The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-08-19
IDAHO MAY HAVE BIGGEST OF ALL MINES
SEVEN DEVILS DUE FOR DEVELOPMENT

The company Will build the operating
tunnel and wagon road by contract
and IL inviting bids to do the work
which is to be begun next October. 1t
is expected that about 200 men and
teams will be required to build the
wagon road The latest methods will I
be employed to drive the big tunnel,
including automatic leaders, etc.
Eagle Bar is at the northwest end i
OF the Red Ledge mine. There the
will build gigantic concen- +
trating plant on the unit system, the
initial plant to have capacity of 1000
tons Of concentrates daily. Later the
company will build an immense smell
ter.
The company's plans also provide
for extending the railroad from
Homestead Is miles down Snake river
to or opposite Eagle Bar, under su
pervision of the o., w. Il. & N. r. r.
The company will be reimbursed by
the O., w. X. & N by paying a stip
ulated sum on every ton the railroad
will handle for the company.
viii Employ 1000 Men.
Mr.. Kennedy, the operating man
ager Of the Red Ledge property, stat
ed $5,0O0,000 will build the railroad
extension, the operating tunnel wag-
on road, concentrating plant and
smelter,
Mr.. Kennedy also stated that the
mine and concentrating plant within a
period OF three years will furnish en-
ployment for 1000 men, and in about
five years il Is expected to produce
5000 tons of ore daily which, with the
concentrating plant and smelter, will
require the services of fully 1000 men.
The company owns the townsite at
Eagle Bar where the employees and
their families will live. The miners
Will use the big operating tunnel
when completed, in going TO and
from their work When this tunnel is
completed in 1929, the shipping of ore
Will begin. From then on the devel-
opment of the great mine will take
on rapid strides.
Machinery is now on the ground
and is being installed for the purpose
of driving a l500-foot tunnel into the
Red Ledge from the bottom of Deep
creek, where the 10000 feet Of
exploration work has been completed.
! The l500-foot tunnel Is to he driven
| for the purpose OF developing further
tonnage than Is already proved. A
compressor is being installed, also "A
/ water turbine to furnish power form
the turbulent waters of Deep creek.
/ Work in this tunnel is to commence
/ by September |.
The ore formation Of the Red Ledge
is very readily distinguished at dis
tancc from the surrounding country
by its conspicuous red and yellow col
ors. The Red Ledge deposit is situat
ed in Deep creek canyon, two miles
from its confluence with Snake river.
The elevation of Deep creek here Is
2,7O0 feet and the top Of the Red
enormous ledge for "A distance Of quite
2 stretch up and down Deep creek
canyon and To its summit is a bright
red color with alternating shades OF
yellow and brown oxidation.
Great Value of Big Tunnel
The 6o00-foot operating tunnel
which will be driven from Eagle Bar
will be thousand feet under the bed
Of Deep creek when that point is
reached, and will tap the vast ore bod
les below This tunnel will deyelou
several other important advantages
First, II make possible the transpor-
tation TO the outside world Of vast
quantities Of ore. Second, all the ore
can be moved BY gravity. no lifting
being necessary from the time the ore
ls mined until IL reaches the concen.
tratinR plant, Smcltcr and railroad
Third, the water in the great mine
will ran through the tunnel and
empty into Snake river by gravity.
No pumping Of water will be neces-
safy 70 save the mine from flooding
Fourth, the tunnel will give easy and
quick access TO the mine for the thous.
ands Of employee who will work there
through the years 10 come.
Trip to Red Ledge.
/ he present method Of reaching
the Red Ledge is over a circuitous
route by way Of Weiser. Council. Cup
rum and Helena, over excellent road.
most Of the way.
The scenery cn route 10 Helena /.
beautiful Helena is almost at tbs
ummit Of the Seven Devils district
II Is as far as one can go in car
, From there to the bottom Of Deer
!, creek canyon Il is necessary to traye
six miles down a narrow trail that
makes a descent Of 5000 feet. Deer
creek is a turbulent stream that drop.
/ al the rate ef a thousand feet 70 N,
! mile.
/ II II when enc has gone down N,
. steep, winding trail distance q
+ about four miles that the first Plimpz,
had of the wonderful Red Ledge
whose immensity seems 10 grow
p greater as Il IS neared.
! The information IN thi article a
= = the depth of the diamond drii
hole and ~ the ore talge- in tho b..
{. nine was obtained from Frank 4
Kennedy. the famoa mining ergi
2 neer, who f. operating manager .
I this great property. NJ. kennad
: vas open and frank IN telling as tn
I future plan of the company he S
< ably represent.
2 At the Close Of the interview ii
I Kennedy gave expression 10 the opir
e ION tEat Idaho vii gain much fam
5 through the vast operations 10 be cor
: Quoted on the Red Ledge propert,