along the line of the Milwau-
See are entitled to direct means of
with the county seat,
for they represent a large asset of N
The county in the form of taxable pro-
Derty. Further, this road would {
prove an important factor toward en-
,ouraging the development of the
copper belt, the value of which has Z
low been demonstrated at the Bull +
ion and will probably be further en- =
'hasized in a short time by opera Z
ions at the Pearson. Other proper +
les that would probably be encour- I
ged to further development are the O
Wonderful Springfield. Park Copper, il
Eagle. Champion and others in the F
stevens Peak section, the natural out il
ct of which is on the St Joe. Il
Should the commissioners under
axe to complete this highway it
'ould be up to the commissioners of f,
Iineral county Montana, to build d
bout a mile of road from the yell tC
,wstone trail to connect with the t
resent Bullion road from the east Il
ortal of the Borax tunnel AS Min ly
raj county would doubtless benefit pi
y the opening up of the St Joe sec al
on, although in Idaho. the commits cl
oners would doubtless not hesitate IA
incur this small expense. ea