Show WHITE KNOB CO CLOSES DOWN Mines and Smelter to Be DiSmantled and Property Abandoned 1 I MAY BE SOLD I J JON GRAND CENTRAL GETS THE o ORE OREON ON 1300 LEVEL On mont month ao ago everything looked roy rosy for te the Wit White Ko Coppe com Jany pany ad and aka Ida ToY TOY the verse re is te and 0 everything pint points to the ealy early abandonment or of te the mines and the camp in which nt not les less tan than h has been n spent during the theat thelast last at four or five years t to say ay noting nothing miles of railroad that of the ninety tat te Short Line were buit built by t the Oregon Shor rom Blackfoot to te the place from which so much wa was A few s weeks ao ago N H authorized to go ahead with lak was ae th development of te the mine mines and to prepare for tor the operation of te the smelt smelter er r One of te te the furnaces ha bad been wih with automatic feeders ad adother and other economic devic devices a a new plat plant ha had been en installed ad and the mine bote boasted one of the finest corn com ressor plants in t the state of Idao Idaho w was in shipshape for do lpg ad and doing i it right ad and haer Clark opened te the campaign Al AlI is now cage changed Abut About te the of the month Fk Frank N a New NewYork NewYork York lawyer and one or of te the big men menI I in th r reorganized company appeared fl fit camp ad and notified Manager Clark that i It ha bad be been definitely dede decided to tog eLse g dow down the mines sel sell of off te the ma ma machinery I chinery and equipment a ami g go out of busine No explanations were given M o f far a be leae but the un und understanding d Js Is that the decision was te the result of te the report of te the engineers and d exer experts who wee were recently corn com to ene examine into ad and mae make a report on the m Thee There Is a several weeks accumulation of ore at te the smelting works ad and this i it i is said wU will b be run the plat plant After that is done the smelter wi will be diste dismantled ad and the of which i It is constructed wi will wille sold The same is to be done C e se ting thing b it the buildings of the town that to the company and within a ashor shor eort time what wa was not long ao ao a 1 promising mining community wi will base teen Len scattered to the four and tt tD railroad staton station agent If the rod road to operate for the benefit of thE the rancher ranchers a and cattlemen of that regon win will have a rather lonesome I Suc Is the gist of the Information released by Manager Clrk Clark who was in inthe Inthe the cit city for a a few br hours Thursday Tight r ight having arh arrived at and andI I flied out for tor the D north an again at 1145 Te The orders from te the ea east came t to him blur the residents ot of the town as un unexpectedly te expectedly a as 8 a clap of thunder out of n dear clear sk sky ad and consternation reigns in the cap camp People are getting out as rapidly a as they c can but the he ma maS S rity were altogether for forth forth th th blow that w was struck The White rie Knob copper proposition ts loke looked upon in the beginning as ag cLe If of te the greatest copper f Ir the west The property wa was dt de 8 as being a veritable mountain o 0 ore and so plausible did s dd everything that n no trouble WC was experienced l 1 getting the railroad to extend a branc branch acro across th the desert from Black fot ot I It loks looks a as though th the magic T me of Mackay aka Ya was responsible toi for fortL t tL eay easy turning of th the trick The C began it Its career In meteoric style I It shot Into prominence like a I rocket the stick has just jUM cm come down |