| Show WRITE WHITE KNOB COMPANY What It Is Accomplishing at the tie New NewTown NewTown NewTown Town of Mckay Mackay F T Collins secretary of ot the White Knob Copper company whose e monster property is Ie located above ab e Mackay the terminus of the th Salmon river branch of the Oregon ft Short Line railway miles west of Blackfoot Ida is II in the city purchasing furni furn furniture furniture ture and end other equipment for the new hotel at that place He expects to have an ave it ready reedy for tor occupancy in ten days The gentleman reports report the liveliest livelier kind of or times in the new camp camps which already bout boasts a population of between 00 and souls supported mainly by the White W Knob company There are arenow arenow arenow now on the py rolls nearly iii 3 inep eJ anti ana over per pet month is in being checked out aoL I The White Knob Copper company in which John W V Mackay lackay figures as the th owner lies has developed a ama ama aIns ma Ins copper bonanza and to tore ret re 4 j its ita ores to refined copper a ate at tc te t smelter is la being constructed at be he new BeW town In the meantime a twelvemile railroad is being built around rOUnd the mountain sides aides stel on OIl a 6 per cent grade to connect the mink mine f and smelter and provide a carrier for forthe forthe forthe the ores ore Of the metallic contents of the White Knob ores ore Mr Collins did not feel at liberty to speak but hut that the they are all aU that could be desired is ill evidenced by the great expenditures the company is fa making The mine was formerly operated by Senator W A Clark and other Mon Montana Montana Montana tana operators and for a time a maJ smelting plant was handling its ita ores About four tour years ago IfO the present pre com coot l r ir ny fly which to I composed of New York purchased it and since that time lime an energetic and systematic plan of development has lias been carried out It is now in Ut shape to respond with all allt the t be ore the new smelter which baa has a greater capacity than the Highland Boy Buy can possibly handle Speaking of the new ew town and the section in general Mr Kr Collins said Mackay was Just three miles north of he old town ton of ot Houston It Ie was being belR rapidly built up ui 11 with substantial aub and rosy OSy brick and frame homes and Its founder the White Knob company proposed ed to make it a model little city It will be maintained as a strictly prohibition place and aad saloons gain gam bling halls ha and houses hoURS of n 1 repute will not b bf be allowed to exist t within JUlin its Jim lim iu If It a man maa wants wang to buy a drink he will have t to go three ar miles to Hous Houston Houston ton to get it f j There is 18 a wonderful mineral belt up there that stretches away through to the fhe Lost river region non and Mr Collins expects to see Bee many big mines opened open up there in the years to come In Edition to o the mineral mineraI he says the country abounds in splendid tock stock ranges rang s agricultural cultural lands J timber and water and lid as Mackay is a natural die dis distributing point he Ie to ee jee the tae entire section grow rOW and aDd prosper presper as it ton con 1 never Dever have hoped to do without R a j road Secretary Collins is 18 atop stop stopping ping with his Jda brother C J 1 Collins ColD of ot the Enterprise Grocery company com an and aDd expects to leave for fot the north tor low tow or Monday Konda |
