The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-03-24

- learned this week that the
Tamarack & Custer ConsoH-
dated Mining company would
within the next few days begin grad
ing for an incline track to a level
above the mill at Frisco. which will
enable the company to dump ore
from railroad cars into the mill bins,
following the plan that has long been
practiced at the Federal and Hercules
mills in this city. 1t is also stated
that grading equipment and tools are
being shipped from NorthpOrt to be
used in the work. The fact that the
ore is now transported from the mine
to the mill by means of an aerial
tramway about two miles in length
across the high divide between Can
yOn creek and Nine Mile and the fur
Their fact that this tramway has al
ways given more or less trouble in
its operation gives special signifi-
canoe to the action of the company
in building this high line. 1t can
mean only one thing and that is that
the Tamarack & Custer company has
determined to provide a more direct
permanent and enable the company
to handle a much larger tonnage. It
would of course be contrary to the
long established Day policy to make
known the plans of the company in
this respect, and they are therefore a
matter of conjecture.
Use No. 6 Tunnel.
More than a year ago the Miner
ventured the opinion that some day
the Tamarack & Custer company
would make an arrangement with the
Federal Mining & Smelling company
for the use of No. tunnel of the old
Standard Mammoth mine, which with
its continuation into the Green Hill
Cleveland ground leaves probably not
more than 1900 or 1900 feet to be run
to reach a point under the main work
ings of the Tamarack & Custer. It .
is estimated that a continuation of
No. level would give between 500 .
and 600 feet further depth below the
Puritan tunnel, which is the lowest I
level of the Tamarack e Custer, and
with which No could be quickly
connected by raising The portal of
No 6 tunnel is only a short distance
above the Tamarack e Custer mill,
and the large ore bins over the rail-
road tracks and complete terminal
facilities for many years used by the
Federal company are understood to
be in good condition and capable Of L
meeting the requirements of the
Tamarack. 1t is known that negOtia-
tions have long been pending between
the Tamarack & Custer and the Fed
eral, and it is believed that a final :
agreement was reached last week {
when Frederick Burbidge, general
manager of the Federal, was here. As {
Stunning that this conclusion is correct, i
the fact that the Tamarack & Custer g
company is proceeding now to con- {
struct the highline indicates that con-
nection with No will also be pushed I
to completion while the mine is shut {
down. plans which will give employ /
ment to a considerable number of t
men /
OF Far Reaching Importance. \
Aside from the advantage to the t
Tamarack & Custer company in the q
operation OF lue mime anu Dllls II 2
will also prove an advantage of grow r
ing Importance to the canyon and I
The situation is comparable f
to the Bunker Hill e Sullivan before t
the construction of the Kellogg tun- p
mel Then the employees of the mine r
all lived at Wardner. Upon the COM t
pletion of the Kellogg tunnel the t
number of employees that entered the Il
mine at that level steadily increased
as the mine was developed and final t
~ when the ore in the old upper ]
was practically exhausted, d
The entire underground force entered 7
the mine through the Kellogg tunnel. II
This change will be duplicated at the
Tamarack & Custer if No. tunnel
becomes the main outlet to the mine.
The boarding house and homes of the d
employees will eventually be transfer {,
ed to the canyon and it is probable IL
hat many employees may arrange TO s,
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