Show BOOMS ELECTRIC ROAD I TO THUNDER MOUNTAIN Engineer E Leacock Tells of the Work Being Done Don b by White Knob Company W W. A A A. Leacock an electrical engineer of Philadelphia who for the l last st month or dr so has been working on U th the electric railroad which the White Knob Copper company is building from Mackay Ida to Its mines in n the Thunder mountain r region glon a distance of about ten miles is at the Kenyon The road which the White Knob company is Js erecting will connect with Its smelter which is about ft a mile from Mackay on the way to th the company company's s mines Both road and smelter smelter ter tea will be be- completed in from eight to ten weeks By the wa way said Mn Leacock this this smelter will have the largest furnace furnace fur fur- nace flare of any smelter In the West Besides furnishing power ower for the road tOad the electric ele plant which Mr Ml- Lea cocks a i company is erecting will furnish power flower to light 2000 electric lamps and also light up the smelter and mines Inthe in inthe inthe Is Is Mackay Maclay said the engineer the Lost River valley A strange thing about it for a i mining town is that It Isa is isa a a. temperance tow town n It is about a mile from Houston and the road Is crowded most moat of the time Just now by eight eight- horse trucks with houses on them which the owners are are moving to Mackay Mac Mac- kay Mackay is only at about out a year and anda a half old but it is quite a a a- town al already l- l ready The Oregon Short Line has a branch running down to Mackay and when the electric road is completed It will be possible possible pos pos- sible to travel by rail clear into the Thunder mountain region Just at present says Mr Leacock It is very hard to get even ven a tent roof over your head In the mountain region |