The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-06-21


nevertheless straws that indicate the
direction of the wind. The railroad
along Prichard creek was placed out
of commission by the high water that
devastated the district near the close
of the year in 1917. The war was on
and control of the railroads was In
the hands of the federal government,
and all efforts were centered on win
ming the war, which precluded the
construction of new railroads and the
repairing of old ones. Eventually the
railroads were returned to private
management and hope revived that
Murray would soon be restored to the
railroad map. These hopes finally
faded away, and then the people of
Murray appealed to the state utilities
commission for relief. The O.-W. r.
& n. company was on hand at the
hearing to show the heavy cost of re-
construction, and against which the
North Siders were unable to show a
compensating tonnage. In that situa-
ton the utilities commission declined
to grant the relief asked. and the
North Side people were again reduced
to condition of watchful if not hope
full waiting Last fall certain officials
of the O.-W. R. & N. quietly went over
to Murray and walked over the
ground and especially investigated the
possibility of utilizing the great win
rows of tailings piled up by the Yukon
dredge for a roadbed, thus placing the
track far above danger from high
water From a construction stand
point it is understood that the rail-
road men were favorably impressed,
and since that inspection mine own
ers of the North Side have been Civ
en- to understand that as soon as they
could show a reasonable amount of
steady tonnage the railroad company
stood ready to rebuild the line.
Tonnage Coming Up.
From present indications the rail-
road company will soon be called up
on to make good it's promise. For the
past year or more c. I. Grimsmoe,
superintendent of the Paragon Con-
solidated Mining company, has been
quietly carrying out development
plans which it is understood have
made available quite a large tonnage
of ore. This was followed by repair
ing the mill and placing it in good OPP
Grating condition and for the past two
months it has been running part time
and piling up concentrates. About
three weeks ago F. o. Hammer, of st.
Paul. secretary of the Paragon COM !
pany, came out to look over the situa-
ton. After quite an extended stay at
the mine, Mr.. Hammer came to Wal /
lace and proceeded at once to Port |
land for the purpose, it is believed, of |
comforting with high officials of the |
O.-W. r. & N. company regarding the |
reconstruction of the Prichard creek |
line. According to information from
the mine. Mr.. Hammer is in position /
to make a definite showing of ore |
shipments available for the railroad
which it is hoped with other tonnage
present and prospective, will induce
the railroad company to restore the
line.
Cedar Creek to Ship.
The Cedar Creek Mining & Devel-
opment company is expected to be-
come a regular shipper by the last Of
the year. With a large tonnage al
ready developed, the company is now
testing the ore at further depth in or
der to be absolutely safe in the mat
ter of ore in sight before proceeding
with the construction of a mill The
shaft from No. tunnel is now down
nearly $50 feet following the ore and
if the ore showing is found continu-
Gus at a depth of 200 feet, the next
step will be the construction of a mill
The ore has already been proved by
drifts and raises 500 feet above No.
and for 500 feet along that level. So
Cedar Creek seems to be in line to
soon make an important contribution
to the tonnage necessary to induce the
reconstruction of the railroad
Other Shippers.
The Terrible Edith has a record of
quite extensive ore shipments and is
in position to ship again if railroad
transportation is provided. Leasers
have long been shipping from the
Monarch even under the present I'M
favorable conditions and railroad
would doubtless induce a large In
crease. These taken altogether along
with the impetus the construction of
the railroad would give to new devel-
opment some of which would result
in providing additional tonnage
should be sufficient to justify the o.
w. r. & N. company to restore the
Prichard creek branch.