| Show AIRPLANE delivering STEEL PIPE TO AN IDAHO PLACER MINING COMPANY spokane So okane wash au aug 10 fifty nine tons of 10 15 ind and 20 inch steel pipe total length feet is being transported I 1 ported by airplane from rivulet mont to the independence placer mining companas Comp anys property on the upper tipper north aorl of the clearwater river in the old moose city district ot of idaho the plane is operated by D A di fiore of boise boie this is believed to be the first time that aircraft air craft ha undertaken this sort of a job the load for each of the iw trips is from to pounds several trips are bala bein tile tn made de daily the distance in the air from rivulet to mine is 24 miles j the pipe made in spokane whence it was train trai n shipped to rivulet is in four foot lengths and is loaded I 1 in n the leep pit between the pilot and the en engine ine some of it is lashed to it the car the plane carries carries the cargo over the i the range of the bitter root mountains were it not tor for t the pline which makes the round trip in less than an hour freight would have to be taken in ty by mule pack trait train w takes two tivo davs to make the one way trip re g william fable of wallace president and manager ports that the independence company has been its holdings extensively for several years and is confident con yield ij a it has of rich which will va a large area placer ground the g it handsome profit above ahe the heavy expense of working workings 1 pipe line will furnish V power ower for the hydraulics |
