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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1923
Page
2
The Wallace Miner published weekly in Wallace Idaho by Wallace Printing Company at Elks Temple Building 506 Bank Street Wallace with editor A J Dunn. Subscription yearly is $2.60 within the U S foreign Canada and all Postal Union countries priced at $3.00 per annum.
Thursday July 1924 reports on Burke disaster and its impact with optimism for Hecla Mining and Star operations. It details plans for plant fencing, machinery, and employment growth, predicting a revival in metal markets and new mining enterprises across the Coeur d Alene district. It includes analysis of silver production, major companies, and a proposed silver export association funded by producers.
Silver producers in the western Hemisphere plan a Reno Nevada meeting on September 4 to discuss forming a silver export association to influence world prices. F. J. Brownell, head of American Smelting and Refining and Federal Mining & Smelting, outlines legality, capacity, price stabilization steps, and financing needs in a pamphlet received by the Miner.
The Senate Silver Committee and its hearings will provide valuable information and clarify the subject. The speaker believes great, concrete good can come from the committee's activities and investigations.
Senator Oddie of Nevada, chair of the special Senate committee on silver and gold, calls a conference of silver producers from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America to meet in Reno on September 4. The aim is to form a hemisphere silver export association to stimulate production and stabilize markets, with no discussion of bimetallism or free coinage. The committee also includes Senators Gooding, Sterling, Pittman, and Walsh.
A letter urging drastic penalties for reckless drivers in Idaho. The writer cites frequent violations and unsafe behavior, calling for harsher local penalties and a system requiring licenses with revocation for persistent offenders. The piece argues a state law is needed to protect public highway safety.
Hatley Times-News-Miner notes the Snake River’s vast flow from eastern Idaho to Lewiston and its repeated irrigation uses. It mentions pumping in the Weiser area, water drawn for gravity irrigation, and a Gooding plan to divert Snake water through a canal to the South Gooding tract by the Wood River Canal company.
The author extols harnessing the Snake River and its tributaries for irrigation through natural flow reservoirs and pumping. He envisions the Snake River valley becoming a mighty empire, its value to humanity surpassing that of any other waterway on Earth.
Scientists say radio has potential to reveal mineral deposits by sensing underground ore via distant signals. No world blind spots exist, but reception varies with local geology and ore distribution. Some areas may yield faint or erratic readings, aiding geologists and mining engineers.
The Associated Engineers of Spokane will tour the Coeur dAlenes on July 21 7:80 leaving the Davenport hotel for Kellogg lunch. They will inspect Bunker Hill smelter mills and surface features then dine at Shoshone Country club with a Columbia section business session to follow.
Colonel Howard Fox of New York City, renowned skin specialist, stopped in Wallace for a brief visit with Major F. J. Quigley, his world war comrade. Fox had just attended the American Medical Association meeting in San Francisco and noted his rapid rise from lieutenant to colonel after wartime service.
J G Holland extols sturdy leaders for public service, urging strong minds and honest hearts. He stresses that success comes from daily effort, hard knocks, and steadfast work, not from office seeking or flattery. A call for men who stay the course, endure challenges, and win through persistent effort.
The U.S. Supreme Court held tailings removed from mining claims are a separate property unit, taxable on their value but not as part of the mine. The decision discusses net proceeds taxation, disputes over ownership during reduction, and references Utah Copper and Garfield tailings cases, with Justice Sutherland noting value must be derived from net income rather than ore extraction.
The record notes base hospital No. 136 organized for France by Major Quigley, later captain, with Colonel Fox placed in command at Camp Upton. They served in France together, forming a lasting friendship that was renewed during Colonel Fox’s brief stop on his return to the east.
G Bachman longtime employee of the A Clark mining interests in Butte died yesterday at noon after a cold and pneumonia. Born January 13 1871 in Michigan he worked at Sunset mine leased from Senator Clark and took ore shipments to the railroad. His brother Adolph Bachman and sister Mrs A Snow were present at his death. The body will be taken to Butte for burial.
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